civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

Includes personal and academic records of Harrington's
performance as a cadet at the U.S. Naval Academy in the early
part of the war, and orders and official correspondence relating
to his service on the U.S.S. Monongahela, West Gulf Blockading
Squadron, 1863-65.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Harris, Charles A. USA
Letter, 1862. 1 item.
Letter from Harris to his parents, Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 21,
1862, concerning an unsuccessful effort to trap Gen. John Hunt
Morgan near Lawrenceburg, Ky.
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Harris, Isham Green (1818-1897) Gov., Tennessee
Papers, 1861-62. 4 items.
Letterbook, 1861-62, containing copies of letters from various
Confederate officers and public officials concerning military
supplies, recruits, the treatment of Union sympathizers,
troop movements, and the conduct of the war; a document containing
the names of political prisoners, a list of Tennessee
regiments in service in 1861, and a return of Tennessee troops
in the Western Department commanded by Gen. Leonidas Polk;
letter from Harris to Gen. Gideon Pillow, June 21, 1861, concerning
the defense of Tennessee; and letter from Harris to
Beriah Magoffin, Aug. 4, 1861, on Kentucky's neutrality and
the recruitment and organization of Union soldiers in Kentucky.
Correspondents include P.G.T. Beauregard, Judah P. Benjamin,
William H. Carroll, Jefferson Davis, Nathan B. Forrest,
Josiah Gorgas, Albert Sidney Johnston, Francis W. Pickens,
Leonidas Polk, George W. Randolph, and Lloyd Tilghman.
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Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901), Pres., U.S.
Papers, 1787-1938. 69,600 items.
In part, transcripts and photocopies.
Material relating to the Civil War, in which Harrison
served as a colonel in the 70th Indiana Volunteers, includes
letters from Harrison to his wife written from camps in
Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Georgia concerning camp life, discipline, desertions, marches,
disease, hospital care, courts-martial, and conditions in the
South. Includes a few details on battles and skirmishes in the
Atlanta Campaign. Also contains Harrison's commissions, a
muster roll of the 70th Indiana Regiment, and a manuscript
map of DeKalb County, Ga., in 1864.
Published index and microfilm copy (151 reels) available.
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