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The Bruce Catton Papers A1979.1

Biography Bruce Catton (October 9, 1899 – August 28, 1978) was an American journalist and notable historian of the American Civil War. Born in Petroskey, Michigan, Bruce Catton studied at Oberlin College. He left college to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War I. In 1926, he began his career as a journalist. In World War II, he served as Director of Information with the War Production Board. In 1952, he became a full time author. He was one of four founders of American Heritage magazine and served as editor 1954 and senior editor 1959 until his death. Mr. Catton received the Pulitzer Prize for A Stillness at Appomattox in 1954, the Ohioana Library Association Non-Fiction award for The Coming Fury in 1962 and The Presidential Freedom Medal in 1977.

Mr. Catton was invited by General Mark W. Clark, President of The Citadel, to address the Corps of Cadets as a Greater Issues Speaker in 1961 as part of the centennial commemoration of the firing on the Star of the West.

Scope and Content Note The Citadel Archives & Museum received the papers of Bruce Catton in 1978 under the terms of his will. The collection consists of twenty linear feet and was catalogued in 1983 by Jane Yates, Archivist.

The papers consist of research notes and literary manuscripts 1951-1961. Mr. E. B. Long, author and professor of American Studies at the University of Wyoming, was in charge of the research program for Mr. Catton’s Centennial History of the Civil War. Mr. Long’s typewritten research notes are arranged chronologically and geographically and cover economics, politics and battles from 1820-1865. Mr. Catton’s literary manuscripts, Glory Road, 1952; A Stillness at Appomattox, 1953; U.S. Grant and the American Military Tradition, 1954; Banners at Shenandoah, 1955; This Hallowed Ground, 1956; Grant Moves South, 1960; The Coming Fury, 1961, are part of the collection. One document box contains correspondence 1952-1961 with publishers.

Bruce Catton Papers

Scope and Content Note Continued

Mr. Catton was the recipient of letters and diaries (1861-1865) from readers who donated their family’s papers for his research use. These letters and diaries, which are part of the collection, were written by Union troops concerning war activities. Some of the Union troops were stationed in South Carolina. Newspaper clippings of the same period, chiefly from The Chicago Tribune and Cincinnati Daily Gazette are included in the collection. Box # 1-27 Research notes 1951-1961 arranged chronologically and geographically cover economics, politics and battles from 1820-1865 with emphasis on the Civil War Period.

28 Correspondence with publishers 1952-1961. 29-43 Manuscripts 44-48 Letters 1861-1865 written by Union troops to their families. 49 and Clippings 1861-1865, from The Chicago Tribune Archives and Cincinnati Daily Gazette. Flat File Cabinet A1979.1

Bruce Catton Papers 3 Finding Aid Box 1 Research Notes: File Economics - North and South 1859-1865. 1 Blockade Operations: South. 35 pgs. Blockade Operations: North. 18 pgs. Blockade: 1862-1865 4 sections Blockade: Eyewitness South. 37 pgs. Blockade: Eyewitness North. 40 pgs. Blockade: General 39 pgs. 2 Economics I: General 44 pgs. Economics I: North 11 pgs. Economics I: General 12 pgs. CSS Mississippi Economics I: General Causes 17 pgs. Economics I: General 4 pgs. Organization & Sources Economics: General Confederacy 6 pgs. 1859 Slave Incident 6 pgs. 3 Economics II: Agriculture. 23 pgs. Economics II: Agriculture. Salt 10 pgs. Economics II: Agriculture. South 26 pgs. Economics II: Agriculture. North 19 pgs. Economics II: Agriculture. 7 pgs. Frederick Law Olmstead 4 Economics III: Commerce. Telegraph 27 pgs. Economics III: Commerce. Transportation, Horses 18 pgs. Economics III: Commerce. 19 pgs. Economics III: Commerce. Transportation, Rivers, etc. 6 pgs.

"Telegraphing in Battle". The Century Illustrated Monthly. Vol. 38, no. 5. Sept.1889. 12 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 4 Finding Aid Box 1 Research Notes File 5 Economics IV. Industry & Business. North 14 pgs. Economics IV. Industry & Business. Arms & Ammunition. South. 48 pgs. Economics IV. Industry & Business. Arms & Munitions. North 7 pgs. Economics, Industry & Business General 13 pgs. Economics, Industry, Labor 16 pgs. Economics IV. Industry & Business Confederate 17 pgs. 6 Economics V. Finance. South. 27 pgs. Economics V. Finance. North 36 pgs. 7 Cotton & Trade With Enemy. 40 pgs (In a separate folder) Economics, Trade with Enemy, General Notes. 28 pgs. Trade with the Enemy 1863. Union 46 pgs. Trade with the Enemy Confederate 2 pgs. Trade with the Enemy. Red River 58 pgs. Trade with the Enemy Union 1864 36 pgs. Trade with the Enemy. Miscellaneous. 13 pgs. Trade with the Enemy. Union 1861-1862 73 pgs. Trade with the Enemy. Confederate 36 pgs. Economics, Cotton. 55 pgs. 8 Tennessee Economics 16 pgs

