civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

Scrapbooks, 1861-67. 4 v.
Contains clippings of articles by "Pvt. Miles O'Reilley,"
Halpine's pseudonym, on the conduct of the war and various
political and military leaders.
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Hamilton, Charles Smith (1822-1891) Gen., USV
Letter, 1863. 1 item.
Transcript.
Letter written by Hamilton, Feb. 11, 1863, Headquarters,
Memphis [Tenn.], complaining about the loss of his command.
Includes comments on the character and generalship of Ulysses
S. Grant, Stephen A. Hurlbut, John A. McClernand, and
James B. McPherson.
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Hamilton, William (1824-1896) Pvt., 2d Pennsylvania
Cavalry Reserves; 191st
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Papers, 1838-96. ca. 300 items.
Chiefly letters from Hamilton to his family, 1861-65, concerning
the Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Appomattox
campaigns, operations along the Rappahannock and
Rapidan Rivers in the fall of 1863, and the Siege of Petersburg.
Provides information on camp life, marches, morale, discipline,
disease, hospital care, military organization, generalship, supply
problems, the U.S. Sanitary Commission, promotions, Confederate
deserters, and the performance and use of black troops.
Also contains a few letters of Hamilton's brother, Sgt. John
Hamilton.
Indexed.
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Hammond, James Henry (1807-1864) Planter-U.S.
Senator, South Carolina
Papers, 1774-1875. ca. 8,000 items.
Contains letters to Hammond from his son, Paul F. Hammond,
1862, concerning the Shiloh and Corinth campaigns,
General Kirby-Smith's invasion of Kentucky, the Battle of Richmond,
Ky., and Confederate casualties and generalship; letters
from James Hammond to Jefferson Davis, Christopher Memminger,
and James L. Orr concerning political and financial
affairs; a letter from Hammond to Col. A. P. Aldrich, July 22,
1863, concerning captured black soldiers; a letter from P. G. T.
Beauregard to Hammond, Dec. 9, 1861, on military appointments;
and two letters from John F. Hollenbach to Hammond
written from camps in Georgia and Tennessee.
Finding aid, index, and microfilm copy (20 reels) available.
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