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Robert J. Lowry and Company
Records, 1862-63. 10 items.
Letters concerning, in part, the purchase and distribution
of military supplies and problems with Union raiding parties.
781
Roberts Family
Papers, 1734-1944. 433 items.
Includes eight letters from Pvt. Junius B. Roberts (28th
U.S. Colored Infantry) to his family, 1864-65, concerning his
service as an orderly in a military hospital in Alexandria, Va.
Provides some information on deaths, disease, and hospital
care. Miscellaneous items comprise "Perrine's New Military
Map Illustrating the Seat of War," by C. O. Perrine (1862);
a manual of arms; and a "Prison Song. Lines written by
Dr. Sutherland, . . . 92d N.Y. Regiment, who was captured . . .
during the battle of'fair Oaks,'. . . being a correct history of his
capture, and their confinement, treatment and suffering, while
prisoners; also, a hint at the habits and customs of the Southern
Confederacy" (n.d.).
782
Rockwell, Almon Ferdinand (b. 1835) Maj., USA
Papers, 1852-1900. ca. 2,000 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes a diary kept by Rockwell, Oct. 1861-Sept. 1862,
during Gen. Don Carlos Buell's occupation of Nashville, the
Shiloh Campaign, the Corinth Campaign, marches and skirmishes
in northern Alabama, and the pursuit of Gen. Braxton
Bragg in Kentucky. Contains remarks on camp life, training,
morale, marches, discipline, entertainment, disease, medical
care, Confederate deserters, casualties, southern Unionists, prisoners
of war, the death of Gen. William Nelson, generalship,
and the removal and reinstatement of General Buell. Also contains
an autobiographical sketch (10 p.) of Rockwell; a letter
from T. J. Bush to Rockwell, Nov. 14 [1862], Indianapolis [Ind.],
on General Buell's spirits while awaiting a court of inquiry on
his conduct in the Battle of Perryville; and a letter from Buell
to [Rockwell], July 10, 1864, concerning his resignation from
the Army.
783
Rodgers Family
Papers, 1740-1957. ca. 11,150 items.
Material relating to the war consists chiefly of letters from
Col. John N. Macomb to his wife, 1861-62, concerning his
service as chief of the army topographical engineers, his associ-
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