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hospitals, the treatment of blacks by Union soldiers, black life,
and illegal trade in military supplies. Also contains comments
on the situation of Waddel's friends and relations in the Confederate
Army, and observations on the effects of the war in
Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
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Wade, Benjamin Franklin (1800-1878) U.S. Senator, Ohio
Papers, 1832-81. ca. 3,500 items.
Contains about 100 letters and documents concerning the
recruitment, organization, supply, leadership, and service of
Ohio troops; military pay, enlistments, discipline, appointments,
and promotions; the treatment of noncombatants; the conduct
of the war; reinforcements; and slavery and emancipation.
Includes a few details on the Battle of Ball's Bluff, the Arkansas
Post expedition, the Siege of Petersburg, the capture of
Island No. 10, and the service of the 29th Ohio Volunteers in
the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. Also contains miscellaneous
returns for the 6th U.S. Colored Cavalry; V. P.
Corbett's "Map of the Seat of War showing the battles of July
18th, 21st, and Oct 21st, 1861"; a sketch of the battlefield at
Chickamauga; and a quarterly report, Mar. 1, 1864, to the
Confederate surgeon general on conditions at the hospital for
prisoners of war in Richmond, Va. Correspondents include
James S. Brisbin, James A. Garfield, Joseph Hooker, George
W. Morgan, Henry Wade, and James F. Wade.
Finding aid and microfilm copy (11 reels) available.
980
Wadsworth, James (1768-1844)
Family papers, 1730-1952. ca. 7,000 items.
Material from the Civil War consists chiefly of letters and
documents relating to the service and death of Wadsworth's son,
Gen. James Samuel Wadsworth. Includes official orders and
commissions; a letter from General Wadsworth to his daughter
on the Battle of Chancellorsville; a copy of Wadsworth's report
on the Battle of Gettysburg; an account of the Gettysburg
campaign, with accompanying sketches of troop positions and
maneuvers; a telegram announcing Wadsworth's death in the
Battle of the Wilderness; copies of official reports on Wadsworth's
death; and letters of condolence to his wife, Mrs. Mary
Wharton Wadsworth, from Gens. George G. Meade, Andrew A.
Humphreys, and Gouverneur K. Warren, and various public
and private citizens. Also includes letters by Robert E. Lee and
Wade Hampton on the return of Wadsworth's body and personal
effects; memorials and addresses on the life of General
Wadsworth; correspondence with the U.S. Treasury Department
on the settlement of Wadsworth's accounts; and letters
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