Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898. Papers, 1813-1961. 4 cu. ft.
Call No.
Mss. A B928 6-77
Content
Papers include Buell's correspondence written and received during the war discussing his command of the Army of the Ohio; the Battle of Shiloh; the advance on Corinth (Miss.); military actions in northern Alabama; Braxton Bragg's 1862 invasion of Kentucky; and the Battle of Perrvville. His correspondence after the war discusses these same issues but in the larger context of the war, including a letter book, 1887-1890, containing a 65 page rough draft article on the Shiloh campaign and an 112 page rough draft of an article on Perryville (folder 33). Folders 37 through 47 contain Buell's copies of the records that investigated his command during Bragg's invasion. Collection also includes rough drafts and galley proofs of articles written by Buell about his service in the Civil War, particularly about the Shiloh and Perryville campaigns; maps of those two battlefields (fls. 53 and 77); printed articles and pamphlets regarding the war: two published books about Gettysburg and Shiloh; and Buell's scrapbook of newspaper clippings kept during the war.