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United States--Politics and government--1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Archival Collections - U.S. Civil War Era

 Collection
Identifier: MS62 MS86
Abstract

The McCormick Library has several collections that contain correspondence, diaries, and other materials related to the Civil War era. Some materials describe the experiences of soldiers during the war, or who served in the territories; others document the “home front” trials and anxieties, and some provide reflections or analysis after the war.

Dates: 1837-1907
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / Archival Collections - U.S. Civil War Era

Willis Weaver Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS86
Abstract

Rev. Willis Weaver was chaplain of the Illinois Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He had a scholarly interest in Edwin M. Stanton, President Lincoln’s Secretary of War. This collection of material consists of typescripts of several of his articles on Stanton, as well as the published version of an address on Stanton given before the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Commandery of Illinois, in Chicago in 1927.

Dates: 1921-1927
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / Willis Weaver Collection