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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War letters to Moses Long and Joseph H. Long's obituary

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F060_It01-15

Date Range: 1861-1864, 1934, 1961

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War letters to Moses Long and Joseph H. Long's obituary

Description: Item 1 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his brother, Joseph H. Long. Camp Nevin. With transcription. 29 October 1861.; Item 2 Photocopy of newspaper articles. "Col. Hambright Slashes Red Tape, Gets Lancaster Regiment in Field" and "Local Troops Chowless on Stalled Train." Reprinted in the Lancaster Intelligencer, 24 November 1961.; Item 3 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Camp Nevin. With transcription and genealogy. 8 November 1861.; Item 4 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Camp Cooper near Shelbeyville. With transcription. 20 June 1863.; Item 5 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Louisville, Kentucky. With transcription. 1 October 1862.; Item 6 Map of Gen. O. M. Mitchell's campaign.; Envelope addressed to Moses Long. Postmarked Nashville, Tennessee, 18 July 1863.; Envelope addressed to Moses Long. Postmarked June 25.; Item 7 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. With envelope and transcription.; 6 June 1863.; Item 8 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. With transcription. 22 June 1863. (see MG0018_SerA_F060_It08); Item 9 Pass for a person of color to mend a fence along the Manchester Road. Written by Capt. M. D. Wickersham. 6 August 1862.; Item 10 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Camp King, Kentucky. With transcription. 13 July 1863.; Item 11 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long with praise for Mart Bachman. With transcription. No date.; Item 12 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Cowan Station, Tennessee. With transcription. 1 August 1863.; Item 13 Letter from Lt. Edward McCaffrey to Moses Long with news of Reuben's death. Chattanooga, Tennessee. With transcription. 28 September 1863.; Item 14 Letter from Samuel W. Lantz to Moses Long stating that Reuben's body was not recovered from the battlefield. With transcription. 26 October 1863.; Item 15 Photocopy of newspaper obituary of Joseph H. Long (1845-1934).

Admin/Biographical History: Reuben Clark Long (1843-1863) enlisted 30 September 1861 and served as a private with the 79th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company E until his death at Chickamauga, Georgia on 19 September 1863.

Date Range: 1861-1864, 1934, 1961

Creation Date: 1861-1864, 1934, 1961

Creator: Long family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Lantz, Samuel W.; Long, Joseph Henry; Long, Moses; Long, Reuben Clark; McCaffrey, Edward

Subjects: African Americans--History; Letters; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865)

Search Terms: 79th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1861-1865); Carroll County, Maryland; Civil War; Correspondence; Death; Letters; Manchester Road; Military life; Persons of color; Soldiers; United States Army

Extent: 31 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F060_It01-15

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter from R. C. Long to his father, 1863 (MG0018_SerA_F060_It08)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Accession Number: 1972.MSS72-162

Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 60, Items 1-15

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 28 December 2023.

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Letter

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Collection: John B. Eshleman Papers

Title: Letter from Samuel [Burn]

Object ID: MG0917_F001_In02

Date Range: 1861/09/14

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Collection: John B. Eshleman Papers

Title: Letter from Samuel [Burn]

Description: Letter from Samuel [Burn] to John B. Eshleman. Written from somewhere along the Potomac River in Maryland during the Civil War. Describes troop movements, life in camp, and interactions with enslaved persons. With photocopy.

Admin/Biographical History: John B. Eshleman was born 11 February 1839 in West Hempfield Township. He had a common school education and taught in West Hempfield and Columbia for 36 years. In 1880 he was elected to the Pennsylvania State Legislature. He served two terms as a Lancaster County Commissioner beginning in 1893. He was also a justice of the peace. He died 21 June 1906 and is buried at Ironville Methodist Church Cemetery in West Hempfield Twp.

Date Range: 1861/09/14

Creation Date: 14 September 1861

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Burn, Samuel; Eshleman, John B.

Subjects: African American women; African Americans--History; Letters; Sexual assault; Slavery; Soldiers--Conduct of life; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Correspondence; Enslaved persons; Letters; Persons of color; Women

Extent: 3 items, 6 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0917_F001_In02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: 2003.MG0917

Other Numbers: MG-917

Other Number: MG-917, Folder 1, Insert 2

Classification: MG0917

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 33, Folder 7, Items 1-7, 14 April 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Recording, Video

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: African-American Veterans Oral History Project interview with Hazel Jackson

Object ID: OH0163

Date Range: 2007/03/15

, the um, my home county is Okoney County, but um…the school that I was teaching in was Anderson County. Well, uh, in the city of Anderson, which was the main high school, uh, for African Americans in that area, in that county, um, this school had always taken first place in the oratorical contest. And

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: African-American Veterans Oral History Project interview with Hazel Jackson

Description: Oral history interview with Hazel Jackson, the first African American teacher in the School District of Lancaster.

Date Range: 2007/03/15

Date of Interview: 2007-03-15

Creator: Jackson, Hazel, 1926-2014, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Jackson, Hazel; LeFever, Carol; Shugar, Miles

Interviewer: LeFever, Carol

Narrator: Jackson, Hazel

Other Creators: Shugar, Miles, collector

Subjects: African Americans; African American women; African American teachers; African American Veterans; Oral history

Search Terms: African American teachers; African American Veterans; African American women; Local figures; Oral histories; Persons of color; Teachers; Veterans; Women

Area / Region: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Place of Interview: Home of Hazel Jackson

Object Name: Recording, Video

Length of Interview: 1:31:50

Object ID: OH0163

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0164

Date Range: 2006/10/19

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: African American Veteran oral history interview with Nelson Polite Sr., a prominent African American leader in Lancaster City.

