This is an incredible site that has keyword searches for all 126 of the War of the Rebellion Official Records of the Civil War series.
http://digital.library.cornell.edu:80/m/moawar/
I had a request from an Italian researcher asking if our General Halleck letter was in the official record. I just typed in the first sentence of the letter and bam, [...]
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War of the Rebellion online text
September 9, 2009Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye
January 6, 2009Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye’s request for a pension.
RG 59-14 Box 95 Folder 6 Doc 1-6
http://seekingmichigan.org/u?/p4006coll15,103
Ephraim Shay
February 26, 2008EPHRAIM SHAY
Biographical sketch and portrait. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. Chicago: Record publishing company, 1895 (page 460 for portrait) pages 461-2.
Perry F. Powers. A HISTORY OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND ITS PEOPLE, volume III, pages 1289. (Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1912)
George E. Pond
January 23, 2008POND FAMILY
George E. – General U.S. Army, 1865, 1872-1907
See RG 72-35
George E. Pond enlised during the Civil War in the 21st Connecticut Volunteers. After his discharge in 1865, he attended West Point, graduated in 1872 and was commissioned in the regular army. His career included service at various United States military posts, the [...]
First Michigan Colored Infantry
May 21, 2007Dept. of Military Establishment, record group 59-14. Records of transfers, discharges, orders and officer correspondence, 1861-1865.
Covert, Michigan
May 21, 2007Pearl Sarno Collection, Record Group 2006-27. Integration in small West Michigan Community.
See publication: A Stronger Kinship by Anna Lisa Cox. www.strongerkinship.com
Austin Blair Statue – Capitol Grounds
May 3, 2007BLAIR STATUE IN FRONT OF CAPTIOL
REPORT of the Blair Statue Commission, Lansing, Michigan, October 12, 1898.
Authorized by joint resolution of Legislature, May 8, 1895. Approp. $10,000.00 Edward Clark Potter of Enfield, Mass., sculptor for sum of $7200. Messrs. Bureau Brothers, foundrymen of Philadelphia. Pedestal by Messrs. Donaldson and Meier, Architects of Detroit, $2293.94. I Unveiled [...]
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