MG-18 The Civil War Collection

16 boxes 187 folders, 11 books 9 cubic ft.

Description: Consists of material acquired over many years from different sources. Coverage is of Lancaster County soldiers and of daily life in the county during the Civil War. Contains records of various military units, family correspondence, "Home Front" papers, Civil War era diaries, the Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of Commissary papers, celebration and reunion materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, and general orders.

Arrangement: The folders of the section A contain the military units, enlistment papers, discharge certificates, assignment and promotion, documents of individual soldiers and officiers. Some of these documents are oversized as well as muster rolls and officers' records. They are filed flat in Box 4, but folder numbers are part of the section in which they belong. Box 4 contains the oversized items of sections A, C, F, and H. The folders' numbers are part of the particular section.

A. Military Units

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Pennsylvania Militia

Certificate of State Regiments

U.S. Regiments

B. Civil War Families

1. James P. Springer Family

2. Lewis H. Jones Family

3. Abraham H. Good Family

4. Captain Charles Denues Family

5. Robert Clark Morrison Family

6. Benjamin Reed Family

7. William M. McClure Family

8. Soldier's Letters

C. The Lancaster Home Front

The Bounty Funds

Pension Claims

Articles

Letters

D. Lancaster Notables

E. Civil War Era Diaries

F. The Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of PA Commissary Papers

G. Celebrations & Reunions

H. Appendix

Articles, Photographic Prints, Blank Forms

I. Printed General Orders

J. Books

Box 1

A. Military Units

Folder 1 1st Regiment (P.V.) Co. D, 1864, 1865,1912. (1)
Folder 2 1st Regiment (P.V.) Co. F, Fencibles, 1861, 1869. (4)
Folder 3 1st Regiment (P.V.) Co. K, "Jackson Rifles".
Folder 4 2nd Regiment (P.V.) Co. F, 1861,1862. (2)
Folder 5 4th Regiment (P.V.) Co. K.
Folder 6 9th Regiment (P.V.), 1863. (1)
Folder 7 10th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A, 1861. (1)
Folder 8 10th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E, 1861. (1)
Folder 9 11th Regiment (P.V.) 1861. (1)
Folder 10 11th Regiment (P.V.) Co. H, 1861. (2)
Folder 11 11th Regiment (P.V.) Co. I, 1862. (1)
Folder 12 12th Regiment (P.V.) . (2)
Folder 13 15th Regiment (P.V.) Co. F, 1861. (1)
Folder 14 17th Regiment (P.V.) Co. C, 1864. (1)
Folder 15 28th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E, Co. P, 1861.
Folder 16 29th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E, 1861. (1)
Folder 17 30th Regiment (P.V.) Co. F, 1862. (4)
Folder 18 32nd Regiment (P.V.) Co. A.
Folder 19 32nd Regiment (P.V.) Co. D, Cap. Adam Schuh, (Schuk), 1861-1863. (3)
Folder 20 33rd Regiment (P.V.) Co. (5)
Folder 21 34th Regiment (P.V.) Co., 1861. (1)
Folder 22 43rd Regiment (1st PA Artillery, Battery F.) & Co. C, 1862.
Folder 23 44th Regiment (1st Cavalry) Co. M, 1859. (1)
Folder 24 45th Regiment (P.V.), 1865. (1)
Folder 25 45th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B.
Folder 26 59th Regiment (2nd PA Cavalry) Co. D. (1)
Folder 27 77th Regiment (P.V.) Co. K, 1959. (1)
Folder 28 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co.A. Handwritten General Orders, Lists, Cross Reference Notes, 1861. (9)
Folder 29 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Paymaster Reports, 1861-1865. (10)
Folder 30 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co.A. Ordnance Reports, 1862, 1863. (17)
Folder 31 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Deserters & Stragglers, 1862-1864. (2)
Folder 32 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Clothing Reports, Oct. 1862-June 1863. (13)
Folder 33 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Clothing Reports, Oct.-Dec. 1863. (8)
Folder 34 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Special Orders, 1863-1865. (20)
Folder 35 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Descriptive List of Pay & Clothing, 1863-1865. (10)
Folder 36 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Transportation Vouchers, 1863-1865. (21)
Folder 37 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Company Inspection Report Book, Officers Instruction Booklet of James Benson, 1863-1864. (2)
Folder 38 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Military Correspondence of Lt. James Benson, 1863. (6) Note, it is rare that an officier is commmissioned in a General Order.

