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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred Dexter Morgan diaries, 1864-1866

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-006
Content Description Two autograph volumes of a diary kept by Alfred Dexter Morgan during his service with the 17th Illinois Cavalry Volunteers in 1864 and 1865. Morgan and his company saw duty primarily in Missouri, but was also stationed in Kansas at the end of the war. Missouri experienced some of the most bitter conflict due to sectionalism and protracted guerrilla warfare, and Morgan's diary speaks of the events occuring at that time. Mentioned in the diary are such notarious bushwhackers as Charles...
Dates: 1864 - 1866

American Civil War

 File
Identifier: 1981.008.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This artificial collection was begun as a catch-all for small single gifts and purchases, and to make them easier for scholars to search them. This assemblage consists primarily of documents, correspondence, photographs, broadsides and artifacts, dealing mostly with United States history.

Dates: 1747 - 1985

Culver, J.C. (Major) and [Millie], 1862-09-10

 File
Identifier: 1981.008.3
Scope and Contents

Letter is addressed to "Oscar", although the envelope (postmarked Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) is addressed to Major J.C. Culver (St. Louis, MO). Letter includes reference to an exaggerated account of a purported Indian attack, an inquiry as to the performance of rebels in the snow, and the evacuation of Nashville by the [---] troops. Letter is signed [Millie].

Dates: 1862-09-10

Douglas James Moore Diary, 1863-1891; Bulk 1863-1865

 Collection
Identifier: 1500-001-29
Content Description Frontier diary kept by a member of the Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, with entries dating from Dec 1863 to Jun 1891. Includes accounts of encounters with the Sioux and Cheyenne, with 2 brief handwritten draft summaries of diary entries (both dated in 1973).Materials laid in: one blue ribbon with inscription "3d Annual Reunion, 11th Kansas Vol. Cav., Topeka, Kas. Sept. 29, 1885" ; two leaves of lined note paper, one dated 27 Oct [19]73, and 28 Jun 1973, each with handwritten notes on...
Dates: 1863 - 1891; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1865