Bruce Catton Papers 5 Finding Aid Box 2 Research Notes 1820-1854 period. File 1 1820 and before - Colonial Periods. Summary and Outline of Notes 23 pgs. 1820 and before - Colonial Period 23 pgs. 1820 and before - The Revolution & Govt. 39 pgs. 1820 and before - The Revolution & Gov't. 20 pgs. 1820 and before - Early Republic & Cotton Revolution. 17 pgs. 1820 and before - The Missouri Compromise. 19 pgs. 1820 and before - Revolution & Gov't. Slavery. approx. 30 pgs. The American Civil War Chronology. 6 pgs (E. B. Long, author) 2 Chronology 1820-1840. 5 pgs. 1820-1840 General Notes. 49 pgs. 1820-1840 Abolition & Defense of Slavery. 41 pgs. 1820-1840 The Free Negro. 8 pgs. 1820-1840 McCormick Reaper. 2 pgs. 1820-1840 Texas. 4 pgs. 1820-1840 Slave Trade. 4 pgs. 3 Chronology 1840-1850. 6 pgs. 1840-1850 Outline of Events. 14 pgs. 1840-1850 To Mexican War. 6 pgs. 1840-1850 Charles Dickens. 7 pgs. 1840-1850 Native Americans. 12 pgs. 1840-1850 Slavery in Territories 1849. 12 pgs. 1840-1850 Slavery in Territories. 20 pgs. 1840-1850 Compromise of 1850. 53 pgs. 1840-1850 Mexican War. 6 pgs. 4 1851-1854 Events. (1851 Feb. 15 - 1851 Dec. 7) 10 pgs. 1851-1854 Events. (1852 March 20 - 1852 Nov. 2) 16 pgs. 1851-1854 Events. (1853 Feb. 12 - 1853 Oct. 22) 4 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 6 Finding Aid Box 3 Research Notes 1854-1860 period. File 1 1854 Outline of Events 3 pgs. 1854 Know Nothings Party 24 pgs. (anti Catholic movement) 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act 50 pgs. 1854 Anthony Burns Case (fugitive slave case in Boston) 7 pgs. 1854 Kansas 22 pgs. 1854 Tourists in South 10 pgs. 1854 Republican Party - Lincoln 13 pgs. 1854 Ostend Manifesto 1 pgs. 2 1855 General Notes 18 pgs. 3 1856 Outline of Events 8 pgs. Politics - Election 47 pgs. 1856 - Political - Sumner -Brooks etc. 25 pgs 1856 Kansas 20 pgs. 1856 Letters of a Tourist 5 pgs. 1856 Summary of Kansas 3 pgs. (8x12 paper, onion skin) 4 Dred Scott decision and Kansas 3 pgs. (8x12 paper, onion skin) 1857 Outline of events 4 pgs. 1857 Kansas 9 pgs. 1857 Politics & General 17 pgs. 1857 Impending Crisis - Helper and his books 16 pgs. 1857 Dred Scott 22 pgs. 5 1858 Outline of Events 3 pgs. 1858 Lincoln and Douglas Debates 44 pgs. 1858 Kansas & Politics 31 pgs. Brief View of 1858 Events 3 pgs. (8x12 paper, onion skin

Bruce Catton Papers 7 Finding Aid Box 3 Research Notes 1854-1860 period. File 6 1859 General & Politics approx. 20 pgs. 1859 Chronology 1 pgs. 1859 John Brown 60 pgs. 1859 Slave Incidents approx. 20 pgs. 7 1859 Dec. to Convention of 1860 16 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 8 Finding Aid Box 4 Research Notes 1860 period. File 1 Causes, general 49 pgs. Bibliography of the Causes of the Civil War. From Theory & Practice in Historical Study: A Report of The Committee on Historiography. 10 pgs. Balance Sheet of Pre-War Events 1820-1860 3 pgs. 1860 to Conventions General 29 pgs. 2 Outline of 1860 notes. 1860 Nov. Military 24 pgs. 1860 Nov. Post Election 29 pgs. 1860 Nov. Buchanan's Administration 30 pgs. 3 1860 Chicago Republican Convention 28 pgs. 1860 Chicago Republican Convention 65 pgs. Lincoln's Manager: David Davis, 2 pgs. Chapter 11 4 Basic Notes On Conventions of 1860 3 pgs. 1860 Constitutional Democratic Convention at Richmond approx. 10 pgs. 1860 National Democratic Convention at Baltimore, including Seceders Meeting. 24 pgs. 1860 National Democratic Convention at Baltimore. 34 pgs. 1860 Baltimore National Constitutional Union Convention, 1860 May 14 pgs. 5 Charleston Convention, Outline 3 pgs. 1860 Charleston Convention, General 31 pgs. 1860 Charleston Convention Meeting 55 pgs. 1860 Charleston Convention. Summation & Aftermath. 9 pgs. Charleston Convention. Caucuses 58 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 9 Finding Aid Box 4 Research Notes 1860 period. File 5 1860 Charleston Convention. Caucuses 15 pgs. "Charleston Convention" by E. Stanwood A History of the Presidency From 1788 to 1897. 4 pgs. 6 1860 December. Buchanan's Adm. 56 pgs. 1860 December. Secession 51 pgs. 1860 Dec. Compromise Efforts 28 pgs. 1860 The North and Lincoln 23 pgs. 1860 Dec. Floyd, Sec. of War under President Buchanan. 24 pgs. December Summary & Events 5 pgs. 7 1860 Campaign and Election. General Notes. 22 pgs. 1860 Campaign and Election. General Notes, Part 2. 61 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 10 Finding Aid Box 5 Research Notes 1861: Foreign Relations, Mobilization, Prisons File 1 Foreign Relations, General 14 pgs. 2 Foreign Relations 1861. Union 46 pgs. Foreign Relations 1861. Confederate 48 pgs. Foreign Relations 1861. General 14 pgs. 3 Foreign Relations 1861. Trent Affair 204 pgs. 4 Population Charts, 1790-1860. 6 pgs. 5 Mobilization General - Manpower 13 pgs. Mobilization General - Pre War Summations. 32 pgs. 6 Mobilization - South - General 30 pgs. Mobilization - South - 1863 14 pgs. Mobilization - South - Navy 17 pgs. Mobilization - South - 1864-65 19 pgs. Mobilization - South - Desertion 36 pgs. Mobilization - Officer Procurement 7 pgs. Mobilization - South - 1862 40 pgs. Mobilization - South - 1861 20 pgs. 7 Mobilization - North - Chronological Draft. 1863 on. 22 pgs. Mobilization - North - Desertion 16 pgs. Mobilization - North - Negroes 16 pgs. Mobilization - North - Officer Procurement. 9 pgs. Mobilization - Union - Chronological 1862. 11 pgs. Mobilization - North - Navy 14 pgs. Mobilization - North - General 4 pgs. Mobilization - Union - Chronological 1861 8 Prisons & Prisoners. Escapes and Exchanges Special Study 101 pgs. Prisons II. Eyewitnesses. 39 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 11 Finding Aid Box 6 Research Notes File 1 1861 Jan. Calendar of Events 5 pgs. 1861 Jan. Buchanan's Administration 46 pgs. 1861 Jan. The South General 46 pgs. 1861 Jan. The North 18 pgs. 1861 Jan. South Carolina 39 pgs. 1861 Jan. South, Mississippi 11 pgs. 1861 Jan. South, Louisiana 13 pgs. 1861 Jan. South, Georgia 10 pgs. 1861 Jan. South, Alabama 16 pgs. 1861 Jan. South, Florida 13 pgs. 1 map - Harbor of Pensacola Brochure & 3 postcards of Ft. Pickens, Pensacola, Florida 2 1861 Feb. Chronology of Events 1861 Feb. Confederacy 75 pgs. 1861 Feb. Lincoln 33 pgs. 1861 Feb. The Alabama Review. The Confederate Convention: 1. The Provisional Constitution. 18 pgs. 2. The Constitutional Debate. 21 pgs. 1861 Feb. The South 48 pgs. 1861 Feb.Buchanan's Administration 34 pgs. 1861 Feb. Congress 10 pgs. 1861 Feb. Southern Editorials 6 pgs. The Choice of Jefferson Davis as Confederate President by Ralph Richardson 1955 July 16 pgs. 3 1861 March 4-April 14 Pickens-Sumter Confederacy 1861 March 4-April 14 Fort Sumter. (3 sections) 80 pgs. 1861 March 4-April 14 The South 21 pgs.

