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Beckwith, W. W. Capt., USA
Correspondence, 1864. 3 items.
Letters to Beckwith of Feb. 3 and Apr. 3, 1864, from J. H.
Devereaux, superintendent of military railroads, and assistant
superintendent M. J. McCriekett, and a letter from Beckwith
to Devereaux, Feb. 8, 1864, concerning fares charged on military
lines.
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Bedford, Wimer (1835-1905) Capt., 48th
Illinois Volunteers
Papers, 1864-65. 3 items.
In part, transcripts.
Diary (2 v.), Jan. 1, 1864-July 9, 1865, concerning Sherman's
march to the sea, and a copy of Bedford's memoir, "Real
Life in the Civil War." Contains details on the battles of Corinth,
Port Gibson, Jackson, and Vicksburg, Miss., and Sherman's
Savannah Campaign.
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Beedle, William H. (1846-1893) 2d Main Battery;
Veteran Reserve Corps
Diary, 1865-66. 1 v.
Diary kept by Beedle while on duty at the Douglas and
Harewood Hospitals in Washington, D.C., Jan. 1,1865-Jan. 1,
1866. Contains information on hospital care and the arrival of
sick and wounded soldiers.
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Beetham, Asa USN
Letters, 1861-65. 16 items.
In part, photocopies.
Letters from Beetham to his sister and relatives in New
York City written while on blockade duty aboard the U.S.S.
Potomac and U.S.S. Pontoosuc. Contains accounts of minor
engagements in Mobile Bay and Southwest Pass (La.), and
detailed descriptions of attacks on Fort Fisher and Fort Caswell,
N.C. Also includes a brief note on Burton N. Harrison, private
secretary to Jefferson Davis, as a prisoner in Washington, D.C.
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Belknap, George Eugene (1832-1903) USN
Papers, 1857-1903. ca. 1,400 items.
Includes a few miscellaneous writings on the Civil War,
i.e., Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's expedition to North Carolina,
the service of Stephen Clegg Rowan, the construction and per-
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