civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

Contains a diary, Oct. 1863-May 1865, kept by Grattan
while serving as a captain's clerk aboard the U.S.S. Florida,
U.S.S. Minnesota, and U.S.S. Malvern, and a memoir, "Under
the Blue Pennant, or Notes of a Naval Officer," concerning
naval operations on the James River, Oct. 1863-July 1864,
and the Fort Fisher expeditions, Dec. 1864-Jan. 1865. Includes
details on the loss of the Federal gunboat Smith Briggs, the
torpedo attack on the U.S.S. Minnesota, and the capture of Fort
Fisher. Also provides information on black soldiers and refugees,
guerrilla warfare, blockade running, discipline, hospital care,
visits to the front lines by President Lincoln, the fall of
Richmond, Va., the torpedo attack on the C.S.S. Albemarle,
prize vessels, General Butler's advance on Richmond, the C.S.S.
North Carolina, and General Schofield's advance on Wilmington,
N.C. Additional items comprise letters from Grattan to his
father concerning the torpedo attack on the Minnesota and the
Fort Fisher expeditions; captured Confederate letters concerning
camp life and the sinking of the Albemarle; photographs
of Adm. David D. Porter, Lt. M. W. Saunders, Lt. William
B. Cushing, Adm. Samuel P. Lee, Ensign Grattan, and
Private Grattan; sketches of the U.S.S. Malvern, U.S.S. Minnesota,
City Point and Bermuda Hundred, Va., Fort Fisher and
New Inlet, N.C, the Confederate battery at Howlett's Bluff,
Va., and the destruction of the U.S.S. Shawsheen; and Report
of General Robert E. Lee, of Operations at Rappahannock
Bridge; Also, Report of Lieut. Gen. E. K. Smith of Operations
in Lower Louisiana, and Report of Major General Jones of
Engagement at Rogersville, Tennessee (1864).
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Gray, Horace (1828-1902) Lawyer-Jurist, Massachusetts
Papers, 1845-1902. ca. 400 items.
Photocopies.
Includes a few letters to Gray, 1861—65, concerning the
secession crisis, the political situation in Washington, D.C.,
the Presidential election of 1864, the progress of the war, and
morale in the Union Army. Correspondents are C. F. Blake,
Wilder Dwight, Manning F. Force, H. L. Hill, Stephen Phillips,
L. M. Quincy, Charles Sumner, and William Whiting.
Microfilm copy (1 reel) available.
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Grebe, Balzar (1834-1866) 2d Lt., 14th Illinois Volunteers
Collection, 1861-63 and undated. 4 items.
Original manuscript (in German) and English translation
entitled "Autobiography and Civil War Diary," 1861-63.
Provides information on the Shiloh, Corinth, and Vicksburg
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