Manuscript Database

Creator/Title

White, John Chester, 1841-1921. Papers, 1822-1919. 5 cu. ft.

Call No.

Mss. A W585 1-15 (boxes), 15e (ovsz.)

Content

Papers include typed manuscript of White's "The War of the Union against Secession, 1861-1865," an unpublished month-by-month narration of the "War between the States" in five volumes (completed circa 1919). Papers also include a folder of memoranda about the manuscript (Box 1, folder 1), as well as two boxes of additional papers (boxes 14, 15) including biographical sketches of Confederate and Union officers, illustrative material, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous printed matter.

Subject Heading

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865