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Papers, 1843-70. 75 items.
Letter from Dahlgren to "Dear Patty," Sept. 13,1864, U.S.S.
Philadelphia. Contains a brief note on expected reinforcements
for an attack on Charleston, S.C.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Dana, Charles Anderson (1819-1897) Asst. Secretary of War
Papers, 1859-82. ca. 300 items.
In part, transcripts.
Chiefly dispatches sent by Dana from the War Office during
the Vicksburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, and
Appomattox campaigns, and during campaigns in Kentucky
and Tennessee.
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Daniels, Josephus (1862-1948)
Papers, 1806-1948. ca. 331,000 items.
Includes a copy of Stephen R. Mallory's Report of the Secretary
of the Navy (1864); a photograph from the christening of
the U.S.S. Chattanooga, Oct. 1864; a postwar sketch of the
U.S.S. Bainbridge by George H. Rogers (USN); military passes;
a medical certificate concerning the health of John Barkley
(CSA); and miscellaneous letters by Comdr. Benjamin M. Dove
(USN), Col. T. H. Rosser (CSA), and Gideon Welles.
Finding aid available.
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Davis, Benjamin
Military pass, 1861. 1 item.
Pass issued to Davis, Oct. 30,1861, to travel from St. Louis,
Mo., to Baltimore, Md. Signed by Col. John McNeil.
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Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) President, C. S. A.
Collection, 1835-1913. ca. 500 items.
In part, transcripts and photocopies of transcripts.
Includes a letter to Gov. Joseph E. Brown of Georgia, Jan.
27, 1863, concerning provisions for the army; a letter from
Alexander Walker to Davis, Sept. 13,1862, accusing Gen. B. F.
Butler of numerous atrocities as military governor of New
Orleans and describing the plight of various citizens confined
at Ship Island, Miss., Fort St. Philip, La., and Fort Pickens,
Fla.; and several postwar letters from Davis to C. J. Wright
refuting reports that captured Union officers who had commanded
black troops had been mistreated, that there had been
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