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Dowd family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00055
Scope and Contents This collection consists of approximately 100 letters, most of which concern three generations of the Dowd family: Horace Dowd, his son, Jefferson Dowd, and Jefferson Dowd's sons and daughterMost of the letters were written by the Dowds, their relatives, and friends and are concerned with family affairs and agricultural life. Of special interest, however, are the letters written by Joseph Barrows to his sister, Mary Barrows Dowd. Joseph Barrows, originally of Mansfield,...
Dates: 1828 - 1944

Dunks family papers

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Identifier: c-00123
Scope and Contents The Dunks family papers consist primarily of correspondence addressed to Oliver Dunks of Detroit and Coldwater, Michigan, the bulk of which is dated in the 1860s. The letters discuss business, agriculture, and social activities in Southern Michigan. Several also deal with important aspects of the Civil War period, such as "Copperhead" feeling in the North, the election of 1864, and Lincoln's assassination.Of particular interest are letters from Julius Dunks discussing the...
Dates: 1836 - 1877

Eaegle family papers

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Identifier: c-00170
Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of Civil War letters received by Emmiline (Emma) Daggett, of Clinton County, Michigan. Emma received letters from her brother Will in the 10th Michigan Cavalry, her cousin George Daggett in the 33rd New York Infantry, and other friends in those regiments. The letters describe the soldiers' experiences but are primarily concerned with home matters. The bulk of the letters are from William Eaegle of the 3rd Michigan Cavalry, who married Emma Daggett in 1864....
Dates: 1861 - 1876

Edwin Holmes papers

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Identifier: c-00109
Scope and Contents This collection consists of Edwin Holmes' Civil War letters to family and friends. His letters deal primarily with his health and with family matters. There are frequent references to his brother Augustus and stepbrother Alvah Marsh (see c.108, c.110).Also included in this collection are several letters from Holmes' stepbrother Frank Marsh, describing his work in an army hospital in Detroit.These materials have been transcribed, scanned and placed online at ...
Dates: 1862 - 1864

Edwin R. Havens papers

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Identifier: 00016
Scope and Contents The Edwin Havens papers consist of letters and diaries written by Havens while serving in the Seventh Michigan Cavalry during the Civil War. The letters of 1862 concern the training period of the regiment at Camp Kellogg, Grand Rapids, Michigan. In February of 1863, the regiment was sent to Washington, D.C., and was later involved in campaigns at Gettysburg, Richmond, Petersburg, and the Shenandoah Valley. Havens' letters contain details of important battles, as well as the...
Dates: 1838 - 1926

Edwin R. Osband diaries

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Identifier: c-00136
Scope and Contents This collection consists of three diaries (1861-1864) of Edwin R. Osband of Wayne County, Michigan, kept during his service in the Civil War.The diary entries express alarm at the "profanity and wickedness" among the soldiers (December 23, 1861), describe exorbitant prices in Nashville (February, 1862), and predict that "the war will not be of long duration" (January 9, 1862). There are also comments on a dispute over pay among members of the regiment (1862), and reports on food...
Dates: 1861 - 1866

Elizabeth Cooper Matheson diaries

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Identifier: c-00314
Scope and Contents This collection contains diaries of Elizabeth Cooper Matheson who moved with her family from Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, to Salem, Ohio in 1862, and to Riverside, Michigan in 1867. The early entries include many observations on events of the Civil War. Matheson, a Quaker, also gives details of Quaker meetings and of the Temperance Society which she joined in 1862. In addition, she describes in detail the journey from Ohio to Michigan including the crossing of Lake Erie and...
Dates: 1861 - 1873

Emma Fields collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00361
Scope and Contents This collection is made up of miscellaneous items collected by Emma Fields of Greenville, Michigan. Included are a small song book which is illustrated with Civil War scenes; a "Road Book of the Michigan Division, League of American Wheelmen" (1887), a map showing roads in the lower half of Michigan's Lower Peninsula (1897) (noted missing July 2000), and an April 15, 1865 issue of "The New York Herald" (noted missing July 2000) describing Lincoln's...
Dates: 1865 - 1897

Emma Miller papers

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Identifier: c-00005
Scope and Contents This collection consists of correspondence (1862-1864) received by Emma Miller of Chikaming, Berrien County, Michigan during the Civil War. Most of the letters were written by her fiance, Captain Mark D. Flower, who was attached to Headquarters, District of Memphis, Army of the Tennessee. In addition to frequent expression of his affection, Flower describes the battle of Iuka, Mississippi, and gives an account of headquarters routine.These letters have been transcribed and placed...
Dates: 1862 - 1864

Ezra C. Hatton collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00235
Scope and Content

The collection includes correspondence, invoices, orders and receipts primarily from the period 1862-1869. There is also a copy of the published book by the State of Michigan recording the members and events of the 22nd Michigan Infantry Regiment.

Oversized material in the collection includes Regimental Record posters and the officer's commissions received by Hatton.

