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Army, <strong>the</strong> generalship <strong>of</strong> Robert Toombs, <strong>the</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> conscription<br />

in Georgia, a plot to assassinate President Davis, Confederate<br />

politics, <strong>the</strong> Atlanta Campaign, and <strong>the</strong> Hampton Roads<br />

Peace Conference.<br />

902<br />

Stephenson, Nathaniel Wright<br />

(1867-1935) Historian; Journalist<br />

Papers, 1922-30. 28 items.<br />

Notes on blacks in <strong>the</strong> Civil War and on Jefferson Davis,<br />

scenarios for "Lee and <strong>the</strong> Confederacy" and "For <strong>the</strong> Union,"<br />

photoplays in The Chronicles <strong>of</strong> America series, and scenario<br />

notes for "Lincoln."<br />

903<br />

Stevens, Hazard (1842-1918) Col., 1st Loyal<br />

Eastern Virginians<br />

Family papers, 1835-97.<br />

Micr<strong>of</strong>ilm, 2 reels.<br />

Official and personal correspondence, orders, commissions,<br />

and reports relating to <strong>the</strong> service <strong>of</strong> Stevens and his fa<strong>the</strong>r,<br />

Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens. Contains details on <strong>the</strong> Battle <strong>of</strong><br />

Secessionville, S.C., <strong>the</strong> Siege <strong>of</strong> Suffolk, Va., <strong>the</strong> Shenandoah<br />

Valley Campaign <strong>of</strong> 1864, <strong>the</strong> Petersburg Campaign, and <strong>the</strong><br />

Battle <strong>of</strong> Sayler's Creek, Va. Also contains letters and documents<br />

on <strong>the</strong> recruitment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1st Loyal Eastern Virginia<br />

Volunteers, guerrilla <strong>war</strong>fare in Virginia and North Carolina,<br />

reconnaissance and foraging expeditions, prisoners <strong>of</strong> <strong>war</strong>,<br />

generalship, <strong>the</strong> death <strong>of</strong> General Stevens, response to General<br />

Early's Washington raid, depredations, camp life, marches,<br />

morale, and <strong>the</strong> effectiveness <strong>of</strong> Union cavalry and weapons.<br />

Miscellaneous items include an incomplete biography, "Life <strong>of</strong><br />

Gen. I. I. Stevens by his son Hazard Stevens."<br />

Originals at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Washington.<br />

904<br />

Stevens, Thaddeus (1792-1868) U.S. Representative,<br />

Pennsylvania<br />

Papers, 1813-69. ca. 4,750 items.<br />

Contains about 30 letters to Stevens, 1861—64, <strong>from</strong> relatives<br />

serving in <strong>the</strong> Union Army, soldiers in various Pennsylvania<br />

regiments, constituents, military and political prisoners,<br />

and <strong>of</strong>fice seekers concerning <strong>the</strong> Battle <strong>of</strong> Shiloh, marches and<br />

skirmishes in Tennessee, <strong>the</strong> attitude <strong>of</strong> noncombatants at<br />

Nashville, Tenn., <strong>the</strong> release or exchange <strong>of</strong> prisoners, military<br />

appointments and commissions, generalship, furloughs, and<br />

<strong>the</strong> service <strong>of</strong> black troops.<br />

Finding aid available.<br />

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