civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

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Billings, Luther Guiteau (1842-1922) Paymaster, USN
Collection, 1865-1900. 12 items.
In part, transcripts.
Contains a memoir recounting Billings' service as an agent
for Adams Express with Gen. Ambrose Burnside's army in
North Carolina, as paymaster aboard the U.S.S. Water Witch
operating between Port Royal, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla., and
his treatment as a prisoner of war at Savannah and Macon,
Ga., Charleston, S.C., and Richmond, Va. Includes information
on Burnside's attack on Confederate forces near Washington,
N.C., problems with counterfeit money, the bombardment of
Fort McAllister and the sinking of the C.S.S. Nashville, attacks
on Fort Wagner and Fort Sumter, the capture of the C.S.S.
Atlanta, the enlistment and performance of black troops, efforts
by blacks to assist Federal prisoners of war, slavery and slave
hunters, attitudes of noncombatants in the South, and escapes
by Federal prisoners.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Binckley, John Milton Journalist, Virginia
Papers, 1816-1943. 85 items.
Two letters from Samuel Brooke (CSA) to his sister, Aug.
12, 1863, and July 3, 1864, discuss camp life, morale, and the
progress of the war. Includes a sketch of the Siege of Petersburg,
Va. Also contains two letters to Binckley from Confederate
prisoners of war T. F. Mitchell and William M. Mitchell, 1865,
and drafts and clippings of articles on the war and its aftermath
in Virginia.
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Black History Miscellany
Collection, 1706-1944. ca. 500 items.
In part, transcripts and photocopies.
Includes documents concerning compensation for slaves
impressed to work on Confederate fortifications, certificates of
enlistment for several black soldiers, a letter by Robert Wright,
Sept. 16, 1861, Livingston, Ala., accusing southern aristocrats
of promoting war for their own ends, a copy of Lt. F. W. Browne's
"My Service in the 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry," lists of officers
and men in the 2d U.S. Colored Infantry, and a report by Col.
Thomas J. Morgan on the service of the 14th U.S. Colored
Infantry, Oct. 31, 1864, Decatur, Ga.
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