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entertainment, marches, desertions, discipline, his capture and
exchange in May 1863, and the movement of the Washington
Artillery from Petersburg, Va., to Texas in 1864.
895
Stahel, Julius (1825-1912) Gen., USV
Papers, 1861-1916.
In part, transcripts.
Microfilm, 1 reel.
Chiefly commissions, orders, dispatches, and letters concerning
Stahel's military career. Also contains pension records,
obituaries, and a biographical essay (24 p.). Correspondents
are Gens. Darius N. Couch, Samuel P. Heintzelman, George B.
McClellan, Carl Schurz, and Franz Sigel.
896
Stanton, Edwin McMasters
(1814-1869) U.S. Secretary of War
Papers, 1831-70. ca. 7,600 items.
Chiefly correspondence relating to Stanton's service as Secretary
of War under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew
Johnson, particularly the organization and management of the
War Department. Also includes letterbooks, 1863 — 65, the proceedings
of the Board of War, Mar. 1862, a draft of the annual
report of the Secretary of War for 1863, maps and charts, reports
from various military departments and commands, letters concerning
morale and discipline in the U.S. Army, the use of
runaway slaves as soldiers, generalship, the Lincoln assassination,
ordnance reports, field returns, memoranda from consultations
with various generals, letters and reports on the exchange
of prisoners of war, plans and suggestions for campaigns, and
miscellaneous items. Correspondents include Benjamin F.
Butler, Simon Cameron, Charles A. Dana, John A. Dix, Thomas
Ewing, William P. Fessenden, Andrew H. Foote, Gustavus V.
Fox, John C. Fremont, Reverdy Johnson, Abraham Lincoln,
George B. McClellan, Thomas A. Scott, Charles Sumner, and
Gideon Welles.
Finding aid, partial index, and microfilm copy (14 reels)
available.
897
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
(1815-1902) Reformer; Feminist
Papers, 1814-1946. ca. 1,000 items.
Several letters from Stanton's husband, Henry B. Stanton,
written from Washington, D.C., and New York City in 1861,
describe troop arrivals and war fever in Washington, war
finance, and his opinion of Gen. George B. McClellan. Also
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