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This collection contains an undated school assignment on World War II, written by Rick Eldredge It features patches, including the insignia for an army major and the white four-leaf clover shoulder sleeve insignia for the 4th army, as well as photographs from the war, including Hitler's old balcony, a concentration camp at Nordhausen, Germany, and a Pill Box on Omaha Beach.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of two letters written by Adam Loy of the 89th Indiana Infantry to his wife Sarah . Loy writes of his experiences in the infantry. The diction of the letter is quite poor, making it difficult to decipher.In the first letter dated May 21, 1863 from Memphis, Loy writes that his regiment has lost four men since it has been in Tennessee and that there has been a great deal of sickness and fever. He claims that the Rebels commenced fighting the night before...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of two letters written by Adam Loy of the 89th Indiana Infantry to his wife Sarah . Loy writes of his experiences in the infantry. The diction of the letter is quite poor, making it difficult to decipher.In the first letter dated May 21, 1863 from Memphis, Loy writes that his regiment has lost four men since it has been in Tennessee and that there has been a great deal of sickness and fever. He claims that the Rebels commenced fighting the night before...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of a letter with envelope from Corporal Noble B. Wiggins of the 42nd Ohio Regiment dated August 7, 1862, from the 42nd Ohio Infantry's Camp Virginia, located outside of Chattanooga, Tenn. The letter is mostly of a personal nature recounting several foraging expeditions his regiment was involved in. It provides an idea of the daily life of a Union soldier in camp as well as a soldier's feelings on the death and depravity he witnessed.Wiggins speaks of his...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of one letter by Union Corporal George Gates to his aunt on November 26, 1863, and describes the then-unnamed Battle of Lookout Mountain which occurred in Chattanooga, Tennessee on November 25, 1863. It was written by him on the 26th of November when he returned to his camp outside of Chattanooga and gives an account of casualties on both sides.Gates speaks of a flank movement in which sixty to seventy cannon and nine thousand prisoners were taken by the...

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The collection consists of two folders which hold three declassified government manuals. Donated by the family of researcher Walter A. Schroeder, the manuals describe chromatographic studies on gunpowder which were done at The University of California Technical School from 1943-1945, and how they pertained to ordnance for World War II.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

The collection consists of two folders which hold three declassified government manuals. Donated by the family of researcher Walter A. Schroeder, the manuals describe chromatographic studies on gunpowder which were done at The University of California Technical School from 1943-1945, and how they pertained to ordnance for World War II.