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Detailed account of Dodge's service as a lieutenant and
adjutant in the 101st and 119th New York Volunteers during
the Peninsular, 2d Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
and Gettysburg campaigns. Provides information on camp life,
marches, troop movements, foraging expeditions, discipline,
disease, casualties, and the use of blacks. Includes sketches of
the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg battlefields.
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Donelson, Andrew Jackson Lawyer, Memphis, Tenn.
(1799-1871)
Papers, 1779-1943. ca. 3,200 items.
Contains several letters written during the war, 1862 — 64,
concerning conditions in Memphis, Tenn., and in northern
Mississippi, the death of C. S. Representative John Alexander
Wilcox, the death of Capt. John Samuel Donelson of the Hickory
Rifles, the murder of Daniel Donelson (CSA), depredations
by Union and Confederate troops, the effect of the Federal
blockade, and the location of various members of the Donelson
family.
Finding aid and partial index available.
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Doolittle, James Rood
(1815-1897) U.S. Senator, Wisconsin
Papers, 1858-1929. 136 items.
Letter from Adm. Samuel P. Lee to Doolittle, Feb. 20,1865,
U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, 111., describing his entire war service
(North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Mississippi
Squadron, etc.), his stormy relationship with Gustavus V. Fox,
his opinion of Adm. David D. Porter, competition between naval
officers for commands affording greater opportunity for prize
money, interaction between political and military leaders, and
efforts of southern politicians to disperse naval vessels around
the world during the secession crisis. Also, a letter from Admiral
Lee to Doolittle, Mar. 22, 1863, concerning reconnaissance
expeditions in the James River and favoritism in promotions;
three letters from W. C. Wooling to Doolittle, Feb. 4 and 7,
1864, and undated written from Beaufort and Port Royal, S.C.;
and a letter from Edgar T. Welles to an unnamed recipient,
July 3, 1864, concerning a visit to Fort Monroe, Va.
Finding aid and microfilm copy (1 reel) available.
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Dorman, Orloff M. Jacksonville, Fla.
Diary, 1864-86. 7 v.
"Memoranda of Events that transpired at Jacksonville,
Florida, & in its vicinity; with some remarks & comments
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