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Lemuel H. Hazzard Papers mssHazzard

Gayle Richardson The Huntington Library December 2020 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org

Lemuel H. Hazzard Papers mssHazzard 1 mssHazzard Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library Title: Lemuel H. Hazzard papers Creator: Hazzard, Lemuel H., 1843-1904 Identifier/Call Number: mssHazzard Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet(1 box) Date (inclusive): 1862-1919 Date (bulk): 1862-1873 Abstract: A collection of personal and military material for Lemuel H. Hazzard, Captain, carpenter, and railway postal clerk. Language of Material: Materials are in English. Conditions Governing Access Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information. Conditions Governing Use The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Lemuel H. Hazzard papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Immediate Source of Acquisition Purchased from T. L. Hazzard, May, 1952. Biographical / Historical Lemuel H. Hazzard (1843-1904) was a Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant, and then Captain of Co. I of the 12th Regiment of Indiana Infantry. The 12th was organized at Indianapolis in August 1862, and immediately left the state for . The men took part in the disastrous battle of Richmond, Kentucky, when the green troops were routed by a much more experienced Confederate force under the command of ; the entire regiment was captured. Hazzard, along with his fellow soldiers, was paroled by the Confederate authorities in September 1862. The regiment was then returned to Indianapolis for reorganization; in November the men left for Memphis, Tennessee. In November and December, 1862, they took part in Ulysses S. Grant's Central Mississippi campaign, and then wintered in Tennessee, guarding railroads until June 1863 when the regiment was ordered to Vicksburg, Mississippi. The 12th fought at Vicksburg; Jackson; the Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign; the ; operations in North Georgia and North Alabama; March to the Sea; the siege of Savannah; and the campaign of the Carolinas. After the war Hazzard moved to Missouri, where he worked as a carpenter, ran a furniture business, and from 1883 to 1884 was a clerk in the Railway Postal Service in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1884 he resigned his position, owing to a partial paralysis caused by a railroad accident. He died in March 1904 in Kansas City, Missouri. Please note, the family name was sometimes spelled "Hazard." Scope and Contents A collection of approximately 483 items from 1862 to 1919, which contains personal papers, Civil War diaries, notebooks, correspondence, documents, medals, and ephemera. The three pocket diaries cover the Atlanta Campaign (May to September 1864), Sherman's March to the Sea, and initial stages of the campaign in the Carolinas. Brief daily entries record military actions, camp life, and contain lists of casualties and procurement records. The notebooks contain brief records of expenses for 1864 to 1865. The letters addressed to Lemuel H. Hazzard from his friends and family in Iowa and other regiments discuss family matters and various aspects of the Civil War, including hospitals and the home front. Included is a letter from his brother William Hazzard who served with the 38th Regiment of Indiana Infantry. Lemuel H. Hazzard's letters to his wife Frances Hazzard depict social life in Salem, Missouri, 1872 to 1873. The collection also contains letters from William Hazzard, son of Lemuel and Frances, member of 2nd Regiment of Missouri Infantry of Veterans who, from 1899 to 1900, held a position at the Department of Posts in Havana, Cuba; also letters from son Lloyd Hazzard, Sergeant of Co. B of 115 Regiment of Engineers of American Expeditionary Corps stationed in France in 1919. The documents include Hazzard's parole issued by the Army of Kentucky on September 1, 1862, also documents relating to Hazzard's employment by the Railway Postal Service in Kansas City, Missouri, his business activities, and insurance. The Co. I of the 12th Regiment of Indiana Infantry documents consist of muster rolls, descriptive rolls, furloughs, quarterly returns of deceased soldiers; communications from various hospitals regarding patients from the company, ordnance and requisition records, and special orders.

Lemuel H. Hazzard Papers mssHazzard 2 mssHazzard Processing Information Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1960. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy summary report. Arrangement Organized in the following series: 1. Personal papers and correspondence; 2. Military papers and records of the 12th Regiment of Indiana Infantry, Co. I; 3. Miscellaneous. General Former call number: mssHazzard papers. Subjects and Indexing Terms Atlanta Campaign, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Sherman's March through the Carolinas Salem (Mo.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Indiana -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century Diaries -- United States -- 19th century Military records -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal papers -- United States -- 19th century Hazzard, Frances, active 1872-1873 Hazzard, Lloyd, active 1919 Hazzard, William, active 1898-1900 United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865) United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 38th (1861-1865) United States. Railway Mail Service -- Missouri United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Regiment, 115th

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