1861 March 4-April 14 The Confederacy 20 pgs. 1861 March 4-April 14 Fort Pickens 10 pgs. Barnes, Frank Fort Sumter. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service Historical Handbook, 1952 47 pgs. Map of Charleston Harbor with forts.

Bruce Catton Papers 12 Finding Aid Box 6 Research Notes File 4 1861 March 4 to April 14 Lincoln's Administration. Section I 50 pgs. Section II 73 pgs. 5 1861 April 14-30 General Part I 50 pgs. 1861 April 14-30 General Part II 68 pgs. 1861 April 14-30 Summary of Events 6 pgs. "The Gosport Affair, 1861". Journal of Southern History, Vol. XXIII, May 1957, No. 2 by John Sherman Long. 16 pgs. History of First Defenders Assoc. 3 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 13 Finding Aid Box 7 Research Notes File 1 1861 May. General 96 pgs. 1861 May. Border States 61 pgs. 1861 May. Chronology of Events 2 1861 June-July. General. (2 sections) 96 pgs. 1861 June-July. Missouri 31 pgs. 1861 June-July. West Virginia - Diary 41 pgs. of Events. 1861 June-July. Chronology of Events 11 pgs. 3 1861 Fall. General Events & Guide 18 pgs. 1861 Fall. Chronology of Events 8 pgs. 4 1861 Fall. General 42 pgs. 5 1861 Fall. West Virginia 59 pgs. 6 Bull Run Campaign 1861 Wilshin, Francis. Manassas (Bull Run). 47 pgs. Washington D.C.: National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 15, 1953. 1861. Bull Run: Organization 6 pgs. Reading Guide, Chronology 1861. Bull Run: Facts & Figures 9 pgs. 1861. Bull Run: General Notes 15 pgs. 1861. Bull Run: General Notes, Shenandoah pgs. 16-32

1861. Bull Run pgs. 33-63 1861. Bull Run: The Battle, Afternoon pgs. 64-84

1861. Bull Run: Union Retreat 1861. Bull Run: Confederate Victory 20 pgs

1861. Bull Run: Personal Accounts, Union 34 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 14 Finding Aid Box 7 Research Notes File 6 1861. Bull Run: Personal Accounts, Confederate 39 pgs. 1861. Bull Run: Aftermath, Union 39 pgs. 1861. Bull Run: Aftermath, Confederate 25 pgs. 1861. Bull Run: Summation & Opinions 27 pgs. 4 Maps

Bruce Catton Papers 15 Finding Aid Box 8 Research Notes File 1 Buchanan Papers – from Historical Society of

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Approx. 30 pgs.

2 1861 Fall. Washington Scene. McClellan and Army (2 sections) 100 pgs. 1861 Fall. Washington Scene.

Administration. 58 pgs. 1861 Fall. Washington Scene. Events, Guide & General 11 pgs. 1861 Fall. Washington Scene. Congress 16 pgs. 3 1861 Fall. Richmond Scene, General 20 pgs. 1861 Fall. Richmond Scene, Confederate Congress 9 pgs. 1861 Fall. Richmond Scene, Army 16 pgs. 1861 Fall. Richmond 1861 Administration 56 pgs. 4 1861 Fall. Ball's Bluff & Virginia (2 sections) 115 pgs. 1861 Fall. Ball's Bluff 5 pgs. 5 1861 Fall. Coastal and Naval Operations 94 pgs. 1861 Fall. Coastal and Naval Operations: Gulf Coast 26 pgs 1861. High Seas 25 pgs.

6 1861 Fall. Kentucky, Mississippi River: The Rivers & Gunboats 30 pgs.

1861 Fall. Kentucky, Mississippi River, 1861 Fall. Military (2 sections) 84 pgs.

1861 Fall. Kentucky & Mississippi: Events and Guide 5 pgs. 1861 Fall. Kentucky, Mississippi River: East Tennessee 34 pgs. 1861. Kentucky, Mississippi River: General Politicians 27 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 16 Finding Aid Box 8 Research Notes File 7 1861 Fall, Missouri. Outline 7 pgs. 1861 Fall, Missouri, Wilson's Creek 89 pgs. 1861 Fall, Missouri, Fremont 156 pgs. Upton, Lucile Morris. "Battle of Wilson's Creek". Springfield News & Leader 15 pgs. Lobdell, Jared C. "Nathaniel Lyon and the Battle of Wilson's Creek". The Bulletin, Missouri Historical Society. Oct. 1960 11 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 17 Finding Aid Box 9 Research Notes 1862 January-February period. File 1 Foreign Relations, 1862 on. 166 pgs. (2 sections) 2 1862 January Events, Outline & General 9 pgs. 2 page 1862 Chronology 3 1862 January Richmond Scene 35 pgs. 4 1862 Jan. Virginia (Fighting in Va. & Jackson's expedition into West Va. 31 pgs. 5 1862 January Coastal (Buildup for coastal operations by the North along with pressure at Port Royal.) 28 pgs. 6 1862 Jan. The West. Outline. 7 pgs. 1862 Jan. The West. Springs & Eastern Affairs. (Garfield's & Marshall's operations in E. Kentucky skirmish at Jennie's Creek & Middle Creek) 46 pgs. 1862 Jan. The West. General. (2 sections) (2 sections) (Series of corres. between Lincoln, Buell, Halleck and McClellan.) 68 pgs. Williams, Kenneth P. "The Tennessee River Campaign and Anna Ella Carroll." Indiana Magazine of History, XLVI, No. 3, Sept. 1950. 23 pgs. Roland, Charles P. "Albert Sidney Johnston and the Loss of Forts

Henry & Donelson." Journal of Southern History Feb. 1957 24 pgs. Fort Donelson. National Military Park. Brochure

