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Muster roll containing a list <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficers and men by company<br />

in <strong>the</strong> 12th Connecticut or "Charter Oaks" Regiment.<br />

Includes a record <strong>of</strong> battles fought and figures on casualties,<br />

reenlistments, and desertions.<br />

199<br />

Connecticut Infantry 17th Regiment<br />

Daybook, 1862-63. 1 v.<br />

Record <strong>of</strong> rations issued, Sept. 16, 1862-Mar. 10 1863.<br />

Also shows <strong>the</strong> regiment's location during this period.<br />

200<br />

Conrad, Daniel B. (d. 1869) Surg., CSA and CSN<br />

Diary, 1853-64. 2 v.<br />

Contains a brief account <strong>of</strong> Conrad's Civil War experiences,<br />

including his arrest in New York as a Confederate sympathizer;<br />

his escape and flight to Virginia; service in <strong>the</strong> 2d Virginia<br />

Regiment in Virginia and West Virginia; as chief surgeon,<br />

Brock House Hospital, Richmond, Va.; with Comdr. John Taylor<br />

Wood in <strong>the</strong> attack on <strong>the</strong> U.S.S. Underwriter, Feb. 1864;<br />

and as fleet surgeon attached to <strong>the</strong> C.S.S. Tennessee, Apr.—<br />

Aug. 1864. Provides some information on <strong>the</strong> capture <strong>of</strong> Harpers<br />

Ferry, W. Va., <strong>the</strong> Battle <strong>of</strong> 1st Manassas, and <strong>the</strong> Battle<br />

<strong>of</strong> Mobile Bay.<br />

Naval Historical Foundation collection.<br />

201<br />

Cook, George P. Member <strong>of</strong> Society <strong>of</strong> Friends, Maryland<br />

Letter, 1861. 1 item.<br />

Letter <strong>from</strong> Cook to Gen. Winfield Scott, May 27, 1861,<br />

concerning a Confederate plan to explode a boat in <strong>the</strong> Potomac<br />

River near Washington.<br />

202<br />

Cooke, John Esten (1830-1886) Writer;<br />

Asst. Adj. Gen., CSA<br />

Papers, 1846-86. 75 items.<br />

In part, transcripts.<br />

Includes several letters <strong>from</strong> Cooke to Maria Skelton containing<br />

comments on <strong>the</strong> <strong>war</strong> in nor<strong>the</strong>rn Virginia, and a letter<br />

to Brig. Gen. Custis Lee concerning Cooke's appointment as<br />

Assistant Adjutant General on <strong>the</strong> staff <strong>of</strong> Gen. J. E. B. Stuart.<br />

203<br />

Coon, David (1822-1864) Pvt., 36th Wisconsin Volunteers<br />

Letters, 1864.<br />

Micr<strong>of</strong>ilm, 1 reel.<br />

Transcripts <strong>of</strong> letters <strong>from</strong> Coon to his wife and family,<br />

56

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