civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

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Alvord, Augustus V. (1834-1904) Chaplain, 1st Connecticut
Heavy Artillery
Letter, 1864. 1 item.
Letter from Alvord to his brother, June 25, 1864, describing
the repulse of a Confederate counterattack during the Siege
of Petersburg and the devastation of the Virginia countryside.
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Alvord, Jabez 2d Lt., 28th Connecticut Volunteers
Diary, 1862-63. 1 item.
Records the service of the 28th Connecticut from Nov. 15,
1862, to Aug. 28, 1863. Includes a detailed account of operations
against Port Hudson, La., May 26-June 9, 1863, and
descriptions of voyages, marches, and camp life at Fort Barrancas,
Fla., Ship Island, Miss., and Brashear City (Morgan
City) and Carrollton, La.
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Aeronautical archives, 1783-1962. ca. 30,000 items.
In part, photocopies.
Material from the former Institute of the Aerospace
Sciences. Includes the papers of Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
(1832-1913), "Chief Aeronaut of the Army of the Potomac,"
which comprise a memoir, "My Balloons in Peace and War," a
diary, Apr. 30 —May 5, 1863, correspondence, photographs,
military orders, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous
items. Contains information on the establishment of the
Aeronautic Corps, the design and operation of balloons, reconnaissance
flights, the defense of Washington, D.C., the Peninsular,
Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville campaigns, Confederate
morale at the beginning of the war, and Confederate
reaction to the use of balloons. Also includes sketches showing
Confederate troop positions at Bailey's Crossroads, Va., Aug.
27, 1861, and fortifications around Richmond, Va., June 14,
1862. Diary entries consist largely of notes made during reconnaissance
flights and figures on pay for noncombatants in the
Aeronautic Corps. Principal correspondents include Joseph
Hooker, Andrew A. Humphreys, George B. McClellan, George
G. Meade, Fitz-John Porter, and Edwin M. Stanton.
Finding aid available.
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Anderson, Frank Maloy (1871-1961) Historian
Papers, 1899-1954. ca. 40,000 items.
Includes research notes assembled by Anderson over a
20-year period for an unwritten history of the secession crisis.