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Hayden, Nathaniel
Family papers, 1836-80. ca. 500 items.
Contains about 25 letters from members of the Hayden family
serving in campaigns in Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina,
and Louisiana. Provides some information on camp life, morale,
discipline, marches, troop locations, black life, the attitude of
noncombatants, enlistments, disease, hospital care, and depredations.
Includes a detailed description of New Orleans and
vicinity during the war.
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Heath, Charles Wesley
(1836-1881) 6th Indiana Volunteers
Collection, 1861-1946. 5 items.
Diary, May 1861-Sept. 1864, published in the Vevay Reveille
Enterprise, Mar. 7-28, 1946. Describes camp life, troop
movements, and disease during campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Georgia.
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Heintzelman, Samuel Peter (1805-1880) Gen., USA
Papers, 1822-1904. ca. 1,500 items.
General and official correspondence, diary, telegrams,
circulars, returns, commissions, casualty reports, reports on
battles and skirmishes, maps, newspaper clippings, and printed
material. Relates to the occupation of Arlington Heights and
Alexandria, the 1st and 2d Manassas campaigns, the Peninsular
Campaign, and the defense of Washington, D.C. Includes
details on the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Pines,
White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill, and maneuvers against
Big Bethel in Mar. 1862. Correspondents include Henry W.
Halleck, Joseph Hooker, Philip Kearny, George B. McClellan,
Edwin M. Stanton, and Lorenzo Thomas.
Finding aid and microfilm copy (13 reels) available.
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Heisler, Henry C. (b. 1845) Cpl., 48th
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Papers, 1861-65. 45 items.
Chiefly letters from Heisler to his sister concerning General
Burnside's expedition to North Carolina, the 2d Manassas,
Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Petersburg
campaigns, and campaigns in Kentucky and Tennessee against
Gen. John Hunt Morgan. Provides a detailed account of the
Siege of Petersburg, and information on camp life, entertainment,
marches, desertions, disease, casualties, and the attitude
of noncombatants in Virginia and Kentucky. Also includes
a "Muster-Out Roll" for Heisler's company (F), July 1865.
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