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1	Title:	Benjamin F. Sells Papers
	Creator:	Sells, Benjamin F.
	Dates:	1860-1875
	Abstract:	Benjamin F. Sells (b. 1824) was a Coshocton, Ohio, soldier who served with the 122nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The collection consists of correspondence, ordnance returns, military orders, autobiographical sketch, and papers relating to the court-martial of Sells, who was dismissed from the service for criticizing the war and the President and for vigorously supporting the candidacy of Clement L. Vallandigham for Governor of Ohio in 1863. Also includes an essay on the Mexican War.
	Call #:	MS 2712
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Sells, Benjamin F., b. 1824. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Soldiers -- Suffrage -- United States. \| Mexican War, 1846-1848. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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2	Title:	Civil War Miscellany
	Creator:	Palmer, William Pendleton
	Dates:	1812-1912
	Abstract:	William Pendleton Palmer (1861-1927) was a steel company executive and collector of Civil War materials. He served as president of the Western Reserve Historical Society (1913-1927). The collection consists of letters, telegrams, commissions, discharge papers, general and special orders, circulars, broadsides, maps, drawings, naval papers, and scrapbooks, relating to Union and Confederate armed forces and veteran's organizations and Confederate medical services; and newspaper clippings accumulated by Governor Reynolds of Missouri on politics and the American Civil War, a scrapbook including speeches of Mayor Richardson of Cambridge, Massachusetts, registers of 3 Confederate ships, and papers relating to several military units and battles.
	Call #:	MS 3194
	Extent:	3.80 linear feet (10 containers and 15 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| Confederate States of America -- History, Military. \| Confederate States of America -- History, Naval. \| Confederate States of America -- Hospitals, charities, etc. \| Veterans -- United States -- Societies, etc. \| Chickamauga, Battle of, 1863. \| Missionary Ridge (Tenn. and Ga.), Battle of, 1863. \| Missouri -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865. \| Missouri -- Politics and government -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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3	Title:	Civil War Miscellany
	Creator:	various sources
	Dates:	1860-1874
	Abstract:	The collection consists of letters, notes, memoranda, circulars, orders, broadsides, cartoons, maps, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, patriotic cards, and other papers relating to Union naval affairs, the Army of Mississippi, the Army of Tennessee, and Union and Confederate quartermaster and medical departments; records of the Gambier Council of the National Union League, correspondence and other papers of Ohio State officials, and correspondence from the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. This collection was collected from various sources by the Western Reserve Historical Society.
	Call #:	MS 3195
	Extent:	2.00 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Confederate States of America. Army. -- Supplies and stores. \| United States. Army. -- Supplies and stores. \| United States. Navy. -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| Confederate States of America -- Hospitals, charities, etc. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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4	Title:	Charles Whittlesey Papers
	Creator:	Whittlesey, Charles
	Dates:	1769-1889
	Abstract:	Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886) was a soldier, lawyer, geologist, and historian who resided in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, insurance and legal papers, financial papers, account books, diaries, memoranda, reports, invoices, orders, papers relating to his service as Colonel of the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; manuscript notes and writings on historic, scientific and religious topics, field notes and memoranda books from geological expeditions, and papers concerning his activities as agent for the Humboldt and Eagle River mining companies (1853-1859).
	Call #:	MS 3196
	Extent:	7.25 linear feet (18 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886. \| Indians of North America. \| Geology -- United States -- Surveys. \| Copper mines and mining -- United States. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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5	Title:	Devereux Family Papers
	Creator:	Devereux Family
	Dates:	1808-1932
	Abstract:	John Devereux was a sea captain of Marblehead, Mass. John H. Devereux was an American Civil War general, engineer, railroad executive, and philanthropist, of Cleveland, Ohio. Henry K. Devereux was an engineer, real estate agent, industrialist, philanthropist, and harness-horse fancier, of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, business, financial, and legal documents, genealogical data, ship's logs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers, of John Devereux, John H. Devereux, and Henry K. Devereux. Bulk of the collection relates to railroad construction and John H. Devereux's career with several railroads. Includes records (1895-1916) of the Gentlemen's Driving Club, and material relating to Henry K. Devereux's interest in trotting horses and harness racing and his activities as an official of several businesses. The collection also documents the role played by the railroad for the Union during the American Civil War.
	Call #:	MS 2415
	Extent:	25.0 linear feet (54 containers and 28 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Devereux family. \| Logbooks. \| Ship's papers. \| Railroads -- United States -- Construction. \| Railroads -- United States -- Management. \| Railroad companies -- United States. \| Harness racing -- United States. \| Harness racehorses -- United States. \| Horse-racing -- United States. \| Horses -- United States -- Breeding. \| Race horses -- United States. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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6	Title:	Western Reserve Manuscripts (Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscript Vertical File)
	Creator:	Various
	Dates:	1636-1991
	Abstract:	The Western Reserve Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society since its founding in 1867. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the region of northeast Ohio known as the Western Reserve. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, applications, articles, autobiographies, autograph books and autographs, biographical sketches, certificates, correspondence, deeds, diaries, drawings, envelopes, genealogies, histories, indentures, invoices, letters, lists, manuscripts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, photographs, poems, receipts, reports, scripts, speech transcripts, telegrams, and other material. Western Reserve Historical Society library staff began to describe these manuscripts in this finding aid in 2015. This is an ongoing project that will be updated for public access as the project progresses in real time.
	Call #:	MS 5362
	Extent:	27.80 linear feet (29 containers)
	Subjects:	Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- 19th century. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- 19th century. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Antislavery movements -- Ohio.
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7	Title:	Charles Whittlesey Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Whittlesey, Charles
	Dates:	1827-1897
	Abstract:	Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886) was an Army officer, lawyer, and geologist, of Cleveland, Ohio. the collection consists of correspondence, field note books, articles, legal and financial papers, scrapbooks on geology, archaeology, and meteorology, student writings, papers relating to Whittlesey's Civil War service, and papers and notes on topics in archaeology, ethnography, geography, history, astronomy, meteorology, and geology.
	Call #:	MS 2872
	Extent:	3.40 linear feet (8 containers and 3 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886. \| Chippewa Indians. \| Geology -- United States. \| Archaeology -- United States. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Surveys. \| Wisconsin -- Surveys.
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8	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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9	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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