Box 2

A. Military Units

Folder 39 79th Regiment, Co. A. Receipts of Prisoners of War, 1864. (7)
Folder 40 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Military Correspondence, 1864,1865. (12)
Folder 41 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Oath of Allegiance, 1864. (10)
Folder 42 79 Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Ordnance Reports, 1864-1965. (12)
Folder 43 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Veterans Re-enlistment Certificate, 1864. (35)
Folder 44 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A, Reports of Deceased Soldiers, 1864-1865. (9)
Folder 45 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Clothing Reports, Jan.-June, 1864. (14)
Folder 46 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Clothing Reports, July-Dec., 1864. (13)
Folder 47 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Military Correspondence, 1865. (13)
Folder 48 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Hospital Reports, 1865. (5)
Folder 49 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Ordnance Reports, 1865, 1868. (11)
Folder 50 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Clothing Reports, April-June 1865. (20)
Folder 51 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Clothing Reports, Jan-March 1865. (15)
Folder 52 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A. Clothing Reports, July-Dec. 1865. (8)
Folder 53 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B. Captain John Druckemiller Papers, including the Diary of Capt. John H. Druckemiller, Oct. 8, 1862, Battle of Perryville, Ky. 1862, 1863. (20)
Folder 54 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B, 1863, 1864. (2)
Folder 55 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B. the Diaries of Sgt. Wm. T. Clark.
Volume I: (version 1) 9/12/1861-5/21/1862, Volume I: (version 2)
Volume II: 5/22/1862-2/9/1863 (Item 4 & Item 5 of Volume II). (5)
Folder 56 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B. The Diaries of Sgt. Wm. T. Clark.
Volume III: 2/10/1863-10/04/1863.
Volume IV: 10.05/1863-06/10/1864. (2)
Folder 57 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B. The Diaries of Sgt. Wm. T. Clark.
Volume V: 06/11/1864 - 02/11/1865
Volume VI: 02/12/1865 - 11/30/1865. (2)
Folder 58 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B. The Diaries of Sgt. Wm. T. Clark.
Volume VII: Muster Rolls. (1)
Folder 59 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. C, 1865. (1)
Folder 60 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E, 1861-1863. (19)
Folder 61 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. K. (5)

