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Wilson, James Harrison (1837-1925) Gen., USA
Papers, 1861-1923. ca. 25,000 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes official correspondence and dispatches, Dec.
1864-June 1865, concerning military equipment and supplies,
desertions, reinforcements, and preparations for Wilson's raid
to Selma, Ala.; a "Consolidated Report of Cavalry serving in the
Military District of the Mississippi," Aug. 1864; and miscellaneous
returns. Also includes copies of dispatches from the War
Department to Gen. U. S. Grant, July 11-24,1864, concerning
reinforcements and troop movements, and copies of the dispatches
of Charles A. Dana to Edwin M. Stanton, 1863—64, reporting on
generalship, troop strength and dispositions, casualties, morale,
discipline, supplies, desertions, guerrilla warfare, tactics, and
the treatment of noncombatants in the Vicksburg, Chickamauga,
Chattanooga, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and
Petersburg campaigns, and the Siege of Knoxville.
Finding aid and partial index available.
1038
Wilson, Lawrence (b. 1842) Sgt., 7th Ohio Volunteers
Papers, 1861-65. 6 items.
Diary, June 30,1862-Dec. 15, 1864 (3 v.), kept during the
2d Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Chattanooga, and Atlanta campaigns. Describes camp life,
marches, discipline, depredations, casualties, guerrilla warfare,
courts-martial, furloughs, reconnaissance expeditions, prisoner
exchanges, and problems with drunkenness. Also includes an
advertisement for the Soldiers' Home in Cleveland, Ohio, and a
roll book containing the names of officers and privates in Company
D, 7th Ohio, along with details on casualties, discharges,
transfers, and deaths; pay and allowances; equipment and
supplies; and a copy of a letter written by a Confederate soldier
at the Battle of Resaca.
1039
Wilson, Samuel Lewis
(1844-1879) Midshipman, USN
Papers, 1862-1939. 22 items.
Includes a few letters from Wilson to his family and relations
written while a student at the U.S. Naval Academy and
aboard the U.S.S. Macedonian, 1864.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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