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Shippen Family
Papers, 1671-1936. ca. 6,500 items.
Includes three letters to Dr. Edward Shippen, surgeon, 1st
Pennsylvania Artillery Reserves, 1862-63, from William
T. W. Ball, Thomas P. Parry, and Robert M. West.
Finding aid and microfilm copy (15 reels) available.
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Shortelle, James Edward (d. 1871), and Family
Collection, 1851-64. 11 items.
Includes four letters from Robert Shortelle (6th Pennsylvania
Reserves) to his family, written from camps in Maryland
and Virginia, 1861-63, and two letters from Parly Colburn
(USA) to his wife, 1863 — 64, concerning camp life, disease,
discipline, and morale. Also contains a photograph of James
Shortelle in uniform.
856
Shorter, John Gill (1818-1872) Gov., Alabama
Collection, 1862. 2 items.
Letter by Shorter, Apr. 4, 1862, Montgomery, concerning
military organization and recruiting in Alabama, the location
of military camps in the State, public support for the war, and
the defense of Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla.; letter from
Shorter to Gov. Francis W. Pickens, May 2,1862, Montgomery,
concerning Shorter's personal commitment to the Confederacy,
conscription, the manufacture of arms and ammunition, and
Confederate finance.
857
Shriver, William H. (b. 1887) Author
Collection, 1863 and undated. 5 items.
Transcripts.
Letter from Miss S. C. Shriver to her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Shriver Myer, June 29, 1863, Union Mills, Md., concerning
troop movements, depredations, casualties, and the attitude of
noncombatants in the area around Gettysburg during the Gettysburg
Campaign; an explanation of J. E. B. Stuart's late
arrival at the Battle of Gettysburg; an account of how W. H.
Shriver's father located the exact spot where Stuart dismounted
at Gettysburg; and an essay by Shriver, "My Father Led General
J. E. B. Stuart to Gettysburg."
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