Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Max Schlund papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Schlund
Abstract
Diary, 1862-1865, kept in German by Max Schlund during the period of his Civil War service, representing a very complete account of the 82nd Regiment's action from its inception until the end of the war. Schlund includes detailed descriptions of battles and marches including Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Knoxville campaign, the Atlanta campaign (Resaca, Cassville, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek), the occupation of Atlanta, the march through Georgia to Savannah, and the...
Dates:
1862-1865
Robert Leslie Wiles journal
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wiles
Abstract
Union soldier who served as corporal in Company D of the 11th Missouri Cavalry Regiment, 1863-1865. It is likely that Wiles was a Creek Indian who prior to the war attended the Tullahassee Manual Labor School in the Creek Nation (Indian Territory). Journal containing diary entries, Oct. 7, 1863-Apr. 17, 1865, copies of letters received in 1862 from missionaries W.S. Robertson and his wife A.E.W. Robertson, lists of letters received and written, 1862-1864, and poems. Diary entries are both...
Dates:
1862-1865
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- Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives X
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- Arkansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 -- Sources 1
- Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 -- Sources 1
- Correspondence -- Wisconsin -- Winneconne -- 1851-1900 1
- Creek Indians -- Missions 1
- Diaries -- Arkansas -- 1851-1900 1
- Diaries -- Missouri -- 1851-1900 1
- Diaries -- Pennsylvania -- 1851-1900 1
- Diaries -- Southern States -- 1851-1900 1
- German Americans -- Illinois -- Diaries 1
- Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 -- Sources 1
- Guerrillas -- Arkansas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 -- Sources 1
- Military prisons -- Illinois -- Alton 1
- Sherman's March through the Carolinas -- Sources 1
- Sherman's March to the Sea -- Sources 1
- Soldiers -- Illinois -- Diaries 1
- Soldiers -- Missouri -- Diaries 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations -- Sources 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, German American 1 + ∧ less
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