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- Page 7 and 8: PREFACE To Abraham Lincoln, the Civ
- Page 9 and 10: INTRODUCTION On the morning of Apri
- Page 11 and 12: Many documents in the collections o
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- Page 23 and 24: 1 Abbe, Cleveland (1938-1916) Meteo
- Page 25 and 26: 11 Allen, Isaac Jackson (b. 1814) E
- Page 27 and 28: Anderson's thesis and proposed orga
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- Page 31 and 32: 33 Babcock, John C. (b. 1836) Secre
- Page 33 and 34: from Washington, D.C., during the w
- Page 35 and 36: 43 Barbee, James Dodson (1832-1904)
- Page 37 and 38: 53 Barton, Chauncey E. Pvt., 17th I
- Page 39 and 40: ers of war, and the treatment of no
- Page 41 and 42: 67 Beckwith, W. W. Capt., USA Corre
- Page 43 and 44: 77 Benjamin, Judah Philip (1811-188
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Contains about 250 letters written
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125 Brownson, Orestes Augustus (180
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134 Burwell, William MacCreary (180
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138 Butler, W. P. (b. 1815) Merchan
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1861. Correspondents are listed in
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150 Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919) In
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Pemberton, and Gen. Franklin Gardne
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167 Chandler, Zachariah (1813-1879)
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correspondence between Captain Clai
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182 Coffee, William Sgt., 3d New Yo
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ate Congress; and material relating
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Roscoe Conkling
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Feb 28-Aug. 27, 1864, concerning mi
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Samuel Wylie Crawford
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216 Croffut, William Augustus (1835
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John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren
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Jefferson Davis
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a Confederate plot to assassinate P
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destruction of the U.S.S. Mississip
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Detailed account of Dodge's service
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with the Recruiting Service for U.S
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Lt. Colonel Prince, 3d Michigan Cav
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Includes a 20-page letter from Loui
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Richmond, Va. Principal corresponde
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David Glasgow Farragut
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ing in the 2d Iowa, the arrest and
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Letters from Fisk to his mother, De
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317 Force, Manning Ferguson (1824-1
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William Buel Franklin
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332 Frost, Edward (1801-1868) Agric
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James Abram Garfield
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346 Gibson—Getty—McClure Famili
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Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilde
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27, 1862-Sept. 1, 1863. Describes G
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Contains a diary, Oct. 1863-May 186
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Includes a few miscellaneous notes
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381 Gurley, John Addison (1813-1863
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Henry Wager Halleck
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393 Hammond General Hospital Point
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letter from Gen. George Wright to H
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411 Harrison, Burton Norvell Lawyer
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17th Indiana Volunteers, to his bro
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Petersburg, and the Fort Fisher exp
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430 Herndon, William Henry (1818-18
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock
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10-Dec. 16, 1864, concerning the Me
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Joseph Hooker
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453 Hotchkiss, Jedediah—McCulloug
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appointment to the headquarters sta
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467 Hurja, Emil Collection, 1841-93
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Johnston's attempts to break the Fe
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Mar. 9, 1864, concerning the Battle
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Hindman) expedition. Letters writte
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the Cavalry Bureau, camp life, mora
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502 Kelaher, James 9th New York Vol
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512 Kirkley, Joseph William (1841-1
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1862, concerning camp life during t
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and the health of New York troops (
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of roads and fortifications near Wi
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Letters, briefs, affidavits, petiti
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550 Lockwood, Abram L. Lt. Col., US
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New Orleans; a letter from Gen. Jos
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1865, attests to his continued hope
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571 McClellan, George Brinton (1826
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575 McCook Family Papers, 1827-1963
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582 MacKaye, James Morrison (1805-1
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Beaufort, S.C., and Jones Landing,
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597 Malvern (U.S.S.) Notebook, ca.
