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[John Ward?] to his brother, New York, Nov. 7, 1862, describing
his capture at Harpers Ferry, the treatment of prisoners of
war, skirmishes at Bolivar Heights and Maryland Heights,
and the appearance and habits of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson.
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Ward Family of Richmond County, Va.
Papers, 1830-65. ca. 2,600 items.
Contains family and personal correspondence relating to
the war, and letters from Confederate soldiers, 1861-65.
Includes remarks on public support for the war in Virginia and
South Carolina, the organization and composition of the Wade
Hampton Legion, fortifications at Charleston, S.C., and at various
locations in Virginia, Confederate casualties and troop
locations, depredations and foraging by Federal soldiers, disease
and deaths in the Confederate Army, prisoners of war,
desertions, problems with slaves abandoning plantations, and
the Fort Donelson, Peninsular, 2d Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg campaigns. Also
contains five captured letters concerning soldiers in the 18th
Maine Volunteers. Correspondents in the Confederate Army
include R. L. T. Beall, D. E. Goodwyn, John Hooff, W. Lewis,
W. A. Little, George W. Richardson, L. B. Smith, James Pegram
Ward, William N. Ward, Jr., William N. Ward, Sr., and James
H. Weeks.
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Washburn, Israel (1813-1883) U.S. Representative, Maine
Papers, 1838-1908. ca. 300 items.
Includes seven letters to Washburn, 1861-64, concerning
military appointments, promotions, morale, and generalship,
and casualties in the 16th Maine at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Correspondents include Gens. Ambrose E. Burnside and
Thomas Meagher. Also contains a letter from Col. Simon Jones
to Maj. Christian T. Christensen, Aug. 11, 1864, Berwick Bay,
La., discussing a skirmish near Patterson, La., depredations,
and the performance and discipline of black troops.
993
Washburne, Elihu Benjamin
(1816-1887) U.S. Representative, Illinois
Papers, 1829-82. ca. 37,000 items.
Contains a few letters to Washburne, 1861-65, concerning
military appointments, promotions, supplies, armaments,
and the progress of the war.
Finding aid available.
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