civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

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Ryan, George Parker (1842-1877) 1st Lt., USN
Papers, 1860-1952. 75 items.
Includes 12 letters from Ryan to his brother, U.S.S. Sacramento,
European Squadron, July 25, 1864-Mar. 28,1865, concerning
Confederate privateers, the search for the C.S.S.
Alabama, efforts to capture the C.S.S. Rappahannock, and an
encounter with the C.S.S. Stonewall. Also contains a description
of the Stonewall, an explanation as to why the Sacramento
did not attack it, and an undated photograph of the U.S.S.
Monongahela.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
803
Ryan, Patrick Sgt., 132d New York Volunteers
Diary, 1863-65. 1 v.
Covers the period May 30, 1863-June 3, 1865. Describes
Ryan's enlistment in New York City, garrison duty in New
Berne, N.C., and vicinity, marches and skirmishes in the area,
guerrilla warfare (the mining of roads and railroads), Gen.
George E. Pickett's attack on New Bern, Feb. 1, 1864, and the
Carolinas Campaign. Includes a few details on the Battle of
Kinston, N.C., Confederate deserters, camp life, training, prisoners
of war, and discipline.
804
St. John, Bela T. (b. 1843) Pvt., 46th Illinois Volunteers
Papers, 1861-66. 108 items.
Chiefly letters from St. John to his family and relatives,
1862-66, and a diary, Nov. 7, 1861-Sept. 16, 1866 (9 v.),
relating to the Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, and Vicksburg
campaigns, the Siege of Jackson, Miss., and the Siege of Mobile,
Ala. Also describes St. John's enlistment and training in Illinois,
camp life, morale, discipline, marches, the selection of officers,
military organization, casualties, disease, hospital care, foraging
expeditions, guerrilla warfare, Confederate deserters, the
use of blacks in the U.S. Army, generalship, the dismissal of
incompetent officers, and speculation in cotton by officers. Additional
items include remarks on the movement of troops and
supplies on the Mississippi River, life in New Orleans, La.,
during the war, an expedition up the White River (Arkansas)
in Sept.-Oct. 1864, the capture of Spanish Fort and Fort
Blakely, Ala., and the Battle of Mobile Bay as viewed from
shore. Two letters by Sgt. John D. St. John, Mar. 26-27 and
Apr. 14,1862, discuss the Fort Donelson and Shiloh campaigns,
black life, and the presence of women in battle.
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