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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

James Warren Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: M322
Abstract

The collection includes thirty-seven letters (1862-1863), most received or sent by James Warren Clark (member of 42nd Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry) during the Civil War; also includes images of James Warren Clark.

Dates: 1861-2011; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

John Calvin Dodge papers

 Collection
Identifier: M046
Abstract

Legal papers and documents concerning the maritime cases handled by John Calvin Dodge and his sons, as well as biographical and family material.

Dates: 1781-1932, undated; Majority of material found within 1842 - 1890
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Ledger and journal

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .R445
Scope and Contents

Bound ledger recording United States Christian Commission agent Redlon's expenses while stationed at Martinsburg, W.Va., Summit Point, Va., and Harper's Ferry, W.Va., from April through June 1865, along with a brief set of journal entries recounting Redlon's travels from Maine southward early in 1865 to join the Commission

Dates: 1865
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

McArthur Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: M116
Abstract

Correspondence, including Civil War letters from Arthur, Jr., and William; family documents and diaries; Civil War military records, mostly containing the muster rolls, payrolls, courts martial adjutant reports and other material relating to the 8th Maine, and student records of Malcolm during his time at West Point.

Dates: 1780 - 1949; Majority of material found within 1790 - 1890
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .E9362
Scope and Contents

Typed manuscript abridgement of Evans' memoirs, centering on the Civil War, edited by Michael Robbins

Dates: 1889
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .E936
Scope and Contents Bound holograph memoir of Simeon Adams Evans (Bowdoin 1860) recounting student days at Bowdoin College, mention of classmate Thomas Brackett Reed, and the Bowdoin and Williams colleges' Greenland expedition under the direction of Prof. Paul Chadbourne (1860), Civil War medical service in the 13th and 14th Maine regiments, especially in the Port Hudson (La.) and Petersburg (Va.) campaigns, and, briefly, post-war civilian life in New Hampshire. Occasional correspondence, newspaper clippings,...
Dates: 1889
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Sarah Sampson and the Third Maine Regiment of Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .S267 folio
Scope and Contents

Bound electrostatic copies of typescripts, newspaper clippings, general orders, and other resources documenting the life of Sarah Sampson, particularly her role as a nurse with the Maine 3rd Regt. Vols., and including typed transcriptions of correspondence with Oliver Otis Howard

Dates: 1981-1983
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

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