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guerrilla warfare, the exchange of prisoners, and the attitude
of noncombatants along the Mississippi River.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Osborn, Joseph Bloomfield Cpl., 26th New Jersey
(1842-1876) Volunteers; USN
Family papers, 1857-65. 295 items.
Diary, Aug. 31, 1862—July 1, 1863, and correspondence,
1861-65, concerning enlistments, camp life, training, marches
in Maryland and Virginia, foraging expeditions, diet, morale,
depredations, discipline, the conduct of field officers, the attitude
and condition of Confederate prisoners of war, Confederate
generalship, weapons, casualties in the 26th New Jersey,
disease, hospital care, and the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation
on Federal troops. Includes details on the Peninsular,
Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville campaigns; Osborn's service
aboard the U.S.S. Vanderbilt in the North Atlantic and
the South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons; and the Fort Fisher
expedition of Jan. 1865.
688
Otis, Elwell Stephen (1838-1909) Gen., USA
Letter, 1888. 1 item.
Letter from Otis to Maj. Fowler Prentice, Dec. 26, 1888,
containing recollections of the Wilderness Campaign, particularly
the events of May 5, 1864.
689
Ott, Mary E.
Pass, 1863. 1 item.
Military pass issued to Mary Ott, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.,
Sept. 5, 1863.
690
Ott, Thomas
Pass, 1864. 1 item.
Military pass issued to Thomas Ott, Harpers Ferry, W.
Va., May 23, 1864.
691
Owen, Robert Dale (1801-1877) Reformer
Letter, 1862. 1 item.
Letter from Owen to Edwin M. Stanton, July 23, 1862,
discussing the purpose and nature of the war and advocating
emancipation with remuneration to slave owners as the only
effective way to terminate the conflict between North and South.
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