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Creator McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Contributor Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878, correspondent.
Rousseau, Lovell Harrison, 1818-1869, correspondent.
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891, correspondent.
Slemmer, Adam J., 1824-1868 correspondent.,
Burbridge, Stephen G. (Stephen Gano), 1831-1894 correspondent.,
Williams, John S. (John Stuart), 1818-1898 correspondent.,
Whipple, William D. (William Denison), 1826-1902 correspondent.,
Speed, James, 1812-1887, correspondent.
McClelland, James, 1810-1877 correspondent.,
Moore, J. Ridgway, d. 1901 correspondent.,
Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910, correspondent.
Terry, Alfred Howe, 1827-1890, correspondent.
Croxton, John Thomas, 1837-1874. correspondent.,
Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884, correspondent.
Ashby, Turner, 1828-1862 correspondent.,
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 correspondent.,
McDonald, A. W. (Angus William), 1799-1864 correspondent.,
Evans, Nathan George, 1824-1868 correspondent.,
Jackson, Henry R. (Henry Rootes), 1820-1898, correspondent.
Stoneman, George, 1822-1894 correspondent.,
Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885, correspondent.
Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870, correspondent.
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884, correspondent.
Stockton, William Tennent, 1812-1869 correspondent.,
Rush, James, 1786-1869, correspondent.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, former owner.
Title Civil War Manuscripts, 1854-1868 (inclusive).
Physical Description 1 box .42 linear ft.
Description The collection holds disparate letters and documents pertaining to both military and naval officials, and civilians, active during the Civil War. There are small groups of material relating to the careers of five Union men who functioned at various levels in the war: an army colonel, William Watts Hart Davis; a navy surgeon, James McClelland; a soldier from Philadelphia, J. Ridgway Moore; an army general, Lovell Harrison Rousseau; and a Union spy, Richard Wilcox. There are also ten prisoner-of-war letters written by Confederate soldiers being held in Indianapolis, IN, and Columbus, OH. Much of the material was removed from military office files during the war and sent to the collector, John A. McAllister in Philadelphia.
Notes Additional Civil War-related autographs, clipped from letters and documents, are in the McAllister Autograph Collection (McA MSS 022).
On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org.
Some of the items in this collection were previously assigned accession numbers 5786.F, 5787.F, and 5795.F.
Biographical / historical note John A. McAllister was an antiquarian collector living in Philadelphia.
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons, Confederate.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Correspondence.
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence.
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 104th (1861-1865)
Colorado (Steam screw frigate)
United States. Navy -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
Geographic subject Morris Island (S.C.).
Gloucester Point (Va.).
Camp Morton (Ind.).
Fort Warren (Mass.).
Camp Chase (Ohio).
Genre Letters.
Military records.
Orders (military records) -- United States.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| MSS | McA MSS 024
Accession number (McAllister)