Bruce Catton Papers 18 Finding Aid Box 9 Research Notes File 7 1862 Jan. Washington Scene. McClellan 71 pgs. and the Army. 1862 Jan. Washington Scene. Outline 11 pgs. General 8 1862 Jan. Washington Scene. Cabinet 107 pgs. (2 sections) 1862 Jan. Washington Scene. Congress 13 pgs. Resignation of Cameron and Appointment of Stanton (newspaper comments) (4 sections) 9 1862 Feb. General 7 pgs. 1862 Feb. Status of Civil War 2 pgs. 1 poster. Pleads for Western Arkansas men to fight Federal troops. 1 poster. Ordering Arkansas men to fight Northerners. 10 1862 Feb. Coastal. (Battle of New Bern and Ft. Macon.) 43 pgs. Ft. Macon, Morehead City, N.C. Postcard Brief History of Ft. Macon. Brochure. 11 1862 Feb. Southwest Campaign 78 pgs. 12 1862 Feb. Washington Scene. General 34 pgs. 1862 Feb. Washington Scene. Congress 5 pgs. 13 1862 Feb. Richmond Scene. 50 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 19 Finding Aid Box 10 Research Notes 1862 February – 1862 March period. File 1 1862 February. The West. General. 72 pgs. 1862 Feb. The West. The River Campaign, Forts Donelson and Henry. Part I, Fort Henry. 71 pgs. 1862 Feb. The West. The River 138 pgs. Campaign. Forts Donelson and Henry Part II, Fort Donelson. 138 pgs. Fort Donelson, Tennessee National Military Park. Brochure by National Park Service. 6 pgs. Walker, Peter Franklin. "Command Failure: The Fall of Forts Henry and Donelson", Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Dec. 1957, Vol. XVI No. 4. pgs. 35-360. 2 Chronology - General – 1862 March (2 sections) 3 1862 March. Virginia 44 pgs. 4 1862 March. Washington Scene 79 pgs 5 1862 March. Richmond Scene 34 pgs. 6 1862 March. Shenandoah Valley 35 pgs. 7 1862 March. Pea Ridge, Missouri 67 pgs. Battle Situation map for The Battle of Pea Ridge. 1862 March 7-8.

Bruce Catton Papers 20 Finding Aid Box 10 Research Notes File 8 1862 March. The West, General 52 pgs. Long, E.B. "Dear Julia: Two Great Letters." pgs. 61-64 9 1862 March. Monitor-Merrimack. 128 pgs. Coastal

Bruce Catton Papers 21 Finding Aid Box 11 Research Notes 1862 April-June period. File 1 Chronology-General 1862 April-June 32 pgs. 2 The Shenandoah Valley. 1862 April-June (4 sections) 234 pgs. 3 New Orleans-Occupation. 1862 April-June 67 pgs. New Orleans. 1862 April-June (2 sections) 126 pgs. Defense of New Orleans 16 pgs. 4 Coastal Operations. 1862 April-June 59 pgs. Lattimore, Ralston E. Fort Pulaski. National Park Service Historical Handbook, Series no. 18, Washington, D.C. 1954 56 pgs. Morris, Jerome F. The Brief Belligerence of Fort Macon. Raleigh,N.C.: The North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission, 12 pgs. (no date) Iobst, Richard. The Battle of New Bern. Raleigh, N.C.: The North Carolina Confederate Commission (no date) 14 pgs. 5 Richmond Scene: 1862 April-June 35 pgs. 6 Washington Scene: 1862 April-June 36 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 22 Finding Aid Box 12 Research Notes Missisippi Valley 1862 April-June. File 1 General Chronology. 1862 April-June. 16 pgs. West Corinth. 1862 April-June. West pgs. 17-61 Mississippi River. 1862 April-June pgs. 62-108 2 Shiloh West-Shiloh-General. 1862 April-June. 9 pgs. West-Shiloh-Confederate 1862 April-June. 84 pgs. Shiloh-Union. 1862 April-June. 88 pgs. 3 The Peninsula. Yorktown through Seven Pines April 1st or from Washington to the end of the siege of Yorktown, May 4th. Approx. 100 pgs. Williamsburg, May 5th to Seven Pines or Fair Oaks June 1st pgs. 87-168

Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks, 1862 May 31-June 1st. pgs.164-218 4 The Seven Days: 1862 June 26-July 1st or 2nd 1862 June 1-June 25. pgs. 217-267 The Seven Days - each day covered. June 26-July 1st or 2nd. 21 pgs. Real opening of the campaign and battle of Mechanicsville pgs. 22-30 Battle of Gaines Mill, Cold Harbor (First Cold Harbor) of Chickanominy. 1862 June 27th. pgs. 39-84 1862 June 28. Peninsula. pgs. 85-104. 1862 June 29. Peninsula. pgs. 105-123. 1862 June 30. Gendale. pgs. 124-163. 1862 July 1. Malvern Hill. pgs. 164-180 Seven Day - Conclusion. pgs. 180-255

Bruce Catton Papers 23 Finding Aid Box 13 Research Notes Chronology. 1862 July-Dec. File 1 General Outline. 1862 July-Dec. 3 pgs. Chronology. 1862 July-Dec. Describes events of each day 1862 July 1-31 31 pgs. 1862 Aug. 1-31 31 pgs. 1862 Sept.1-30 30 pgs. 1862 Oct. 1-31 31 pgs. 1862 Nov. 1-30 31 pgs. 1862 Dec. 1-31 31 pgs. 2 Second Bull Run (Manassas) Capaign: Battle 2nd Manassas Campaign. pgs. 1-62 2nd Manassas: The Battle pgs. 63-107 The Porter Case. pgs. 108-135 3 Emancipation. Washington Scene. 1862 Washington Scene. 1862 July-Dec. 68 pgs. Washington Scene. 1862 July-Dec. Pgs. 69-131 Washington Scene. 1862 July-Dec. Pgs. 132-183 Identification of lesser known characters in Barlow papers 20 pgs. 4 Richmond Scene July-Dec. 1862 62 pgs. 5 Fredericksburg Campaign Part 1 59 pgs. Fredericksburg Battle 101 pgs. Fredericksburg: Post-battle, Mud March, end of Burnside 85 pgs. Map of Battle of Fredericksburg 1862 Dec. 13 6 Kentucky Campaign Perryville; Bragg and Buell Kentucky-Tennessee campaign 1862 July-Dec.