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603 Markland, Absalom H. Special Ag
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Company E, 39th Massachusetts, Sept
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616 Mayo, Joseph (1795-1872) Mayor,
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Montgomery Cunningham Meigs
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628 Miles, William Porcher (1822-18
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lack troops, and relations between
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friends, May 1861, concerning his d
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653 Morris, Martha Elizabeth Wright
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661 Neely, McGinley M. Capt., 16th
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tion and assignment of officers, in
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morale among Union soliders in Virg
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guerrilla warfare, the exchange of
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696 Parmenter, Abram Verrick (b. 18
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Kentucky; the Battle of Chickamauga
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713 Perkins, Henry Welles (d. 1890)
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718 Pickens—Bonham Govs., South C
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ten from Frederick, Md., Sept. 23,1
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David Dixon Porter
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Fitz-John Porter
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John Ericsson, David G. Farragut, A
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Virginia, and Louisiana. Contains d
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Includes a few routine letters from
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763 Remey, George Collier (1841-192
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Reprint of J. G. Rosengarten's Will
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780 Robert J. Lowry and Company Rec
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Includes proof sheets for Roe's Nav
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Telegraph Service during the Chance
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Letter from Rowan to his mother, Ju
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805 Saint John, Theodore Edgar (183
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815 Saxton, Rufus (1824-1908) Gen.,
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John McAllister Schofield
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Correspondence and papers concernin
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833 Selfridge, Thomas Oliver (1836-
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the voyage of the Currituck from Ne
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Philip Henry Sheridan
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the Battle of Shiloh and the captur
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858 Shufeldt, Robert Wilson Diploma
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Daniel Edgar Sickles
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Also describes camp life, training,
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878 Smith, William Wrenshall Diary,
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Battle of Perryville, black life, t
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entertainment, marches, desertions,
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includes a letter by Susan B. Antho
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905 Stevens Family Papers, 1810-195
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Other correspondents include Willia
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922 Swann, John S. West Virginia Re
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ion of Texas volunteer cavalry to G
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941 Tod, David (1805-1868) Gov., Oh
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Miscellaneous accounts, records of
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mac River, May 9, 1862-June 8, 1865
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970 U.S. Work Projects Administrati
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hospitals, the treatment of blacks
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from Capt. Craig W. Wadsworth and J
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letter from Wallace to Col. John P.
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994 Washington Family Collection, 1
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concerning President Buchanan's Cab
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cles written for The Reveille, a ca
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exchange of letters with Capt. Will
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1026 Wilder, William Frank (1831-19
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Quartermaster records, official cor
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1040 Wilson, Thomas Gen., USA Colle
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June 20, 1863, requesting aid in ga
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1057 Worden, John Lorimer (1818-189
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A. Dixon & Son, 954 A. 0. Tyler; se
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elease of prisoners, 1020; treatmen
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see also Diaries "Autobiography and
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Beedle, William H., 69 Beetham, Asa
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936, 957; treatment of free blacks,
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Brown, Edgar F., 117 Brown, J. Thom
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331, 335, 351-53, 355, 357, 359-60,
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Cemeteries (military): descriptions
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of, 85,411-12, 416,596, 646, 668,69
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ports, 189, 232, register of commis
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Cuddy, Thomas C, 218 Culley, J. A.,
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Navy) 176 Desertions: (C.S. Army) 6
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Mead, Rufus, 618 Meigs, Montgomery
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975, 998, 1000, 1009, 1016, 1022, 1
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1016, 1026, 1030, 1053, 1060; certi
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Fisher, George Purnell, 307 Fisher'
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against, 800; attack on, 73; Confed
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Fritsch, Friedrich Otto, Baron Von,
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Gold: Confederate plan for dis- 436
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Hahn, Michael, 384 Hale, James, 78
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Hephorn, Leonard F., 660 Herndon, W
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129th, 103; 145th, 787; organizatio
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Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 487; co
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650 Knox, Dudley Wright, 514 Knox,
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658, 674, 685,695, 752, 825, 829, 9
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1042; West Virginia Campaign, 729;
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1861," 979 Mapmaking, 33 Maps and s
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Meade, Major: death of, 532 Meade,
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Miller, Marshall Mortimer, 631 Mill
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554-55, 567, 598, 619, 637, 703, 72
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640, 782, 925 Netherlands: diplomat
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672 Nicholson, Sommerville, 673 Nic
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fantry) 2d, 559, 575; 3d, 500; 4th,
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212, 973; disappointment with at Vi
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Pilot Knob, Battle of, 290 Pine Blu
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ment of, 129, 279, 386, 434, 438, 5
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operations at, 365 Rappahannock Riv
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484, 769 Reynolds, William, 764, 77
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St. Louis Arsenal, 245 St. Louis Di
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835 Sewall, Joseph, 835 Seward, Wil
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378, 691, 703, 748, 766, 886, 888,
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Sparta, Term.: map of, 820 Spauldin
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ship of, 1030 Stragglers, 768 Strai
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Tennessee Cavalry, 239; (infantry)
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"Under the Blue Pennant, or Notes o
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Varney, John H., 671 Vermont: recru
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Washington family, 994 Washington,
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Wilcox, Sylvanus S.: death of, 314
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documents at, 1019 Yancey, William
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