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61	Title:	Grand Army of the Republic, Brough Post No. 359 Records
	Creator:	Grand Army of the Republic, Brough Post No. 359
	Dates:	ca. 1900
	Abstract:	The Grand Army of the Republic, Brough Post No. 359, was founded in Collinwood, Ohio, as a local chapter of a national association for veterans of the Civil War. Collinwood was annexed to Cleveland in 1910. The collection consists of personal war sketches of members of Brough Post No. 359, including Joseph B. Baldwin, R.L. Chittenden, Henry M. Frissell, J.F. Herrick, George C. Mapes, and Alonzo Waters.
	Call #:	MS 0469
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 volume)
	Subjects:	Grand Army of the Republic. Brough Post No. 359 (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc.
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62	Title:	Ohio Infantry, 51st Regiment, Company K Records
	Creator:	Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 51st Regiment, Company K
	Dates:	1861-1864
	Abstract:	The Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 51st Regiment, Company K Records, 1861-1864, consist of morning reports of this company that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 51st regiment was recruited in Coshocton, Darke, Madison, and Tuscarawas counties.
	Call #:	MS 2650
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 51st (1861-1865). Company K. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Ohio Infantry, 51st, Co. K. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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63	Title:	Braxton Bragg Papers
	Creator:	Bragg, Braxton
	Dates:	1833-1879
	Abstract:	Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) was a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War, planter, and engineer. The collection consists of letter books, official and personal communications, reports, orders, and memoranda relating to Bragg's Confederate Army campaigns and to his service as adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. A few of the papers relate to the Mexican War, to Bragg's post-Civil War career as a civil and railroad engineer, and to Bragg's funeral.
	Call #:	MS 2000
	Extent:	2.0 linear feet (4 containers and 5 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876. \| Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers. \| Chickamauga, Battle of, 1863. \| Lookout Montain, Battle of, 1863. \| Missionary Ridge (Tenn. and Ga.), Battle of, 1863. \| Murfreesboro (Tenn.), Battle of, 1862-1863. \| Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
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64	Title:	James Barnaby Papers
	Creator:	Barnaby, James
	Dates:	1842-1865
	Abstract:	James Barnaby was an Army officer and post commissioner at Charleston, West Virginia. The collection consists of correspondence, vouchers, invoices, and other military papers; and legal papers and other material relating to Salem, Ohio, including records of the Western Anti-Slavery Society and partnership agreement between Jacob Heaton and James C. Marshall to sell goods.
	Call #:	MS 1007
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Barnaby, James. \| United States. Army -- Commissariat. \| United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| Western Anti-slavery Society. \| Antislavery movements -- Ohio. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Salem (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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65	Title:	Correl Smith diary, 1861-1862
	Creator:	Smith, Correl.
	Dates:	none
	Call #:	Microfilm (Cab. 55:1)
	Extent:	1
	Subjects:	Smith, Correl \| United States. -- Army. -- Ohio Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865). -- Company G \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
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66	Title:	Nancie Swan Folkett Papers
	Creator:	Foskett, Nancie Swan
	Dates:	1818-1869
	Abstract:	Nancie Swan Foskett(1838-?) of Medina County, Ohio, was a schoolteacher (1861-1865) in various schools in Medina County. During 1861-1862, she and her father lived in LeSeuer, Minnesota with her brothers and their families, returning to Medina County in the spring of 1862. In 1865, Nancie Swan married Captain Porter Foskett of Brunswick, Ohio. They made their home in the city of Medina, where Porter Foskett became a successful businessman. The collection consists of eleven diaries of Nancie Swan Foskett, 1855-1869, and one account book of N.A. Goodwin, 1818-1834. The diaries detail her life as a teacher in various schools in Medina County, Ohio, her trip to Minnesota, civilian life during the American Civil War, and family events during the period.
	Call #:	MS 4576
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Foskett, Nancie Swan. \| Foskett, Nancie Swan -- Diaries. \| Foskett, Porter. \| Swan family. \| Goodwin, N. A. \| Women -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Women -- Ohio -- Medina County -- Diaries. \| Teachers -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Education -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Diaries. \| Account books -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Medina County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women. \| Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
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67	Title:	Richards Family Papers
	Creator:	Richards Family
	Dates:	1852-1973
	Abstract:	The Richards family settled in Hinckley Township, Medina County, Ohio, prior to 1838. Willard Richards married Alvira Ann Whedon in 1838, and they raised seven children. In 1861, their eldest son, Myron, enlisted in Battery A, First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. He returned to farming in Hinckley Township in 1865, and the following year, married Romelia Noragon. They raised two children, Oliver Richards and Margie Richards. In 1891, the Richards family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. In the 1910s, Margie Richards became a physical education instructor at the University of California, Southern Branch (University of California, Los Angeles). The collection consists of correspondence, certificates, journals, genealogical notes, wills, military papers, and legal documents.
