civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

passes, vouchers, certificates, and paroles, letters by Federal
soldiers at Andersonville Prison, a pamphlet entitled "Inquiries
Upon Hospital Gangrene," by Dr. Joseph Jones, and photographs
of Jefferson Davis, Joseph Jones, Alfred and Louis Manigault,
and Gens. P G. T. Beauregard, Wade Hampton, Thomas J.
Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, and William T.
Sherman.
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Mann, Mary Tyler Peabody
(1806-1887) Educator, Massachusetts
Papers, 1863-76. 75 items.
Ten letters by Maria R. Mann, Feb. 10-Aug. 14, 1863,
describe her work as an agent of the U.S. Sanitary Commission
at a freedmen's camp in Helena, Ark. Includes comments on
disease and deaths among freedmen, their abuse by soldiers
and merchants, black life, efforts to organize black regiments,
and the acquisition and distribution of supplies.
601
Mansfield, Joseph King Fenno (1803-1862) Gen., USA
Collection, 1853-62. 17 items.
In part, photocopies.
Chiefly letters from Mansfield to his wife, Sept. 13,1861-
July 2, 1862, concerning the defense of Washington, D.C., the
generalship of George B. McClellan, Mansfield's desire for a
field command, the duel between the U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S.
Merrimac and Mansfield's disagreement with Gen. John Wool
over a report on the battle, the attitude of noncombatants in
southeast Virginia, the occupation of Norfolk, Va., and routine
military affairs at Cape Hatteras, N.C. Also contains a photograph
of Mansfield and a telegram from Maj. George D. Ramsay
to Mansfield, Aug. 21,1861, concerning the arrival of arms
at the Washington arsenal.
602
Marble, Manton Malone
(1834-1917) Journalist-Editor, New York
Papers, 1852-1916. ca. 14,000 items.
Includes a few letters by soldiers or correspondents in the
field concerning the Peninsular and Petersburg campaigns, and
miscellaneous letters and documents relating to the U.S. Sanitary
Commission.
Finding aid available.
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