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Campaign. Also includes a diary kept on the Yazoo Pass
expedition. Letters written by Howe in late 1863 and 1864
describe his service and experiences as a convalescent in military
hospitals in Mississippi and Missouri.
Microfilm copy (1 reel) available.
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Howe, Letitia T.
Autograph collection, 1833-71. 78 items.
Contains a few letters written by President Lincoln relating
generally to the war.
457
Howe, Mark Anthony De Wolfe
(1864-1960) Editor; Author
Papers, 1929-60. 7 items.
Letters and clippings relating to Howe's Marching With
Sherman: Passages From the Letters and Campaign Diaries of
Henry Hitchcock, Major and Assistant Adjutant General of
Volunteers, November 1864-May 1865 (1927).
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Howe, Samuel Gridley (1801-1876) Reformer
Collection, 1862 and undated. 2 items.
Letter from Howe to Mr. Bird, Mar. 5, 1862, U.S. Sanitary
Commission, Washington, D.C., concerning President Lincoln's
disillusionment with Gen. George B. McClellan and Lincoln's
views on slavery.
459
Howry, Charles Bowen (1844-1928) Mississippi
Family papers, 1863-98. 10 items.
Includes a letter from Jefferson Davis to J. M. Howry of
Oxford, Miss., Aug. 27, 1863, expressing surprise at Gen. U. S.
Grant's success in Mississippi, faith in the ultimate victory of
the Confederacy, and sympathy for the people of Mississippi.
Also contains two postwar letters from Davis to J. M. Howry.
460
Hoxie, Vinnie Ream (1847-1914)
Family papers, 1853-1937. ca. 2,500 items.
Contains a few letters to Vinnie Ream from wounded Union
soldiers and Confederate prisoners of war, including Gen. M.
Jeff Thompson; two letters from J. E. Powell, Aug. 26 and 30,
1861, concerning Miss Ream's brother Robert and military
activities near St. Louis, Mo.; and two letters from Richard L.
Hoxie to his family, July 16, 1862, and Dec. 27, 1863, on the
pursuit of Quantrill, military discipline, rank disputes, Hoxie's
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