Item Nos. 342-361, 1861

File — Box: 1, Folder: 18

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Topics include:

Politics: Items 342-347, 349, 351, 353, 356 (Wheeling convention, slavery and future of USA, slavery)

Government/War: Items 348, 350, 354-355, 357-361 (Union; battle at Manassas; capture of rebel equipment; Dakota Territory Union men; Camp Chase, Ohio prisoner from Beverley, Virginia [item 361])

Family and Friends: Items 352, 355 (Morgantown events; battle at Laurel Hill)