Whittle, D. W.  1840-1901. <br/><br/>
D.W. Whittle papers, 1861-1974  (bulk 1861-1865). 

 - 46  items. 1  1  container plus  oversize. 0.2  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Chiefly official correspondence and general orders relating to Whittle's Civil War service with the 72nd Illinois Volunteer Regiment and with the Army of the Tennessee.  His diary (1865) contains descriptions of conditions in Alabama and Georgia during the transition from military to civil law.  Also includes court records from cases heard by him as a military judge advocate, biographical sketches, maps, photograph, and other papers.  Some letters contain marginalia by Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman. 
<br/><br/><br/>Union army officer, business manager, songwriter, and evangelist. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008124 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 89077522  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885. <br/>Sherman, William T. 1820-1891. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army --History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>United States. Army of the Tennessee. <br/>United States. Army.  Illinois Infantry Regiment, 72nd (1862-1865) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Judge advocates--United States.<br/>Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama.<br/>Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Georgia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Illinois--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>United States--History--Personal narratives.--Civil War, 1861-1865
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Army officers.<br/>Businessmen.<br/>Composers.<br/>Evangelists.