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Steele, Ira (Sc 1352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Steele, Ira (Sc 1352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1352. Letter, 16 February 1862, written by Union soldier Ira Steele, stationed at Camp Glenbrook, Kentucky, to his brother Oliver Steele. He mentions the Green River; bridge burning; Bowling Green; the sending of some items to New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky; and describes camp life.
The Devil In Confederate New Orleans: Baron Ludwig Von Reizenstein's Second Novel With A Translation Of Wie Der Teufel In New Orleans Ist (1861), Steven Rowan
History Faculty Works
A paper presented at the 26th Annual Symposium of the Society for German-American Studies, Amana, Iowa, 19 April 2002, "The Devil in Confederate New Orleans: Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein's Second Novel."
Wie der Teufel in New Orleans ist (1861)
Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein's Second Novel with a Translation of Wie der Teufel in New Orleans ist (1861)
0715: Zophar Dean Ramsdell Papers, 1861-1865, Marshall University Special Collections
0715: Zophar Dean Ramsdell Papers, 1861-1865, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of copies of quartermaster reports for the 5th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry, including monthly property accounts, clothing, stationery, hospital supplies, ordnance materials, animal return and acquisitions, food and fuel receipts, issued supply registers, and correspondence. Due to the nature of copied materials, the legibility and completeness of materials can vary, but is overall high.
Holland's Informants: The Construction Of Josiah Holland's 'Life Of Abraham Lincoln', Allen C. Guelzo
Holland's Informants: The Construction Of Josiah Holland's 'Life Of Abraham Lincoln', Allen C. Guelzo
Civil War Era Studies Faculty Publications
Abraham Lincoln's coffin had lain in the receiving vault in Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery for less than three weeks when a dapper, walrus-mustachioed New Englander stepped off the train and checked into Springfield's St. Nicholas Hotel. He was Josiah Gilbert Holland, one-time editor (and still part owner) of the Springfield, Massachusetts, Republican, a nationally popular writer of advice books, and (what would turn out to be most memorably) part of a small circle of admirers and encouragers of an unknown Amherst poet named Emily Dickinson. None of those attributes, however, provided the slightest qualification for the task that brought …
Slavery, Economics And Constitutional Ideals, Edward L. Ayers
Slavery, Economics And Constitutional Ideals, Edward L. Ayers
History Faculty Publications
As we think about endings, however, it is also useful to think about beginnings. That is what President Abraham Lincoln did in his Second Inaugural Address, delivered just five weeks before the surrender at Appomattox and his own assassination soon thereafter. All knew, he said reflecting sadly and thoughtfully on how the Civil War came about, that slavery was, "somehow," the cause. In fact, "somehow," however, lay puzzles, contradictions, and questions. The connections between slavery and the Civil War have concerned Americans ever since the events at Appomattox.
Kentucky - Cavalry - 5th Regiment (Sc 1361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky - Cavalry - 5th Regiment (Sc 1361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1361. Record of the 5th Kentucky Cavalry, including its itinerary and officers. Includes a letter (first page only) pertaining to the document.
Ellsworth, Oliver Carnell, 1842-1864 (Sc 1359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ellsworth, Oliver Carnell, 1842-1864 (Sc 1359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1359. Correspondence of Civil War soldier Oliver C. Ellsworth, Marion, Michigan, with family and friends. He served with the 22nd Michigan Infantry in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. Also includes a tintype of Ellsworth.