Box 3

A. Military Units

Folder 62 80th Regiment (7th PA Cavalry), 1912. (1)
Folder 63 81st Regiment (P.V.) Co. F, 1865.
Folder 64 88th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E. (1)
Folder 65 97th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A, 1865, 1866. (4)
Folder 66 99th Regiment (P.V.), 1862.
Folder 67 97th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A, 1861-1865. (1)
Folder 68 99th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B, 1866. (1)
Folder 69 97th Regiment (P.V.) Co. D "Lancaster Rifles" the diary of Adam Schub, 1861, 1862. (4)
Folder 70 107th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E, 1865. (1)
Folder 71 111th Regiment (P.V.), 1862. (2)
Folder 72 111th Regiment (2nd PA Artillery). Military Correspondence of Col. Wm. M. McClure, 1863-1865. (14)
Folder 73 116th Regiment (P.V.) Co. C. (1)
Folder 74 119th Regiment (P.V.) Co. I. (1)
Folder 75 122nd Regiment (P.V.) Co. B, 1862. (2)
Folder 76 122nd Regiment (P.V.) Co. C, 1862.
Folder 77 122nd Regiment (P.V.) Co. D. Ben McComsey, 1862. (9)
Folder 78 122nd Regiment (P.V.) Co. F, 1862. (1)
Folder 79 122nd Regiment (P.V.) Co. H, 1861, 1863. (2)
Folder 80 127th Regiment (P.V.) 6 Photographs.
Folder 81 127th Regiment (P.V.) Co. C. 1 Photograph.
Folder 82 127th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E. 1 Photograph.
Folder 83 127th Regiment (P.V.) Co. K. 2 Photographs.
Folder 84 135th Regiment (P.V.), 1862, 1863. (2)
Folder 85 135th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E. Captain Charles Demues.
Folder 86 135th Regiment (P.V.) Co. H, 1862, 1864, 1890.
Donated by Mrs. Elmer B. Grove, Maytown, PA. 1991. (5)
Folder 87 147th Regiment (P.V.), 1865. (1)
Folder 88 157th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B & D.
Folder 89 160th Regiment (P.V.) Co. F. 1862-1865. (6)
Folder 90 162nd Regiment (P.V.) 17th PA Cavalry, 1865.
1 Book: Roll of Honor
Folder 91 162nd Regiment (P.V.) Co. E, 1862. (1)
Folder 92 181st Regiment (P.V.) Co. H, (20th PA Cavalry), 1863. (3)
Folder 93 18th Regiment (P.V.) Co. G, 1864. (1)
Folder 94 189th Regiment (P.V.) (4th PA Artillery), 1864.
Military Correspondence of Col. Wm. M. McClure (11)
Folder 95 195th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A, 1865.
Folder 96 195th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B, 1864. (1)
Folder 97 195th Regiment (P.V.) Co. C, 1864. (1)
Folder 98 195th Regiment (P.V.) Co. H, 1865. (1)
Folder 99 195th Regiment (P.V.) Co. 203rd Regiment (P.V.) Co. H, 1865. (2)
Folder 100 208th Regiment (P.V.) Co. G, 1864. (3)
Folder 101 215th Regiment (P.V.) Co. H, 1865. (1)
Folder 102 Independent Battery I (P.V.) Light Artillery. This is the last of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Military Unit, 1863, 1864. (3)
Folder 103 2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, Co. K, Military Correspondence of Charles A. Stern, 1864, 1865. (7)
Folder 104 47th Regiment, Militia, C. K, 1863. (1)
Folder 105 50th Regiment PA. Militia, Co. A, 1863. (1)
Folder 106 50th Regiment, PA Militia, Co. D, 1863. (1)
Folder 107 50th Regiment, PA Militia, Co. I
Folder 108 179th Regiment, PA Militia, 1863. (1)
Folder 109 20th Regiment, (Ind. Vol.) Co. A & Co. E, 1861-1864. (9)
Folder 110 101st Regiment, (Ind. Vol.) Co. E, 1862. (2)
Folder 111 6th Regiment, (Maine Vol.) Co. D, 1861, 1862. (2)
Folder 112 1st Regiment, (MD. Vol.) 1861-1862. (3)
Folder 113 17th Regiment, (Mass. Vol.) 1861-1862. (16)
Folder 114 1st Regiment, (Mich. Vol.) Co. B, 1861, 1862. (2)
Folder 115 6th Regiment, (Mich. Vol.), 1862. (10)
Folder 116 4th Regiment, (NY. Vol.), 1861. (9)
Folder 117 11th Regiment (NY Vol.) Co. K, 1861, 1862. (3)
Folder 118 59th Regiment (Ohio Vol.) Co. A, 1863. (1)
Folder 119 4th Regiment (Wis. Vol) Co. A, K, I, 1861, 1862. (5)
Folder 120 5th U.S. Artillery, Co. C
Folder 121 U.S. Corps of Marines, 1861. 11th Regiment, Co. H, National Guard, 1864.
Folder 122 19th Regiment, U.S. Infantry, 1861, 1862.
Folder 123 22nd Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, Co. H, 1959. (1)
Folder 124 45th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, Co. H, 1864, 1865. (4)

Box 4 (oversized items)

A. Military Units

Folder 125 Muster Rolls

Item:

1. 1st Regiment (Pennsylvania Volunteers) Fencibles 1861

2. 11th Regiment (P.V.) 1861

3. 79th Regiment (P.V.) 1861

4. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A 1861

5-13. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A 1862

14-20. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A 1863

21-43. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A 1864

44-45. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A 1865

Folder 126 Clothing Report/Descriptive Lists

Item:

