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1	Title:	Political Experiences of Major General Jacob Dolson Cox
	Creator:	Cochran, William Cox
	Dates:	1940
	Abstract:	Jacob Dolson Cox was a Union Army general and politician from Ohio. During the American Civil War, Cox headed the Department of the Kanawha, commanded the IX Corps of the Army of Virginia, and in 1863, assumed command of the District of Ohio and of the 3rd Division, XXIII Corps. After the war, he was Governor of Ohio (1866-1867) and was President Grant's Secretary of the Interior (1869-1870). He was also president of the Wabash Railroad and was elected to Congress in 1876. He authored Military Reminiscences of the Civil War (1900). The collection consists of a bound, ribbon copy of William Cox Cochran's(1846-1936) unfinished biography of his stepfather, Major General Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900). This unpublished manuscript was prepared after William Cox Cochran's death in 1936.
	Call #:	MS 2757
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| Generals -- United States. \| Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877). \| Governors -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900.
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2	Title:	Henry Harrison Cumings Papers
	Creator:	Cumings, Henry Harrison
	Dates:	1817-1882
	Abstract:	Henry Harrison Cumings (1840-1913) was born in Illinois. With his family, he moved in 1825 to Unionville, Lake County, Ohio. In 1852, he moved to North Madison, Lake County, Ohio. Cumings attended various schools, including the Madison Seminary and the Grand River Institute at Austinburgh. He later enrolled at Oberlin College, graduating in 1862. He then enlisted in the 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War, receiving a commission as a 1st Lieutenant of Company D. In 1864, he was promoted to the rank of Captain of Company A, later transferring to Company K. During the war, Cumings and the 105th Regiment saw action in the battles of Perryville, Kentucky (1862); Milton, Tennessee (1863); Hoover's Gap, Tennessee (1863); Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1863); Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (1863); Missionary Ridge, Tennessee (1863); and Atlanta, Georgia (1864). After the war, Cumings settled at Tidioute, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where he lived for the remainder of his life. In 1867, he married Charlotte (Lottie) J. Sink. Cumings was active in various oil refining companies, and also served in local political and governmental posts. The collection consists of correspondence, supply orders, military records and publications, post-war business records, personal writings, newspaper clippings, speeches, and an autograph book. The collection pertains primarily to Henry Cumings' Civil War experiences, with detailed information referring to the 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the post quartermaster department. Also included is material relating to Oberlin College during the early 1860s, letters from his wife, Lottie Sink Cumings, and personal information pertaining to Henry Cumings, his family and friends. In addition, the collection includes the papers of Henry's grandfather, Benjamin Cumings, and George Densten, a family friend, primarily correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 4599
	Extent:	2.00 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Cumings, Henry Harrison, 1840-1913. \| Cummings family. \| Cumings, Charlotte J. Sink, 1846-1913. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 105th (1862-1865) \| Oberlin College. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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3	Title:	Braxton Bragg Papers
	Creator:	Bragg, Braxton
	Dates:	1833-1879
	Abstract:	Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) was a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War, planter, and engineer. The collection consists of letter books, official and personal communications, reports, orders, and memoranda relating to Bragg's Confederate Army campaigns and to his service as adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. A few of the papers relate to the Mexican War, to Bragg's post-Civil War career as a civil and railroad engineer, and to Bragg's funeral.
	Call #:	MS 2000
	Extent:	2.0 linear feet (4 containers and 5 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876. \| Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers. \| Chickamauga, Battle of, 1863. \| Lookout Montain, Battle of, 1863. \| Missionary Ridge (Tenn. and Ga.), Battle of, 1863. \| Murfreesboro (Tenn.), Battle of, 1862-1863. \| Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
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4	Title:	William P. Palmer Collection of Civil War Manuscripts
	Creator:	Various
	Dates:	1761-1977
	Abstract:	William Pendleton Palmer (1861-1927) was the President of American Steel and Wire Company, a director of U.S. Steel Corporation, and President of the Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland, Ohio) from 1913-1927. Palmer had an intense interest in the American Civil War and acquired an extensive collection of manuscript material related to the war, the memories of that conflict, and slavery. This collection is one of several Palmer collections from the Civil War era owned by the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of dozens of different types of documents in three distinct categories: civilian, governmental, and military. The document types created by civilians are: academic records, autographs, bills of lading, bills of sale, biographical sketches, circulars, diaries, dissertations, envelopes, essays, financials, funeral records, invitations, letters, manifests, memoirs, minutes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, petitions, plantation records, obituaries, poetry, postcards, prayers, reminiscences, resumes, rosters, scrapbooks, sermons, ship's papers, slave rolls, song lyrics, speaker's notes, speech texts, unpublished books, and yearbooks. Governmental documents types are: affidavits, certificates, contracts, coroner's reports, court documents, depositions, diplomatic documents, financials, indentures, legislation, letters, licenses, notes, pardons, probate records, proclamations, resolutions, subpoenas, telegrams, and warrants. Military documents types are: battlefield dispatches, charts, code books, commissions, courts martial documents, discharges, drawings, furloughs, inventories, letters, maps, manuals, muster rolls, notes, orders, passes, payroll records, pension records, materials by and related to prisoners of war, reports, service records, shipping documents, telegrams, and vouchers.
	Call #:	MS 3947
	Extent:	18.40 linear feet (46 containers)
	Subjects:	Confederate States of America -- History, Military -- Sources. \| Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography. \| Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography. \| Generals -- United States -- Biography. \| Johnson Island Prison. \| Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. \| Plantations -- Florida -- History -- Sources. \| Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- History -- Sources. \| Slave trade -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| United States. Army -- Biography.
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