civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

cerning the Siege of Vicksburg. Montgomery Blair's wartime
correspondence relates to politics and appointments in the Lincoln
administration. Principal correspondents include John
Albion Andrew, Thomas Hart Benton, Jr., Benjamin F. Butler,
William E. Chandler, Charles A. Dana, Edward Everett, Gustavus
V. Fox, John C. Fremont, Fitz-John Porter, Whitelaw Reid,
William T. Sherman, Gideon Welles, and William Wood.
Finding aid available.
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Blake, Charles Follen (1841 -1879) USN
Diary, 1862-64. 1 item.
Account of Blake's service in European waters aboard the
U.S.S. Constellation, 1862-63; with the South Atlantic Blockading
Squadron aboard the U.S.S. Wabash and U.S.S. Lehigh,
1863-64; and in the Battle of Mobile Bay aboard the U.S.S.
Brooklyn, 1864. Includes information on Federal ship arrivals
and departures along the coast of South Carolina, and the
blockade of Charleston and Port Royal, S.C.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Blood, Henry Boyden Asst. Q.M., USA
Diary, 1863. 1 item.
Concerns the movement and issue of supplies during the
Gettysburg Campaign and the retrieval of government property
after the battle.
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Bloomfield, Alpheus S. Pvt., 1st Ohio
Light Artillery, USV
Papers, 1861-93. ca. 160 items.
Photocopies.
Chiefly letters from Bloomfield to his family written during
the Shiloh, Corinth, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and Franklin
and Nashville campaigns. Describes enlistments, training,
discipline, camp life, troop movements, equipment and supplies,
the design and use of artillery, depredations, and economic
conditions in the South. Includes a few sketches of encampments.
Microfilm copy (1 reel) available.
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Booth, Junius Brutus (1796-1852), and Family
Collection, 1823-1953. 70 items.
In part, transcripts, photocopies, and photographs.
Excerpts from the diary of John Wilkes Booth, Apr. 14-21,
1865, relate to Booth's flight from Federal authorities after the
assassination of President Lincoln.
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