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Gen. E. A. Hitchcock and the Navy Department concerning
retaliation for the hanging of Spencer Kellogg, son of John
Brown of Harpers Ferry fame; and correspondence between
Confederate agents Robert Ould and Sidney S. Baxter and Federal
agent William P. Wood on the treatment and exchange of
prisoners of war. Also includes returns of prisoners of war;
extracts of letters by captured soldiers; correspondence relating
to the Department of Missouri; and Hitchcock's "Notes Upon
the Report of Major General George B. McClellan Upon the
Organization of the Army of the Potomac and Its Campaigns in
Virginia and Maryland from 26th July, 1861, to November 7,
1862." Miscellaneous items include a report by Col. John A.
McDowell on the Battle of Shiloh; a captured letter written by
a Confederate sailor aboard the C.S.S. Bienville, April 4, 1862,
Lake Pontchartrain, describing a naval action at the Rigolets
along with a sketch of the defenses of New Orleans; and a
letter from Thomas W. Fell to the War Office, Apr. 29, 1862,
concerning Federal strategy in Virginia.
Finding aid available.
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Hitchcock, Henry (1829-1902) Maj.; Asst. Adj. Gen., USA
Papers, 1864-65. 40 items.
Letters from Hitchcock to his wife, Oct. 21,1864-May 26,
1865, and a diary (3 v.), Nov. 11,1864-Feb. 11,1865, concerning
the Atlanta, Savannah, and Carolinas campaigns. Describes
camp life, marches, entertainment, morale, foraging expeditions,
the condition and attitudes of whites and blacks in the
South, Confederate morale, conditions in the Confederate Army,
battles and skirmishes, and the devastation of war. Also contains
a few details on the burning of Atlanta and the capture of
Savannah, and a letter from Gen. Ethan A. Hitchcock to
Hitchcock, May 16, 1864.
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Hitt, Robert Roberts (1834-1906) Reporter, Illinois
Papers, 1830-1905. ca. 2,200 items.
Contains a few shorthand notes on the trials of Col. James
Belger, Gen. William A. Hammond, Col. Frederick G. d'Utassy,
and others.
Finding aid available.
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Hodges, James (b. 1843) Sgt., 9th and 17th New York
Volunteers
Papers, 1863-65.
Microfilm, 1 reel.
Contains three letters from Hodges to Edwin Codet, Mar.
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