ARCHIVEGRID

Contains the following types of materials: memoirs, veterans association materials, article

Contains the following type of materials: documents

This is a collection of twenty-five cartes-de-visite photographs of Civil War soldiers, (some identified and some autographed); four letters written during the war by Hogan; and four photographs of Union troops and artillery at Stevenson, Alabama. The collection also includes copies of Hogan's military records from the National Archives

These papers, collected by Walter J. Knabe, document the lives of several Knabe family members

Papers relate chiefly to Hartwell's activities in command of the 55th Regt., Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1866, including investigation into recruiting and compensation abuses by Brevet Brigadier General Malcolm Smith Littlefield, 21st Regt., U.S. Colored Infantry -- Files contain incoming and outgoing correspondence; orders and proclamations; muster rolls; ordnance returns, invoices, and receipts; ladies aid society donation lists; investigatory affidavits/statements as noted above; and photographs and other memorabilia, also relating to Hartwell's service in the 44th Regt., Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1863, and 54th Regt., Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863

Papers include: typed transcriptions of 12 of Currie's Civil War letters, Dec. 30, 1861-Aug. 17, 1864, from his service in the Federal Mississippi Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade. His letters discuss the fleet, various battles, the suffering of the wounded, marches, the death of Col. Charles Ellet (June 20, 1862), various towns and barracks, Cherokee prisoners of war (March 10, 1862), his African American servant Bill (November 28, 1862), an unidentified African American ox team driver who gave him information on the nearest battle (May 26, 1863), composition of the brigade, grounds of Benton barracks, unidentified African American boat hands who also excavated a levee (June 30, 1863), two unidentified U.S. Colored troops infantry regiments which came aboard, fought heroically against violent Rebel attacks, and their losses after a battle at Coleman Plantation, near Rodney, Mississippi, and information provided by a senior, unidentified African American (July 6, 1864), ...

Military special orders and certificates, various documents relating to service responsibilities and photographs and photograph albums

Records, December 1863, of Homer A. Cooke, a U.S. Army quartermaster in the New Bern, N.C., area, including financial and personnel records, accounts of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and records of quartermasters' stores. Many of the personnel were former slaves hired as laborers

The collection contains eleven photocopied letters, dated November 1862 to May 1863, from John H. Crowder while he was serving in the 1st Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards in the United States Army. Ten of the letters are addressed to his mother, Martha Ann Stars, and one to his sister. Crowder wrote from positions in Louisiana including Camp Bivouac at Lafourche Crossing, Camp Lookout at Bayou Louis, Camp Houston and the headquarters of the 1st Regiment of the Lousiana Native Guards in Baton Rouge. In the letters, Crowder discussed his life as a soldier, troop movements, and his wages and expenses. He also wrote to refute rumors that he was arrested and that he had married; to request his mother to send items, such as an engineering book and a talisman, and to thank her for items already sent; and to urge her not to tell anyone of his true age for fear he would be expelled from the army for being too young. The last letter, dated 5 May 1863, contains an itemized list of the ...

The collection includes diaries, 1864 and 1867-1871, and a sketchbook of Robert G. Fitzgerald (1840-1919); copies of his pension record and marriage certificate and of the manumission certificate of Thomas Fitzgerald (father of Robert G.); two letters; and articles about members of the Fitzgerald family, including Fitzgerald's granddaughter, Pauli Murray. Fitzgerald's diary, 1864, describes his trip from Boston to Virginia; life in the 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry Regiment; war news, especially the activities of other black regiments; and his feelings about the war and the future of blacks. His later diary describes his work in freedmen's schools in Amelia County, Va., and in Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C.; church affairs and social life; and his political activities, including a description, 31 July-2 August 1867, of the Virginia state Republican convention, to which he was a delegate. Some entries in 1867 describe Fitzgerald's studies at Lincoln University (originally Ashmun ...