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Clement A. Evans on skirmishes in the Mine Run Campaign, a
list of units in Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard's I Corps, Army of
Northern Virginia (1862), and a return of troops commanded by
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in the spring of 1862. Principal correspondents
include Generals Beauregard, Raleigh E. Colston,
Joseph E. Johnston, and Earl Van Dorn.
Finding aid available.
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Easby—Smith Families
Papers, 1837-71. ca. 100 items.
Chiefly correspondence between Lt. Col. William Russell
Smith (1815-1896), C.S. Representative from Alabama, and
his wife concerning secession and various matters before the
Confederate Congress.
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Eells, Samuel Henry (b. 1836) Asst. Surg., 12th
Michigan Volunteers
Papers, 1862-63. 50 items.
Chiefly letters from Eells to his family concerning the Battle
of Shiloh, the Corinth and Vicksburg campaigns, and a
skirmish with troops under Gen. Earl Van Dorn near Middleburg,
Tenn., Jan. 1863. Includes information on camp life, troop
movements, foraging expeditions, disease, hospital care, the
treatment of blacks, desertion in the Confederate Army, and
relations between Union soldiers and noncombatants in the
South.
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Eldredge, Charles Augustus
(1821-1896) U.S. Representative, Wisconsin
Letter, 1864. 1 item.
Letter from Eldredge to John E. Thomas, Feb. 7, 1864,
Washington, D.C., opposing U.S. Government policy in Arkansas
and Tennessee, and Republican policy in general.
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Ellis and Allan Company Merchants
Records, 1795-1889. ca. 80,000 items.
Includes a daybook containing scattered accounts with the
Confederate States Government for military supplies and
equipment, 1861-62.
Finding aid available.
277
Elseffer, Harry S.
(1857-1886), and Family Engineer, USN
Papers, 1865-86. ca. 80 items.
In part, transcripts.
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