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the Cavalry Bureau, camp life, morale, black troops, rank
disputes, refugees, Confederate deserters, and the generalship
of Ambrose E. Burnside, Benjamin F. Butler, William H. Emory,
Quincy A. Gillmore, George L. Hartsuff, William P. Sanders,
and William F. Smith.
Finding aid available.
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Kearny, Philip (1815-1862) Gen., USA
Papers, 1861-62. 75 items.
Chiefly letters from Kearny to his wife, Mar.-Aug. 1862,
and to John C. Parker, July 1861-Aug. 1862, concerning
skirmishes and marches in northern Virginia, the Siege of
Yorktown, and the battles of Seven Pines and Fair Oaks in the
Peninsular Campaign. Also contains comments on the administration
of the Army of the Potomac, military strategy, casualties,
dissension among senior officers, the use of black troops,
and the generalship of Nathaniel P. Banks, William B.
Franklin, Samuel P. Heintzelman, August V. Kautz, George B.
McClellan, Irvin McDowell, William R. Montgomery, Winfield
Scott, William F. Smith, Charles P. Stone, and others.
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Keatinge, Harriette C.
Collection, 1903-9. 3 items.
Account of the burning of Columbia, S.C., and Mrs.
Keatinge's journey with the army of Gen. William T. Sherman
from Columbia to Fayetteville, N.C.; transcript of Col. James
G. Gibbs, "The Burning of Columbia," published in The State,
Feb. 23, 1908; and notes on the burning of Columbia taken
from The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte (1903).
498
Keeney, Mrs. George
Civil War miscellany collection, 1861-89. 14 items.
Order by Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes, Nov. 28, 1862, concerning
the appointment of recruiting officers and the establishment
of training camps at various locations in the Trans-
Mississippi Department; order by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,
Jan. 23, 1864, concerning rations issued to the Army of the
Tennessee; invoice of cargo shipped aboard the Economist; and
military passes.
499
Keidel Family
Papers, 1834-1937. ca. 3,000 items.
Includes about 80 letters from Adj. Herman F. Keidel (b.
1832) to his family in Maryland written from Hammond Gen-
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