1-18. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A 1863

19-36. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A 1864

37-49. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A 1865

Folder 127

Item:

1. 28th Regiment (P.V.) Co. P Certificate (John Mercer) 1861

2. 29th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E Muster Roll 1861

3. 29th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E Certificate (Wm. P. O'Brien) 1862

4. 29th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E Certificate (Wm. P. O'Brien) 1863

5. 29th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E Muster Roll 1863

6. 32nd Regiment (P.V.) Co. D Muster Roll 1861

7. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Unit Reports 1861

9-15. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Unit Reports 1862

16-21. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Unit Reports 1863

22-32. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Unit Reports 1864

33-37. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Unit Reports 1865

38. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Ordnance Reports 1862

39. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Ordnance Reports 1862

40. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Ordnance Reports 1863

41. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Ordnance Reports 1865

42. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Ordnance Reports 1865

43-46. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Morning Reports 1865

47-50. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Absentees, Stragglers & Deserters 1864, 1865

51. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Deceased Soldiers Jan. 1864-3/65

51-1. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Deceased Soldiers

52. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Deceased Soldiers

52-1. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. A Deceased Soldiers

53. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. B Certificate (John H. Druckmiller) 1861

54. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E Ordnance Reports 1863

55. 79th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E Ordnance Reports 1864

Folder 128

Item:

1. 97th Regiment Co. A Certificate (Allison Gibson) 1865

2. 122nd Regiment Co. C Muster-out Roll 1862

3. 122nd Regiment Co. C Muster-out Roll 1862

4. 122nd Regiment Co. F Certificate (George E. Zeller) 1862

5. 122nd Regiment Co. F Certificate (George E. Zeller) 1863

6. 122nd Regiment Co. H Roster 1862, 1863

7. 135th Regiment Co. Certificate (Rudolph W. Shenk) 1863

8. 135th Regiment Co. E Ordnance Report (Charles Denues) 1863

9. 135th Regiment Co. E Ordnance Report (Charles Denues) 1863

9-1. 135th Regiment Co. E Ordnance Report (Charles Denues) 1863

10. 135th Regiment Co. E Muster Roll (Charles Denues) 1862

11. 135th Regiment Co. E Muster Roll (Charles Denues) 1863

12. 135th Regiment Co. E Muster Roll (Charles Denues) 1863

13. High St. Prison, Georgetown, D.C. List of Prisoners 1862

13-1. Blank Printed Form, No. 52 Statement regarding Clothing Allowance

(Charles Denues)

13-2. 135th Regiment Co. E Muster Roll (Charles Denues) 1863

14. 135th Regiment Co. H Certificate (Samuel G. Miller) 1862

15. 135th Regiment Co. H Muster-out Roll 1862

16. 157th Regiment Co. B & D Poll-Book 1864

17. 195th Regiment Co. A Morning Report 1865

18. 208th Regiment Certificate (Samuel G. Miller) 1864

19. 215th Regiment Co. H Muster Roll 1865

20. 215th Regiment Co. H Certificate (Andrew Leibley) 1865

Folder 129

Item:

1. 2nd Pennsylvania Militia, Co. K Muster Roll 1862

2. 50th Regiment (P.M.) Co.I Certificate (John H Druckmiller) 1863

3. 50th Regiment (P.M.) Co.I Muster-out Roll 1863

4. 50th Regiment (P.M.) Co.I Muster-in Roll 1863

5. 50th Regiment (P.M.) Co. I Muster-in Roll 1863

6. 11th Regiment National Guard Co. H Certificate (Isaac E.Weaver) 1864

7. U.S. Marine Corps Certificate (Smith Maxwell) 1861

8. 163rd Regiment (P.V.) Co. I, 18th Penna. Cavalry, Clothing Report,

Major C.C. Brown. No date

Box 5

B. Civil War Families Collections

1. James P. Springer Family
Folder 1 Springer Family Letters, 1834, 1846-1860. (18)
Folder 2 Springer Family Letters, 1861-1862. (8)
Folder 3 Springer Family Letters, 1863-1864. (17)
Folder 4 Springer Family Letters, 1865-1866. (14)
Civil War Letters to James Springer and John Lundy were donated by Franklin V. Denison of Columbia, PA. to Professor Frederic S. Klein, who forwarded them to Lancaster County Historical Society.

