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cles written for The Reveille, a camp paper edited by Wentworth
during the 1864 winter bivouac near Brandy Station,
Va., and miscellaneous poems and pension records.
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West, James B. USA
Collection, 1864. 4 items.
Countersigns used by Gen. Rufus Saxton, Jan.-Apr. 1864,
Port Royal, S.C.
1011
Westervelt, H. C. USA
Collection, 1863. 3 items.
Letters from Westervelt to his wife, July—Aug. 1863, concerning
generalship, Confederate sympathizers in Maryland,
and wounded prisoners of war.
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Whaley, Daniel (b. 1829) Pvt., 6th New York Artillery
Document, 1864. 1 item.
Military pass, Jan. 15, 1864, Camp Hunt, Va.
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Wheeler, Henry (b. 1844) Pvt.,
5th Connecticut Volunteers
Document, 1864. 1 item.
Discharge certificate, July 21, 1864, Hartford, Conn.
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Wheeler, John Hill (1806-1882) Diplomat;
Historian; Public Official
Papers, 1828-82. ca. 100 items.
Diary, 1854—82, and scrapbooks of a Confederate sympathizer.
Contains information on the service of Wheeler's two
sons, Lt. Charles Scully Wheeler (USA) and Capt. Woodbury
Wheeler (CSA), military activities in northern Virginia, reaction
in Washington to the Battle of 1st Manassas, travel in the
Confederacy, meetings with Confederate officers and officials,
operations in West Virginia in 1861, public morale in the South,
the effect of the war on noncombatants, generalship, Federal
prisoners of war, the use of blacks by the Confederacy, camp
life, and disease. Also describes Wheeler's voyage to Europe,
1863 — 64, including the running of the Federal blockade at
Wilmington, N.C.
Finding aid and microfilm copy (5 reels) available.
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