Bruce Catton Papers 24 Finding Aid Box 14 Research Notes 1862 July-Dec. Stones River: Preliminaries & Battle File 1 Murfreesboro. West III 1862 July-Dec. 108 pgs. 2 1862 July-Dec. West I July & Aug. 95 pgs. "Grant & the War in the West" by E. B. Long Approx. 40 pgs. Copies of "The Vidette" a newspaper published in Hartsville, Tenn. by John H. Morgan's command. 3 The West: Fall of 1862. Iuka-Corinth 1862 July-Dec. Iuka-Corinth 90 pgs. 4 The West: Fall of 1862 Vicksburg Vicksburg 92 pgs. 5 Coastal Operations. 1862 25 pgs. 6 Trans-Mississippi. West VI. 1862 July-Dec. 21 pgs. 7 Antietam: National Battlefield Site by Frederick Tilberg. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service 60 pgs. Antietam Campaign: Chantilly, Maryland Campaign, South Mountain Maryland Campaign, South Mountain Crampton's Gap Harper's Ferry. 115 pgs. Antietam Campaign: Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg 96 pgs. 8 Antietam-Post Battle (3 sections) 157 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 25 Finding Aid Box 15 Research Notes 1863 Jan. - July period. File 1 General Outline. 1863 Jan.-July 2 pgs. Chronology. 1863 Jan.-July 4, pgs. 90-101 1863 January 31 pgs. 1863 February 28 pgs. 1863March 31 pgs. 1863 April 30 pgs. 1863 May 31 pgs. 2 Chancellorsville: Campaign I 104 pgs. Chancellorsville: Battle II 255 pgs. 3 Coastal: Naval Attack on Fort Sumter. 1863 Jan.-July 101 pgs. 4 Gettysburg Campaign: Pre-Battle 1863 Jan. to July (2 sections) 178 pgs Gilbert, Prof. J. Warren. The Blue and Gray Peoples Pictorial Edition of a History of the Conflicts During Lee's Invasion & Battle of Gettysburg. 166 pgs. Southern Historical Society Papers. "Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of Gettysburg: Opinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers." Richmond, Va., Aug. 1877. pgs. 49-306 Map of Brandy Station. 1863 June 9th. 5 Tilsberg, Frederick. Gettysburg: National Military Park. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service Historical Handbook Series, 1954 52 pgs. Gettysburg II: The Battle (4 sections) 285 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 26 Finding Aid Box 16 Research Notes 1863 January - July period. File 1 Port Hudson and West. 1863 Jan.-July 112 pgs. 2 Richmond Scene. 74 pgs. 3 The West: Mainly Tennessee pgs. 1-127 Plan of Campaign proposed by General Beauregard to Gen. Joe Johnston for operations in his department. Charleston, 1863 May 15 6 pgs. 4 Vicksburg: Outline 1863 Jan.-July 26 pgs. Vicksburg. 1863 Jan.-May 147 pgs. Vicksburg. 1863 May 1-19th 108 pgs. Everhart, Wm. C. Vicksburg, National Military Park, Mississippi. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service Historical Handbook Series, 1954 60 pgs. 5 Vicksburg: Siege. May 20 to July 4 and aftermath Section III 142 pgs. "The Vicksburg Story: Covering Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow." The Vicksburg Evening Post. Vicksburg, Mississippi. 1963 July 1 6 Washington Scene 97 pgs. 7 Washington Scene: Dissension 1863 Jan.-July 122 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 27 Finding Aid Box 17 Research Notes 1863 July-December period. File 1 1863 July-1863 Dec. (6 sections) (Each day of the aforementioned months are described.) 2 Coastal I 1863 July-Dec. 68 pgs. Coastal II: Charleston. 1863 July -Dec. 148 pgs. Coastal III 1863 July-Dec. 66 pgs. Barnes, Frank. Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service Historical Handbook Series, no. 12, 1952. 48 pgs. 3 The Virginia Theater: Bristoe-Mine Run Long, E.B. "The Lost Six Months of the Armies in Virginia." 18 pgs Shaffer, Dallas B. The Battle at Droop Mountain. 13 pgs. Virginia. 1863 July-Dec. (2 sections) 214 pgs. 4 Richmond Scene 1863 July-Dec. 83 pgs. 5 Washington Scene. National Politics: N.Y. Draft Riots. 1863 July-Dec. 131 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 28 Finding Aid Box 18 Research Notes 1863 July - Dec. period. File 1 West IV: Trans-Mississippi, Missouri 1863 July-Dec. 96 pgs. 2 Chickamauga I. 1863 July-Dec. 132 pgs. West II Battle of Chickamauga II 1863 July-Dec. West II 235 pgs. Map of Chickamauga Campaign II 8 pgs. 3 Chickamauga & Chattanooga Battlefields Chattanooga I; East Tennessee. West III. 1863 July-Dec. (3 sections) 204 pgs. Chattanooga II: Battles. West III 1863 July-Dec. (2 sections) 160 pgs. 4 West I 133 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 29 Finding Aid Box 19 Research Notes 1864 January-July period. File 1 1864 Jan.-June month by month description Approx. 150 pgs. 2 Washington Scene Including Barlow Papers Washington Scene I. 106 pgs. Washington Scene II. Politics 119 pgs 3 Ulysses Grant & James Harrison Wilson & Bluford Wilson. (Relationship) Approx. 30 pgs. 4 Richmond Scene 68 pgs. 5 Coastal-Naval. 1864 Jan.-July 59 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 30 Finding Aid Box 20 Research Notes 1864 January-July period. File 1 The West. 1864 Jan.-July 51 pgs. The West: Red River Campaign. pgs. 52-169 The West: Forrest, Fort Pillow, Brice's Crossroad & Morgan pgs. 161-213 2 Virginia: Operations on the James Shenandoah Valley, Valley Raid (2 sections) pgs. 1-157 Early's Raid (1 section) pgs. 158-241 3 Virginia I. 1864 Jan.-July 119 pgs. (2 sections) 4 High Seas: Alabama-Kearsarge 43 pgs

