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Diamond, George Oliver, 1925-1998 (Sc 1097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Diamond, George Oliver, 1925-1998 (Sc 1097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1097. George Oliver Diamond writes a brief autobiography for his children and grandchildren, focusing on his experiences as a member of the 559th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in Europe during World War II. He received a portion of his military training in Bowling Green, Kentucky, returning to the city after the war to work and raise his family. He saw combat duty during the final months of the war.
Duncan And Hines Family Papers (Mss 447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duncan And Hines Family Papers (Mss 447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 447. Correspondence, accounts, deeds, clippings, and miscellaneous papers, primarily of Joseph Dillard Duncan and Jane (Covington) Duncan of Warren County, Kentucky, and their children and grandchildren in the Duncan and Hines families. Includes notes on the Civil War military service of Edward Ludlow Hines and Hiram Woodford Dulaney (click on "Additional Files" below for scans).
Wood, Jonathan, 1795-1873 (Sc 824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Jonathan, 1795-1873 (Sc 824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 824. Letter, 8 January 1865, from Jonathan Wood, Smithfield, Pennsylvania, to his son, Union soldier Pliny Wood. He writes with sympathy for the soldiers’ hardships, instructs him on saving postage, criticizes the privileges of congressmen, expresses contempt for the treason of Jefferson Davis and the Confederates, and remarks on the suffering of prisoners of war at Andersonville, Georgia; nevertheless, he hopes for reconciliation with ordinary Southerners after their defeat and repentance.