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1	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resumes, rosters, scrapbooks, sermons, ship's papers, slave rolls, song lyrics, speaker's notes, speech texts, unpublished books, and yearbooks.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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2	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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3	Title:	Life of Major General George H. Thomas Manuscript
	Creator:	Van Horne, Thomas B.
	Dates:	1881
	Abstract:	The collection consists of a manuscript copy of Thomas Budd Van Horne's biography of Major-General George H. Thomas, leader in the Union Army during the Civil War. This manuscript varies somewhat from the published edition.
	Call #:	MS 1072
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 volume)
	Subjects:	Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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4	Title:	John T. Shyrock Papers
	Creator:	Shyrock, John T.
	Dates:	1861-1865
	Abstract:	John T. Shyrock was the proprietor of a Zanesville, Ohio newspaper, the Currier and Gazette. the collection consists of letters received by Shyrock. Correspondents include Edward Ball and General Mortimer Dormer Leggett (1821-1896), who comment on military campaigns during the American Civil War.
	Call #:	MS 2615
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Shyrock, John T. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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5	Title:	Henry Harrison Cumings Papers
	Creator:	Cumings, Henry Harrison
	Dates:	1817-1882
	Abstract:	Henry Harrison Cumings (1840-1913) was born in Illinois. With his family, he moved in 1825 to Unionville, Lake County, Ohio. In 1852, he moved to North Madison, Lake County, Ohio. Cumings attended various schools, including the Madison Seminary and the Grand River Institute at Austinburgh. He later enrolled at Oberlin College, graduating in 1862. He then enlisted in the 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War, receiving a commission as a 1st Lieutenant of Company D. In 1864, he was promoted to the rank of Captain of Company A, later transferring to Company K. During the war, Cumings and the 105th Regiment saw action in the battles of Perryville, Kentucky (1862); Milton, Tennessee (1863); Hoover's Gap, Tennessee (1863); Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1863); Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (1863); Missionary Ridge, Tennessee (1863); and Atlanta, Georgia (1864). After the war, Cumings settled at Tidioute, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where he lived for the remainder of his life. In 1867, he married Charlotte (Lottie) J. Sink. Cumings was active in various oil refining companies, and also served in local political and governmental posts. The collection consists of correspondence, supply orders, military records and publications, post-war business records, personal writings, newspaper clippings, speeches, and an autograph book. The collection pertains primarily to Henry Cumings' Civil War experiences, with detailed information referring to the 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the post quartermaster department. Also included is material relating to Oberlin College during the early 1860s, letters from his wife, Lottie Sink Cumings, and personal information pertaining to Henry Cumings, his family and friends. In addition, the collection includes the papers of Henry's grandfather, Benjamin Cumings, and George Densten, a family friend, primarily correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 4599
	Extent:	2.00 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Cumings, Henry Harrison, 1840-1913. \| Cummings family. \| Cumings, Charlotte J. Sink, 1846-1913. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 105th (1862-1865) \| Oberlin College. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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6	Title:	William Herbert Withington Papers
	Creator:	Withington, William Herbert
	Dates:	1786-1924
	Abstract:	William Herbert Withingon (1835-1903) was a Captain in the 17th Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. He later co-founded the Withington and Cooley Company (later American Fork and Hoe, Inc.). The collection consists of correspondence, genealogical material, greeting cards, legal documents, clippings, and miscellaneous documents. The correspondence discusses Civil War battles, Capt. Withington's term as a prisoner of war, and other topics.
	Call #:	MS 3754
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Withington, William Herbert, 1835-1903. \| United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 17th (1862-1865) \| Soldiers -- Michigan -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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7	Title:	Political Experiences of Major General Jacob Dolson Cox
	Creator:	Cochran, William Cox
	Dates:	1940
	Abstract:	Jacob Dolson Cox was a Union Army general and politician from Ohio. During the American Civil War, Cox headed the Department of the Kanawha, commanded the IX Corps of the Army of Virginia, and in 1863, assumed command of the District of Ohio and of the 3rd Division, XXIII Corps. After the war, he was Governor of Ohio (1866-1867) and was President Grant's Secretary of the Interior (1869-1870). He was also president of the Wabash Railroad and was elected to Congress in 1876. He authored Military Reminiscences of the Civil War (1900). The collection consists of a bound, ribbon copy of William Cox Cochran's(1846-1936) unfinished biography of his stepfather, Major General Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900). This unpublished manuscript was prepared after William Cox Cochran's death in 1936.
	Call #:	MS 2757
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| Generals -- United States. \| Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877). \| Governors -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900.
