civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

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Covode, John (1808-1871) U.S. Representative,
Pennsylvania
Papers, 1854-70. ca. 100 items.
Includes letters to Covode, 1861-65, concerning military
appointments, promotions, casualties and vacancies in the 4th
Pennsylvania Cavalry, the capture of his son, Jacob Covode,
and the generalship of George G. Meade. Correspondents
include William Cochran, A. F. Coon, George H. Covode, Jacob
Covode, Riley M. Hoskinson, Lewis McDonald, and C. P.
Walker.
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Cox, Jacob Dolson (1828-1900) Gen., USA
Papers, 1868-1940. 15 items.
Manuscript biography (2 v.) of the "Political Experiences
of Major General Jacob Dolson Cox," by William C. Cochran,
ca. 1940.
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Cox, Oliver Clergyman
Papers, 1865, 1868. 2 items.
Military pass issued to Cox to travel from Washington,
D.C., to Arlington, Va., Mar. 18, 1865.
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Craven, John Joseph (1822-1893) Surg., USA
Papers, 1849-1939. 75 items.
Includes a diary kept by Craven's wife Catherine while at
Hilton Head, S.C., Mar.-May 1863; a fragment of a diary Craven
kept as prison surgeon at Fort Monroe, Va., concerning his
care of Jefferson Davis; two letters by Brig. Gen. William S.
Walker (CSA), May 20, 1864, concerning his wounds and capture
during Gen. B. F. Butler's advance on Petersburg, Va.;
and military passes and Confederate currency. A letter from
Craven to his wife written from a field hospital near Richmond,
Oct. 19, 1864, notes the presence of Clara Barton.
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Crawford, Samuel Wylie (1829-1892) Gen., USA
Papers, 1860-92. ca. 400 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes a diary, Dec. 19, 1860-Apr. 14, 1861, containing
a detailed account of the bombardment of Fort Sumter and
related correspondence between Gov. Francis W. Pickens, Maj.
Robert Anderson, and Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, and detailed
reports and letters on the movements of the Pennsylvania
reserves in the Gettysburg Campaign. Also, a letter from Fran-
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