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The life of Thaddeus Stevens; a study in American political history, especially in the period of the civil war and reconstruction

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Author: Woodburn, James Albert,

Date of Publication: [c1913]

Call Number: 923.2 S846wo

Responsibility: by James Albert Woodburn.

Author: Woodburn, James Albert,

Place of Publication: Indianapolis

Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill company

Date of Publication: [c1913]

Physical Description: 620 p. illus. 21 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States - Politics and government - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846wo

Thaddeus Stevens' attitude toward the Omnibus Bill

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Author: Buehrle, Robert K.

Date of Publication: 1911

:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Buehrle, Robert K. Title: Thaddeus Stevens' attitude toward the Omnibus Bill / by Dr. R. K. Buehrle. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868. Compromise of 1850. Slavery--Law and

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Responsibility: by Dr. R. K. Buehrle.

Author: Buehrle, Robert K.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 281-295 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 10

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Compromise of 1850.; Slavery - United States.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 10 (1911), p. 281-295Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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Thaddeus Stevens and the Southern States

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Author: Haldeman, Horace L.

Date of Publication: 1913

Thaddeus Stevens and the Southern States Thaddeus Stevens was very bitter in his political enmity to the Southern States. He resented the influence in both the Houses of Congress of the members from that section, which usually returned, by re-election, most of its able men, therefore giving it

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Responsibility: by Horace L. Haldeman

Author: Haldeman, Horace L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1913

Physical Description: 159-167 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 6

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Clay, C. C. - 1816-1882.; Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Assassination.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 6 (1913), p. 159-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17

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Thaddeus Stevens : an address

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Author: McCamant, Wallace,

Date of Publication: 1916?]

Call Number: 923.2 S 846mc

Responsibility: delivered by Wallace McCamant before the Pennsylvania Club of Portland, Oregon on April 4th, 1916, the one hundred and twenty-fourth anniversary of Mr. Stevens' birth.

Author: McCamant, Wallace,

Place of Publication: [Portland, Or.?

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1916?]

Physical Description: 32 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States. - Congress. - House - Biography.; Legislators - United States - Biography.; Lawyers - Pennsylvania - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S 846mc

The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1911

Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States / by W. U. Hensel, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Views on slavery. Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History

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Responsibility: by W. U. Hensel, Esq.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 142-159 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 5

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Views on slavery.; Slavery - United States

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 5 (1911), p. 142-159Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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Thaddeus Stevens : a letter written to the Daily new era, Lancaster, Pa

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Author: Landis, Charles I.

Date of Publication: 1916.

Call Number: 923.2 S846La

Responsibility: by Hon. Charles I. Landis, President Judge of the Second Judicial District of Pennsylvania.

Author: Landis, Charles I.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Press of the New Era Company,

Date of Publication: 1916.

Physical Description: 9 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; A reply to assertions concerning the moral character of Stevens made by Thomas Dixon in his novel The clansman.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Dixon, Thomas, - 1864-1946.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846La

Thaddeus Stevens, a letter written to the Daily New era, Lancaster, Pa

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Author: Landis, Charles I.

Date of Publication: 1916.

Call Number: 923.4 Y41

Responsibility: by Hon. Charles I. Landis, President Judge of the Second Judicial District of Pennsylvania.

Author: Landis, Charles I.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Press of the New Era Company,

Date of Publication: 1916.

Physical Description: 9 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; A reply to assertions concerning the moral character of Stevens made by Thomas Dixon in his novel The clansman.; Envelope with calling card of Mrs. L. Kerfoot tipped in.; With:. -- Benjamin West and the Royal Academy / C. I. Landis. [S.L. : s.n.], 1926 -- Bejamin West and his visit to Lancaster / C. I. Landis. Lancaster, Pa. : Conestoga Publishing Company, 1925 -- Items in the Pennsylvania Gazette concerning Lancaster County / C. I. Landis. Lancaster, Pa.: [s.n., 1918 -- A picture of Washington by a Lancaster artist / C. I. Landis. Lancaster, Pa., s.n., 1918 -- City Hall and its history / C. I. Landis, Lancaster, 1918.

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Dixon, Thomas, - 1864-1946.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.4 Y41

The Attitude of James Buchanan : a citizen of Lancaster county ; towards the institution of Slavery in the United States

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1911.

Call Number: 923.173 B918ha

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Responsibility: by W.U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Press of the New Era Printing Co.,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Physical Description: 20 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Slavery - United States.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.).

