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Civil War diary of Douglas O. Lilley

Collection — Volume: 1

Call Number: RH VLT MS A3

Overview This Civil War diary of Douglas O. Lilley, a private in Company D of the Kansas 8th Regiment, contains his daily entries for the entirety of 1863, describing his military duties at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, his transfer as a prisoner to Benton Barracks in Missouri, his service in Tennessee and Georgia, and his return to Kansas and resumption of civilian life following disability discharge in December 1863. A letter enclosure is at RH MS P619.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Found in: University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library

Lewis A. Waterman letters

Collection

Call Number: RH MS 515

Overview The Lewis A. Waterman Collection contains twenty-nine letters that were written by him from 1864 to 1865 while serving in the United States Signal Corps, stationed chiefly at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The collection also includes cartes de visites of Waterman's Signal Corps comrades at Fort Leavenworth.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Found in: University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library

Narrative of Andrew Williams, a formerly enslaved African American

Collection — Folder: 1

Call Number: RH MS P42

Overview Andrew Williams' autobiographical narrative gives an account of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas in 1863. Williams wrote it at the urging of William E. Connelley.

Dates: 1861 - 1910

Found in: University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library

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Civil War diary of Douglas O. Lilley

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