civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

1057
Worden, John Lorimer (1818-1897) Comdr., USN
Papers, 1861-98. 65 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes a letter from Worden to Gideon Welles, Apr. 15,
1861, Montgomery, Ala., concerning his arrest and imprisonment
after delivering dispatches from the War Department to
Fort Pickens; two letters from Welles to Mrs. Olivia Worden,
1861; a letter from Adm. Samuel F. Du Pont to Worden, Apr.
13,1863, Port Royal, S.C., relieving Worden of his command of
the U.S.S. Montauk; and a photograph of Worden with his family
taken shortly after he was blinded in the battle between the
U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Merrimac.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
1058
Wragg, Thomas L. 8th Georgia Regiment
Collection, 1861-63. 11 items.
Nine letters from Wragg to his father and sister written
from camps in northern Virginia, July 1861—July 1862, concerning
the participation of the 8th Georgia in the Battle of 1st
Manassas, casualties in the 8th Georgia, camp life, morale,
disease, supplies, the attitude of Federal prisoners of war, and
the skirmish at Dranesville, Va., Dec. 20,1861. Also includes a
sketch of the Manassas battlefield, and a letter from Wragg to
his father written from Fort Warren Prison in Boston Harbor,
Nov. 17, 1863.
1059
Wright, Benjamin Hall (1801-1881) Civil Engineer
Papers, 1839-80. 63 items.
Includes a letter from Gen. Henry W. Halleck to Wright,
Apr. 10, 1863, acknowledging Wright's suggestions on the conduct
of the war, and a personal letter from Gen. Robert Anderson
to Wright, June 4, 1862.
1060
Wright, Nathaniel (1789-1875) Lawyer, Ohio
Family papers, 1787-1917. ca. 23,400 items.
Contains about 30 letters relating to the war. Includes
four letters from Col. Rutherford B. Hayes to R. H. Stephenson,
1861 — 63, concerning enlistments, morale, casualties, and
health in the 23d Ohio Volunteers during campaigns in western
Virginia; eight letters from Edward F. Noyes to Stephenson,
1861-64, describing the pursuit of Confederate forces under
Gen. Martin E. Green in Missouri, guerrilla warfare in Missouri,
the participation of the 39th Ohio Volunteers in the Chattanooga
and Atlanta campaigns, and hospital care following the
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