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cis Pickens to S. Pettigrew, May 18,1864, describing the career
of Pettigrew's brother, Gen. James J. Pettigrew, and miscellaneous
letters from Pickens to Jefferson Davis, Maxcy Gregg,
Isaac Hayne, Robert E. Lee, Andrew G. Magrath, Christopher
G. Memminger, John C. Pemberton, and Roswell S. Ripley.
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Creamer, David (1812-1887) Clergyman, Baltimore, Md.
Diary and notes, 1861-81. 2 items.
In part, transcripts.
Diary, June 1861—Dec. 1862, containing Creamer's testimony
before a grand jury investigating the Baltimore riot of
Apr. 19, 1861, and transcript of the testimony.
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Cresswell, John Angel James U.S. Representative,
(1828-1891) Maryland
Papers, 1819-85. ca. 6,000 items.
Includes numerous letters from friends and constituents,
1861-65, concerning Unionist sentiment on Maryland's Eastern
Shore, recruitment, military commissions and promotions,
discipline, conscription, black volunteers, and emancipation.
Also contains a letter from F. A. Macartney to Cresswell, Apr.
14,1865, describing the situation in Richmond, Va., at the end
of the war, particularly the contrasting attitudes of the citizenry
toward Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, suffering during
the siege, and the restraint exercised by Federal soldiers
upon entering the city.
Finding aid available.
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Crittenden, John Jordan U.S. Representative,
(1787-1863) Kentucky
Papers, 1782-1888. ca. 2,600 items.
Includes letters to Crittenden concerning the Crittenden
Compromise, enthusiasm for war in the South, recruiting, the
conduct of Crittenden's son, Thomas L. Crittenden, in the Battle
of Shiloh, a skirmish at West Liberty, Ky., Oct. 23, 1861,
Federal policy on the release of prisoners of war, troop dispositions,
and the military situation in Virginia during the first
year of the war. Correspondents include Don Carlos Buell, Jonathan
W. Finnell, John C. Fremont, William Nelson, and P.
H. Watson.
Finding aid and microfilm copy (14 reels) available.
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