Wainwright, John D., b. 1839.

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).

Walker, Henry B.

Union soldier, served with the 121st New York Volunteers. Letters to family and friends in Cooperstown, New York, detailing camp life during the Civil War.

Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919.

Papers of the physician, social reformer, native of Oswego, N.Y. Advocate of dress reform and women's suffrage. Collection includes correspondence (1833-1913), mainly from Dr. Walker's lecture tour of Britain in 1866-67 and from her Civil War service, 1862-65; legal and financial documents, including deeds, wills, and material concerning her divorce and employment at the Federal Pension Office; photographs; and writings, including material on the trial of Frank C. Almay in 1891, lectures, pamphlets, and reminiscences.

Walker, Richard H.

Letters from Richard H. Walker, assistant surgeon with the 6th Tennessee Volunteers; most are to his wife, Fannie Walker.

Ward, Fletcher.

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.

Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869.

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.