	Call #:	MS 4785
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Richards family. \| Richards, Myron, 1840-1912. \| Richards, Willard, 1804-1876. \| Richards, Alvira Ann Whedon. \| Richards, Margie, 1883-1973. \| Noragon, John. \| United States. Army. Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865) \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. \| Hinckley (Ohio : Township) -- Genealogy.
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68	Title:	United States Army, 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment Records
	Creator:	United States Army, 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment
	Dates:	1863-1864
	Abstract:	The collection consists of the return of Captain Mervin Clark's Company (Company B), September, 1863; morning register, March 1-May, 1864; and an autograph album prepared "In Memoriam of Col. W.R. Creighton and Lt. Col. O.J. Crane. From the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the 7th O.V.I." Includes clippings pertaining to the deaths of Crane and Creighton, who died during battle in Georgia during the American Civil War.
	Call #:	MS 0640
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865) \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Autographs. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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69	Title:	William W. Richardson Diaries
	Creator:	Richardson, William W.
	Dates:	1862-1865
	Abstract:	William W. Richardson (b. 1827 or 1828) was a musician in Company I, 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. The collection consists of diaries kept by Richardson while serving in the 104th Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. The diaries reflect the regiment's battle activities, as well as Richardson's duties, which included burying the dead, building fortifications, barbering and drawing maps.
	Call #:	MS 2136
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Richardson, William W., b. 1827 or 8. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 104th (1862-1865). Company I. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Ohio Infantry -- 104th.
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70	Title:	James McMahon Papers
	Creator:	McMahon, James
	Dates:	1863-1888
	Abstract:	James McMahon (born 1835 or 1836) was an officer in the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. The collection consists of letters, commissions, and a pocket diary for 1864 kept by McMahon, recording his activities and accounts of battles, including the Siege of Atlanta, in which he participated from April to September, 1864.
	Call #:	MS 2531
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	McMahon, James, b. 1835 or 6. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 41st (1861-1865) \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Atlanta Campaign, 1864. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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71	Title:	Sohl Family Papers
	Creator:	Sohl Family
	Dates:	1840-1979
	Abstract:	The Sohl Family is a Cleveland, Ohio, family of German-Americans, descended from Johann Georg Sohl (anglicized to George Sohl) who settled in Cleveland in 1840. His son, Gustav, married Mary Goodrich, whose father, George Elliott Goodrich, served in the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War and was one of the soldiers assigned to escort the body of President Lincoln from Washington to Illinois. His grandson, Ralph William Sohl, was an engineer for a tire and rubber company. The collection consists of George Sohl's passport and related papers, his will, Sohl family correspondence, deeds and other records relating to property in Egg Harbor, N.J., cemetery lot purchase records, birth and death certificates for Ralph William Sohl, and Goodrich family papers, including a marriage certificate, civil war correspondence, and a copy of the order for troops to accompany Lincoln's body to Illinois. Included in the correspondence is a letter from George Goodrich expressing his feelings about the assassination of Lincoln.
	Call #:	MS 4380
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Sohl family. \| Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Funeral journey to Springfield. \| Goodrich family. \| German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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72	Title:	Austin Johnson Letters
	Creator:	Johnson, Austin
	Dates:	1842-1864
	Abstract:	Austin Johnson was a resident of Rupert, Bennington County, Vermont. the collection consists of letters received by Johnson, chiefly from his brother Horace Johnson, of Sandusky, Ohio, and containing his views on contemporary events, including the American Civil War.
	Call #:	MS 2028
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Johnson, Austin. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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73	Title:	Alexander A. Taylor Autograph Album
	Creator:	Taylor, Alexander A.
	Dates:	1864
	Abstract:	Alexander A. Tayor was a resident of Cambridge, Ohio, who served as a Captain of Company H, 122nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. He was taken prisoner during the battle of Winchester, Virginia, on June 15, 1863. The collection consists of autographs of prisoners of war in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, collected by Taylor.
	Call #:	MS 1209
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Taylor, Alexander A., b. 1833 or 4. \| Libby Prison. \| Autographs -- United States -- Collections. \| Prisoners of war -- United States -- Autographs. \| Soldiers -- United States -- Autographs. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Autographs. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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74	Title:	Mortimer Dormer Leggett Papers
	Creator:	Leggett, Mortimer Dormer
	Dates:	1887
	Abstract:	Mortimer Dormer Leggett (1821-1896) was a colonel of the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. He participated in the Battle of Shiloh and the Siege of Vicksburg and was promoted to Brigadier General. The collection consists of correspondence with Captain W.R. Hodges and General George McGinnis concerning events at Vicksburg and Shiloh (1887), and three typed articles: "General Lewis Wallace's Division at Shiloh," "Lessons of the War," and "The Siege of Vicksburg."