2. Lewis Jones Family
Folder 5 Lewis Jones Letters, Oct.-Dec. 1861. (13) (1 Diary)
Folder 6 Lewis Jones Letters, Jan.-May, 1862. (20)
Folder 7 Lewis Jones Letters, June-Oct. 1862. (13)
Folder 8 Receipts, 1853-1862. (21)
Folder 9 Letters from F. T. Ronk to Lewis Jones, 1962. (1)
Folder 10 Jones Family Papers, 1862-1884 (Widow's Army Pension Application) 1862-1884. (12)

3. Abraham H. Good Family
Folder 11 Letters to Abraham & Dianna Good, 1851-1868. (13)
Folder 12 Letters to Mrs. Dianna Good from Mrs. Martha Bishop, 1864-1866. (16)
Folder 13 Letters to Abraham Good from Amos Breneman, 1864-1865. (16)
Folder 14 Letters to Abraham Good from Daniel Gingrich, 1865. (6)
Folder 15 Business Papers of Abraham Good, 1870-1872. (5)
The Abraham H. Good family collection was given by an anonymous woman to Pastor Frederick Weiser of New Oxford, PA, who donated them to this collection, 1988.

4. Captain Charles Denues
Folder 16 Descriptive List & Cross Reference Notes, 1862-1863. (31)
The Captain Charles Denues Documents were donated to the Lancaster County Historical Society by his grandson the Rev. Dr. A.R. Taylor Denues, Bloxom, VA. Sept. 1988.

5. Robert Clark Morrison Family
Folder 17 Family Letters, 1854-1875. (16)
Folder 18 Letters from R.C. Morrison, 1861-1862. (24)
Folder 19 Letters from R.C. Morrison, 1863. (30)
Folder 20 Letters to Robert Clark Morrison, 1861-1863. (6)
Folder 21 Songs & Poems. (5)

6. Benjamin Reed Family
Folder 22 Letters from a Southern Prisoner to Charles Buckins, Esquire. Confederate Stamp. 1865. (3)

7. William M. McClure Family
Folder 23 Letters & Family Genealogy, 1863, 1864. (10)

8. Soldier's Letters
Folder 24 Soldier's Letters, 1861, 1865. (2)

Box 6

C. Lancaster Home Front

Folder 1 Oversized Items, 1863-1865. [ See Box 7 ]
Folder 2 Reports, Promissory Notes & Account Books & Stamps regarding North East Ward Bounty, 1864-1865. (11)
Folder 3 Power of Attorney given by Soldiers to receive North East Ward Bounty Funds, 1864. (7)
Folder 4 Receipts for money received for North East Ward Bounty Fund, March-April, 1864. (25)
Folder 5 Receipts for money received for North East Ward Bounty Fund, May 1864-Feb. 1865. (21)
Folder 6 Certificate & Receipts of Payments to Soldiers from the North East Ward Bounty Fund, 1864. (26)
Folder 7 Certificates & Receipts of Payments to Soldiers from the North East Ward Bounty Fund, 1865. (13)
Folder 8 One Draft Notice and one Draft Exemption (Commutation), 1863. (2)
Folder 9 Letters, 1862-1863. (10)
Folder 10 Pension Claims, 1881, 1883. (2)
Folder 11 Columbia Bridge Correspondence, Sept. 1862 (1) (to guard and to destroy if necessary)
Folder 12 Lists, Notes, Receipts. Article: " The Hartford at Port Hudson". (15)
Folder 13 Photocopy of Book: "Hospital Scenes", July, 1863.
Book. J.B. Livingston Letters, 1862-1863.

