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Strait, N. A. Collector
Records, 1860-65. ca. 1,800 items.
Provides information on the service of various Union regular
and volunteer regiments. Pertains chiefly to regiments from
Massachusetts and New York.
911
Strong, Hayward & Company Boston, Mass.
Scrapbook, 1857-69. ca. 220 items.
Contains five letters from Adj. R. M. Bearden (Turner
Ashby's cavalry) while a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island,
Ohio, appealing for aid from his prewar business acquaintance,
Alexander Strong, Aug.-Nov. 1863.
912
Stuart, Alexander Hugh Holmes
(1807-1891) Statesman, Virginia
Collection, 1790-1868. 34 items.
Includes five letters to Stuart, May 7,1861-Jan. 20,1865,
concerning the secession crisis, the Peninsular Campaign, the
political situation in Virginia in Dec. 1862, Whig prospects in
Virginia after the war, and the desperate political and economic
situation in Virginia in Jan. 1865. Correspondents are
James D. Armstrong, John B. Baldwin, John Letcher, William
Cabell Rives, and Williams C. Wickham.
913
Stuart, George Hay President,
(1816-1890) U.S. Christian Commission
Collection, 1792-1930. ca. 550 items.
Miscellaneous letters and documents relating to the war.
Includes a letter from Gen. Isaac P. Rodman to his sister, Aug.
15, 1861, on the Battle of 1st Manassas, a letter from Stuart to
President Lincoln, Dec. 11, 1861, on the origins and service of
the Christian Commission, a letter from Gen. D. H. Hill to
General Beauregard, Dec. 16,1861, calling for the execution of
Federal soldiers and Tories for the pillage and murder of
noncombatants, and a note by Gen. Robert E. Lee, Aug. 1861,
on an exchange of prisoners. Also contains letters concerning
generalship, promotions, reinforcements, conscription, prisoners
of war, cavalry tactics, supplies, religion among soldiers,
and the 2d Manassas, Antietam, and Fredericksburg campaigns,
and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. Miscellaneous
items comprise a manuscript map of the battlefield at
Gettysburg, a return of soldiers in the 56th Pennsylvania
Volunteers, July 16, 1863, military passes, orders, receipts,
and requisitions, and a photograph of Gen. Amiel W. Whipple.
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