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Long, Breckinridge (1881-1958)
Papers, 1740-1948. ca. 77,000 items.
Includes about 30 letters written during the war by Frank
Preston Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), concerning military appointments
and organization, generalship, depredations in Maryland,
the Corinth Campaign, and the Arkansas Post (Fort Hindman)
expedition. Also contains postwar reminiscences of William S.
Long concerning his service in the 44th North Carolina Volunteers,
1861—65, and as a clerk on detached duty at Libby Prison
in Richmond, Va. Includes information on the battles of Bristoe
Station and Cold Harbor, the Kilpatrick—Dahlgren raid on
Richmond, prison escapes, the condition of exchanged Union
and Confederate prisoners of war, and camp life, morale, and
marches in the Army of Northern Virginia.
Finding aid available.
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Lord, W. W. Vicksburg, Miss.
Diary, 1863. 1 item.
Transcript.
Copy of Mrs. Lord's "Diary of a Woman During the Siege of
Vicksburg. May to July, 1863." Describes the suffering of noncombatants
in Vicksburg, the morale of the Confederate garrison,
disillusionment with Gen. John Pemberton, the behavior of
Union and Confederate soldiers after the capitulation, an interview
with General Grant, and devastation in the area.
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Love, John James Hervey
(1833-1897) Surg., 13th New Jersey Infantry
Papers, 1863-94. 50 items.
In part, transcripts.
Correspondence, short draft histories of regiments and batteries
in the 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac, a general history
of the 12th Corps, accounts of the battles of Cedar Mountain,
Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, and printed matter.
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Lovell, Mansfield (1822-1884) Gen., CSA
Letters, 1860-80. 9 items.
In part, photocopies.
Includes two letters from Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard to
Lovell, July 28, 1862, and Jan. 21, 1863, the former declining
Lovell's request that he preside over a court of inquiry on the
fall of New Orleans, La., and the latter concerning a command
for Lovell; a letter from Gov. Henry W. Allen to Lovell, Mar.
15,1864, asking for the return of funds belonging to the city of
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