civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

Army, depredations, casualties among volunteers from Clark
County, and the care of sick and wounded soldiers.
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Meagher, Thomas Francis (1823-1867) Gen., USV
Collection, 1859-65. 3 items.
Letter from Meagher to John F. Coyle, New York, Sept.
27,1861, concerning the appointment of sutlers for the 4th and
5th New York Volunteers and Meagher's reasons for entering
the Army. Also includes a pass issued to Meagher, Apr. 23,
1865, to serve as an honor guard for the body of President
Lincoln.
621
Mearns, Edgar Alexander (1856-1916)
Papers, 1864-1918. ca. 5,850 items.
Includes a letter by Gen. John A. Dix, Oct. 20, 1864.
Finding aid available.
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Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham
(1816-1892) Q.M. Gen., USA
Papers, 1849-1968. ca. 4,000 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes two letterbooks, Apr. 1, 1861-Feb. 26, 1862, and
Apr. 2-29, 1864, containing copies of incoming and outgoing
correspondence; newspaper clippings relating to the war; a
pamphlet: Instructions for Officers on Outpost and Patrol Duty;
sketches of portable barracks and war scenes; notes on equipment
and supplies; miscellaneous accounts; a report on the
death of Meigs' son, Lt. John Rodgers Meigs; remarks on the
economic effects of the war and the changing attitudes of Federal
soldiers toward the South; and a diary, 1861-64, containing
brief references to Cabinet meetings, conferences with Gens.
Ambrose E. Burnside, Henry W. Halleck, George B. McClellan,
William S. Rosecrans, William T. Sherman, and others, trips to
the front lines, inspection tours, and problems with Secretary
Stanton over fraud in the Quartermaster Department.
Finding aid available.
623
Meigs, Return Jonathan (1740-1823) Tennessee
Family papers, 1772-1862. 72 items.
Includes a letter by Return J. Meigs (1801 -1891), Feb. 10,
1861, Nashville, concerning Unionist sentiment in Tennessee
and public rejoicing in Nashville over the apparent Union victory
in the election of delegates to the State convention.
Microfilm copy (1 reel) available.
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