civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

Feb 28-Aug. 27, 1864, concerning military bounties, training,
hospital care, the Battle of Cold Harbor, and the Siege of
Petersburg.
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Cope, John Pvt., 98th Ohio Volunteers
Papers, 1831-1919. 190 items.
Letters from Cope to his family, Jan. 9, 1864-Apr. 25,
1865, concerning military supplies and skirmishes in the
Atlanta Campaign and hospital care at Nashville, Tenn. Also
includes a few letters by his brother, Samuel Cope, and his
cousin, Clark Bower, concerning military training at Camp
Chase, Ohio.
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Corbin, Henry Clark (1842-1909) Lt. Col.,
14th U.S. Colored Infantry
Papers, 1864-1938. ca. 2,000 items.
Contains a brief description of Corbin's service in the war
and a letter from Corbin to Mrs. Lockman, Nov. 12 [1864],
Chattanooga, concerning the death of her husband in a skirmish
near Decatur, Ala., Oct. 29, 1864. Also contains a few
records of courts-martial and copies of orders issued during
the conflict.
Finding aid available.
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Cotton, Charles Stanhope (1843-1909) Lt., USN
Papers, 1860-1921. ca. 600 items.
Includes a letter from Cotton to Comdr. Thomas H. Stevens,
Aug. 1, 1864, U.S.S. Oneida, Mobile Bay, concerning a reconnaissance
expedition ashore and the capture of five members of
the 7th Alabama Cavalry, a copy of a letter from Col. Charles
D. Anderson (CSA) to Admiral Farragut, Aug. 7, 1864, Fort
Gaines [Ala.], proposing the surrender of the fort, orders, newspaper
clippings, and a postwar account of the Battle of Mobile
Bay.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Cotton, Josiah Dexter (b. 1822) Surg., 92d Ohio Volunteers
Papers, 1846-68. 300 items.
Letters from Cotton to his wife, May 1863-Mar. 1865,
concerning camp life, casualties, disease, and health care during
the Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and Atlanta campaigns.
Also includes remarks on devastation in the South and the
performance of black soldiers.
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