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Benjamin Henry Grierson papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3039
Abstract Volunteer military officer during the Civil War, organizer of the U.S. Army Tenth Cavalry in 1866, commander of various Western army posts and active in opening the Western frontier until retirement in 1890. Grierson’s papers consist of correspondence (including over a hundred letters to his wife, Alice Kirk Grierson), documents such as orders, reports and maps and other military material, as well as personal miscellany relating to his service in the Western Territories. Microfilm copy...
Dates: 1865-1890

Christopher C. Augur Papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3008
Abstract

United States army officer, 1843 to 1885. Correspondence, printed and manuscript military orders and reports, letter-books, a miscellany of accounts and receipts, clippings, memorabilia and maps, mainly documenting Augur's military activities and commands before and during the Civil War, and post-war service in the Pacific Northwest, Texas and the Gulf.

Dates: 1780-1912; Majority of material found within 1846 - 1885

Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mason
Abstract

Nineteen letters from Otis Mason, a sergeant in the Civil War to his Illinois wife, Francema Otis. Twelve letters from various friends and family, and a wedding invitation are also included.

Dates: 1863-1876; Majority of material found within 1863-1868

L. S. Willard letters

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Willard
Abstract

First Lieutenant in the 11th Illinois Cavalry, Company G, who later served as major and aide-de-camp to General James Birdseye McPherson. Includes letters home to family from Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois, from Camp Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Tennessee, and Louisiana, 1862-1864.

Dates: 1862-1864

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Correspondence -- Southern States -- 1851-1900 2
Soldiers' writings, American 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 2
Brimfield (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
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Brimfield (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Camp Benton (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862 1
Correspondence -- Kansas -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Oklahoma -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- South Dakota -- Deadwood -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Texas -- 1851-1900 1
Deadwood (S.D.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Fort Concho (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Fort Davis (Tex. : Fort) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Fort Sill (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Georgia -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Great Plains -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 1
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 -- Sources 1
Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of, Ga., 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
Kentucky -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Livingston County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Madison (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Michigan -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Mississippi -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Peoria County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Pictorial lettersheets 1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana -- History -- Sources 1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Red River War, 1874-1875 -- Sources 1
Resaca, Battle of, Resaca Ga, 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 -- Personal narratives 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Fairbury -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers -- Kansas -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers -- Southern States 1
Soldiers -- Southern States -- Correspondence 1
Southern States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Tennessee -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Texas -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Topeka (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 1
Women -- Suffrage -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell, 1840-1889 2
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 2
Alvord, Henry E. (Henry Elijah), 1844-1904 1
Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898 1
Brown, Olympia, 1835-1926 1