civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

1015
White, B. F. Pvt., CSA
Letter, 1862. 1 item.
Photocopy.
Letter from White to his parents, Sept. 24, 1862, Hampstead
County, Ark., concerning problems with disease, discipline,
and desertion.
1016
White, John Chester
(1841-1921) 1st Lt., 11th U.S. Infantry
Memoir, 1861-1921. 2 v.
Transcript.
Covers chiefly White's service with the 17th, 19th, and
21st Pennsylvania Volunteers, and the 11th U.S. Infantry during
the Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Wilderness campaigns,
and the Siege of Petersburg. Includes details on enlistments,
promotions, bounties, the recruitment of criminals,
behavior of Indian soldiers, morality, entertainment, discipline,
desertions, generalship, problems with drunkenness and
gambling, casualties, disease, medical care, depredations, guerrilla
warfare, the treatment of prisoners of war, and White's
exchange and parole. Also contains a photograph of White, and
notes from his obituary published in the Boston Morning Globe,
Jan. 18, 1921.
1017
Whiting, Jasper S.
Letter, 1861. 1 item.
Letter from Whiting to Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, [Apr. 10,
1861], Morris Island, complaining about the lack of organization
among troops deployed against Fort Sumter, S.C.
1018
Whiting, William Henry (1843-1925) USN
Family papers, 1731-1952.
Microfilm, 1 reel.
Includes a few miscellaneous clippings relating to the war.
Finding aid available.
1019
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) Poet
Collection, 1850-1912.
Microfilm, 2 reels.
Contains a few letters from Whitman to his mother and
brother, and letters written to or for wounded Federal soldiers.
Includes comments on visits to military hospitals in Washington
and observations on President Lincoln. Also contains an
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