William E. Brooks (1875-1960), Collector, Papers, ca. 1825-1944 A&M 0485

William E. Brooks (1875-1960), Collector, Papers, ca. 1825-1944 A&M 0485


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0485
Title
William E. Brooks (1875-1960), Collector, Papers ca. 1825-1944
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196832
Quantity
5.1 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)
Creator
Brooks, William E. (William Elizabeth), 1875-1960
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Civil War materials collected by Dr. Brooks in writing his biographies of Grant and Lee. Included are pamphlets, scrapbooks, newspapers, photographs, and originals and copies of soldiers' letters, journals, and military reports. There are typed copies of a journal, 3 November-2 December 1863, of a civilian observer in Tennessee, who was at Grant's headquarters at the Battle of Chattanooga; letters, 1861-1864, of William Ludwig, a private in the Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Fayette, Kanawha, and Cabell counties; Confederate officers' reports on the action around Beverly in July 1863; and a Union soldier's letter of 9 May 1863, describing the Battle of Chancellorsville.

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Beverly (W. Va.)
  • Brooks, William E. (William Elizabeth), 1875-1960
  • Brooks, William E. (William Elizabeth), 1875-1960
  • Burchinal, George A.
  • Cabell County (W. Va.)
  • Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863
  • Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971
  • Civil War - OH 34th. Inf.
  • Civil War - Ohio 34th Infantry.
  • Civil War - Pennsylvania 85th Volunteer Infantry.
  • Civil War - VA 19th. Vol. Inf.
  • Civil War battles - Chancellorsville.
  • Diaries and journals.
  • Fayette County (Pa.)
  • Ford, William D.
  • Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
  • Jackson, William L.
  • Kanawha County (W. Va.)
  • Kent, James.
  • Lee, Cassius F.
  • Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
  • Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
  • Lewis, William.
  • Ludwig, William
  • May, James.
  • McGuire, Hunter, 1835-1900
  • Mead family
  • Pennsylvania
  • Peterkin, Geo. W. (George William), 1841-1916
  • Price, Andrew.
  • Snodgrass, Nannie B.
  • Stewart, D. Boston.
  • Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891
  • Taliaferro, Harriotte Lee.
  • Tennessee
  • Universities and colleges
  • Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Brooks, William E. (William Elizabeth), 1875-1960
  • Burchinal, George A.
  • Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971
  • Ford, William D.
  • Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
  • Jackson, William L.
  • Kent, James.
  • Lee, Cassius F.
  • Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
  • Lewis, William.
  • Ludwig, William
  • May, James.
  • McGuire, Hunter, 1835-1900
  • Peterkin, Geo. W. (George William), 1841-1916
  • Price, Andrew.
  • Snodgrass, Nannie B.
  • Stewart, D. Boston.
  • Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891
  • Taliaferro, Harriotte Lee.
  • Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Beverly (W. Va.)
  • Cabell County (W. Va.)
  • Fayette County (Pa.)
  • Kanawha County (W. Va.)
  • Pennsylvania
  • Tennessee