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Saxton, Rufus (1824-1908) Gen., USA
Collection, 1862-89. 3 items.
Letter from Saxton to the Board of Home Missions, Oct.
22, 1862, Beaufort, S.C., concerning the transfer of Rev. J.
Kennedy from Beaufort to Fernandina, Fla., where the garrison
needed a minister; and a letter from Saxton to the American
Medical Association, June 18, 1863, Beaufort, S.C., thanking
the association for its interest in his work in behalf of
freedmen in his department.
816
Sayre, Francis Bowes (1885-1972)
Papers, 1861-1961. ca. 8,100 items.
Contains about 50 letters from Capt. Wilberforce Nevin,
79th Pennsylvania Volunteers, to his family and relatives, Oct.
14, 1861-Jan. 4, 1864, concerning campaigns in Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Alabama. Includes comments on camp life,
marches, morale, discipline, troop movements, foraging expeditions,
the treatment of prisoners of war, guerrilla warfare,
depredations by both Union and Confederate soldiers, the attitude
and conduct of noncombatants, black life, the attitude of
blacks toward the war, the use and treatment of blacks by
Union soldiers, southern Unionists, inflation, disease, spies,
military organization, and generalship. Also contains information
on the battles of Perryville, Ky., and Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
and a skirmish at Rowlett's Station, Ky., Dec. 17, 1861; and a
short history of the 79th Pennsylvania written by Captain
Nevin in Dec. 1864.
Finding aid available.
817
Schaumburg Family
Collection, 1795-1865. 3 items.
In part, photocopies.
Military pass issued to Orleana Christy Schaumburg (Mrs.
Charles W. Schaumburg), Jan. 18, 1865, to enter the South,
and signed by President Lincoln. Also a personal letter from
Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard to Mrs. Schaumburg.
818
Scholossen, Peter Pvt., USA
Document, 1863. 1 item.
Discharge certificate, Mar. 2, 1863.
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