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Carter, Samuel Powhatan (1819-1891) Gen., USV
Manuscript, 1882. 1 item.
Manuscript biography, "A Sketch of the Military Services
of Sam. P. Carter, Brig. Genl. & Brevt. Maj. Genl. of U.S. Vols.
during the Rebellion of the Southern States, 1861-5." Describes
Carter's efforts to organize and train loyalist volunteers from
east Tennessee (1st and 2d East Tennessee Volunteers), marches,
morale, reconnaissance expeditions, plans for the capture and
fortification of Cumberland Gap, the battles of Logan's Cross
Roads, Ky., and Kinston, N.C., and Carter's service as provost
marshal general in East Tennessee.
Microfilm copy (1 reel) available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Cartter Family
Papers, 1836-93. ca. 800 items.
Contains letters from 1st Lt. William Cartter, U.S. Marine
Corps, to his mother, July 1861-Feb. 1865, concerning the
Battle of 1st Manassas and his service aboard the U.S.S.
Minnesota at Hampton Roads, Va., Pensacola, Fla., and off the
coast of North Carolina. Includes Cartter's eyewitness account
of the battle between the Monitor and Merrimac and information
concerning the transportation of prisoners of war from
North Carolina to New York. Also contains a few letters of 2d
Lt. David Kellogg Cartter, Jr. (d. 1862), 2d Ohio Cavalry, concerning
the impact of the war in Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas,
and problems with western Indians.
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Cary, Clarence (b. 1846) Midshipman, CSN
Report, 1905, 1926. 1 item.
Report prepared by Cary in 1905 for the State Department
Library as a supplement to the diary he kept during his
service aboard the C.S.S. Chickamauga, 1863-65. Contains
additional information on tactics employed by blockade runners,
prize vessels, deserters, prisoners of war, and Gen. B. F. Butler's
Fort Fisher expedition. Cary's diary was used by the State
Department in the discussion of the Alabama claims.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Casey, Silas (1841-1913) Lt. Comdr., USN
Papers, 1771-1941. ca. 300 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes correspondence between Capt. Edwin W. Sutherland
(USN), Lt. Col. Samuel W. Ferguson (CSA), Gen. John C.
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