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Burbank-Van Voorhis Family
Collection, 1814-1913. 50 items.
Includes the diary of U.S. Army Gen. Sidney Burbank (d.
1882), July 22, 1861-Oct. 20, 1880. Describes marches and
skirmishes of General Burbank's brigade in the Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, and Mine Run campaigns. Provides a
detailed account of the participation of the brigade in the Battle
of Gettysburg.
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Burch, Samuel Lawyer
Papers, 1775-1865. ca. 1,200 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes copies of letters, 1862-65, describing depredations
in Tennessee and reaction to the Lincoln assassination.
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Burlingame, Anson (1820-1870) and Edward L.
(1848-1922)
Papers, 1810-1937. ca. 550 items.
In part, transcripts.
Chiefly the correspondence and papers of Anson
Burlingame, U.S. Minister to Austria and China. Includes three
letters of instruction from William H. Seward to Burlingame,
Apr.—May 1861, concerning the Federal blockade and contraband
trade; a letter from John C. Fremont to Burlingame,
June 4, 1861, on the purchase of arms for the United States; a
photograph of General Fremont; and an unsigned manuscript
entitled "Convention upon the subject of the rights of belligerents
and neutrals in time of war, between the United States . . .
and Austria," 1861.
Finding aid available.
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Burt, Elizabeth Johnston Reynolds (1838-1926)
Papers, 1797-1917. ca. 125 items.
In part, photocopies and transcripts.
Transcript of Elizabeth Burt's autobiography, "An Army
Wife's Forty Years in the Service, 1862-1902." Chiefly concerns
war-related activities in Cincinnati and camp life during
the Atlanta Campaign in company with her husband, Capt.
Andrew Sheridan Burt, 18th Ohio Volunteers. Published in
part in Merrill J. Mattes, Indians, Infants, andlnfantry; Andrew
and Elizabeth Burt on the Frontier (1960). Also includes a letter
from Captain Burt to his father, Feb. 5,1864, Chattanooga,
Tenn., describing camp life and problems with drunk soldiers.
Microfilm copy (1 reel) available.
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