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Hindman) expedition. Letters written during marches in southwest
Louisiana describe skirmishes at Carrion Crow Bayou
and New Iberia, Nov. 1863, and include remarks on camp life,
marches, morale, casualties, foraging expeditions, Confederate
desertions, Welshmen in the 23d Wisconsin, the performance
of black soldiers, and the generalship of Stephen G. Burbridge.
Also includes two letters written by Thomas E. Hughes, 23d
Wisconsin.
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Jones, Roger (1625?-1701)
Family papers, 1649-1896. ca. 7,000 items.
Includes two letters from Stephen R. Mallory to Lt. Catesby
ap R. Jones, Mar. 13, 1862, and Sept. 16, 1864, commending
Jones for his work on ordnance for the Confederate Navy.
Finding aid and microfilm copy (15 reels) available.
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Jones, Samuel
Manuscript, undated. 457 p.
Unpublished narrative of military operations along the
coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Contains details
on the Port Royal expedition; the capture of Forts Walker,
Beauregard, and Pulaski; operations on Morris Island, S.C.,
particularly the attacks on Fort Wagner (Battery Wagner); the
bombardment of Forts Moultrie and Sumter; and the St. Johns
River expedition. Incomplete. Supplied title: "The Seige [sic] of
Charleston."
494
Jones, Thomas Goode (1844-1914) Maj., CSA
Letter, 1864. 1 item.
Transcript.
Letter from Jones to his father, Oct. 21, 1864, describing
the Battle of Cedar Creek, Va.
495
Kautz, August Valentine (1828-1895) Gen., USA
Papers, 1846-99. ca. 500 items.
Includes general and special orders, a diary, and a
memoir—"Reminiscences of the Civil War," 1861-65. Contains
information on the battles of Mechanicsville, Hanover Courthouse,
and Malvern Hill during the Peninsular Campaign,
skirmishes in Kentucky and Tennessee in 1863, the Knoxville
Campaign, the pursuit and capture of Gen. John Hunt
Morgan in Ohio, the Petersburg Campaign, the fall of Richmond,
Va., and the trial of the Lincoln conspirators. Also
includes comments on military organization and administration,
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