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Luce, Stephen Bleecker
(1827-1917) Comdr., USN
Papers, 1799-1938. ca. 8,000 items.
Includes a diary and letterbooks kept by Luce as 3d
lieutenant, U.S.S. Wabash, May-Nov. 1861, and It. commander,
U.S. Practice Ship Macedonian, June-Sept. 1863, U.S.S.
Nantucket, Oct. 1863-July 1864, and U.S.S. Pontiac, Sept.
1864-June 1865. Contains lists of officers, names of prize
vessels, information on ship arrivals and departures in the
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, accounts of the capture
of Forts Hatteras and Clark, N.C., and the Port Royal expedition—particularly
the action at Hilton Head, S.C., and
the capture of Forts Beauregard and Walker. Also includes a
detailed report on the participation of the Nantucket in operations
against Fort Sumter, May 14 and 18, 1864, and remarks
on discipline, courts-martial, naval intelligence, Confederate
deserters, and blacks.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Ludwig, Edwin F. (1839-1884) Telegraph Operator,
South Carolina
Diary, 1861. 1 v.
Covers the period Jan. 1-June 7, 1861. Contains remarks
on the secession crisis, the seizure of Federal forts and arsenals
in the South, Confederate military appointments, and the bombardment
and capture of Fort Sumter.
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Lurton, Horace Harmon
(1844-1914) Lt., 3d Kentucky Cavalry, CSA
Papers, 1860-1914. ca. 250 items.
Contains a note from Lurton to his mother, Feb. 17, 1862,
informing her of his capture at Fort Donelson; a letter from
Gen. Simon B. Buckner to Gen. George W. Cullum, Feb. 19,
1862, requesting Lurton's release as a noncombatant; and
Lurton's certificate of discharge from the 5th Tennessee Regiment,
Feb. 4, 1862. Also includes 10 letters from Lurton to A.
B. W. Allen, Mar. 7, 1862-Nov. 14, 1864, concerning prison
life at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island, his personal health,
and the mental and physical suffering of Confederate prisoners
of war; a letter from Lt. John Adams to Lurton, Feb. 17, 1865,
approving the circumstances of Lurton's release from prison;
and a statement of approbation on the means of Lurton's release
signed by 46 Confederate prisoners from Kentucky and
Tennessee. A letter from Lurton to A. B. W. Allen, May 4,
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