civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

1861. Correspondents are listed in the Guide to the Microfilm
of the Simon Cameron Papers at the Historical Society of Dauphin
County (1971).
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Campbell, George Washington (1769-1848)
Papers, 1793-1886. ca. 400 items.
Photocopies.
Contains four letters from Gen. Robert E. Lee or his Assistant
Adjutant General to Gen. Richard S. Ewell, Aug.
1863-Mar. 1865, concerning military organization, desertions
in the Confederate Army, the defense of Richmond, and the use
of blacks in the army; a letter from Isham Harris to Mrs. Ewell,
Mar. 7, 1864, Dalton, Ga., concerning military strategy, the
progress of the war in Tennessee, the generalship of Braxton
Bragg, the Battle of Chickamauga, and morale in the Army of
the Tennessee; two postwar letters from Jefferson Davis to
Maj. Campbell Brown on the use of blacks in the Confederate
Army and an order Davis issued to General Ewell during the
1st Manassas Campaign; miscellaneous letters by Gens. P. G.
T. Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston, and U. S. Grant; and a
"Map of the Battle Ground of Manassas From Actual Surveys
by an Officer of Genl. Beauregard's Staff . . ." (1862).
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Campbell, Given Capt., CSA
Diary, 1865. 1 item.
Photocopy of a transcript.
Describes the flight of Jefferson Davis from Greensboro,
N.C., to Irwinville, Ga., Apr. 15-May 10, 1865.
Microfilm copy (1 reel) available.
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Cannon, William R. (1804-1858) Mississippi
Papers, 1849-63. 15 items.
Letter from Jefferson Davis to Mrs. E. G. Cannon, July 18,
1863, acknowledging the gift of a Bible and expounding on the
southern cause.
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Capron, Horace
(1804-1885) Col., 14th Illinois Cavalry, USV
Papers, 1834-1961. ca. 1,800 items.
Contains military correspondence, orders, reconnaissance
reports, returns, muster rolls, commissions, and reports on battles
and skirmishes. Includes detailed accounts of Gen. George
Stoneman's raid to Macon, Ga., during the Atlanta Campaign,
the capture of Capron with most of his command, and Gen.
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