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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 561 | Title: | Edward E. Kelsey Record Books
| | | | Creator: | Kelsey, Edward E. | | | | Dates: | 1857-1877 | | | | Abstract: | Edward E. Kelsey (1840-1927) was a private in Company C, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The collection consists of pocket diaries (1857, 1862) containing brief accounts of the daily activities of Kelsey, of La Porte, Ohio, who served in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War; account book (1874-1877); and geometry notebook. | | | | Call #: | MS 2135 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kelsey, Edward E., 1840-1927. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1864). Company C. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 562 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 568 | Title: | T. F. Newman Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | Newman, T. F. | | | | Dates: | 1900-1922 | | | | Abstract: | T. F. Newsman was the secretary-general manager of the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company. The collection consists of a scrapbook containing correspondence, newspaper clippings, and the agreement concerning the race between the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company's steamer City of Erie and the White Star Lines' steamer Tashmoo, held in Lake Erie on June 4, 1901. | | | | Call #: | MS 2146 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Newman, T. F. | City of Erie (Steamer) | Tashmoo (Ship) | Lake steamers -- Erie, Lake. | Steamboat lines -- Erie, Lake.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 569 | Title: | Zebulon Montgomery Pike Letters
| | | | Creator: | Pike, Zebulon Montgomery | | | | Dates: | 1801-1811 | | | | Abstract: | Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813) was a United States Army officer and explorer, who discovered Pikes Peak in 1806. Pike was the son of Isabel and Major Zebulon Pike and the brother of George and Maria Pike. The collection consists of general and personal letters from Zebulon M. Pike to George W., Isabel, Maria, and Major Zebulon Pike. | | | | Call #: | MS 2150 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813. | Pike family. | Explorers -- United States -- Correspondence.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 570 | Title: | Perley Peabody Pitkin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Pitkin, Perley Peabody | | | | Dates: | 1861-1865 | | | | Abstract: | Perley Peabody Pitkin (1826-1891) was Assistant Quartermaster, United States Army during the American Civil War (1862-1864), and Quartermaster General of Vermont (1864-1870). The collection consists of requisitions, payroll sheets, invoices, manifests of carrier shipments, abstracts of supplies issued, receipts for stores received and transferred, directives concerning private property and travel, miscellaneous vouchers, abstracts, receipts and reports, bills of lading, receipts and directives concerning medical supplies, and receipts from carriers. | | | | Call #: | MS 2151 | | | | Extent: | 8.60 linear feet (22 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Pitkin, Perley Peabody, 1826-1891. | United States -- Armed Forces -- Pay, allowances, etc. | United States -- Armed Forces -- Supplies and stores. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 571 | Title: | Regimental Papers of the Civil War
| | | | Creator: | Palmer, William Pendleton | | | | Dates: | 1846-1908 | | | | Abstract: | William Pendleton Palmer (1861-1927) was President of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio (1913-1927). The collection consists of American Civil War documents collected by Palmer, including military and personal correspondence, muster rolls, official orders, ordnance and quartermaster reports, casualty lists, memoirs, diaries, descriptions of the engagements in which various regiments took part, and papers dealing with veterans' organizations after the war. Half of the collection relates to Ohio volunteers, but there are papers from Union and Confederate regiments of thirty States. Includes material concerned with Negro regiments enlisted in the Southern States occupied by Union Armies, and a few references to the Mexican War and the 1850s. Collection features the James E. Taylor Sketchbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 2152 | | | | Extent: | 16.00 linear feet (36 containers and 17 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Palmer, William Pendleton, 1861-1927. | Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries. | Veterans -- United States -- Societies, etc. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Afro-Americans. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War with Mexico, 1845-1848 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 572 | Title: | Wells A. Bushnell, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Memoir
