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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Chandler-Cleaveland family papers

 Collection
Identifier: M029
Abstract The collection documents three generations of the personal and, to a lesser extent, professional lives of the Chandler-Cleaveland family. The collection includes extensive information about Peleg Whitman Chandler and Martha Ann Bush Cleaveland, who married in 1837, as well as their son, Horace P. Chandler, and his two daughters, Grace and Ellen. There is also materials related to Parker Cleaveland, the father of Martha; Theophilus Chandler, the brother of Peleg; and Charles Peleg Chandler,...
Dates: 1803-1949, undated
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Charles Henry Howard collection

 Collection
Identifier: M090
Abstract

Letters, articles, addresses, and diaries including material on the Civil War, on Charles Henry Howard's experiences at Kents Hill School and Bowdoin College, and on Howard and his family.

Dates: 1808-1957 (Bulk: 1852-1910); Majority of material found within 1852-1910
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Charles O. Hunt letters and personal recollections

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Identifier: M241
Abstract

Holograph transcriptions of correspondence and memoirs of Charles O. Hunt documenting his service in the Civil War, including the second battle of Manasass, the Wilderness Campaign, and Gettysburg, as well his internment as a prisoner of war.

Dates: 1861 - 1898
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Civil War miscellany

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Identifier: M131
Abstract

Miscellaneous Civil War material from various sources, including correspondence, diaries, photographs and printed material.

Dates: 1861-1927, undated
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Fessenden collection

 Collection
Identifier: M059
Abstract

Correspondence, professional and personal records, publications, articles, addresses, reports, lectures, memoirs, a diary, documents, receipts, accounts, clippings, images, genealogies, and biographical material related to the Fessenden family.

Dates: 1786-1982, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain collection

 Collection
Identifier: M027
Abstract

The collection contains letters, articles, addresses, documents, Civil War related manuscripts, family manuscripts, and biographical essays.

Dates: 1817 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1855 - 1914
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011