Creator:
Wainwright, John D., b. 1839.
Inclusive Dates:
1860- 1965
Abstract:
Rear Admiral, United States Navy. Collection includes
correspondence, photographs, clippings relating to Wainwright and to his father, Civil War Colonel John Wainwright,
recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery at the Battle of Fort Fisher (North Carolina).
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Genealogies (histories)
Photographs.
Subject:
Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) -- Capture, 1865.
Soldiers.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)
Creator:
Walker, Richard H.
Inclusive Dates:
1858- 1869
Abstract:
Letters from Richard H. Walker, assistant surgeon with the 6th Tennessee Volunteers; most are to his wife, Fannie Walker.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
Physicians.
Military history
Science and medicine
Civil War (U.S.)
Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Physicians -- United States.
Creator:
Ward, Fletcher.
Inclusive Dates:
1840- 1864
Abstract:
Letters, essays, poetry, diary, and commission of a delegate in the U.S. Christian Commission during the Civil War. Diary describes duties as an aide in Union Army camps, letters describe army life.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Notebooks.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)
Creator:
Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869.
Inclusive Dates:
1839- 1839
Abstract:
Letter from the American army officer to A.G. Moore, Esq.
Accompanied by sales slip and letter documenting its purchase by Charles Devens Osborne in 1950.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- History, Military.
Soldiers.
Military history
New York State
Civil War (U.S.)