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0119: Franz Sigel Letter, 1864, Marshall University Special Collections
0119: Franz Sigel Letter, 1864, Marshall University Special Collections
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Union general. Newly-appointed commander of the Department of West Virginia, Sigel wrote to Congressman Kellian V. Whaley concerning his command, requesting the names of reliable men, and giving his plan for defending the state.
0168: George Hechler Correspondence, 1861-1865, Marshall University Special Collections
0168: George Hechler Correspondence, 1861-1865, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is primarily composed of letters from George Hechler to his sister Kate Hechler during his service in the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. The letters discuss George’s experience in the Civil War, covering camp life at Parkersburg and Summersville, to the battlefields of Lewisburg, Antietam, Chickamauga and others. All letters include typescript transcriptions of the text in separate folders, and one letter includes a piece of printed ephemera as an enclosure. Also included in this collection are three Civil War era envelopes kept by Kate, a single letter to Kate from Jacob Salat regarding her …
0167: Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton Letters, 1882 And 1888, Marshall University Special Collections
0167: Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton Letters, 1882 And 1888, Marshall University Special Collections
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These two letters from Watts-Dunton to an unknown addressee include a response to a request for poetry to be included in a forthcoming book and an offer of assistance in literary matters. Algernon Charles Swinburne is mentioned in one letter.