Bruce Catton Papers 31 Finding Aid Box 21 Research Notes 1864 July-December period. File 1 Outline for notes for July, August, September. Approx. 100 pgs. 2 Richmond Scene pgs.1-115 3 Washington Scene: General I 66 pgs. 4 Washington Scene II: Politics- 150 pgs. Election 5 Shenandoah. 1864 July-Dec. 224 pgs. 6 Petersburg I. 1864 July-Dec. 139 pgs. 7 Petersburg II. 1864 July-Dec. 180 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 32 Finding Aid Box 22 Research Notes 1864 July-December period. Mobile Bay; Other Coastal. File 1 Coastal & High Seas 162 pgs. Fort Fisher: State Historic Site 2 Atlanta Campaign I to fall of city 197 pgs. Atlanta Campaign II: July 18th to Fall of Atlanta Sept. 2nd. pgs. 198-339 6 maps of Atlanta Campaign "The Atlanta Cyclorama of the Battle 32 pgs. of Atlanta". by Wilbur Kurtz, Published by City of Atlanta, GA. 3 Sherman: March to the Sea Georgia, Sept. on. March to the Sea, etc. 70 pgs. Georgia II. March to the Sea 188 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 33 Finding Aid Box 23 Research Notes 1864 July-December period. File 1 Forrest: Franklin-Nashville I 143 pgs. 2 Franklin-Nashville II: Battle 142 pgs Crownover, Sims. "The Battle of Franklin." Reprinted from the Tennessee Historical Quarterly. Vol. XIV, number 4, Dec. 1955 32 pgs. 3 West-Trans-Mississippi 1864 July - Dec. 63 pgs. 4 Virginia II: The Wilderness. 1864 July-Dec. 80 pgs. 5 Virginia III: Spotsylvania Court House 116 pgs. 6 Virginia IV: Cold Harbor Petersburg Map. "Army of the Potomac Under Gen. Grant." From Pamunkey River, 1864 May 28-29, to the James River, 1864 June 15-16 160 pgs. 7 Peace and Conspiracy. 1864 July-Dec. (2 sections) 117 pgs.

The Copperheads: Lake Erie Conspiracy. The Ohio

Historical Society 7 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 34 Finding Aid Box 24 Research Notes 1865 period. File 1 1865-General describing each month, 1865 Jan.-May. 2 Virginia I: Shenandoah, Petersburg 1865 68 pgs. Petersburg: National Military Park, Virginia by Richard Wayne Lykes. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 13, 1951. 56 pgs. 3 Virginia II: Fort Stedman, Petersburg, Five Forks, Richmond 286 pgs. 4 Warren-Five Forks 1865-Virginia, Five Forks, Addenda A An Account of the Operations of the Fifth Army Corps at the Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865. By G. K. Warren. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1866. 1865. Virginia II-Five Forks-Addenda B. Handwritten, xeroxed notes re: Five Forks Battle. 5 Appomattox 1865 Happel, Ralph. Appomattox Court 15 pgs. Court House. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1955. Virginia III: Appomattox Campaign. 154 pgs. (2 sections) 6 Sherman & The Carolinas I, 1865 124 pgs. 7 Sherman & The Carolinas II, 1865 158 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 35 Finding Aid Box 25 Research Notes 1865 period. File 1 1865 West and Trans-Mississippi 54 pgs. 1865 Coastal 60 pgs. 2 1865 Richmond Scene I 101 pgs. Mobilization. South-Negro 24 pgs. 3 1865 Richmond Scene II. Fall of Richmond 107 pgs. 4 Richmond Scene II. End of Confederacy 149 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 36 Finding Aid Box 26 Research Notes 1865 period. File 1 1865 Washington Scene I. Jan-April 14. 102 pgs. 2 1865 Washington Scene II. Assassination 122 pgs. and Afterwards. 3 Home Front 79 pgs. 4 Armies and the Soldiers-South 142 pgs. Armies and the Soldiers-North 83 pgs. 5 Miscellaneous Notes to be added to proper files.

Bruce Catton Papers 37 Finding Aid Box 27 Research Notes Ulysses S. Grant File 1 Notes from Gen. Grant's Memoirs Researched by Mr. Snitiker Approx. 25 pgs. 2 Grant Papers in Chicago Historical Society, Researched by Mr. Snitiker Approx. 30 pgs. 3 Misc. notes researched by Mr. Snitiker Including History of Whiskey Ring Approx. 50 pgs. 4 Letter book of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 1865 Mar. 29-April 9, from William H. Schiede Collection Telegram book of General U.S. Grant 1865 March 29-April 10, William H. Schiede Collection Whiskey Ring Code. From the Babcock Papers at Newberry Library, Chicago 1 pg. Corres. between James Garfield and Burke A. Hinsdale 6 pgs. Letters from Grant. DeCoppet Collection, Princeton University. Approx. 25 pgs. New York Historical Society 3 pgs 5 Grant Papers in National Archives 15 pgs.

Bruce Catton Papers 38 Finding Aid Box 27 Research Notes Ulysses S. Grant. File 6 Miscellaneous research and letters re: General Grant Editing suggestions to Bruce Catton Bibliographies: 1) Regimental Histories, Soldiers Memoirs, etc. 2) Grant Bibliography Miscellaneous corres. between Mr. Catton and his researchers. 7 General Grant: Notes from Pete Long 8 Orville Babcock Papers. Newberry Library Chicago, Illinois Appox. 70 pgs. 9 References to Grant in The Nation and The North American Review

Bruce Catton Papers 39 Finding Aid Box 28 Publishers Correspondence 1952-1964 File 1 Correspondence: Little Brown & Co. 2 Correspondence: Harpers 3 Correspondence: Doubleday 4 Correspondence: Bruce Catton corres. from Gen. Mark Clark, info. on Mr. Catton, misc. corres. 5 Correspondence: Congratulatory Regarding Mr. Lincoln's Army Glory Road Stillness at Appomattox U.S. Grant and the American Military Tradition Correspondents Include: Bennett Cerf Burke Davis Virginius Dabney Clifford Dowdy James Farley Stewart Holbrook Harnett Kane Mary Margaret McBride Van Dyk MacBride Manford B. Lee (Ellery Queen) etc. 6 Correspondence - Congratulatory-From the General Public

Bruce Catton Papers 40 Finding Aid Box 29 Manuscripts 1 Battle of Gettysburg (bastard title) manuscript 129 pages with 25 pages of footnotes. 2 Correspondence. 103 pieces of complimentary correspondence on Mr. Lincoln's Army and This Hallowed Ground. Many with Mr. Catton's responses. 1951 ff. 3 Correspondence. 107 pieces of complimentary correspondence re: Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, Stillness at Appomattox and Pulitzer Prize (1952-1954) R-Z. 30 1 Letters and corrections on "Never Call Retreat". 2 Footnotes. Vol. of Centennial History of The Civil War. 3 Notes and corrections, Vol. I, by Pete Long, Sam Vaughn, and Ken McCormick 4 Notes and Comments Vol. II Corrections: Terrible Swift Sword First Draft: Terrible Swift Sword 5 Letters: Holdover material for Vol. II For Chapter VII of Terrible Swift Sword.