Box 7 (oversized items)

C. The Lancaster Home Front

Folder 1 Lancaster County Bounty Papers

Item:

1. North East Ward Bounty Bonds 1864, 1865

2. North East Ward Bounty Bonds 1864, 1865

3. North East Ward Bounty Bonds 1864, 1865

4. South East Ward Relief List 1864

5. South East Ward Relief List 1864

6. List of Recruits Receiving Bounty 1863

7. Strasburg Township Bounty Fund 1864

8. East Cocalico Township Relief List 1863

Folder 2

Item:

1. Photo of Abraham Lincoln with a letter to Walter Hager from his son,

Robert Lincoln, Manchester, VT, Nov. 5, 1912.

2. Printed Address to the people of Lancaster Co. regarding an election on

October 8, 1861.

3. Notice to the Enrolled Militia, Lower Ward of Columbia, Nov. 1963.

Box 8

D. Lancaster County Notables

Folder 1 Dr. Edward de W. Breneman, 1861-1865. (4 photographs)
Folder 2 Photographs: Abraham Lincoln, Joseph Hooker (Hooper), William Becker, Dr. Haldeman, Marietta, and others. (5)
Folder 3 Joe Benedict Letter, August 25, 1861. (2)
Folder 4 Major General Sam P. Heintzleman (2 Photographs and 1 Letter with signature)
Folder 5 Draft Report, Thaddeus Stevens, Jr., 1864.
Article: "Reconstruction" by Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, 1866.

Box 9

E. Civil War Era Diaries

Folder 1 Honorable Alexander H. Hood Diary and photograph, 1860, 1870.
Folder 2 3 John Myer Diaries, 1854, 1856, 1858.
Folder 3 J.S. Myer Diary, 1863-64.
F. X. Ziegler Diary, 1854-67.
Folder 4 1 Sarah Myer Steinman Diaries, 1862-1865
1 Mrs. "GMS" Diary, 1864
1 Mrs. "GMS" Diary, 1879
Folder 5 3 Mrs. George M. Steinman Diaries , 1875-1877
Folder 6 4 Mrs. George Myer Steinman Diaries, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1886
Folder 7 3 J. & S.J. Myer Diary/Account Books, 1879, 1888, 1890
Folder 8 1 Corporal Charles Smedley, Regiment 90, Co G, PA Vol. 1864, 1865.
Printed Booklet: "Life in A Southern Prison."

Box 10

F. John R. Bricker Papers/Dept of PA Commissary

Folder 1 Oversized Items (see Box 11)
Folder 2 Papers & Invoices of Subsistance Stores, 202nd Regiment (P.V. (9)) June, 1865
Folder 3 Downingtown-Harrisburg Turnpike Road Stock (2) 1805
Folder 4 Personal Correspondence (2) 1864
Folder 5 Printed Publicatons (6) 1850-1866
Folder 6 Commission of J.R.Bricker as Commissary of Subsistance. Letter from Thaddeus Stevens, (4) 1864
Folder 7 Invoices & Lists of Subsistance Stores, 179th Regiment Co. F (P.M.) 1862-1865 (18)
Folder 8 Reports of Equipage of 179th Regiment, Co. R (P.M.) (3), 1862,1863
Folder 9 2 War Manuals, 1857, 1862
Folder 10 2 Books: Regulations & Military Laws 1857, 1862
Folder 11 Field Manual 1861 Recruiting Manual 1862
Folder 12 Promotions & Appointments, Sept. 1864
General Orders 1864
Folder 13 General Orders: Regarding the Funeral of Abraham Lincoln, and April and May of 1865
Folder 14 General Orders 1865
Donor of the John R. Bricker Papers was Dr. Elizabeth Bricker of Lititz, PA.

Box 11 (oversized items)

F. John R. Bricker Papers-Dept. of PA Commissary Papers

 

Folder 1

Items:

1. Manifest of Cargo in the Sloop "Virginia Vickers," 1864

2. Table showing the Quantity in Bulk of any Number of Rations from 1 to 100,000.

No Date

3. List of Militia Men of Clay & Elizabeth Township. No Date

4. Alphabetical Muster Roll of Captain John R. Bricker of Drafted Militia from

Lancaster Co. Nov. 4, 1862

5. Muster Roll, 179th Regiment, Co. F (P.M.) Dec. 1862

6. Muster Roll, 179th Regiment, Co. F (P.M.) April 1863

7. Muster Roll, 179th Regiment, Co. F (P.M.) Dec. 1863

8. Return Report, 179th Regiment, Co. F (P.M.) April 1863

9. Return Report, 179th Regiment, Co. F (P.M.) May 1863

Folder 2 Photographic print and Citation of MG John F. Reynolds. (Part of G. Celebrations and Reunions, Box 12, Folder 8.)

