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         <titlestmt>
            <titleproper>United States Civil War documents, 1862-1864 (MS Am 1625): Guide.</titleproper>
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      <profiledesc>
         <creation>
            <date calendar="gregorian" era="ce">07/09/2002 </date>David Clough </creation>
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            <date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="20131107">11/07/2013</date>
            <item>Loaded into OASIS</item>
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         <change>
            <date calendar="gregorian" era="ce">05/25/2003</date>
            <item>
               <name>Jackie Dean </name>
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            <date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="20060517">June 8, 2006</date>
            <item>hou01356 converted by Harvard University Library OIS from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl
(sy2006-06-08).</item>
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   <frontmatter>
      <titlepage>
         <num>MS Am 1625 </num>
         <titleproper>United States Civil War documents, 1862-1864: Guide. </titleproper>
         <author>Houghton Library, Harvard College Library </author>
         <p>
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         </p>
         <publisher>Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA </publisher>
         <p>© 2003 The President and Fellows of Harvard College </p>
         <edition>Last update on 2013 January 29. </edition>
      </titlepage>
   </frontmatter>
   <archdesc level="collection">
      <did>
         <repository>Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University </repository>
         <physloc>b </physloc>
         <unitid>MS Am 1625 </unitid>
         <unittitle>United States Civil War documents, </unittitle>
         <unitdate calendar="gregorian" endYear="1864" era="ce" startYear="1862">1862-1864. </unitdate>
         <physdesc>
            <extent>1 box (.5 linear ft.) </extent>
         </physdesc>
         <langmaterial>Collection materials are in <language langcode="eng">English.
</language>
         </langmaterial>
         <abstract>Documents created during the United States Civil War. </abstract>
      </did>
      <acqinfo>
         <p>Received from various sources at various times. </p>
      </acqinfo>
      <accessrestrict>
         <p>There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
</p>
      </accessrestrict>
      <prefercite>
         <head>Preferred Citation for Publication: </head>
         <p>United States Civil War Documents, 1862-1864 (MS Am 1625). Houghton Library, Harvard University.
</p>
      </prefercite>
      <arrangement>
         <p>Arranged alphabetically by author.</p>
      </arrangement>
      <scopecontent>
         <p>Documents pertaining to the U.S. Civil War. Includes a pay voucher of a Confederate surgeon, a
staff list of a Confederate general, a letter requesting the release of steamboats pressed into
service for the Confederacy, and a document of appointment signed by Lincoln.</p>
      </scopecontent>
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            <did>
               <unittitle>
                  <persname>Cannon, John. </persname>MS.L.(file copy) to<persname>[Pierre Gustave Toutant] Beauregard; </persname>
                  <geogname>Jackson, </geogname>11 Mar <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="single" endYear="1862" era="ce" startYear="1862">1862. </unitdate>
               </unittitle>
               <physdesc>
                  <extent>1s.(2p.) </extent>
               </physdesc>
            </did>
            <note>
               <p>Requesting release of the steamboats <name>Quitman </name>and <name>Vicksburg.</name>
               </p>
            </note>
            <acqinfo>
               <p>No date or source. </p>
            </acqinfo>
         </c>
         <c id="hou01356c00002">
            <did>
               <unittitle>
                  <persname>Lincoln, Abraham, pres. U.S., 1809-1865. </persname>D.s.; <geogname>Washington,
</geogname>26 Feb <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="single" endYear="1864" era="ce" startYear="1864">1864. </unitdate>
               </unittitle>
               <physdesc>
                  <extent>1s.(1p.) </extent>
               </physdesc>
            </did>
            <acqinfo>
               <p>Removed from <num>US 102.8.5PF*. </num>
               </p>
            </acqinfo>
         </c>
         <c id="hou01356c00003">
            <did>
               <unittitle>
                  <persname>Pickett, George Edward, 1825-1875. </persname>Staff of Maj. Genl. Geo: E. Pickett Confed
States Army. MS.(unidentified hand); [n.p., <date calendar="gregorian" endYear="1860" era="ce" startYear="1860">1860?] </date>
               </unittitle>
               <physdesc>
                  <extent>1s.(1p.) </extent>
               </physdesc>
            </did>
            <note>
               <p>Possibly autograph. </p>
            </note>
            <acqinfo>
               <p>Gift of <persname role="donor">Norton Perkins, </persname>
                  <date calendar="gregorian" endYear="1918" era="ce" startYear="1918" type="single">1918. </date>
               </p>
            </acqinfo>
         </c>
         <c id="hou01356c00004">
            <did>
               <unittitle>
                  <persname>Waddell, Livingston. </persname>Printed D.s.; [n.p.] 31 Oct <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="single" endYear="1863" era="ce" startYear="1863">1863. </unitdate>
               </unittitle>
               <physdesc>
                  <extent>1s.(2p.) </extent>
               </physdesc>
            </did>
            <note>
               <p>Pay voucher of a Confederate surgeon. </p>
            </note>
            <acqinfo>
               <p>No date or source.</p>
            </acqinfo>
         </c>
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   </archdesc>
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