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SMALL
MANUSCRIPTS
Many of the Small Manuscripts collections
contain Civil War-related documents. These collections, often
family papers, may include diaries and correspondence of soldiers
at the front and their families at home.
Bell
Collection
Several lengthy letters written by
James A. Bell while in Washington D. C. regarding various aspects
of the war, including a detailed account of his capture and
imprisonment in Richmond.
Burton-Wooten Papers
Several letters between Judge Edward
Wooten and Governor William Burton regarding Home Guards,
commissions, and raising troops, 1861-1862.
Downes,
Townsend
Two volumes of diaries of Townsend
Downes, a sergeant in the 1st Del. Cavalry, Co. C. The
diaries date from Jan. 1, 1864 to Dec. 31, 1864, and from Jan. 1,
1865 to June 10, 1865.
Eccles,
William
Discharge
certificate of William Eccles, 1864.
Fairbanks,
William H.
Three volumes of diaries, from 1861,
1863, and 1865; entries focus on daily farm life in Delaware
during those years.
Harrington
Papers
Collection of letters between John
Harrington, Sgt. in the 3rd Del., Co. H., and John
Vickers, 1862-1864. One folder of original letters and one folder
of typescript copies of the originals in the other folder.
Hitch
Collection
1864 diary
of Sgt. Spencer Hitch, stationed near Washington, D. C.
La Motte
(Lammot)
Collection of letters from Charles E. La Motte, mostly at H. Q.,
2nd Div., 5th Army Corps, to his family in
Wilmington. Folder includes cards with summarization of
letters.
Moor-Naudain
Collection
Letters to
and from Robert Moor, a Union soldier.
Moore,
Archibald
Selected
pages from his military log, April 1, 1864-April 17, 1867. Moore
was a Navy sailor on board the Union ship "Brooklyn," and saw
action at Mobile Bay and other engagements.
Murphy
Papers
Letters from
camps where T. G. Murphy of Dover served as chaplain.
Purnell
Collection (MS 9344, 9406)
Several
well-written letters from a soldier in a New York regiment to
friends in Cooperstown, NY. In the oversized box, there is a copy
of a muster and descriptive roll of Consolidated Co. B,
1st Del. Cavalry, and a copy of a muster-out roll of
Co. B, 1st Del. Cavalry.
James Harrison
Wilson Collection
Typescript copy of diaries of
General J. H. Wilson, 1861-1865. As an Army engineer, Wilson
played an active role at highest level of Union command. (For
other Wilson papers, see Reference Reels R31 and R50).
Woodall,
Daniel
1863 field diary of
Col. Woodall, 1st Delaware Regiment. Also typescript
copies of Woodall correspondence and papers.
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