civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

Battle of Perryville, black life, the attitude of blacks toward
the war, problems with slave owners, Confederate prisoners of
war, guerrilla warfare, generalship, and the Knoxville and
Carolinas campaigns.
Originals at the University of Michigan.
887
Spears, Stewart (b. 1834) Pvt., 24th
New Jersey Volunteers
Documents, 1861-63. 3 items.
Discharge certificates from the 4th New Jersey Militia
Regiment, July 31, 1861, the 5th New Jersey Volunteers, Mar.
15, 1862, and the 24th New Jersey Volunteers, June 29, 1863.
888
Spencer Family
Papers, 1856-1914. ca. 1,300 items.
Includes the diary of Lyman Potter Spencer (1840-1915).
Entries during the war (3 v.), Sept. 12, 1863-June 14, 1865,
describe his service as an assistant quartermaster in the 2d
Ohio Heavy Artillery. Provides information on the Battle of
Munfordville, Ky., Col. John Thomas Wilder's surrender to
Gen. Braxton Bragg, and the Battle of Nashville (1864). Includes
remarks on camp life, disease, discipline, entertainment,
slavery, black life, religion in the Federal Army, guerrilla
warfare, supplies, the displacement of noncombatants, foraging
expeditions, the attitude of noncombatants, troop movements
in Kentucky and Tennessee, and the persecution of Confederate
veterans after the war. Also contains a sketch of
fortifications at Varnell's Station, Ga.
889
Sperry, Charles Stillman (1847-1911) Midshipman, USN
Papers, 1862-1912. ca. 2,300 items.
Includes five letters written by Sperry during his voyage
on the training ship U.S.S. Macedonian, June-Sept. 1863, and
a letter from Sperry to his sister, Nov. 20, 1864, concerning the
capture of the Confederate blockade runner Lucy.
Finding aid available.
890
Spofford, Ainsworth Rand
(1825-1908) Librarian of Congress
Papers, 1819-1970. ca. 600 items.
Includes two military passes, July 1861, and a letter from
Spofford to his wife, July 23, 1861, describing the panic among
Federal troops at the Battle of 1st Manassas.
Finding aid available.
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