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Author Surname Beginning with “A” Collection Created by Dr. George C Author Surname Beginning with “A” Collection created by Dr. George C. Rable Documents Added as of August 2021 Affleck Family. “Life in Civil War Central Texas: Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Affleck to Private Isaac Dunbar Affleck.” Edited by Robert W. Williams and Ralph A. Wooster. Texana 7 (Summer 1969): 146-62. Brenham, Texas, planter and agricultural reformer Lost pistol, price, blockade, 147 Hard times at home, 148ff Illness, home and camp, 149 Pistol, 149 A doctor to be sent away to Mexico, 150 Worries about his diet, 151 Lost pistol and hard times at home, 151-52, 154 Boxes, 152 Yankees in Louisiana, 152 Shortages and prices at home, 153 Impressment and taxes, ambulances, 155 Various items to be supplies from home, 156 Farming at home, 157 Blockade runners, Mexican waters, France, 158 Makes and sell ambulances, 158 et passim Furlough, 159 Death of a young soldiers, 161 Allen, Lucy. “Diary of Miss Lucy Allen of Clifton.” Clarke County Historical Association Proceedings 9 (1949): 26-35. Near Berryville, Virginia Three Yankees for dinner, 26 Snow, 27 Lost faith in slaves, 28 Yankees searching for arms, 28 Chancellorsville, 30-31 Milroy carrying off slaves, 31 Death of Stonewall Jackson, 32 House full of Yankee soldiers, 32 Armes, Frank H. “A Cruise on the U.S.S. Sabine.” Edited by James N. J. Henrwood. American Neptune 29 (April 1969): 102-6. Gale, 103 2 Ocean voyage, 103 Problem with the guns, 103-4 Cape Verde Islands, 104 Death at sea, 105 Ashay, Reverend B. Fauman. “A Minister Keeps His Faith.” Civil War Times 42 (February 2004): electronic, no pagination. Christian Commission Housed in confiscated home Distributed papers among freedmen soldiers Deserter execution Christmas Men killed by guerrillas Badly wounded soldier Lice Grierson raid, 3rd Iowa Cavalry, Grierson Black religious service Soldier dying, diarrhea Southern Methodist prayer meeting Aycock, Roger. “The Diary of Reuben S. Norton Records What Happened in Rome from 1861 to 1865.” Georgia Life 3 (No. 4, 1977): 18-19, 36 New England-born Rome merchant Food prices, 18 Hospitals, 18 Gold prices, 18 Bridges, Jefferson C. Davis, 19 Freed slaves sent north, 19 Sherman’s troops, fires, 19, 38 Raiding by Confederate deserters and draft dodgers, 38 Documents Added as of March 2020 Anonymous. “The Suffolk Slaughter: ‘We Did Not Take Any Prisoners.’” Civil War Times Illustrated 23 (May 1984): 36-39. Staff officer, General Matt W. Ransom’s Division, Petersburg Daily Register, March 22, 1864 Murder of soldier in 2nd United States Colored Cavalry, 36ff Seeking forage and food, 37 Marching, 37 3 Soldiers escaping a burning house were bayoneted, 38-39 Women wept to see them leave, black soldiers, 39 Documents Added as of January 2020 Addison-Darnelle, Henrietta Stockton. “For Better or For Worse.” Civil War Times Illustrated 31 (May-June 1992): 32-35, 73. Honeymoon trip out of enemy lines to Richmond, 32ff Secession, 32 Alexandria, Virginia, 33 Wedding, 33 Travel by steamer south,, 33ff Manassas, 34 Reached Yorktown, 35 Sheridan raid in 1865, 35, 73 Albert, Louis Philippe, Comte de Paris. “We Prepare to Receive the Enemy Where We Stand.” Edited by Mark Grimsley. Translated by Bernatello Glod. Civil War Times Illustrated 24 (March 1985): 18-30. McClellan’s army on the Peninsula Hooker, Williamsburg, 