03563cpcaa2200601 a 4500 mm2009085495 DLC 20260227111731.0 cr ||||||||||| 090911|||||||||||| eng mm2009085495 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Benham, Donald, collector. Donald Benham Civil War collection, 1806-1916 (bulk 1850-1870). 300 items. 1 container. 0.4. linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, speeches, military orders and records, financial and legal records, and other papers of Union Army officers and soldiers concerning recruitment, enlistment, camp life, battle engagements, military strategy, and distribution of military supplies. Other subjects include diplomatic policy, abolition and slavery, and social conditions in the South during its occupation by Union forces. Includes records of the U.S. Navy Potomac Flotilla pertaining to communications in the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River region; correspondence of Horace Greeley concerning Abraham Lincoln, prosecution of the war, and political battles in Washington, D.C.; an eyewitness account of Robert E. Lee's evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, and his subsequent retreat westward; and a speech by William Woods Averell concerning his life and military career relating, in part, to wartime espionage and spy networks in Washington, D.C., following the First Battle of Bull Run. Collector. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010307 Averell, William Woods, 1832-1900. Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Correspondence. Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. United States. Army Military life. United States. Army Recruiting, enlistment, etc. United States. Army Supplies and stores. United States. Navy. Potomac Flotilla. Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861. Slavery United States. Strategy History 19th century. Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Confederate States of America Social conditions. Maryland History Civil War, 1861-1865. Petersburg (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Potomac River History Civil War, 1861-1865. Richmond (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States Foreign relations 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Secret service. United States Politics and government 1861-1865. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865. Washington (D.C.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Collectors. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010307 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010307.3 44810 44810