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8	Title:	John McLeish Papers
	Creator:	McLeish, John
	Dates:	1862
	Abstract:	John McLeish was born in Scotland, arriving in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1830s. During the American Civil War, he served in the 9th Ohio Independent Battery, organized in Cleveland in 1861 and trained at Camp Wood, Ohio. In December 1862, McLeish and several others in the battery were discharged for ill health. The collection consists of two diaries, one written anonymously and the other written by Private John McLeish. The anonymous diary chronicles the writer's service in the 9th Ohio Independent Battery from January 10-August 31, 1862. McLeish's diary begins on September 1, 1862, and ends on December 14, 1862, several days before his discharge.
	Call #:	MS 4602
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	McLeish, John, 1811-1891. \| United States. Army. Ohio Independent Light Artillery Battery, 9th (1861-1865) -- Personal narratives. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Health aspects. \| Cumberland Gap Campaign, 1862. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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9	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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10	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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11	Title:	Adoniram Judson Warner Papers
	Creator:	Warner, Adoniram Judson
	Dates:	1858-1903
	Abstract:	Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-1910) was an educator and Union officer, of Pennsylvania, and United States Representative from Ohio (1879-1881 and 1883-1887). The collection consists of quarterly school rolls (1858-1859); Lewiston, Pennsylvania, farm accounts (1859); general and current accounts (1859-1863); and narratives of the Battle of Antietam, 1862, and of the Battle of South Mountain, 1862, written in 1903 by Warner, who participated in them.
	Call #:	MS 0548
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Warner, Adoniram Judson, 1834-1910. \| Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. \| South Mountain, Battle of, 1862. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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12	Title:	Wilbur F. Hinman Papers
	Creator:	Hinman, Wilbur F.
	Dates:	1862-1865
	Abstract:	Wilbur F. Hinman was a soldier in Company E of the 65th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga in 1863 yet remained in the service until his company mustered out in November 1865. The collection consists of letters from Hinman to his family in Berea, Ohio, while he was in the service. Topics include the battle of Stone's River at Murfreesboro in 1863 and the Atlanta campaign of 1864. Also included are a letter from David Hinman to his wife, and a letter to Wilbur Hinman from Carrie Starr.
	Call #:	MS 3862
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Hinman, Wilbur F. \| Soldiers -- Ohio. \| Atlanta Campaign, 1864. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Murfreesboro (Tenn.), Battle of, 1862-1863. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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13	Title:	Battle of Missionary Ridge Narrative and Other Essays
	Creator:	Anonymous
	Dates:	ca. 1870
	Abstract:	The collection consists of an anonymous account of the Battle of Missionary Ridge during the American Civil War. Also includes original manuscripts of "English words: their uses, abuse and beauty" and of "What made him do it"; and writings on the English language and various other subjects.
	Call #:	MS 3906
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Missionary Ridge (Tenn. and Ga.), Battle of, 1863. \| English language -- Grammar. \| English language -- Usage. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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14	Title:	Samuel Kinsey Maguire Letters
	Creator:	Maguire, Samuel Kinsey
	Dates:	1875-1876
	Abstract:	Samuel Kinsey Maguire (d. 1862) was the son of Captain George Maguire of Christine, Delaware. He married Charles Anna (Annie) Smith ca. 1859 and they had two children, Anna Louise and William. In 1861 Samuel joined the 72nd Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers (Baxter's Gunners) and served as quartermaster until he died in service at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, on October 9, 1862. The collection consists of letters from Samuel K. Maguire to Annie Smith Maguire (1857-1862). The letters of 1861-1862 contain accounts of army life and of battles, including Sharpsburg and Harpers Ferry. Also included are a letter from "Lulu" (probably Anna Louise Maguire) to "Mama" (1876), and genealogical material on the Maguire family.
	Call #:	MS 3883
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Maguire, Samuel Kinsey, d. 1862. \| Maguire family. \| United States. Army. -- Military life. \| Soldiers -- Delaware. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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15	Title:	William Foster Papers
	Creator:	Foster, William
	Dates:	1862-1866
	Abstract:	William Foster (1840-1907) was a medical student from Scio (New Market), in Harrison County, Ohio who became a sergeant and hospital steward in the 126th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. He was involved in numerous battles before he mustered out in July, 1865. He married Katherine Humphrey that September. The collection consists of photocopies of Civil War correspondence, mainly to Katherine Humphrey.
	Call #:	MS 3881
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Foster, William, 1840-1907. \| Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872. \| Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876. \| United States. Army. -- Military life. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 126th. \| Soldiers -- Ohio. \| Camps (Military) \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| Wilderness, Battle of the, 1864. \| Spotsylvania, Battle of, 1864. \| Petersburg Crater, Battle of, 1864. \| Cedar Creek (Va.), Battle of, 1864.
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