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Subject | • | Johnson Island Prison. | [X] | | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | Bell, Alfred E., ca. 1835-1912. |
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| | • | Confederate States of America -- History, Military -- Sources. |
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| | • | Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography. |
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| | • | Frary, George Spencer. |
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| | • | Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography. |
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| | • | Generals -- United States -- Biography. |
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| | • | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. |
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| | • | Ohio. National Guard. Infantry, 171st. |
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| | • | Plantations -- Florida -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Scovill, Edward Alexander, 1819-1890. |
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| | • | Slave trade -- United States -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. |
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| | • | Soldiers -- Tennessee -- Correspondence. |
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| | • | Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States. Army -- Biography. |
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| | • | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 171st (1864). |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Edward Alexander Scovill Papers
| | | | Creator: | Scovill, Edward Alexander | | | | Dates: | 1862-1871 | | | | Abstract: | Edward Alexander Scovill (1819-1890) was an officer in Hoffman's Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and an administrator of the Union Prison on Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio, during the American Civil War. The collection consists of letters addressed to Scovill, relating to life in the Johnson's Island Prison, including several letters from former inmates, as well as theater programs, tickets, and lists of prisoners. | | | | Call #: | MS 3015 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Scovill, Edward Alexander, 1819-1890. | Johnson Island Prison. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | 171st Ohio Infantry Regiment Records
| | | | Creator: | 171st Ohio Infantry Regiment | | | | Dates: | 1864 | | | | Abstract: | The 171st Ohio Infantry Regiment was a company commanded by Captain Peter Hitchcock. The regiment, which consisted of several Ohio National Guard units, was organized at Sandusky, Ohio, in May 1864, to serve 100 days. It served guard duty at Johnson's Island and fought Confederate General John H. Morgan's forces in Kentucky during the American Civil War in June, 1864. The collection consists of a roster book, and clothing and ordnance book. | | | | Call #: | MS 1673 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson Island Prison. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 171st (1864). | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Alfred E. Bell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bell, Alfred E. | | | | Dates: | 1861-1865 | | | | Abstract: | Alfred E. Bell (ca. 1835-1912) was the Captain in the Ninth Tennessee Cavalry during the American Civil War. He was captured in Ohio in 1863 and incarcerated on Johnson's Island in Lake Erie until 1865. Afterwards he returned to Tennessee and entered politics. The collection consists of letters from Bell to his wife and to his sister, Fannie, while he was a prisoner of war on Johnson's Island, also a letter to Bell from a friend and fellow prisoner, George F. Wilson. | | | | Call #: | MS 4012 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bell, Alfred E., ca. 1835-1912. | Johnson Island Prison. | Soldiers -- Tennessee -- Correspondence. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | William P. Palmer Collection of Civil War Manuscripts
| | | | Creator: | Various | | | | Dates: | 1761-1977 | | | | Abstract: | William Pendleton Palmer (1861-1927) was the President of American Steel and Wire Company, a director of U.S. Steel Corporation, and President of the Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland, Ohio) from 1913-1927. Palmer had an intense interest in the American Civil War and acquired an extensive collection of manuscript material related to the war, the memories of that conflict, and slavery. This collection is one of several Palmer collections from the Civil War era owned by the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of dozens of different types of documents in three distinct categories: civilian, governmental, and military. The document types created by civilians are: academic records, autographs, bills of lading, bills of sale, biographical sketches, circulars, diaries, dissertations, envelopes, essays, financials, funeral records, invitations, letters, manifests, memoirs, minutes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, petitions, plantation records, obituaries, poetry, postcards, prayers, reminiscences, resumes, rosters, scrapbooks, sermons, ship's papers, slave rolls, song lyrics, speaker's notes, speech texts, unpublished books, and yearbooks. Governmental documents types are: affidavits, certificates, contracts, coroner's reports, court documents, depositions, diplomatic documents, financials, indentures, legislation, letters, licenses, notes, pardons, probate records, proclamations, resolutions, subpoenas, telegrams, and warrants. Military documents types are: battlefield dispatches, charts, code books, commissions, courts martial documents, discharges, drawings, furloughs, inventories, letters, maps, manuals, muster rolls, notes, orders, passes, payroll records, pension records, materials by and related to prisoners of war, reports, service records, shipping documents, telegrams, and vouchers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3947 | | | | Extent: | 18.40 linear feet (46 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Confederate States of America -- History, Military -- Sources. | Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography. | Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography. | Generals -- United States -- Biography. | Johnson Island Prison. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. | Plantations -- Florida -- History -- Sources. | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- History -- Sources. | Slave trade -- United States -- History -- Sources. | Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. | Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | United States. Army -- Biography.
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