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Includes proof sheets for Roe's Naval Duties and Discipline
With the Policy and Principles of Naval Organization (1865);
and an account of the action between the U.S.S. Sassacus and
C.S.S. Albemarle near the mouth of the Roanoke River, May 5,
1864, written by Roe from his diary and notes in 1899.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Roedel, Josephine Forney (1825-1904)
Collection, 1863-64. 2 items.
Diary kept by Roedel during travels in Virginia, Maryland,
and Pennsylvania, Oct. 28, 1863-July 13,1864. Includes comments
on depredations and the effects of war in the Shenandoah
Valley, inflation, the attitude of noncombatants in Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and Maryland, morale among soldiers from
Wythe County, Va., the Gettysburg Address, and Gen. Jubal
Early's Washington raid. Also includes an offprint of Roedel's
diary published in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and
Biography (Oct. 1943).
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Roelofson, William J. Pvt., 145th Illinois Volunteers
Document, 1864. 1 item.
Certificate of service as a 100-day volunteer, Dec. 15,1864.
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Rogers, Henry J. (1811-1879)
Papers, 1844-75.
Microfilm, 1 reel.
Includes a letter from Comdr. Homer C. Blake to Commodore
Andrew A. Harwood, Dec. 18, 1863, endorsing the use of
Rogers' "Semophoric Telegraphic Signals" in the U.S. Navy; a
letter from Harwood to Adm. Charles H. Davis, Dec. 30, 1863,
on a successful test of the signals at sea; and copies of signals
between the U.S.S. Wachusett and U.S.S. Sangamon in Feb.
1864.
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Roman, Alfred (b. 1824) Col., Louisiana Militia
Papers, 1861-90. 150 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes official correspondence between Gen. P. G. T.
Beauregard and various officers and officials, 1861—62, concerning
military appointments, the Battle of 1st Manassas,
supplies, reinforcements, military organization, Gen. Ambrose
E. Burnside's expedition to North Carolina, recruits, strategy,
transportation, and the need for more officers. Also contains
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