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918ha

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The slavery question during the terms of office of John Whitehill and Robert Jenkins, Congressmen from Lancaster County from 1803 to 1807 and 1807 to 1811 respectively

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Author: Spindler, Adaline Bream.

Date of Publication: 1911

of the debate on the pass- age of the act exists. It was stormy, no doubt. North Carolina's meaning was plain. Kentucky, in 1792, and Tennessee, in 1798, were admitted from this territory as slave States. To forestall this, Vermont was admitted as a free State in 1791, and we had eight slave and

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Responsibility: by Miss Adeline B. Spindler.

Author: Spindler, Adaline Bream.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 253-265 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 9

Subjects: Whitehill, John, - 1729-1805.; Jenkins, Robert, - 1769-1848.; Slavery - United States; Legislators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 9 (1911), p. 253-265Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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Letter

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from E. M. Gallaudet of the National Deaf-Mute College to W. W. Griest

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F014_In02

Date Range: 1884/09/16

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from E. M. Gallaudet of the National Deaf-Mute College to W. W. Griest

Description: Letter from E. M. Gallaudet of the National Deaf-Mute College to W. W. Griest stating that Stevens always had an interest in the growth of the institution when he was chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and that Stevens' successor had an "unfriendly attitude."

Date Range: 1884/09/16

Creation Date: 16 September 1884

Creator: Gallaudet, Edward Miner, 1837-1917

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Gallaudet, Edward Miner; Griest, William Walton; Stevens, Thaddeus

Subjects: Letters; National Deaf-Mute College (U.S.); United States. Congress. House; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations

Search Terms: Correspondence; House of Representatives; House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations; Letters; National Deaf-Mute College; Stevens and Smith Center; United States Congress, House of Representatives

Extent: 1 items, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F014_In02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885

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Other Numbers: MG-115

Other Number: MG-115, Part 1, Folder 14, Insert 2

Classification: MG0115

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 13 November 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1911

of slave owners and slaves in Slave States·; nor as to the rights of slave owners· against their escaped slaves in Free States, but as to the ·extension of slavery and the status of the institution in the National territories. · The prevailing popular misapprehension on this subject may be easily

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Responsibility: by W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: iii, 1-134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 8 [supplement]

Notes: Supplement to Lancaster County Historical Journal of October 1911

Subjects: United States.; Trials.; Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.; Slavery - Pennsylvania.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana; Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc. - Pennsylvania.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 8 [supplement] (1911), p. 1-134Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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The Christiana riot : its causes and effects, from a southern standpoint

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Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Date of Publication: 1911

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Responsibility: by D. F. Magee, Esq.

Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 193-208 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, Special supplementary number, June 30, 1911

Subjects: Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.; Slavery - United States

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 6 [supplement] (1911), p. 193-208Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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Historic and industrial Lancaster Stevens House

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Date of Publication: 1913.

Call Number: 728.5 H673 1913

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Brecht Printing Co.

Date of Publication: 1913.

Physical Description: 12 p. ; 15 cm.

Notes: "Erected by the business and professional men of Lancaster City and named in honor of its most distinguished citizen, Thaddeus Stevens."

Subjects: Stevens House (Lancaster Pa.); Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Hotels - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.5 H673 1913

My experiences mid shot and shell and in rebel den, a graphic recital of personal experiences throughout the entire civil war

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Author: Urban, John W.

Date of Publication: 1882.

Call Number: 817 U72m

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Alternate Title: Battle field and prison pen, or Through the war, and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons

Responsibility: By John W. Urban ...

Author: Urban, John W.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: For the author,

Date of Publication: 1882.

Physical Description: xi, [1], 13-633 p. incl. plates, front., plates, ports.

Notes: Other editions published under titles, "Battle field and prison pen," "Through the war and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons."

Contents: Contents : The Overt Act of Treason and It's effect North and South --- Advance of the Grand Army From Washington and It's Defeat at Bull Run --- Departure of McClellan's Army For the Peninsula --- Advance of McDowell From Washington --- The Seven Days Fight On the Peninsula -- My First Capture --- Army of The Potomac and McClellan's Defence of The Capital --- Extravagant Errors, Halleck and Stanton In Control --- General Lee's Invasion of Pennsylvania and The Battle of Gettysburg --- Northern Campaign, Confederate Authorities Desperate --- Battle of The Wilderness , Our Capture and Recapture --- Advance of Grant's Forces -- Andersonville --- Hanging of The Thieves --- Enlargement of Our Prison --- Andersonville In August --- Millen Prison --- Florence Prison --- St. John's Gollege Hospital

Summary: The author tells of his experiences in the Civil War, including time spent in Confederate prisons.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 817 U72m

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Directory, officers and men 304th Engineers and Engineer Train, 79th Division, A.E.F., France, 1919

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Date of Publication: [1919?]

