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918
Sullivan, John T.
Papers, 1831-67. 12 items.
Photocopies.
Letter from J. H. M.(?) to Sullivan, July 18, 1861, Vichy,
France, on the response of French bankers to loan requests by
the Confederacy.
919
Surratt, Mary Eugenia Jenkins
(1820-1865) Alleged Conspirator
Letter, 1865. 1 item.
Photocopy.
Letter from Mrs. Surratt to an unnamed recipient, July 9,
1865, Washington, D.C., proclaiming her innocence in the Lincoln
assassination.
920
Susquehanna (U.S.S.)
Collection, 1853-65. 3 items.
Transcript, photocopy, and photograph.
Photograph of 17 officers and men on the U. S. S. Susquehanna
taken shortly after the second Fort Fisher expedition.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
921
Suydam, Charles Crooke Asst. Adj. Gen., 4th Corps,
(1836-1911) Army of the Potomac
Papers, 1859-64. ca. 200 items.
Correspondence, clippings, telegrams, intelligence reports,
inventories, orders, dispatches, military passes, and a diary
relating chiefly to Suydam's duties as Assistant Adjutant General
to Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes, as chief of staff for Gen. Alfred
Pleasonton, and as colonel of the 3d New Jersey Cavalry.
Includes information on courts-martial, the suffering of
noncombatants, marches, training, discipline, casualties, guerrilla
warfare, rank disputes, appointments and promotions,
drunkenness, and desertions. Miscellaneous items include a
report on the organization of General Keyes' command at
Yorktown, an outline of Suydam's military career, lists of
marches in which Suydam participated, and a diary kept during
the Peninsular Campaign, Apr. 4—June 2, 1862, and as
colonel of the 3d New Jersey Cavalry during the Shenandoah
Valley Campaign of 1864. Principal correspondents include
Gens. David Birney, John A. Dix, William B. Franklin, Joseph
Hooker, Erasmus D. Keyes, Rufus King, Randolph B. Marcy,
John J. Peck, and George Stoneman.
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