civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

Letters, briefs, affidavits, petitions, telegrams, notes, judicial
decisions, and memoranda from the files of the New Orleans
law firm of Durant & Hornor. Includes material relating to the
Planter's Life Guard, 1861-62, a list of the officers and crew of
the U.S.S. Chocura, information on prizes taken by the Chocura,
material on civilian arrests, and miscellaneous items relating
to the administrations of Gens. Nathaniel P. Banks, Benjamin
F. Butler, Stephen A. Hurlbut, and George F. Shepley.
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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), Pres., U.S.
Papers, 1833-1916. ca. 42,100 items.
Military and political correspondence, orders, plans, reports,
telegrams, circulars, maps, muster rolls and returns, proclamations,
petitions, affidavits, speeches, pamphlets, and miscellaneous
items. Correspondents include Nathaniel P. Banks,
Edward Bates, Montgomery Blair, Benjamin Brewster, Salmon
P. Chase, Schuyler Colfax, Ulysses S. Grant, John Hay, Andrew
Johnson, Reverdy Johnson, George B. McClellan, George G.
Meade, Edwin D. Morgan, John G. Nicolay, William Rosecrans,
William H. Seward, Horatio Seymour, Caleb B. Smith, James
Speed, Edwin M. Stanton, Charles Sumner, Lyman Trumbull,
Lew Wallace, Elihu B. Washburne, and Gideon Welles.
Published index and microfilm copy (97 reels) available.
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Appointment book, 1861.
Microfilm, 1 reel.
Covers the period Mar. 5-27, 1861. Includes miscellaneous
related documents.
548
Lincolniana collection, 1849-1954. 29 items.
Includes a copy of the last photograph of President Lincoln,
Apr. 9, 1865.
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Livingston, Robert R. (1746-1813)
Papers, 1658-1888.
Microfilm, 14 reels.
Includes four letters from Pvt. Eugene Livingston to his
father, E. A. Livingston, Apr. 1862, concerning his service in
the 95th New York Volunteers, and Eugene Livingston's
discharge certificate, Apr. 26, 1862.
Originals at the New-York Historical Society.
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