American Civil War
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Columbia, Mo.) Minute Book, 1884-1888 (C0262)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Book contains constitution and bylaws, minutes of meetings, roll of members, and activities of the organization.
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James Washington Woodard Papers, 1862-1867 (SP0048)
0.01 cubic feet (2 folders)
James Washington Woodard Papers consist of Civil War letters that recount the horror of war, camp life, the fate of comrades at the battles of Corinth and Vicksburg, and the movements of General Sterling Price’s army as they evacuated Missouri in 1862 and 1863. The collection consists of six letters written by a Confederate Lieutenant serving in Company D, 5th Missouri Infantry, 1st Brigade. Also included is a document dealing with an 1867 property transfer from his wife’s family, the Lemmons, to his widow.
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Charles Woods Papers, 1873, 1878 (K1419)
.01 cubic feet
The Charles Woods Papers contain correspondence from Charles Woods concerning a Southern claim against the United States government that he was attempting to resolve. A majority of the correspondence addresses his difficulties with getting his claim reviewed, extortion, and his experience overall. The letters within the collection are dated primarily in 1873, with one letter from 1878.
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Woods-Holman Family Papers, 1805-1906 (C0191)
0.25 cubic feet
Letters, documents, notebooks, accounts, and receipts of two southeast Missouri families. Papers concern family news, business, farming, livestock, religion, teaching, Native Americans, fur trade, economics, politics, Gold Rush and Civil War and descriptions of California, Iowa, Kansas, and Texas.
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Richard Goodrich Woddson Article, 1863 (C3092)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Newspaper clipping from the MISSOURI DEMOCRAT, reporting the capture of General Jeff Thompson and his staff by Colonel Richard Goodrich Woodson of the 3rd Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, at Pilot Knob, MO.
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Richard Goodridge Woodson Papers, 1862-1865 (R0410)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Richard Goodridge Woodson Papers consist of the correspondence, orders, and miscellaneous military papers of Richard G. Woodson of Pike County, Missouri, colonel of the 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry (New). The papers concern the administration of the post at Pilot Knob, Missouri, and the activities of the 3rd Missouri State Militia Calvary.
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Clark Wright Papers, 1861-1863 (R0523)
2 folder
These are the Civil War papers of Clark Wright, a resident of Polk County, Missouri, and a Union
cavalry officer. The collection includes an order to Wright from John M. Schofield, letters from
St. Louis and Rolla to his wife, Sarah Jane Wright, newspaper clippings, rosters of the field and staff
officers of the 6th Missouri Cavalry, and a list of signs and countersigns for the post at Lebanon,
Missouri.
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Roy A. Wykoff Jr. Papers, 1860-1955 (C0437)
0.17 cubic feet (8 folders)
Miscellaneous material collected by Wykoff. Missouri University, Stephens College and Christian College programs; letters of Eugene Field, Daniel Read and Homer Croy; and Civil War articles.
William Wymore Papers, 1864 (C0416)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters by Wymore to his wife and children from camp at Bridgeport, AL, and to Wymore from his wife, probably from Brazil, IN.
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George Younker Papers, 1862-1863 (C2100)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Promotions of Younker to 2nd Corporal and 5th Sergeant. Broadside with names of personnel and memorandum of action of Illinois Infantry, 51st Regiment, Volunteers, Company G, from 14 February 1861 to 20 November 1863.
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Daniel Zachman Civil War Diary, 1863 (C0462)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Diary of a Union soldier stationed at Strafford, VA, and in skirmishes in Maryland and Pennsylvania and the battle of Gettysburg. Describes religious, recreational, and military activities of the 82nd Ohio Infantry Regiment; health; weather; correspondence; a review for President Lincoln and General Hooker; and reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to the troops.
Lorene W. Zolg Photographs, 1884 (P0967)
2 photographs
Photos of monuments for the Battle of Westport and the Battle of Camden Point
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The Zouave Register (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), 1861 (C0802)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Fragment of a newspaper dated 4 September 1861 and published by the Missouri Infantry, 8th Regiment, Volunteers (also known as the American Zouaves). Lists field and staff officers and reports on battles.