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"Belle Alliance" plantation, complaining of depredations by Federal
soldiers.
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Lair, John A. Surg., USA
Collection, 1864-65. 3 items.
Photocopies.
Letters from Lair to his family, 1864-65, concerning the
Atlanta and Savannah campaigns. Contains information on
Federal strategy in the battles of Dalton, Resaca, Dallas,
Kennesaw Mountain, Chattahoochee River, and Atlanta, and
the Siege of Savannah.
519
Laird, George F. Lt., 4th Ohio Volunteers
Diary, 1861. 1 v.
Covers the period Apr.-Dec. 1861. Describes Laird's enlistment
and training in Ohio, marches and skirmishes in West
Virginia, and casualties, desertions, and discharges in the 4th
Ohio. Also includes a list of officers and enlisted men in the 4th
Ohio or Canton Zouaves.
520
Lally, Michael
Document, 1863. 1 item.
Petition presented to Judge Roland Jones, July 22, 1863,
Caddo Parish, La., for the release of Lally as an illegal conscript.
521
Lander, Frederick West (1821-1862) Gen., USV
Papers, 1836-94. ca. 1,250 items.
Official correspondence, dispatches, telegrams, orders, and
miscellaneous items relating to military operations along the
upper Potomac River. Also includes numerous newspaper clippings
on the military career and death of General Lander. Correspondents
include Gens. George B. McClellan, Winfield Scott,
and Charles P. Stone.
Finding aid available.
522
Landis, Allen 116th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Family papers, 1862-64. 21 items.
Chiefly letters from Landis to his family concerning the
Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Spotsylvania campaigns, the
Siege of Petersburg, and skirmishes in northern Virginia and
West Virginia. Includes comments on camp life, morale, entertainment,
marches, the draft, and military diet and pay. Also
contains a letter from Aaron Landis to his parents, Sept. 13,
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