Date Range: 2006/10/19

Date of Interview: 2006-10-19

Creator: Polite, Nelson Sr, 1923-2016, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: LeFever, Carole; Polite, Nelson Sr.; Shugar, Miles

Interviewer: LeFever, Carol

Narrator: Polite, Nelson Sr.

Subjects: African Americans; American Legion; African American veterans; Oral history

Search Terms: African American Veterans; African American American Legion Post 780; Local figures; Oral histories; Persons of color; Veterans

Place of Interview: Home of Nelson Polite Sr.

Object Name: Recording, Video

Length of Interview: 00:48:21

Object ID: OH0164

Classification: OH0164

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0165

Date Range: 2006/10/17

started there then as a sophomore really. L: Aren’t you one of the first African Americans on that campus? B: Yes. At the time I got started at F&M, uh, there were there local African Americans on campus. Uh, Sumner [Bohee] had started a year before. Grant [Miens] and I had started at the same time, about

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: African American Veterans Oral History interview with Sydney Bridgett Sr. Bridgett discusses how the African American-American Legion Post 780 was established in Lancaster County.

Date Range: 2006/10/17

Date of Interview: 2006-10-17

Creator: Bridgett, Sydney Sr., 1925-2016, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Bridgett, Sydney, Sr.; LeFever Carole; Shugar Miles

Interviewer: LeFever, Carol

Narrator: Bridgett, Sidney

Subjects: African American veterans; African Americans; Oral history; Veterans

Search Terms: African American American Legion Post 780; African American Veterans; African American Veterans Oral History; Oral histories; Persons of color; Veterans

Place of Interview: Home of Sidney Bridgett

Object Name: Recording, Video

Length of Interview: 1:00:36

Object ID: OH0165

Notes: Mark Subject; 0:05:08 First annual military ball held at Crispus Attucks Comunity Center; 0:05:38 Orginal program from where the charter was presented; 0:07:31 Contains three chapter verses of the Negro Naitonal Anthem and call to order

Classification: OH0165

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0166

Date Range: 2006/02/13

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: African American Veterans Oral History interview with Ruby Wilkerson.

Date Range: 2006/02/13

Date of Interview: 2006-02-13

Creator: Wilkerson, Ruby, 1925-2007, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Wilkerson, Ruby; LeFever, Carole; Shugar, Miles

Interviewer: LeFever, Carole

Narrator: Wilkerson, Ruby

Subjects: African American veterans; African American women; African Americans; Oral history; Veterans

Search Terms: African American American Legion Post 780; African American Veterans; African American Women; Oral histories; Persons of color; Veterans; Women

Place of Interview: Home of Ruby Wilkerson

Object Name: Recording, Video

Length of Interview: 1:00:36

Object ID: OH0166

Notes: Mark Subject

Classification: OH0166

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Veterans' graves in African-American Cemetery, South Duke Street, Lancaster (Pa.) Stevens-Greenland Cemetery

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Date of Publication: 2000.

Call Number: 310.35 S844v

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Place of Publication: Photocopy

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: 4, [1] l. : map ; 28 cm.

Notes: RIneer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 245 #28.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Subjects: Stevens-Greenland Cemetery (Lancaster, Pa.); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Veterans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Registers; African Americans; Lancaster (Pa.) - Cemeteries.; United States - History - Veterans.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 S844v

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Writ

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Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Paper of Henry Barber

Object ID: Habeas 1864 F029

Date Range: 1864

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Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Paper of Henry Barber

Admin/Biographical History: A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.

Date Range: 1864

Year: 1864

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Barber, Henry; Long, Henry Grimler; Martin, C. M.; Shirk, William S.; Shubert, Henry; Slaymaker, William M.; Smith, Amanda

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: Habeas corpus; African Americans--History

Search Terms: Habeas corpus; Persons of color; Charge: fornication and bastardy; Petitions

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Habeas 1864 F029

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 008

Associated Material: Lancaster County Archives has Habeas Corpus dockets:; 1799-1978, ten volumes, record of writs of Habeas Corpus written.; 1895-1983, 43 boxes, original petitions.

Notes: Part of document is missing.; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Additional Notes: Charged with fornication and bastardy.; Person of color.; Petitioner: Barber, Henry.; Filed against: Shirk, William S. Occupation: prisonkeeper.; Petition.; Warrant of commitment.; Habeas corpus, with a piece missing.; Return, includes copy of warrant of commitment, with a piece missing.; 4 items, 2 pieces

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Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Case Number: 1270.000

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Paper of Gilmor Hull

Object ID: Habeas 1860 F009

Date Range: 1860

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Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Paper of Gilmor Hull

Admin/Biographical History: A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.

Date Range: 1860

Year: 1860

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Caldwell, Jay; Hull, Gilmor; Long, Henry Grimler; Slokum, Samuel; Weigand, Edwin

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: African Americans--History; Habeas corpus

Search Terms: Charge: kidnapping; Free persons of color; Habeas corpus; Persons of color; Petitions

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Habeas 1860 F009

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 007

Associated Material: Lancaster County Archives has Habeas Corpus dockets:; 1799-1978, ten volumes, record of writs of Habeas Corpus written.; 1895-1983, 43 boxes, original petitions.

Notes: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Additional Notes: Charged with kipnapping a free man of color.; Petitioner: Hull, Gilmor.; Petition, includes copy of warrant of commitment.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment - contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no publication fee.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Case Number: 1045.000

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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