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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
Collection
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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- Brimfield (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
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- Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
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- Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862 1
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- Pictorial lettersheets 1
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- Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell 2
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- Alvord, Henry E. (Henry Elijah) 1
- Augur, Christopher Columbus 1
- Brown, Olympia 1
- Brunot, Felix R. (Felix Reville) 1
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1
- Grierson, Alice Kirk 1
- Grierson, Benjamin Henry 1
- Hancock, Winfield Scott 1
- Hatch, John Porter 1
- Hathaway, Maria Sabin 1
- Hazen, William Babcock 1
- Henry, Guy Vernor 1
- Mason family 1
- Mason, Francema A. 1
- Mason, Otis S. 1
- McCook, Alexander McDowell 1
- McPherson, James Birdseye 1
- Miles, Nelson Appleton 1
- Palmer, Innis Newton 1
- Post, Henry A. V. (Henry Albertson Van Zo) 1
- Potter, Joseph H. 1
- Prince, Henry W. 1
- Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke) 1
- Smither, Robert G. 1
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 10th 1
- United States. Army. Department of Texas 1
- United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1871-1878) 1
- United States. Army. Department of the Platte 1
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- United States. Army. Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 11th (1861-1865?) 1
- United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 129th (1862-1865) 1
- United States. Board of Indian Commissioners 1
- Willard family 1
- Willard, L. S. (Lot Sabine) 1
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