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Telegraph Service during the Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg
campaigns. Includes comments on the frequent relocation
of the telegraph service, the progress of the war, camp life,
deserters, devastation in Virginia, casualties, prisoners of war,
entertainment, generalship, and various battles and skirmishes.
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Rose, Solomon D. Pvt, USA
Letter, 1865. 1 item.
Letter from Rose to his mother, Mar. 20, 1865, concerning
camp life and patriotism in the Army of the Potomac.
795
Rosecrans, William Starke (1819-1898) Gen., USA
Collection, 1862, 1865. 2 items.
Includes a letter from Rosecrans to Dr. Jacob Boyers, Feb.
5,1862, Wheeling, [W.] Va., encouraging the arrest and prosecution
of Confederate sympathizers in Monogalia County.
796
Rowan, Stephen Clegg (1808-1890) Comdr., USN
Papers, 1826-90. 4 items.
Includes a letterbook, Feb. 22, 1854-Jan. 21, 1880, containing
about 250 copies of letters and reports on the war,
including attempts by the U.S.S. Pawnee to reach Fort Sumter
in Apr. 1861, the engagement of the U.S.S. Pawnee and U.S.S.
Thomas Freeborn with Confederate batteries at Aquia Creek,
Va., the capture and occupation of Alexandria, Va., the action
at Mathias Point, Va., June 27, 1861, Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's
expedition to North Carolina, and the Battle of New
Bern, N.C. Also includes miscellaneous reports and comments
on the activities of the North Atlantic and South Atlantic Blockading
Squadrons, loyalist refugees, blockade runners, prize
vessels, the torpedo attack on the U.S.S. New Ironsides, the
sinking of the U.S.S. Housatonic, naval morale, discipline, ship
repairs, and the bombardment of Forts Sumter, Wagner,
Moultrie, and Gregg. Correspondents include John A. Dahlgren,
Gustavus V. Fox, Louis M. Goldsborough, David D. Porter,
Cornelius K. Stribling, Silas H. Stringham, Alfred H. Terry,
and Gideon Welles.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
797
Rowan, W. H. Capt., Kentucky Battalion, CSA
Letter, 1861. 1 item.
Photocopy.
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