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thereon: &c." Provides information on skirmishes, depredations,
and troop movements in the area.
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Dornblaser, Benjamin (1828-1905) Col., USA
Collection, 1864. 8 items.
Letter with supporting documents, from Dornblaser to R.
A. Kent, Nov. 4,1864, concerning irregularities in the Commissary
Department.
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Dorsett, Edward Lee (b. 1883) Collector
Collection, 1814-1926. 150 items.
Includes a letter from Capt. Thomas T. Craven to Gideon
Welles, Sept. 2,1861, U.S.S. Yankee, concerning the prize sloop
T. J. Evans, and a letter from Acting Master Henry S. Wetmore
to Charles Kendall, Feb. 23, 1864, Cincinnati, Ohio, requesting
alterations on the U.S.S. Fairy.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Doubleday & Company Publishers, New York
Collection, 1955-65. ca. 24,000 items.
Research notes and bibliography compiled by Everett B.
Long for Bruce Catton's Centennial History of the Civil War
(1961-65).
Finding aid available.
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Douglas, John Hancock Associate Secretary, U.S.
(1824-1892) Sanitary Commission
Papers, 1861-85. 250 items.
Includes letters from Douglas to his brother, July 25,
1861-June 7, 1864, concerning his work with the Sanitary
Commission, i.e., the acquisition and distribution of medical
supplies and the inspection of military hospitals in Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee.
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Douglass, Frederick (18177-1895) Author;
Abolitionist; Orator
Papers, 1854-1964. ca. 7,300 items.
Includes a letter from Charles Douglass to his father,
Frederick Douglass, July 6, 1863, Camp Meigs; a letter from
George Evans to Douglass, June 6, 1863, concerning his service
with the 1st Massachusetts Light Artillery; and several
letters from the War Department concerning Douglass' work
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