Bruce Catton Papers 41 Finding Aid Box 31 Manuscripts File 1 First draft of The Coming Fury. 542 pages (typed) Galley proof of The Coming Fury. 32 1 Final draft of The Coming Fury (typed) 33 Research notes Glory Road 1 Glory Road Notes used in writing, approx. 15 folders (typed & handwritten) 2 Glory Road. Footnotes 3 Misc. Notes surviving from Mr. Lincoln's Army 4 Chancellorsville 5 Regimental Histories 6 Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville Federals ? March Joe Hooker 7 Fredericksburg 8 Politics - General Condition of Country 9 XI Corps - German Troops 10 Post Chancellorsville 11 Personalities - mostly around Gettysburg

Bruce Catton Papers 42 Finding Aid Box 33 Manuscripts File 12 Gettysburg - General 13 Gettysburg - First Day 14 Gettysburg - Second Day 15 Gettysburg - Third Day 16 Desertions - Copperheads - Home Front Troubles Box 34 1 Glory Road Manuscript, final draft (typed) Glory Road Galley Proof Box 35 1 Grant Moves South Manuscript, final draft (typed) Box 36 1 Grant Moves South Galley Proof Box 37 1 Grant Moves South 1st draft (typed) 2 Original draft of the first 7 chap. of Grant Moves South along with corres. with Arthur Thornhill regarding these 7 chapters. Box 38 1 U.S. Grant and the American Military Tradition (typed) 2 Banners at Shenandoah: A Story of Sheridan's Fighting Cavalry (typed)

Bruce Catton Papers 43 Finding Aid Box 39 Manuscripts File 1 This Hallowed Ground Manuscript, first draft (typed) 2 This Hallowed Ground Final draft Box 40 Research Notes: This Hallowed Ground (notes used in writing, typed, some handwritten) File 1 Growth of the Northwest - Pre War 2 Ulysses Grant 3 Fort Sumter 4 End of War 5 Home Front - Copperheads, border states sentiments, etc. 6 Perryville, Buell (somewhat mixed) 7 Pre-War Troubles: Kansas-John Brown-summer 8 Shiloh 9 Vicksburg 10 Chickamauga - Chattanooga 11 Foraging and Looting 12 Sherman 1864-1865 Campaigns 13 Stone's River 14 Fort Donelson 15 Missouri - Fremont 16 Army Morale - Re-enlistments, desertions 17 Regimental Histories 18 Assorted Personalities 19 Contrasts: Eastern and Western Troops 20 Western Armies - General 21 War in East - Miscellaneous 22 Kentucky - Border State War 23 Army of Potomac 24 Nashville, Franklin 25 Getting the War Started 26 Army Hospitals 27 The Army and Slavery 28 Ulysses S. Grant

Bruce Catton Papers 44 Finding Aid Box 41 Manuscripts. File 1 A Stillness at Appomattox. Final draft (typed) 2 A Stillness at Appomattox. Galley proof Box 42 A Stillness at Appomattox: Manuscript, first draft (typed and one file handwritten) File 1 Fort Stevens 2 Army of the James 3 Chapter Notes 4 Colored Troops 5 Personalities 6 Dalgren Raid 7 Regimental Histories 8 Stedman Five Forks Fall of Petersburg 9 Sheridan in The Valley/Cedar Creek 10 Car of Wounded - Spotsylvania - Fredericksburg 11 Heavy Artillery at Spotsylvania 12 Wilderness 13 Wilderness - Spotsylvania 14 Shenandoah Valley - Guerilla Devastation 15 Cold Harbor and the move to Petersburg 16 Petersburg - Trench Life 17 Petersburg - Late 1864-1865 18 Bloody Angle 19 Cold Harbor 20 Appomattox 21 Petersburg - Opening Stages 22 Petersburg - The Mines 23 Bounty Jumpers, Deserters, etc. 24 Footnotes: Stillness At Appomattox Box 43 File 1 A Stillness at Appomattox. Manuscript, first draft, typed.

Bruce Catton Papers 45 Finding Aid Box 44 Mr. Catton was the recipient of letters and diaries (1861-1865) from readers who donated their family’s papers for his research use. These letters and diaries, which are part of the collection, were written by Union troops concerning war activities. Some of the Union troops were stationed in South Carolina. File 1 Braman, Waters Whipple, 1840 -? Letters, 1862 - 1865. 0.5 linear ft.

Union Army officer in 93rd New York Volunteers, Third Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Potomac. Involved in the following battles in Virginia: Lees Mills, 1862 May; Williamsburg 1862 May 5; Wilderness 1864 May 5-7; Spotsylvania 1864 May 12 & 18; Fredericksburg Road 1864 May 19; North Anna 1864 May 23-24; Cold Harbor 1864 June 3-10; Deep Bottom 1864 July 26-28; Petersburg "mine" explosion 1864 July 30; Hatchers Run & Boynton Plank Road 1864 Oct. 27; Petersburg 1865 June 16-17, 18 & 22.

Transcription, typed. Original in New York State Library, Albany, N.Y. 2 Wilbur, Joshua. Letters, 1862 May 18-1863 Dec. 28. 0.5 linear ft. Physician in 18th Massachusetts Volunters, native of Boston.

Stationed around Fredericksburg, V.A. and Baltimore, Md., Wilbur writes to his wife concerning food, climate, cost of living, clothes, servants and marches. Mentions poor Union leadership (May 19, June 27, Aug. 9, 1863), the South, hopes Rebels will invade Pennsylvania to shake them (P.A.) up. Wilbur discusses field practice vs. medical practice; dislikes field practice and wants to be in a hospital in Baltimore. Many letters advise his wife to rent the house in Boston and move to Baltimore.

Transcription typed. Source of original unknown. 3 20 small Civil War photographs of a Northern family (Pittsburg, P.A.)

Bruce Catton Papers 46 Finding Aid Box 45 Mr. Catton was the recipient of letters and diaries (1861-1865) from readers who donated their family’s papers for his research use. These letters and diaries, which are part of the collection, were written by Union troops concerning war activities. Some of the Union troops were stationed in South Carolina. File 1 Spear, Edward. Roster, 1863 April 1. 2 p., typed transcription. Union officer commanding 15th Ohio Battery.

Lists members of the Unit. An historical sketch dated 1863 April l is included.

2 Pimm, Leevi. Letters, 1861-1864. 91 p., typed transcription. Union Army officer in Company D, 48th Regiment, New York. Describes the places where he was stationed:

Dawfuskie Island (1862 April 6); Hilton Head; Port Royal; Beaufort; Seabrook landing; Folly Island (1861 Dec 11, p. 2). Preparations; Monitors in the harbor (Ironsides 1862 Feb. 22, p. 1; tactics (1862 April 6, 21) and duties (1862 May 26). Pimm was also at Ft. Pulaski, Georgia; Annapolis, Md; Georgetown, D.C. and St. Augustine, Florida.

