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Fitz-John Porter letter
Collection — Box: 67
Identifier: MS-SC1196
Scope and Contents
Letter to Col. McClure regarding the printing of the proceedings of his case and that they will all be "laid before the senate in December."
Dates:
Created: November 17, 1879
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Geza Mihalotzy papers
Collection — Box: 59
Identifier: MS-SC1042
Scope and Contents
Includes orders, official letters, disciplinary charges against several soldiers, specifically charges against Mihalotzy for "Disobedience of Orders", "did quarter himself in the home of I.W. Douse in Athens Ala." and "molestation in their person and property". Includes his response to these charges and a summary of the findings of the court. Two notes from J.B. Turchin regarding troop movements. Topographical maps of Becherd and Tullahoma, Tenn.
Dates:
Created: 1861 - 1864
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
James M. Ruggles papers
Collection — Box: 75
Identifier: MS-SC1308
Scope and Contents
Letters and papers mostly relating to internal affairs of the 3rd Illinois Cavalry. Includes a letter to Governor Yates in regard to a soldier being treated unfairly. The charges against several different soldiers including six charges against a surgeon, J. Spaffard Hunt, for misuse of military equipment, hospital supplies, sanitary supplies and conduct unbecoming a gentleman. Hunt used a soldier assigned to the hospital as his servant, and had a Black woman listed under two different names to...
Dates:
Created: 1861-1864, 1900
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Peter Family letters
Collection — Box: 66
Identifier: MS-SC1166
Scope and Contents
Letters of Samuel, William and Emma from March 1861-June 1865. Samuel and William write of camp life and William writes a detailed letter of the battle where his brother died and his death. He writes from Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and of Forrest's guerrillas, and his experience as a clerk in the General Court Martial in Columbus, Ky. in 1864. Emma's letters to Jane begin before the war and tell family news and the events of the brothers enlistment. After the war her letters to Jane and to...
Dates:
Created: 1861 - 1865
Found in:
Manuscript Collection