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Wisconsin -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Camp Randall by Robert Darrah

 Collection — Box LIB-MS 1
Identifier: LIB-MS-003
Scope and Contents Signed letter dated February 17, 1864 from Rob to Charley Darrah writing about guarding the conscripts and draftees, a fire at the Guard House, and attacks on citizens of Madison.

Letter to Lawrence University's president, Thomas N. Barrows, a boy's life in Appleton from 1860-1867

 File — Box LIB-MS 1
Identifier: LIB-MS-012
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of a letter to President Barrows (including envelope), a printed illlustration of the first Appleton factory, and the president's thank-you letter back.

Stansbury Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-088
Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers documenting several generations of the Stansbury family, primarily from the 1850s through the 1950s. Papers include correspondence received by Mary A. Phinney Stansbury, class of 1859, documenting student life at Lawrence in the 1850s, the experiences of Mary's former classmates who were soldiers in the Civil War, and Mary's work with publishers of her poetry in the late 1880s. Articles and biographical information pertaining to various members of the...

The life and writings of Jerome A. Watrous soldier-reporter Adjutant of The Iron Bridage

 File — Box LIB-MS 1
Identifier: LIB-MS-008
Scope and Contents Biography of Jerome A. Watrous, buch of which revolves around his experiences during the Civil War. Watrous was a student at Lawrence University for a brief period in 1859. Also included is a letter from Watrous to Lawrence University in response to a request for information regarding Lawrence and the Civil War.