civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

with the Recruiting Service for U.S. Colored Volunteers.
Finding aid, index, and microfilm copy (34 reels) available.
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Dow, M. A.
Collection, 1864. 3 items.
Military passes issued to Miss Dow for travel from New
Berne, N.C., to Norfolk, Va., and New York City, and an all
hours pass to and from Morehead City, N.C.
259
Downey, George Darius
(1832-1925) Official, U.S. Christian Commission
Diary, 1862-65. 1 v.
Describes Downey's visits to military camps and field hospitals
and his conversations with sick and wounded Federal
soldiers and Confederate prisoners of war.
260
Downing, Samuel Col., CSA
Papers, 1840-85. 40 items.
Contains several military passes issued to Richard P.
Kenner, a farmer near Camp Hamilton, Va., Kenner's certificate
of loyalty, and orders for the protection of his property.
261
Drake, James H. Col., CSA
Papers, 1859-63. 7 items.
Includes a return of Drake's company in the 1st Virginia
Cavalry, orders, a military pass, and a letter to Drake concerning
horses stolen by Virginia cavalrymen.
262
Draper, John William (1811-1882) Author; Scientist
Family papers, 1777-1951. ca. 16,100 items.
Contains a 235-page postwar account of naval operations
along the coast of South Carolina, 1863-64, by Adm. John A.
Dahlgren, and letters to Draper from several leading military
officers concerning his 3-volume History of the American Civil
War (1867-70). Correspondents include John A. Dahlgren,
David G. Farragut, Quincy A. Gillmore, Ulysses S. Grant, William
T. Sherman, Edwin M. Stanton, and Gideon Welles.
Finding aid available.
263
Draper, William B.
Papers, 1864. 2 items.
Letter from Draper to his brother, Oct. 22, 1864, New
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