civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

Contains about 250 letters written by Bronson as provost
marshal of the 6th Military District of New York concerning
recruits, enlistment bounties, desertions, and discharges.
Indexed.
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Brooks, William Elizabeth (b. 1875)
Collection, 1862-1946.
Microfilm, 1 reel.
Letters of Maj. Charles H. Howard (USA) to his family,
1862-64, concerning the 2d Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Chattanooga, and Atlanta campaigns; diary of
Chaplain Marcus B. DeWitt, 8th Tennessee Regiment, Mar.
7-May 17,1863, concerning campaigns in Mississippi, Georgia,
and North Carolina; and diary of Alexander R. Boteler,
aide-de-camp to Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, May 1864, concerning
the Wilderness Campaign and the effect of Stuart's death on
the Army of Northern Virginia.
117
Brown, Edgar F.
Letter, 1862. 1 item.
Letter from Brown to his wife, July 27, 1862, describing a
conversation with President Lincoln concerning new recruits
for the Army and the appointment of Gen. Henry Halleck as
military adviser to the President and General in Chief.
118
Brown, Joseph Emerson (1821-1894) Gov., Georgia
Letters, 1861-64. 3 items.
Letter from Brown to Gov. John Letcher of Virginia, May
14, 1861, requesting the loan of cannons for Georgia's coastal
defense; and two letters from Brown to Gov. Zebulon B. Vance
of North Carolina, Sept. 26,1862, and Mar. 23,1864, concerning
efforts to prevent the manufacture of liquor, and State import
and export duties.
119
Brown, Lewis Kirk (1843 -1926) USA
Collection, 1863. 5 items.
Three letters from Walt Whitman to Brown, Aug. 1863,
Washington, D.C., concerning patients, deaths, and hospital
care at Judiciary Square Hospital in Washington, and the progress
of the war. Also a memorandum on the life and service of
Brown, undated.
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