3 Jones, Samuel N. Manuscript, c. 1890. 31 p. handwritten. Union Army officer in 18th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers.

"The Shenandoah Valley as Seen by a Soldier 1863-1864" by Jones describes camp life, strategy, war plans. He delivered the speech before a group of Civil war veterans in the 1890's.

Bruce Catton Papers 47 Finding Aid Box 45 Mr. Catton was the recipient of letters and diaries (1861-1865) from readers who donated their family’s papers for his research use. These letters and diaries, which are part of the collection, were written by Union troops concerning war activities. Some of the Union troops were stationed in South Carolina. File 4 Hayden, Loring. Diary, 1861-1863. 28 p., handwritten transcription.

Union Army officer in Company G, 24th Massachusetts Regiment. Describes battles, weather, marches, food, a court martial and execution. Hayden was stationed on St. Helena Island, Beaufort, Seabrook Island on North Edisto River. Describes Charleston (p. 17-18), John's Island, James Island, Morris Island (p. 19, 25) Fort Sumter (p. 19), Fort Marion (p. 21).

5 Deaner, Hiram F. 1851-? Newspaper articles, 1847-1948. l folder.

Serial newspaper publication of Hiram Deaner's memoirs, "A Caravan Trip", describe boyhood recollections of Civil War battles and travels through Boonsboro, Maryland; Frederick, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Harpers Ferry, Va; and Hagerstown, Maryland.

6 New York Herald. 1862 September 16. Account of the McClellan's victories in Maryland. 7 Smith, William. Letter, 1865 April 9. 4 p., photocopy. Union Army officer in Army of the Potomac. Describes Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Mentions conditions of surrender and that southerners will be better citizens. The goals of the Army of the Potomac have been realized.

Bruce Catton Papers 48 Finding Aid Box 45 Mr. Catton was the recipient of letters and diaries (1861-1865) from readers who donated their family’s papers for his research use. These letters and diaries, which are part of the collection, were written by Union troops concerning war activities. Some of the Union troops were stationed in South Carolina. File 8 Weary, Frank O. Letters, 1864 Jan. 11 - 1865 June 20. 27 items, handwritten.

Union Army in Company G, 29th Regiment, Ohio Vet, Volunteer Infantry, First Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Army.

Weary, aged 14-16, was a drummer boy. Describes Savannah, G.A., Washington, D.C., camp life, politics, the South, rebels and copperheads (a northerner who sympathized with the South).

9 Bronson, Irving. Typescript. 171 p., Union Army officer in Company C. 107th New York Volunteers.

Recollections of the Civil War 1861-1865 by Bronson is an account of battles, night rides, marches, personalities in the company, looting (p. 85, 156), Sherman burning(p. 116). Bronson as in the following engagements: Chancellorsville, Va.; In Georgia: Resaca 1864 May 15; Sandersville; Casfille 1864 May 19; Milledgeville; Dallas, 1864 May 25; Pine Knob 1864 June 15; Culps Farm 1864 June 22; Kennesaw 1864 June 27; Peachtree Creek 1864 July 20; Atlanta 1864 July 22; siege of Savannah, Ft. Pulaski, G.A; Jacksonville, Florida; Columbia, Cheraw, S.C.; Goldsboro and Raleigh, N.C.; Richmond, Spotsylvania Court House and Alexandria,V.A. Mentions Washington, D.C. parade and Sherman.

10 Payne, Sarah Miller. Letters, 1865 September 30 - 1872 August 12. 149 p., typed transcription. A native of Virginia.

Written to her cousins in Philadelphia, Mrs. Payne describes life after the Civil War. Topics include slavery, lack of slaves, coping on the plantation, social life, family members, politics, Baptist religion.

Bruce Catton Papers 49 Finding Aid Box 46 Mr. Catton was the recipient of letters and diaries (1861-1865) from readers who donated their family’s papers for his research use. These letters and diaries, which are part of the collection, were written by Union troops concerning war activities. Some of the Union troops were stationed in South Carolina. File 1 Randall, Jed and John F. Letters, 1861-1863; photographs (2). 26p. and typed transcriptions.

Union Army officers, Capt. Jed Randall was in 26th Connecticut Volunteers, Bank's Division in Louisiana. Lt. John F. Randall was in 21st Connecticut Volunteers, Army of the Potomac. The brothers discuss politics, camplife, marches, officers, the South, negro spirituals. 1861 Jan. 29 letter mentions Columbia and Charleston, S.C.

2 Pugh, Isaac H.

Letters (2) 1862 and one draft notice 1862. Company G, 97th Regiment stationed at Hilton Head, Port Royal, S.C. Describes insects, fevers and general camp conditions

along with politics. 3 Muster Roll. 1864 August 31. Company I, 10th Missouri Infantry, Resaca, G.A. under the command of Joel W. Strong.

4 Statement of Charges on Muster Roll and Pay Roll. 1863. Company B 18th Regt., 1st Battalion, U.S.Infantry under the command of E. D. Harding. Loss of property by Private Robert Hardwick who left battle of Chickamauga, 1863 Sept. 19 and was found in December without arms and no explanation as to loss.

5 Coates, William. Letters 1861-1862. Ambrotype, c. 1861-1862. 28 items. In Union Army stationed at Camp Butler, Newport News, Virginia.

Union Army stationery is highlighted with red, white and blue etchings. Wm. Coates writes to his sister in Paterson, New Jersey describing camp life, officers, hunger, climate; asks about family and friends.

Bruce Catton Papers 50 Finding Aid Box 47-48 Miscellaneous correspondence between Mr. Catton and readers (42) who enclosed family letters 1861-1865 for research use.

Box 49 Clippings 1861-1865 Newspaper clippings pasted in four volumes. Covers are dated and inscribed Mrs. J.O. Glover, Civil War Chiefly from The Chicago Tribune. Vol. 1- 1861 to 1862 Vol. 2 - 1863 July to 1864 May Vol. 3 - 1864 May to 1865 March Vol. 4 - 1865 March to 1865 June (Includes detailed account of Lincoln’s assassination) AFFC Clippings 1864-1865 A1979.1 Clippings from the Cincinnati Daily Gazette pertain to battles, Casualties and politics. (AFFC - Archives Flat File Cabinet) .