Call Number: 940.41273 E57, 79th

Responsibility: compiled ... by Topographic Office, 304th Engineers.

Place of Publication: N.l

Publisher: Office, the Engineers,

Date of Publication: [1919?]

Physical Description: 46 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: United States. - Army. - American Expeditionary Forces. - Engineers, 304th - Directories.; World War, 1914-1918 - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 940.41273 E57, 79th

Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn's Volunteers. Compiled from notes, sketches, facts and incidents

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Author: Sprenger, George F.

Date of Publication: 1885.

Call Number: 973.748 S768

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Responsibility: as recorded in the diary of George F. Sprenger.

Author: Sprenger, George F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The New era steam book print,

Date of Publication: 1885.

Physical Description: vii, [1], 9-372 p. incl. illus., maps. front., pl., port. 20 cm.

Subjects: United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863); United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 973.748 S768

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Hand-book of political information : containing the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States and Pennsylvania, election laws of the State of Pennsylvania, officers of the general and state governments

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Date of Publication: 1888.

Call Number: 352 H236

Responsibility: compiled by John H. Landis.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: New Era Printing House ,

Date of Publication: 1888.

Physical Description: 143 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: Includes advertisements.

Subjects: Federal government - United States.; United States - Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Additional Author: Landis, John H.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352 H236

Battle field and prison pen, or Through the war, and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons. A graphic recital of personal experiences throughout the whole period of the late war for the Union

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Author: Urban, John W.

Date of Publication: [1882]

Call Number: 817 U72b

Responsibility: By John W. Urban ...

Author: Urban, John W.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Hubbard Brothers,

Date of Publication: [1882]

Physical Description: xii, 13-422 p. front., plates. ports. 19 1/2 cm.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 817 U72b

Lancaster County's relation to slavery

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Author: Clark, Martha Bladen.

Date of Publication: 1911

illustrious men, asking to devise means for removing the incumbency of slavery from the United States. This Pennsylvania society continued in existence until 1862, when Presi- dent Lincoln sent forth his proclama- tion for the abolition of slavery, and declared that all persons held as slaves "are and

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Responsibility: by Miss Martha B. Clark.

Author: Clark, Martha Bladen.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 43-61 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 2

Summary: This article provides several types of information about slaves in Lancaster County. These include court documents showing the sale of particular slaves, numbers of slaves in townships, and the family names of many owners. It shows the steps involved in making the sale and the purchase of a slave. It explains how the 1780 Pennsylvania state law, that required the gradual emancipation of all slaves, was put into effect. Slaves born before that date were converted to "servant" status until age 28 when they would be free.

Subjects: Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 2 (1911), p. 43-61Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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The life of Thaddeus Stevens; a study in American political history, especially in the period of the civil war and reconstruction

Thaddeus Stevens' attitude toward the Omnibus Bill

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Thaddeus Stevens and the Southern States

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Thaddeus Stevens : an address

The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States

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Thaddeus Stevens : a letter written to the Daily new era, Lancaster, Pa

Thaddeus Stevens, a letter written to the Daily New era, Lancaster, Pa

The Attitude of James Buchanan : a citizen of Lancaster county ; towards the institution of Slavery in the United States

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The slavery question during the terms of office of John Whitehill and Robert Jenkins, Congressmen from Lancaster County from 1803 to 1807 and 1807 to 1811 respectively

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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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The Christiana riot : its causes and effects, from a southern standpoint

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Historic and industrial Lancaster Stevens House

My experiences mid shot and shell and in rebel den, a graphic recital of personal experiences throughout the entire civil war

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Directory, officers and men 304th Engineers and Engineer Train, 79th Division, A.E.F., France, 1919

Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn's Volunteers. Compiled from notes, sketches, facts and incidents

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Hand-book of political information : containing the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States and Pennsylvania, election laws of the State of Pennsylvania, officers of the general and state governments

Battle field and prison pen, or Through the war, and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons. A graphic recital of personal experiences throughout the whole period of the late war for the Union

Lancaster County's relation to slavery

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