Dates: 1862 - 1869

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University Archives and Historical Collections 128
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 103
Letters (correspondence) 73
Diaries 23
Photographs 20
Agriculture -- Michigan 15
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Michigan -- Politics and government 10
Legal instruments 9
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care 9
Account books 8
Family histories 7
Poetry 7
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 7
Postcards 6
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 5
Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 5
Education -- Michigan 5
Ledgers (account books) 5
Taxation -- Michigan 5
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century 5
Berrien County (Mich.) 4
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 4
Frontier and pioneer life -- Michigan 4
Land titles -- Michigan 4
Lansing (Mich.) 4
Manuscripts 4
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Speeches 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 4
Women 4
Detroit (Mich.) 3
Draft 3
Education, Higher -- Michigan 3
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Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862 3
Ingham County (Mich.) 3
Lenawee County (Mich.) 3
Military records 3
Texas 3
Traditional medicine 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry 3
Washington (D.C.) 3
Agriculture -- California 2
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 2
Business -- Michigan 2
Certificates 2
Clinton County (Mich.) 2
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College students 2
Education, Primary -- Michigan 2
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas 2
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Milford (Mich.) 2
Muster rolls 2
New Buffalo (Mich.) 2
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New York (State) -- Politics and government 2
Newspapers 2
Oakland County (Mich.) 2
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Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865 2
Sherman’s March to the Sea 2
Stereographs 2
Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863 2
Student activities -- Michigan 2
Tecumseh (Mich.) 2
Temperance -- Societies, etc. 2
Tuscola County (Mich.) 2
United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music 2
Vicksburg (Miss.) 2
Virginia 2
Winchester, 3rd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1864 2
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Agriculture -- Missouri 1
Agriculture -- Wisconsin 1
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United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century 24
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 6
Michigan Agricultural College 6
University of Michigan 5
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 18th (1862-1865) 4
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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 26th (1862-1865) 4
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1863) 4
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865) 4
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865) 4
United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1866) 3
United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1866) 3
United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 4th (1862-1865) 3
United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1862-1865) 3
United States. Army. Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment, 1st (1861-1865) 3
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1862-1865) 3
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 24th (1862-1865) 3
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865) 3
Andersonville Prison 2
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 2
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 2
Greenback Labor Party (U.S.) 2
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 2
Jewell, Charles Adolphus 2
Libby Prison 2
Michigan State Grange 2
Michigan State University 2
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
United States. Army -- Military life -- History 2
United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 8th (1862-1865) 2
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 10th (1862-1865) 2
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1866) 2
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865) 2
United States. Navy 2
Abbot, Theophilus Capen, 1826-1892 1
Abbott, Samuel H., 1853-1903 1
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 1
Albion College 1
Alden, Eunice 1
Alden, Seth 1
Amtrak 1
Angell family (Mary Anne Bryant Mayo, 1845-1903) 1
Arnold family (William Arnold) 1
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company 1
Austin family (Hattie Foote Austin, 1859-1952) 1
Austin, Andrew V. 1
Austin, Hattie Foote 1
Austin, Richard 1
Avery, Gardner 1
Bacon, David, Captain 1
Baker family ((Catherine Hardenbergh Baker, 1826-1909)) 1
Baker, Catherine Hardenbergh 1
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946 1
Baker, Roger D. 1
Baker, Thomas 1
Bamber family (Joseph S. Bamber, 1835-1907) 1
Bamber, Albert M., 1860-1883 1
Bamber, Herbert, 1858-1937 1
Bamber, Joseph S., 1835-1907 1
Beers, Josiah Luther 1
Bingham, Kinsley S. (Kinsley Scott), 1808-1861 1
Blair, Austin, 1818-1894 1
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 1
Bostock family (Henry Bostock, -1863) 1
Bostock, Henry 1
Bostock, William 1
Boyle, Stephen M. 1
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 1
Bridger, Lewis 1
Bryant family (Mary Anne Bryant Mayo, 1845-1903) 1
Buell, Jennie 1
Cathcart, C. W. (Charles William), 1809-1888 1
Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843 1
Chamberlain family (Henry Chamberlain, 1824-1907) 1
Chamberlain, Henry, 1824-1907 1
Chamberlain, Mellen, 1821-1900 1
Citizens for Eisenhower (Organization) 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
Clute, O. (Oscar) 1
Confederate States of America. Army 1
Coryell family 1
Cronin, Gerald E. 1
Crosby, Ellen 1
Curtiss, Sheldon R. 1
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 1
Dartmouth College 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Davis family 1
Davis, Edward 1
Davis, Hamilton 1
Davis, James 1
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
Davis, Lucinda Mary Spaulding 1
Davis, Thomas J. 1
Davis, William 1
Deavers, Bridget 1
Dickerman, James 1
Dickerman, Samuel 1
Dike, George K. (George Kimball), 1918- 1
Douglas, Nancy 1
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 1
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