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Includes a letter from Charles W. Whittier to an unidentified
recipient, Dec. 29,1862, Falmouth, Va., concerning the Battle
of Fredericksburg.
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Holt, Joseph (1807 -1894) Judge Adv. Gen., USA
Papers, 1817-95. ca. 20,000 items.
Official and personal correspondence, diary, notebooks,
legal and financial papers, and miscellaneous items concerning
the War Department, military justice, the Lincoln assassination,
and the trial of the assassination conspirators.
Finding aid available.
447
Holt, Samuel E. (b. 1838) Washington Artillery, CSA
Papers, 1862-65. 8 items.
Orders, military passes, and discharge certificates.
448
Homsher, Charles Wesley Pvt., 5th Indiana Cavalry
Diary, 1864-65. 5 p.
Photocopy of transcript.
Describes the treatment of Union soldiers at Andersonville
Prison. Includes remarks on diet, deaths, burials, trade with
Confederate guards, attempts by Confederate officers to recruit
Union prisoners for service in the Confederate Army, and the
exchange of prisoners at the end of the war.
449
Hood, Charles Crook
(1841-1927) Capt., 31st Ohio Volunteers
Collection, 1862-1913. 10 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes a diary kept by Hood during campaigns in
Tennessee, Nov. 5,1862-Oct. 1863. Describes the Stones River
Campaign and skirmishes with Gen. John Hunt Morgan's
cavalry. Also contains remarks on camp life, training, discipline,
marches, casualties, and the devastation of war. Miscellaneous
items include an outline of Hood's military service and an
extract of a letter, Dec. 12, 1913, reminiscing about the Battle
of Chickamauga.
450
Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879) Gen., USA
Papers, 1861-77. 11 items.
Letter from Hooker to an unidentified recipient, Aug. 15,
1861, concerning the organization and staffing of Hooker's
brigade, and orders and official communications from Hooker
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