| | | | Creator: | Bushnell, Wells A. | | | | Dates: | 1898-1905 | | | | Abstract: | Wells A. Bushnell (1839-1907) was born in Trumbull County, Ohio. He enlisted in 1861 as a private for three years in the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry at Orwell, Ohio, and was appointed a corporal soon thereafter. He was captured in 1862 at Catlett Station, Virginia, and spent ten days in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, before being exchanged. He was appointed a sergeant in Company A, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry on January 1, 1863, and subsequently served as a quartermaster sergeant and orderly sergeant in Company A throughout 1863 and 1864. He was promoted to second lieutenant November 12, 1864, and then to first lieutenant January 31, 1865, in Company E of the Sixth Ohio. Bushnell resigned from service May 28, 1865. The Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry saw heavy action throughout the American Civil War. Originating at Orwell, Ohio, and surrounding areas, it was one of two cavalry regiments raised by Senator Benjamin F. Wade and Congressman John Hutchins of Ohio. The Sixth entered the war in June 1862 during the pursuit of Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. Throughout the war, the Sixth participated in numerous battles and engagements, including Cross Keys, Luray Court House, Warrenton, 2nd Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, Rapidan Station, Bristoe Station, Gettysburg, Yellow Tavern, Cold Harbor, Trevilians' Station, Malvern Hill, Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks, and Appomattox. The Sixth was present at the surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox. The collection consists of a bound volume compiled and written in longhand by Wells A. Bushnell concerning his service in and the history of the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. It also contains notes, a newspaper clipping, and a ribbon removed form the bound volume. The memoir documents the movements, actions, and battles in which the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry participated from 1862-1865, including the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cross Keys, 2nd Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Five Forks, and Appomattox. It describes other aspects of the war, including camp life of the soldiers, troop movements and transportation, and Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. The memoir also includes a roster of officers and enlisted men of Company A of the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, which details their military service and in many cases notes their death dates. This bound volume was removed from MS 2152 Regimental Papers of the Civil War, Container 17, Bound Volume 1, for this microfilm reproduction. | | | | Call #: | MS 2152A | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bushnell, Wells A., 1839-1907. | United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) | Libby Prison. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 573 | Title: | James E. Taylor Sketchbook; With Sheridan up the Shenandoah Valley in 1864: Leaves From a Special Artist's Sketchbook and Diary
| | | | Creator: | Taylor, James E. | | | | Dates: | 1890-1898 | | | | Abstract: | James Edward Taylor (1839-1901) was an artist with Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper during the American Civil War who was assigned to cover the campaign of General Phillip Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley which began in August of 1864. Following the war, Taylor compiled over 500 narrative sketches and drawings based on his unique experience as the only artist assigned to cover General Sheridan. His sketches show heroic encounters, tragic deaths, thrilling victories, defeats, and all manner of military activity. Taylor also drew pictures depicting places, buildings, and scenes of local interest and character. All of these are tied together by a narrative. | | | | Call #: | MS 2152B | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Taylor, James E., 1839-1901 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. | Taylor, James E., 1839-1901 -- Diaries. | Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (August-November) -- Pictorial works. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns -- Pictorial works.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 574 | Title: | Homer H. Hine Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hine, Homer H. | | | | Dates: | 1837-1894 | | | | Abstract: | Homer H. Hine was a Painesville, Ohio, attorney who was active in the Grange and in Ohio Republican politics during the 1870s and 1880s. The collection consists primarily of business papers and letters received by Homer H. Hine, including letters from G.E. Paine (1854-1880) and a list of legal services rendered by H.H. Hine for G.E. Paine (1880). | | | | Call #: | MS 2155 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hine, Homer H. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Painesville -- Correspondence.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 579 | Title: | Leo Weidenthal Papers
| | | | Creator: | Weidenthal, Leo | | | | Dates: | 1932-1936 | | | | Abstract: | Leo Weidenthal (1878-1967) was the secretary of the Spirit of '76 Committee for the Willard Centennial. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to the Spirit of '76 Committee for the Willard Centennial organized in Cleveland in 1935. Includes miscellaneous items pertaining to Archibald M. Willard, the Willard family, and the paintings of Archibald M. Willard in the Western Reserve Historical Society. | | | | Call #: | MS 2161 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Weidenthal, Leo, 1878-1967. | Willard, Archibald M., 1836-1918. | Willard, Archibald M., 1836-1918 -- Anniversaries, etc. | Willard family.
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