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Rives, Mary Elizabeth Carter, 1829-1900. Diary, 1865-1900. 1 vol., (on microfilm) Location: Mss.Mf:R. Widow and planter of Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Diary records sentiments toward Confederate defeat and her experiences managing a plantation during early Reconstruction, including relations with freedmen. Also relates family activities and social life in Mansfield and Shreveport, Louisiana. Genealogical materials and remedies for smallpox, cancer, and scarlet fever are included. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2670.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1865
Manuscript Collections Rights of freedmen
Description
Rights of freedmen. Circulation of emancipation proclamation, duties of superintendents of freedmen, 1865 July 14. 1 printed vol., 6 p.; 21 cm. Location: E:Imprints. Photostatic copy of printed circular from Headquarters, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, State of Louisiana, New Orleans, pertaining to freedmen and the circulation of Emancipation Proclamation. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 150.
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1865
Manuscript Collections Schlick, Henry N.
Description
Schlick, Henry N., b. 1841? Papers, 1861-1879. 0.5 linear ft. (120 items, 2 vols.) Location: U:135. Union officer in the 1st New York Dragoons in the Civil War. Schlick was stationed in Springfield, Illinois, in 1864-1865, and was part of the escort for President Lincoln's funeral. Papers include Civil War correspondence among Henry and his brothers; United States Army papers such as lists of deserters and African American recruits; two diaries covering 1864-1870; and personal letters of Charles Schlick discussing his grocery store (1871). Some letters in German. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1686.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1861
Description
Reid, John (John William), 1821-1881. Papers, 1861-1867. 40 items, 1 vol. Location: E:84, F:12. Available on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. Confederate soldier, lawyer, and congressman of Jefferson Country, Missouri. Official papers include 18 letters concerning commissary supplies in Louisiana and Texas during the Civil War. Personal papers include land deeds, receipts, and bills. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 365.
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1861
Manuscript Collections Harrington, William
Description
Harrington, William. Poem, ca. 1865-18901 item. Location:E:Imprints. Union soldier in the 40th Indiana Infantry, wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia. Leaflet of 'The One-Armed Soldier,' a poem written by William Harrington, a Union soldier in the 40th Indiana Infantry wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. Probably printed to be sold by permanently disabled Union veterans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1198.
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1865
Manuscript Collections Richardson, Thomas Parker
Description
Richardson, Thomas Parker. Letter, 1862 March 26. 2 items. Location: Misc.:R. Confederate surgeon and member of the 17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Letter from Dr. Richardson giving an eyewitness account of the preparations being made at Corinth, Mississippi, prior to the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. An envelope gives Dr. Richardson's wife's address as Monroe, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1684.
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1862
Manuscript Collections Sandifer, Richard
Description
Sandifer, Richard. Papers, 1831-1880. 20 items, 8 vols. Location: E:40. Resident of Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi. Sandifer's papers include a letter to his wife from camp at Milldale, Warren County, Mississippi (1862); a document releasing Sandifer, a prisoner of war (1865); and personal notes (1866). Included are letters from H. H. Varnado to his family in Osyka. Also included are a ledger and four medical notebooks of H. W. Sandifer (1875-1880). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 699.
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1831
Manuscript Collections Sam (Union soldier)
Description
Sam (Union soldier). Civil War Letter, undated 1 item. Location: Misc:S. Union soldier stationed in New Orleans in the Civil War. Letter describing the city, camp, and relating news of the war. Sam tells of heavy fighting up river, which he believes occured at Port Hudson, Louisiana; and explains that his regiment was left in New Orleans to guard the railroad and telegraph. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3666.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
Undated
Manuscript Collections Rosecrans, W. S.
Description
Rosecrans, W. S. Selected correspondence, 1849-1873. 8 items [photocopies]. Location: U:103. Letters by Generals P. G. T. Beauregard, Robert E. Lee, and Charles P. Stone from the correspondence of General William Starke Rosecrans in the Rosecrans Collection at the University of California Library, Los Angeles. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1760.
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1849
Manuscript Collections Russell, Will
Description
Russell, Will. Letter, 1864 May. 1 item. Location: Misc.:R. Union soldier. Letter from Russell writing from Morganza, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, describing the Confederate blockade on the Red River below Alexandria during the retreat of General Banks' army from Alexandria to Morganza. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1265.
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1864
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