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Collection
Civil War Collection
Title
Civil War Collection
Object ID
MG0018
Date Range
1859-1990
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Collection
Civil War Collection
Title
Civil War Collection
Description
The Civil War Collection consists of material acquired over many years from different sources. Coverage is of Lancaster County soldiers and of daily life in the county during the Civil War. The collection contains records of various military units, family correspondence, "Home Front" papers, Civil War era diaries, the Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of Commissary papers, celebration and reunion materials, images, newspaper clippings, and general orders.
System of Arrangement
The collection is organized by category into ten series.
The oversized documents of Series A, C, F, and H are oversized and filed flat in Box 4.
Series A Military Units: Series A contains documents of military units, including muster rolls, enlistment papers, discharge certificates, assignment and promotion records, and papers of individual soldiers and officers.
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Pennsylvania Militia
Certificate of State Regiments
U.S. Regiments
Series B Civil War Families
Benjamin Reed Family
Soldier's Letters
Series C The Lancaster Home Front
The Bounty Funds
Pension Claims
Articles
Letters
Series D Lancaster Notables
Series E Civil War Era Diaries
Series F The Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of PA Commissary Papers
Series G Celebrations & Reunions
Series H Appendix
Articles, Photographic Prints, Blank Forms
Series I Printed General Orders
Series J Books
Date Range
1859-1990
Year Range From
1859
Year Range To
1990
Date of Accumulation
1859-1990
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Clark, James
Fass, John
Flick, Henry
Harris, Samuel
Hess, Martin D., Mrs.
Watson, George W.
Subjects
Letters
Soldiers
Soldiers, Black
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army
United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Search Terms
Autobiographies
Civil War
Discharge papers
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Memoirs
Muster rolls
Persons of color
Soldiers
Soldiers, Black
United States Army
Extent
15 boxes, 212 folders, 11 books, 9 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0018
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Abraham H. Good Family Papers (MG0542)
Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters (MG0570)
Lewis Jones Family Papers (MG0541)
Robert Clark Morrison Family Papers (MG0543)
Springer Family Letters (MG0540)
William M. McClure Family Papers (MG0544)
William McCaskey Civil War Letters (MG0355)
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).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-18
Classification
MG0018
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Much of the collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 March 2022.
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Collection
Independent Battery I of Light Artillery Newsletters
Title
Independent Battery I of Light Artillery Newsletters
Object ID
MG0877
Date Range
1989-1991
Content Note: This collection contains three newsletters published for the Independent Battery I of Light Artillery, a group of Civil War reenactors commanded by Jack L. McSherry III of Conestoga, Pennsylvania. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions
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Collection
Independent Battery I of Light Artillery Newsletters
Title
Independent Battery I of Light Artillery Newsletters
Description
This collection contains three newsletters published for the Independent Battery I of Light Artillery, a group of Civil War reenactors commanded by Jack L. McSherry III of Conestoga, Pennsylvania.
Date Range
1989-1991
Year Range From
1989
Year Range To
1991
Date of Accumulation
1989-1991
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
McSherry, Jack L. III
Subjects
Associations, institutions, etc.
Search Terms
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Associations, institutions, etc.
Newsletters
Civil War re-enactors
Extent
1 folder
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0877
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Independent Battery I of Light Artillery Newsletters (MG0877), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
Unknown.MG0877
Other Numbers
MG-877
Other Number
MG-877
Classification
MG0877
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Transferred from Document Collection Box 23, Folder 2, Items 1-3, 24 January 2022.
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The defense of Columbia, June 1863

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Author
McSherry, Patrick M.
Date of Publication
1980
these implements to fight the rapidly spreading flames 60 The borough of Wrightsville had one or two fire engines but Gordon, in his Reminiscences of the Civil War, stated that no engines were available. The engines may have been removed to Columbia "either for safekeeping or to pre- vent their use when
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Responsibility
by Patrick M. McSherry.
Author
McSherry, Patrick M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1980
Physical Description
135-154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.84, no.3
Subjects
Columbia (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 84, number 3 (1980), p. 135-154Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.84
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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author
Clark, William T.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
973.781 C596
, they lost 216 men killed, wounded and missing. It is one ofthe higher loss percentages of all the units in the Civil War. Their service there was part of a fine stand by their brigade, led by Col. John C. Starkweather, ofWisconsin. While recovering from that battle, the brigade was assigned to guard
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Responsibility
Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.
Author
Clark, William T.,
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
10 vols. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."
Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.
Contents
vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Davis, William G.
Davis, Janet B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 C596
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Regimental history of the 79th Pennsylvania volunteers of the Civil War : the Lancaster County Regiment

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Author
Williams, Harrison C.
Date of Publication
1980
Regimental History of the 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War: The Lancaster County Regiment By Harrison C. Williams Preface The Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment was recruited from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with the exception of Company D, which was recruited from
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Responsibility
by Harrison C. Williams
Author
Williams, Harrison C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1980
Physical Description
17-36 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.84, no.1
Subjects
Druckemiller, John M.
Jones, Lewis H.
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865)
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 84, number 1 (1980), p. 17-36Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.84
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A soldier's report : the battle on Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain

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Author
Bradley, Kersey.
Date of Publication
1989
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Responsibility
by Kersey Bradley, 79th Regiment, P.V.I. annotated by Martin H. Bradley.
Author
Bradley, Kersey.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989
Physical Description
[15]-17 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.92, no.1
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 92, number 1 (1989), p. 15-17Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.92
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