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Category Archives: Civil War
The Arnold Family Papers: Chapter 2
This is Amanda Norris back with the newest document discovered in the Arnold Family Papers (MS-599). I am a graduate student in the Wright State University Public History program and completing my capstone project with SC&A. Today I wanted to … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Norris, Arnold Family, MS-599, Student Capstone
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Archives Find: Civil War Bounty Request
By Andrew Clinard, archives student worker & Public History graduate student This document, issued through the Ohio Adjutant Generals Office in 1864, states that Sylvester Sroufe re-enlisted on January 1st, 1864, in Company D of the 12th Ohio Volunteer Infantry … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 12th OVI, Andrew Clinard, Civil War, local history, manuscripts
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Lincoln Reviews the Troops & Mr. Ladley
In honor of Presidents’ Day, we’d like to share with you an account written by Civil War soldier Oscar D. Ladley, from Yellow Springs, about the review of troops by President Abraham Lincoln in early April 1863. Oscar served from … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, CORE Scholar, digital collections, MS-138, presidents
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