30.01.2013 Views

civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Dec. 10, 1862-Mar. 31, 1864, concern interest on Confederate<br />

notes and bonds. Also includes a table <strong>of</strong> "War Tax Assessments<br />

under <strong>the</strong> Act Aug. 19, 1861 so far as reported to date—<br />

Mch. 14, 1863."<br />

101<br />

Boyd, Crosby Noyes (1903- ) Collector<br />

Autograph collection, 1791-1908. 146 items.<br />

Includes letters by John M. Botts, Belle Boyd, John P.<br />

Brophy, William G. Brownlow, Doro<strong>the</strong>a Dix, Col. Erasmus D.<br />

Keyes, President Lincoln, and Gen. John E. Wool, 1861-64,<br />

and photographs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> execution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lincoln conspirators.<br />

102<br />

Boyle, William 4th South Carolina Regiment<br />

Letters, 1864. 2 items.<br />

Letters <strong>from</strong> Boyle to his mo<strong>the</strong>r, Nov. 17 and 23, 1864,<br />

Dinwiddie Courthouse, Va.<br />

103<br />

Bradbury, William H.<br />

(1829-1900) 129th Illinois Volunteers<br />

Papers, 1862-1900. 102 items.<br />

Chiefly letters <strong>from</strong> Bradbury to his wife, 1862-65, written<br />

<strong>from</strong> camps in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia while<br />

serving as a clerk on <strong>the</strong> headquarters staffs <strong>of</strong> Gens. William<br />

Thomas Ward and Daniel Butterfield and in <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Judge Advocate General. Contains comments on Bradbury's<br />

unauthorized letters to <strong>the</strong> editors <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chicago Tribune and<br />

<strong>the</strong> Manchester Guardian, camp life, entertainment, marches,<br />

depredations, morale, guerrilla <strong>war</strong>fare, peculation in <strong>the</strong> U.S.<br />

Army, <strong>the</strong> treatment <strong>of</strong> blacks, prisoners <strong>of</strong> <strong>war</strong>, and diet. Also<br />

contains some information on <strong>the</strong> Atlanta Campaign.<br />

104<br />

Bradford, Joshua Taylor Surg., USA<br />

Diary, 1862. 1 item.<br />

Diary, Jan. 1-May 27, 1862, kept during <strong>the</strong> Shiloh Campaign<br />

and Gen. Henry Halleck's advance on Corinth, Miss.<br />

105<br />

Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876) Gen., CSA<br />

Papers, 1861-63. 22 items.<br />

Photocopies.<br />

Letters <strong>from</strong> Bragg to his wife concerning <strong>the</strong> seizure <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Federal arsenal at Baton Rouge, La., defenses along <strong>the</strong><br />

gulf coast between Pensacola and Mobile, and <strong>the</strong> Shiloh,<br />

Corinth, Tullahoma, and Chattanooga campaigns. Includes a<br />

30

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!