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Perkins, Henry Welles (d. 1890)
Letters, 1865. 1 item.
Letter from Perkins to Captain Lacy, Apr. 13, 1865,
Raleigh, N.C., concerning the movement of quartermaster
supplies.
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Petigru, James Louis (1789-1863) Lawyer-State Official,
South Carolina
Papers, 1812-68. ca. 400 items.
In part, transcripts.
Correspondence and papers of a Unionist family in South
Carolina during the war. Includes about 50 letters from Petigru
to his daughters, Sue Petigru King and Caroline Petigru
Carson, concerning politics in the South, public unity over the
secession crisis, the progress of the war, devastation along the
coast of South Carolina, acquaintances and friends in the Confederate
Army, and the attitude and suffering of noncombatants.
Also contains a letter from Gen. William T. Sherman to Mrs.
Carson, Jan. 20, 1865, Savannah, Ga., on the protection of the
Petigru family and property in South Carolina; a letter from
Gen. Winfield Scott to Secretary Stanton, May 27,1863, soliciting
Stanton's assistance for Mrs. Carson to visit her family in
South Carolina; and a letter from Millard Fillmore to J.
Chamberlin(?), Apr. 4,1863, Buffalo [N.Y.], on Petigru's political
appointment during his administration.
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Phelps, Winthrop Henry Chaplain, 2d Connecticut
(1818-1865) Heavy Artillery
Diary, 1864-1945. 1 v.
Transcript.
"A Chaplain's Life in the Civil War: The Diary of Winthrop
Henry Phelps," edited by Ethel L. Phelps, 1945. Covers
the period May 15, 1864-Dec. 31, 1865, with a "Resume of
Regiment Activities During 1863." Describes the participation
of the regiment in the Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Appomattox
campaigns, the Siege of Petersburg, and Sheridan's
Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Includes details on the battles
of Winchester (1864), Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, and
remarks on military organization, discipline, marches, desertions,
disease, casualties, medical care, foraging expeditions,
religion, and the suffering of noncombatants. Also contains
photographs of Phelps, the officers of the 19th Connecticut
Infantry, Col. Elisha S. Kellogg, Lt. Bradley D. Lee, the Fairfax
Theological Seminary (used as a military hospital), maps of
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