United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Communications

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Appointment of Jefferson Davis as Secretary of the Department of War of the United States, signed by President Franklin Pierce. Contains affixed seal. Note in the lower left side: ''Captured near Jackson, Miss July 10, 1963 from Jeff Davis Private Library By Gen. H. Spaulding co. ''C'' 15th Reg. In. Vol. Infy.''

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Manuscript of "The Civil War in the Southwest" and "Colonel John P. Slough and the New Mexico Campaign" Preliminary study on Otto Mears, never published

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The Batchellor and Chatfield Family papers contain memorabilia and clippings relating to Isaac Batchellor, correspondence of Ellen (Nellie) Chatfield Batchellor, letters to Nellie and a brother from Charles and Clark Chatfield during their service in the Civil War, and memorabilia and correspondence of Charlotte Batchellor Sheppard.

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Series 3 contains letters from Charles H and Clark S. Chatfield to their sister, Nellie. The letters were written during their service in the Civil War.

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Confederate Army Muster Roll, November 1, 1862 -December 31, 1862, for Company B, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers.

Abstract Henry Frank (1836-1916) was born in Obbach, Bavaria, to Mayer and Caroline Frank. He left for the United States at the age of eighteen in 1854 and began as a peddler in New York. He moved to Cincinnatti to briefly work as an apprentice in the textile buisiness before moving to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1856 to work in a retail clothing business. Frank joined a party of people headed to the Colorado area in search of gold, but were unsuccessful and returned to St. Joesph. Frank fought in the...

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Letter from Union Soldier Charles H. Chatfield in Nashville, Tennessee., 5/15/1863 Letter from Union soldier Charles H. Chatfield in Nashville, Tennesee to his sister Nellie and brother George in the Colorado Territory.

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Letter from Union Soldier Charles H. Chatfield in Mufreesboro, Tennessee., 7/17/1863 Letter from Union soldier Charles H. Chatfield in Mufreesboro, Tennesee to his sister and brother in the Colorado Territory. He mentions that he is in the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division in the Reserve Army under Major General G. Granger.

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Letter from Union Soldier Charles H. Chatfield in Fort Negley, Nashville, Tennessee., 7/22/1863 Letter from Union soldier Charles H. Chatfield in Fort Negley , Nashville, Tennesee to his sister in the Colorado Territory.

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Letter from Union Soldier Charles H. Chatfield in Nashville, Tennessee., 8/8/1863 Letter from Union soldier Charles H. Chatfield in Nashville, Tennesee to his sister and brother in the Colorado Territory.