John Bennitt was a physician from Centreville, Michigan. He joined the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment as an assistant surgeon, and remained in military service until the end of the war. The collection consists of over 200 letters from John Bennitt...
Correspondence from the 19th and early 20th century compiled by Robert Beasecker. Authors include a variety of individuals, businesses, and organizations throughout the United States.
Conrad Thornquist was a Michigan native who attended the University of Michigan as an undergraduate and attended Harvard Law School in the Class of 1931. His papers include handwritten and bound class notes from his Harvard Law School coursework...
Documents and correspondence related to the American Civil War and to the institution of slavery from 1804. A selection of documents from 10 states related to the ownership of slaves and abolition, 1805-1864; and correspondence and documents of the...
Correspondence of a Whig political appointee, 1832-1874. Among the correspondents are Henry Clay, John M. Clayton, Caleb Cushing, Edward Everett, Henry Hitchcock.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. New York Artillery; Shipping; Diaries
This diary was kept by soldier Whitley Read detailing his last year of service in the 10th New York Heavy Artillery, Company H. It also focuses on his postwar service on a Great Lakes Schooner. The last pages of the diary include brief memoranda...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 95th (1861-1865)
Correspondence between Pvt. Daniel Faust, his mother, and his sister of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania. Faust was an infantryman in Pennsylvania's 95th and 96th Infantry regiments during the Civil War. Correspondence covers the routine details of...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons--Michigan--Diaries; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care; African Americans
This diary was the last of three kept by physician John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan describing his experience as a Civil War surgeon the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment. The third volume (Jan. 1, 1865-May 13, 1865) begins with the account of...
Carte-de-visite of Rebecca, Charlie & Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans was taken at a school for emancipated slaves. According to an article in Harper's Weekly in 1864, the children had been set free by General Benjamin F. Butler in New...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Correspondence; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical...
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 1864 - December 1864. During this time, Bennitt describes the battles in Atlanta from the vantage point of the hospitals. The 20th Army Corps leaves Atlanta for...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Correspondence; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical...
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 1864 - December 1864. During this time, Bennitt describes the battles in Atlanta from the vantage point of the hospitals. The 20th Army Corps leaves Atlanta for...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Correspondence; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical...
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 1864 - December 1864. During this time, Bennitt describes the battles in Atlanta from the vantage point of the hospitals. The 20th Army Corps leaves Atlanta for...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Correspondence; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical...
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 1864 - December 1864. During this time, Bennitt describes the battles in Atlanta from the vantage point of the hospitals. The 20th Army Corps leaves Atlanta for...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Correspondence; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical...
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 1864 - December 1864. During this time, Bennitt describes the battles in Atlanta from the vantage point of the hospitals. The 20th Army Corps leaves Atlanta for...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Correspondence; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical...
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 1864 - December 1864. During this time, Bennitt describes the battles in Atlanta from the vantage point of the hospitals. The 20th Army Corps leaves Atlanta for...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Correspondence; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical...
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 1864 - December 1864. During this time, Bennitt describes the battles in Atlanta from the vantage point of the hospitals. The 20th Army Corps leaves Atlanta for...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Correspondence; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical...
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 1864 - December 1864. During this time, Bennitt describes the battles in Atlanta from the vantage point of the hospitals. The 20th Army Corps leaves Atlanta for...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Correspondence; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical...
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 1864 - December 1864. During this time, Bennitt describes the battles in Atlanta from the vantage point of the hospitals. The 20th Army Corps leaves Atlanta for...
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Correspondence; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical...
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 1864 - December 1864. During this time, Bennitt describes the battles in Atlanta from the vantage point of the hospitals. The 20th Army Corps leaves Atlanta for...
