Oliver S. Coolidge papers
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- Title:
- Oliver S. Coolidge papers
- Date:
- 1861 to 1864
- Creator:
- Coolidge, Oliver S.
- Description:
- Correspondence between Coolidge and his sister, chiefly while he was serving with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's coast division, and in Burnside's bodyguard and at headquarters, Dept. of the Ohio. Includes descriptions of battles at Roanoke Island and New Bern, N.C., and Fredericksburg, Va., military life, and the cities of Annapolis, Md., New Bern, N.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio. Includes references to Burnside, Elias Howe, and Edward Stanly, to his marital problems, former alcoholism, and to spiritualism, prejudice agains blacks and Irish, and nativist attitudes. Also included are military records pertaining to leave, pay, and discharge; and newspaper clippings.
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- Subject:
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- Marriage -- 19th century
- Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862
- Soldiers -- Conduct of life
- Soldiers -- Family relationships
- Soldiers -- Religious life
- Barmester, Shadrack
- Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
- Coolidge, Sarah
- Holden, M.C., Correspondent.
- Howe, Elias, 1820-1895
- Stanly, Edward
- United States. Army. Department of the Ohio.
- Annapolis (Md.) -- Description and travel
- Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Description and travel
- New Bern (N.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Roanoke Island (N.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Format:
- military records
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 43 items
- Digital Collection:
- Oliver S. Coolidge papers
- Catalog Record:
- https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE000851684
- Provenance:
- Acquired 1975
- Rights:
- Free Re-UseNo Copyright - United States
- Identifier:
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- RL.30597
- 000851684
- duke:620757
- secst0596
- ark:/87924/r45d8sc7m
- 22029c0d-8fec-439d-a4f6-09bd4c900db3
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r45d8sc7m
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