	Call #:	MS 3451
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Leggett, Mortimer Dormer, 1821-1896. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865) \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Generals -- United States -- Correspondence. \| Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862. \| Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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75	Title:	Luther Martin Strong Papers
	Creator:	Strong, Luther Martin
	Dates:	1849-1883
	Abstract:	Luther Martin Strong (1838-1903) was a lawyer, educator, and U.S. Representative from Ohio. The collection consists of official correspondence, inventories, invoices, quarterly return lists, receipts, and other documents, relating primarily to Strong's activities as commanding officer of Company G, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. Included are a few deeds, speeches, and letters received by Strong and some land deeds of the Milliman family.
	Call #:	MS 1329
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Strong, Luther Martin, 1838-1903. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Seneca County. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Seneca County. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Ohio Infantry -- 49th -- Company G.
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76	Title:	Samuel Hollingworth Stout Papers
	Creator:	Stout, Samuel Hollingworth
	Dates:	1861-1865
	Abstract:	Samuel Hollingworth Stout (1822-1903) was a physician who served as Medical Director of the General Hospitals of the Army and Department of Tennessee during the American Civil War. The collection consists of papers concerning Stout's activities in the hospitals of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. The bulk of the papers cover the period 1863-1864 and give a detailed report on the conditions and daily life of Confederate Army hospitals, mostly in Georgia. Includes special orders, lists of medical officers, hospital stewards or managers, train surgeons, field nurses, and other employees, and reports of supplies of medicines and foods, hospital equipment and furnishings, and patients admitted.
	Call #:	MS 2175
	Extent:	2.80 linear feet (7 containers)
	Subjects:	Stout, Samuel Hollingworth, 1822-1903. \| Confederate States of America. Army. -- Surgeons. \| Hospitals, Military -- Southern States. \| Physicians -- Southern States. \| Confederate States of America -- Hospitals, charities, etc. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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77	Title:	Alexander Bunts Family Papers
	Creator:	Bunts, Alexander Family
	Dates:	1770-1968
	Abstract:	Alexander Bunts was a Cleveland, Ohio, neurosurgeon, amateur historian, and Trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society. He traced his descent from Virgil C. Taylor, an American Civil War soldier and Cleveland realtor, and from Levi Johnson, an early settler of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, genealogies, autograph books and scrapbooks of Bunts family members, and several monographs collected by Dr. Bunts.
	Call #:	MS 3590
	Extent:	1.21 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bunts family. \| Taylor family. \| Johnson family. \| Sackett family. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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78	Title:	Darius Cadwell Papers
	Creator:	Cadwell, Darius
	Dates:	1848-1902
	Abstract:	Darius Cadwell (1821-1905) was an Ohio State legislator, provost marshal for Ohio's 18th, 19th, and 20th districts, and lawyer, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, circular orders and letters, abstracts, receipts, and other papers, relating especially to Cadwell's activities as provost marshall. Includes information on the administration of military justice, the draft, recruitment, and the apprehension of deserters during the American Civil War, and correspondence with James D. Ray, a real estate businessman of Duluth, Minnesota.
	Call #:	MS 3283
	Extent:	3.70 linear feet (8 containers)
	Subjects:	Cadwell, Darius, 1821-1905. \| Cadwell family. \| United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States. \| Draft -- United States. \| Military deserters -- United States. \| Real property -- Minnesota -- Duluth. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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79	Title:	George E. Dunbar Diary
	Creator:	Dunbar, George E.
	Dates:	1862-1864
	Abstract:	George E. Dunbar, a farm laborer from Newburgh, Ohio, enlisted in Company B, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, at Camp Wade in Cleveland, Ohio, in August 1861. Trained at Camp Dennison, Ohio, his company left for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in January 1862, Dunbar having been appointed sergeant and later quartermaster sergeant. While the regiment was defending the Kansas and Missouri borders during the Civil War, Dunbar became ill and was discharged on October 2, 1862, returning after a lengthy journey home via wagon and train to Newburgh. The collection consists of a single volume containing a chronicle of Dunbar's service in Company B, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, from January to October 1862, and an anonymous entry, dated February 29, 1864, concerning a business trip to Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 4601
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Dunbar, George E., ca. 1833-1902. \| United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) -- Personal narratives. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations. \| Middle West -- Description and travel. \| Newburgh (Ohio) -- Biography.
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80	Title:	New York Artillery Regiment, 3rd, Battery C Regimental Orders
	Creator:	New York Artillery Regiment, 3rd, Battery C
	Dates:	1861-1863
	Abstract:	The New York Artillery Regiment, 3rd, Battery C was a Union army regiment from New York during the American Civil War. It was originally designated the 19th Infantry Regiment but was renamed in December, 1861. The collection consists of orders and descriptive rolls.
	Call #:	MS 1561
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 volume)
	Subjects:	United States. Army. New York Artillery Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865). Battery C. \| United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861). Company C. \| United States -- Armed Forces -- Order-books. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- New York Artillery -- 3rd. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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