Box 12

G. Celebrations & Reunions

Folder 1 30th Regiment (P.V.) Reunion (1), 1888
Folder 2 Centennial Celebration, 1961-1965
Folder 3 Civil War Songs
Folder 4 Script for Civil War Show
Folder 5 Civil War Round Table, 1961
Folder 6 Fencibles Re-Enactment Units Photographs
Folder 7 Celebration & Closing of Camp Curtain 1990
Folder 8 Induction Ceremony at Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame of MG John F. Reynolds, May 6, 1987. Includes photographs and an audio tape of speaker, Dr. Christopher R. Gabel, a great-great grandnephew of MG Reynolds.

Box 13

H. Appendix

Folder 1 Oversized Items. (see Box 14)
Folder 2 Handwritten Book of 100 Pages :"Six Months in the Rebel Prisons," 1862
This handwritten book was donated to the Society by Mr. LeRoy Breneman of Lancaster, PA June 1991.

Folder 3 Dept. of the Cumberland General Orders & Notebook Cover 1862, 1863
Folder 4 Booklet: "Sheridan's Ride
Folder 5 Article: "The Patriot Daughters of Lancaster"
Folder 6 Unidentified Photos
Folder 7 Photographic Prints, 1861-1865
Folder 8 Blank Forms
Folder 9 Handwritten General Orders, Head Quarters Army of Tennessee, Missionary Ridge, by command of Gen. Bragg to Col. Trigg, Nov. 15, 1863.

Box 14 (oversized items)

H. Appendix

Folder 1

Newspapers:

American Eagle & Flag of Liberty, October 1859

American Eagle & Flag of Liberty, November 1859

American Eagle & Flag of Liberty, December 1859

American Eagle & Flag of Liberty, January 1860

American Eagle & Flag of Liberty, June 1860

The Sunday Morning Chronicle, 9 June 1861

The New South, 1 August 1863

The Daily Chattanooga Rebel, 11 September 1864

The Daily Chattanooga Rebel, 17 September 1864

Southern Confederacy, 13 September 1864

The Daily Richmond Enquirer, 10 November 1864

Richmond Wig, 19 December 1864

The Philadelphia Inquirer, 6 May 1865

Folder 2

"Life Studies of the Great Army" by Edwin Forbes

A historical work of art in copper plate etching illustrating the life of the Union Armies.

40 plates, 1862 - 1865.

Folder 3

Newspapers

Father Abraham No. 1-3, 5-6, 8-11, 20, 22-23. May 29 - Sept. 6, 1868.

 

Folder 4 Lancaster and the Civil War Walking Tours, 1996.

Box 15

I. General Orders 1862-1864

Box 16

J. Books

Book 1 135th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E, Company Morning Reports, Aug. 1862-May 1863, Captain Charles Denues
Book 2 135th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E, Descriptive Book, Captain Charles Denues, 1863
Book 3 135th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E, Morning Reports, Aug. 1862-Feb. 1863, Captain Charles Denues
Book 4 135th Regiment (P.V.) Co. E, Company Clothing Book, Captain Charles Denues, 1862
Book 5 181st Regiment (P.V.) Co. H, Company Orders, 1863
Book 6 179th Regiment (P.M.) Co. F, Descriptive Book, Captain John R. Bricker, 1862
Book 7 179th Regiment (P.M.) Co. F, Company Clothing, Captain John R. Bricker, 1862
Book 8 179th Regiment (P.M.) Co. F, Morning Reports, Captain John R. Bricker, 1863
Book 9 19th Regiment (P.M.) Co. F, Company Orders, Captain John R. Bricker, 1863
Book 10 Account Book of Veterans Reserve Corps, 156th Co. 1864, 1865