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Also describes camp life, training, discipline, morale, marches,
disease, hospital care, foraging and reconnaissance expeditions,
the attitude of noncombatants, the use of blacks, black life, the
condition and treatment of Confederate prisoners of war, casualties,
guerrilla warfare, Confederate deserters, military
organization, and generalship. Additional items include a brief
biographical sketch of Smith and a membership badge from
the 1914 meeting of the 1st New York Dragoons Association.
870
Smith, James Power (1837-1923) CSA
Collection, 1861-64. 20 items.
In part, transcripts.
Official correspondence, orders, and reports. Includes a
report by Capt. William R. Garrett on the performance of the
Williamsburg Light (Lee) Artillery in an attack on Fort
Magruder, May 5, 1862; Gen. John Bell Hood's report on the
engagement at Eltham's Landing, Va., May 7,1862; reports on
the Battle of Williamsburg by Lt. William I. Clopton, Richmond-
Fayette Artillery, Capt. Robert M. Stribling, Fauquier Artillery,
Capt. James Dearing, Lynchburg Artillery, Gen. George E.
Pickett, Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox, and Lt. Col. J. Thompson
Brown. Also includes a letter from Gen. Braxton Bragg to
Joseph E. Johnston, Feb. 25, 1863, Tullahoma, explaining his
plan for an attack on Franklin, Tenn.; a letter from Dr. Samuel
P. Moore to James A. Seddon, Jan. 5, 1863, Richmond, Va., on
pay for soldiers detained in the Medical Department; reports
by Gen. Braxton Bragg on the Battle of Chickamauga; and
miscellaneous items by Gen. Cadwallader C. Washburn, Gen.
George H. Thomas, and Stephen R. Mallory.
871
Smith, John Cotton (1765-1845)
Papers, 1805-64. 6 items.
Includes a letter from Julius Nichols, an official with the
U.S. Sanitary Commission, to Miss Helen Smith, [Mar. 16,1864],
Washington, D.C., containing remarks on Gens. Ulysses S.
Grant and Hugh J. Kilpatrick.
872
Smith, Jonathan Bayard (1742-1812)
Family papers, 1686-1903. ca. 530 items.
Includes a personal letter by Gen. George B. McClellan,
Nov. 21, 1861; a letter from Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to Capt.
John R. Tucker, May 1, 1862, concerning transportation for
sick soldiers; a personal letter by John Slidell, Aug. 23, 1862,
Paris [France]; a letter by James D. Halyburton(?), Sept. 16,
1863, Richmond [Va.], on hardships endured by soldiers; Col.
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