A&M 0485William E. Brooks (1875-1960), Collector, Papers, ca. 1825-1944 A&M 0485Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:36:52 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center William E. Brooks (1875-1960), Collector, Papers Brooks, William E. (William Elizabeth), 1875-1960 A&M 0485 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2786 5.1 Linear Feet Summary: 5 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.) ca. 1825-1944 Civil War materials collected by Dr. Brooks in writing his biographies of Grant and Lee. Included are pamphlets, scrapbooks, newspapers, photographs, and originals and copies of soldiers' letters, journals, and military reports. There are typed copies of a journal, 3 November-2 December 1863, of a civilian observer in Tennessee, who was at Grant's headquarters at the Battle of Chattanooga; letters, 1861-1864, of William Ludwig, a private in the Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Fayette, Kanawha, and Cabell counties; Confederate officers' reports on the action around Beverly in July 1863; and a Union soldier's letter of 9 May 1863, describing the Battle of Chancellorsville. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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 Beverly (W. Va.) Cabell County (W. Va.) Fayette County (Pa.) Kanawha County (W. Va.) Pennsylvania Tennessee Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863 Civil War - OH 34th. Inf. Civil War - Ohio 34th Infantry. Civil War - Pennsylvania 85th Volunteer Infantry. Civil War - VA 19th. Vol. Inf. Civil War battles - Chancellorsville. Diaries and journals. Universities and colleges Brooks, William E. (William Elizabeth), 1875-1960 Brooks, William E. (William Elizabeth), 1875-1960 Burchinal, George A. Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 Ford, William D. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Jackson, William L. Kent, James. Lee, Cassius F. Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 Lewis, William. Ludwig, William May, James. McGuire, Hunter, 1835-1900 Peterkin, Geo. W. (George William), 1841-1916 Price, Andrew. Snodgrass, Nannie B. Stewart, D. Boston. Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891 Taliaferro, Harriotte Lee. Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 Mead family