19-30 Sumner and Keyes, 19 Stoneman, 19 McClellan on the battlefield, 20 Dead on the battlefield, 24 Fort Magruder, 25 Entering Williamsburg, 26 Hospital, surgeons, 26 Hancock, 28 Arthurs, Robert. “The Man Who Played Doctor.” Civil War Times Illustrated 19 (August 1980): 36-38. Memoir, Petersburg Impersonated a contract surgeon Could not enlist because of bad lungs, 36 Substitute, bounty jumper, 36 18th Corp Hospital, 36 Amputation, 37 4 Prisoners, 38 msn shot off his thumb, 38 saved men from amputations, 38 Ayers, Oliver C. “Pursuing General Forrest: ‘This Looked But Little Like Trying to Catch the Enemy.’” Edited by Dale S. Snair. Civil War Times Illustrated 23 (September 1984): 20-24, 28-33. 39th Iowa Infantry, Lieutenant Sleeping on our arms, Jackson, Tennessee, 22 Cotton bales breastworks, 23 Chasing Forrest, 23ff Humbolt, Tennessee, sleeping in railroad cars, 24 Foraging, 24 Marching, guide, 25 Sore feet and illness, 25 Foraging, 25 Skirmish with Confederate cavalry, 29 Parker’s Crossroads, 30-33 Documents added as of August 2019 Abbott, John S. C. “Grierson’s Raid.” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine 30 (February 1865): 273-81. Grierson raid into Mississippi, 273 New Albany, 273 Details of the movements, 273ff Enterprise, 275 Severely wounded colonel, 280 Slaves, 283 Effects of raid, 283 Documents added as of July 2019 Alexander, Edward Porter. “”Longstreet’s Brigade.” Transactions of the Southern Historical Society 2 (1875): 53-63. “Letter from Jubal Early,” 73-74. Sketch of Longstreet, 53-54 First Manassas, Bull Run, 54-61 5 Raw troops vs. veterans, 54-55 Movement toward Washington, 61-63 Early disputes Alexander’s account of First Manassas, 72 Fredericksburg, 73-74 Alexander, Edward Porter. “The Movement Against Petersburg.” Scribner’s Magazine 41 (1907): 180-94. Crisis of the war in the summer of 1864, 180ff Lee delayed and did not believe that Grant had crossed the James, 181, 183 Dispatches and troop movements, 183ff Missed opportunity by Federals, 185 Confederates lost this first big move, 187 Petersburg mine, 187-94 Alexander, Edward Porter. “Sevens Days’ Battles.” Transactions of the Southern Historical Society 2 (1875): 99-116. Robert E. Lee, 99 Longstreet’s division, 100 Jackson delay, 104-5 Mechanicsville, 105 Gaines’s Mill, 108-113 Seven Days, 104-116—article is incomplete and apparently was never completely printed Ames, Adelbert. “The Failure at Fort Fisher.” Overland Monthly 4 (June 1870): 488-96. Bermuda Hundred, 488 Benjamin F. Butler, sailing to Fort Fisher, 489ff At sea, Beaufort, 489-493 Fort Fisher, 493ff Downplays the failure, 495-96 Ames, Adelbert. “The Second Bull Run.” Overland Monthly 8 (May 1872): 399-406. Marching, 399 Second Bull Run, 399ff Fitz John Porter, 399 Corps advanced, then withdrawn, 399 Wounded soldiers, 401 Avoided capture, 405 Documents added as of June 2019 6 Ames, John Worthington. “The Second Bull Run.” Overland Monthly 8 (May 1872): 399-406. 11th United States Infantry Marching, dust, heat, 399 No faith in McClellan or Pope, 399 Porter’s corps moved very little, 399 Fitz John Porter, 399-400 Second Bull Run, 400ff Dead and wounded, 400-1 McDowell, 403 Anderson, Thomas McArthur. “General George H. Thomas.” Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States 56 (1915): 37-42. 12th United States Infantry Fort Sumter, Pope, McClellan, 37 George H. Thomas, 38ff Loyalty, 39 Buckner, 40 Bull Run, Fitz John Porter, 40 Discipline, 41-42 Anderson, Thomas McArthur. “General Hooker.” Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States 55 (1914): 404-8. 12th United States Infantry Defends Hooker, 404 Hooker and retreat at Chancellorsville, 405 Knights of the Golden Circle trial, 405-6 Hooker and feeding of prisoners on Johnson’s Island, 406 Hooker and galvanized Confederates, 406-7 Hooker on Thomas at Nashville, 407 Hooker did not like to think ill of anyone who was brave, 407-8 Not suited to command an army, 408 Anderson, Thomas McArthur. “Was Gettysburg the Decisive Battle of the War?” Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States 13 (1892): 269-75. 12th United State Infantry A drawn battle, war continued, 270 Vicksburg a severer loss than Gettysburg, 271 Chattanooga a worse defeat than Gettysburg, 272 Confederates fought hard in Overland campaign, 272-73 7 Confederates lost hope when Grant besieged Petersburg, 274 Gettysburg was not the decisive battle of the war, 275 “Armory Square Hospital.” Northern Monthly 1 (December 1864): 688-95. Washington hospitals, 688 Armory Square Hospital, 688ff Details description, 688ff Surgeon Dr. Bliss, 690 Surgeons, 691 Ward, beds, 691 Patients, 691 Attendants and various other personnel, 692 Medicine, food, limited government expenditures, 693-95 Library, 695 Arnold, Abraham K. “The Cavalry at Gaines’ Mill.” Journal of the United States Cavalry Association 2 (1889): 355-62. 5th United States Cavalry Fitz John Porter, 355ff Organization of the cavalry, 356-57 Cavalry action, casualties, 359 Porter blamed cavalry for abandonment of artillery, 360 Cavalry was small and Confederate numbers overwhelming, 361 Cavalry deserved praise rather than censure, 363 Arnold, Abraham K. “A Reminiscence—The Fifth U.S. Regular Cavalry with General Sheridan on Raid Towards Richmond, Va., in 1864.” Journal of the United States Cavalry Association 2 (1889): 28-33. 5th United States Cavalry Cavalry organization, 28 Overland campaign, 28ff Marching to rear of Lee’s army, 28ff Attacked railroad and recaptured prisoners, 29 Beaver Dam Station, 29-33 Documents added as of February 2019 Ackerman, Michael. “After the Battle of Pleasant Hill.” Annals of Iowa, series 3, 11 (July 1913): 218-24. 8 32nd Iowa Infantry Battle of Pleasant Hill, 218ff Casualties, 218 Taken prisoner and stripped by Confederates, 218-19 Many wounded in a ditch, 219 Wounded comrades, 220 Prison food, 221 Woman visited prison with food, 221-22 Food prices, 222 Paroled, wagons, 223 Alcohol for pain, 223 Patient shot through the head on trip down Red River, 224 New York lieutenant abused an Iowan and was kicked downstairs by a surgeon, 224 New Orleans, 224 Alley, Charles. “Excepts from the Civil War Diary of Lieutenant Charles Alley, Company ‘C,’ Fifth Iowa Cavalry.” Iowa Journal of History 49 (July 1951): 241-56. 5th Iowa Cavalry Woman patriotism, 242 Sabbath, 242-43 Methodist music, 243 Camp life, 243-44 Women in camp, 244 Religious services, 245 Escape from profane influence of camp, 245 Religion in camp, 246 Officer election, Christian soldiers, 247 Horses, 247 Dispute with Lieutenant Colonel, guardhouse, 248-49 Horse, 249-50 Officers, 250 Religious service, chaplain, 250 Swearing, 250 Sermon, 251 Fort Henry, 252 Fort Donelson, 253 Wounded soldiers, 253 Scouting, 253-54 Dysentery and diarrhea, 254 Skirmish, casualties, 255 Arp R.
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