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744
Preston Family of Virginia
Papers, 1727-1896.
Microfilm, 14 reels.
Includes a letter from Maj. William Preston Johnston to
his wife, Oct. 3,1861, in camp near Fairfax Courthouse, describing
an expedition to Mason's Hill, discipline among Mississippi
regiments, depredations, and the attitude of noncombatants
in Fairfax County.
745
Procter, A. C. Kentucky
Letter, 1865. 1 item.
Letter from Mrs. Procter to her brother, Nov. 26, 1865,
Perryville, Ky., concerning her personal losses from the war,
the attitude and behavior of Federal officers, and the murder of
numerous Confederate soldiers returning to Kentucky.
746
Proctor, Wilbur Huntington Musician, 10th
New York Volunteers
Diary, 1864-74.
Microfilm, 1 reel.
Contains comments on Proctor's enlistments in the 20th
Massachusetts Volunteers and the 10th New York Volunteers,
military bounties, profiteering by civilian recruiters or "bounty
brokers," camp life, entertainment, marches, diet, discipline,
foraging expeditions, and battles and skirmishes in the
Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Petersburg campaigns.
747
Public Archives of Canada
Papers, 1791-1885. 47 v.
Photocopies.
Material for the Civil War period includes correspondence
of British Ministers at Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.,
concerning such matters as the recruitment of British subjects
for the U.S. Army, the southern blockade, the purchase of
privateers and blockade runners, passports, commerce,
alleged Confederate forces in Canada, and the treatment of
Englishmen living or trading in the war zone.
748
Quincy—Wendell—Upham—Holmes Families
Papers, 1866-1910.
Microfilm, 67 reels.
Includes about 100 letters from Samuel Miller Quincy to
his family, 1861—65, written during campaigns in Maryland,
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