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Coffee, William Sgt., 3d New York Volunteers
Letters, 1864. 4 items.
Letters from Coffee to his brother George (2d California
Volunteers), Apr. 16-Nov. 24, 1864, concerning Gen. Thomas
Sherman's Port Royal expedition, the capture of Fort Wagner,
S.C., and the Siege of Petersburg, Va.
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Colhoun, Edmund Ross (1821-1897) Comdr., USN
Papers, 1839-88. ca. 1,200 items.
In part, transcripts.
Official correspondence, orders, circulars, reports, lists of
officers, and miscellaneous items relating to Colhoun's command
of the U.S.S. Hunchback, U.S.S. Lodona, U.S.S. Saugus,
and U.S.S. Weehawken, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
Contains information on the Burnside expedition to North
Carolina, vessels captured or destroyed off the coast of South
Carolina, attacks on Forts Wagner and Sumter, July-Sept.
1863, prize vessels, discipline, morality, discharges, and promotions.
Correspondents include Samuel L. Breese, John A.
Dahlgren, Henry K. Davenport, Charles H. Davis, Louis M.
Goldsborough, David D. Porter, George W. Rodgers, and Gideon
Welles.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Collin, William M. (b. 1842) Cpl., 5th Wisconsin Volunteers
Papers, 1861-64. 8 items.
Diary, Jan. 1, 1862-May 9, 1864 (3 v.), concerning troop
movements in northern Virginia, the Peninsular Campaign,
camp life, and Collin's treatment as a prisoner of war at Libby
Prison and Belle Isle in Richmond, Va. Includes a detailed
account of the Siege of Yorktown. Also contains Collin's commission
as corporal in the 5th Wisconsin, 1861, a statement of
health following his release from prison, and his discharge,
Feb. 5, 1863.
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Collis, Charles Henry Tucky (1838-1902) Capt., USA
Returns, 1861-62. 1 v.
"Morning Reports" for Captain Collis' independent company,
"Zouaves de Afrique," Aug. 25, 1861-May 21, 1862.
Includes information on Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks' Shenandoah
Valley Campaign (1862), and camp life, marches, discipline,
disease, and deaths.
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