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Chesley, James A. Master's Mate, USN
Letter, 1862. 1 item.
Serial letter to "All the Good People" in Wakefield, Mass.,
Feb. 6-7, 1862, describing the U.S.S. Lancaster and life on a
warship en route to San Francisco, Calif.
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Chesnut, James (1815-1885) Gen., CSA
Papers, 1862. 23 items.
Letterbook, Jan. 20-Nov. 24,1862, maintained by Chesnut
as chief of the Military Department of South Carolina. Contains
numerous orders from the Governor and council concerning
enlistments, drafts, the selection of officers, the disposition
of troops, and the procurement of supplies. Also, miscellaneous
letters relating to the South Carolina rnilitia, a list of draftees
from the 30th South Carolina Militia Regiment, and letters to
President Davis concerning the defense of Charleston, S.C.
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Choate, Joseph Hodges Lawyer, New York City
(1832-1917)
Papers, 1745-1927. ca. 11,000 items.
Includes a letter from Capt. James T. Sterling, 7th Ohio
Volunteers, to his wife, July 29, 1861, Camp Sutton, Va., concerning
FFV's—"Fleet Footed Virginians."
Finding aid available.
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Church, William Conant (1836-1917) Editor; Journalist
Papers, 1862-1924. ca. 350 items.
Contains responses by several Union officers to articles on
the war published in Church's United States Army and Navy
Journal. Includes Adm. Samuel F. Du Pont's defense of his
actions in the abortive attack on Charleston, S.C, in 1863, and
accounts of Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign (particularly
the Battle of Cedar Creek) and General Terry's expedition
against Fort Fisher, N.C., by Gen. Joseph R. Hawley. Other
correspondents are Samuel W. Crawford, John A. Dahlgren,
George B. McClellan, and Ormsby M. Mitchell.
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Claiborne, John Francis Hamtramck
(1809-1884) Planter-Editor, Mississippi
Papers, 1818-85. ca. 600 items.
Contains a letter from Claiborne's son, Capt. Willis H.
Claiborne (d. 1869) to his sister, Sept. 22, 1861, concerning the
Battle of 1st Manassas and the death of Gen. Barnard E. Bee;
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