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[Collection of Charles Nicholson, battery L, 5th regiment, Pennsylvania, heavy artillery] [Decimalized .01- .12]

Charles Nicholson was a Private in the 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Co. L. Other letters were written by another soldier in the same family, to their cousin Alice. Writes about Lincoln's death and a cousin's death in Libby prison. Collection...

GLC02171

[Collection of Charles F. Porter, C company, 2nd regiment, Michigan, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .91]

Porter was a Private in the 2nd Michigan Infantry, Co. C. The collection includes correspondence, Porter's Michigan teacher's license, printed scripture passages, newspaper clippings, and genealogical materials on the Porter family. Some...

GLC02172

[Collection of William H. Scarborough, B company, 96th regiment, Ohio, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .59]

Scarborough was a Private in the Ohio 96th Vols. Consists of correspondence as well as an invitation to an 1886 reunion of his regiment. The collection also includes three 1940 documents regarding his death and war injury.

GLC02173

Collection of Hillary Shifflet, C company, 1st regiment, Ohio, volunteers [Decimalized .01-.15]

Shifflet served as Private in the Ohio 1st Vols., Company C. The collection includes one letter from his father to Shifflet. By the end of the correspondence, he complains of war weariness, especially of Lincoln's interference with slavery.

GLC02174

Documents related to the Civil War draft and Eben Whittemore [Decimalized .01-.34]

This group of 34 documents, both printed and manuscript items, detail the draft apparatus on Cape Cod: printed lists of the number of eligible men, and the quota of such men required to enlist or be drafted from each of these towns. Some of the...

GLC02175