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Pemberton, and Gen. Franklin Gardner, Feb.- Mar. 1863, concerning
Sutherland's planned defection and his attempt to sell
a Federal gunboat (U.S.S. Essex) to the Confederacy. Also, a
logbook kept by Casey, on the U.S.S. Niagara during blockade
duty off Charleston Harbor, S.C., and in the Gulf of Mexico,
Apr.-Aug. 1861; and miscellaneous orders relating to Casey's
service on the U.S.S. Niagara, U.S.S. Unadilla, U.S.S. Wissahickon,
and U.S.S. Quaker City.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Cater, Douglas J. and Rufus W. 19th Louisiana
Volunteers, CSA
Papers, 1859-65. 60 items.
Letters of Lt. Rufus W. Cater (d. 1863), Sept. 1859-July
1863, and his brother, musician Douglas J. Cater, Dec. 1862-
May 1865, to their cousin, Fannie S. Cater, concerning camp
life, marches, equipment and supplies, desertion, casualties,
and morale during the evacuation of Corinth and in the
Vicksburg, Tullahoma, Atlanta, and Franklin and Nashville
campaigns. Includes information on the patriotism of southern
women, the use of blacks as soldiers, conditions in the Confederate
Army in late 1864, and feelings expressed by Confederate
soldiers over General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Va.
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Cattell, James McKeen (1860-1944)
Papers, 1835-1948. ca. 83,000 items.
Contains a letter written by Calvin Ferriday to W. C.
Cattell, Nov 14, 1862, from a camp near Fayetteville, Va.
Finding aid available.
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Causten, James H., and John T. and Theodore Pickett
Papers, 1765-1916. ca. 33,000 items.
Contains a few letters in the personal papers of John
Thomas Pickett concerning relief for soldiers, a proposal for a
shipping line to be partly owned by the Confederacy, military
passes, and John T. Pickett's parole, Apr. 27, 1865.
Finding aid available.
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Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1828-1914) Gen., USV
Papers, 1862-1910. ca. 1,000 items.
Reports, orders, musters, returns, invoices, maps, and official
correspondence relating to Chamberlain's service as lt.
colonel and colonel of the 20th Maine Volunteers. Includes
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