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Papers, 1858-1865, 1895
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- 1858-1897
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- Papers of and concerning Henry Clay Taylor from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1861 a private in Company A, 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and in 1862-1864 a lieutenant in Company A, 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The papers relate chiefly to his army service in the Eastern theater of war, capture at Chickamauga, 1863, imprisonment at Libby Prison, and illness and death in Charleston, S.C.; including details on daily life in the Army of the Cumberland, espionage, guerrilla activity, and conditions at Libby Prison. Additional military records and materials relating to Taylor’s schooling before the war are available in original form at Wisconsin Historical Society.
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- Papers, 1858-1865, 1895 SC 331, Folder 2 [unpublished]
- Papers, 1858-1865, 1895 SC 331, Folder 3 [unpublished]
- Papers, 1858-1865, 1895 SC 331, Folder 4 [unpublished]
- Papers, 1858-1865, 1895 SC 331, Folder 5 [unpublished]
- Papers, 1858-1865, 1895 SC 331, Folder 6 [unpublished]
- Papers, 1858-1865, 1895 SC 331, Folder 7 [unpublished]
- Papers, 1858-1865, 1895 SC 331, Folder 8 [unpublished]
- Papers, 1858-1865, 1895 SC 331, Folder 9 [unpublished]
- Papers, 1858-1865, 1895 SC 331, Folder 11 [unpublished]
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- Taylor, Henry Clay
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- [unpublished]
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- 1858-1897
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- 9 v.
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- Wisconsin Historical Society : SC 331, Folder 2-9, 11
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- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: in camp near Lebanon, Oct. 29th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: in camp near Danville, K. Y., Oct. 13th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his friends at home: in camp about 60 miles from Louisville, Sunday, Oct. 12th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: camp near Louisville, Sept. 30th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: in camp near Williams Fort, July 18th, 1861]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother: Charlestown, V. A., July 20th, 1861]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother: Oct. 27th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: in camp six miles from Lebanon, K. Y., Friday, Oct. 24th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor: Oct. 13th]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor: Oct. 13th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: in camp 1/2 mile from Cooing Camp, K. Y., Sunday, Sept. 14th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother: Camp Scout, Oshkosh, Sept. 4th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: camp in P. A., June 13th, 1861]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Mitchellsville Station, Tenn., Saturday, Dec. 6th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother: July 19, 1861]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother: Martinsburg, July 3rd, 1861]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his friends at home: in camp near Bowling Green, Nov. 5th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor: Thursday, November 6th, and Friday, November 7th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother, Azro: in camp at Mitchellsville, Ten., Nov. 13th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Mitchellsville Station, Ten., Nov. 15th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor: Mitchellsville Station, Tenn., Nov. 28th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor: Camp Andy Johnson, six miles south of Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Dec. 4th, 1862]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Nashville, Tenn., January 2nd, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: camp near Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sunday, Feburary 1st, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother, Azro: Murfreesboro, Tenn., February 22nd and 25th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: camp near Murfreesboro, March 5th, 1863]
- [List Henry Clay Taylor sent to his father, J. M. Taylor: May, 1863?]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 12th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 20th and 21st]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Murfreesboro, Ten., April 12th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 19th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Liberty, April 24th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 14th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: camp near Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 20th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: camp near Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 4th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: six miles from Tullahoma, Tenn., June 30th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor (no date)]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: five miles from the Cumberland Mountains, July 6th to 9th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Cawan Station, Tenn., Aug. 9th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother, Azro: Camp near Anderson Station, Ala., Sunday, Aug. 16th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother: Thursday, Aug. 20th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: near Anderson Station, Ala., August 23rd, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother, Azro: camp near Rolla, Mo., August 26th, 1863]
- [List of what Henry Clay Taylor requires as an officer: Sept., 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Camp Dawson, Ala., Sept. 1st, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Georgia, Sept. 14th, 1863]
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- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Richmond, Va., Oct 1st, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother: Libby Prison, Oct. 11th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., January 20th, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., February 7th, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his sister, Jane: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Sunday, February 14th, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Monday, February 22nd, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Sunday, February 28th, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Sunday, March 6th, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother, Arzo: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Monday, March 14th, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Monday, March 21st, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Monday, March 28th, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother, Arzo: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Monday , April 4th, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Sunday, April 10th, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Monday, April 25th, 1864]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother, Arzo: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., May 2nd, 1864]
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- [Handwritten copy of a letter Henry Clay Taylor allegedly wrote in blood and smuggled out of Libby Prison; to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Nov. 17th, 1863]
- [Handwritten copy of a letter Henry Clay Taylor allegedly wrote in blood and smuggled out of Libby Prison; to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Nov. 17th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother, Azro: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Dec. 17th, 1863]
- [Handwritten copy of a letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his brother, Azro: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Dec. 17th, 1863]
- [Letter from Henry Clay Taylor to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Sunday, Dec. 27th, 1863]
- [Letter from Dr. Corfe to J. M. Taylor: Bridgeport, Wis., Dec. 12th, 1863]
- [Letter from Dr. Corfe to J. M. Taylor: Bridgeport, Crawford Co., Wis., Dec. 2nd, 1863]
- [Letter from Jm. Taylor to Dr. Corfe: Fond du Lac, Wis., Dec. 6th, 1863]
- [Handwritten copy of a letter Henry Clay Taylor allegedly wrote in blood and smuggled out of Libby Prison; to his father, J. M. Taylor, and his mother: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Nov. 17th, 1863]
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- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Forest Home, Sunday, Nov. 16th, 1862]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Forest Home, Monday, July 13th, 1863]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Forest Home, Monday, Aug. 10th to 16th, 1863]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Forest Home, Sunday Oct. 18th to Oct. 28th, 1863]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his friend: Sunday, Oct. 4th, 1863]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Sept., 1863]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Forest Home, Tuesday, Sept. 29th to Oct. 18th, 1863]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Sunday, November 8th, 1863]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Fond du Lac, Wis., Nov. 17th, 1863]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Forest Home, Sunday, Dec. 6th, 1863]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Forest Home, Tuesday, February 16th to 21st, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Forest Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Sunday, February 28th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Fond du Lac, Wis., Oct. 23rd, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to his son, Henry Clay Taylor: Forest Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Sunday, Oct. 16th, 1864]
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- [Letter from E. H. Gould to J. M. Taylor: Chattanooga, Oct. 27th, 1863]
- [Letter from E. H. Gould to J. M. Taylor: Chattanooga, Nov. 10th, 1863]
- [Letter from J. B. Pliet to J. M. Taylor: Milwaukee, Nov. 26th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Major Mulford: Fond du Lac, Wis., May 23rd, 1864]
- [Letter from Major Mulford to J. M. Taylor: Fort Monroe, Va., August 3rd, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to General Foster: Fond du Lac, Wis., Sept. 28th, 1864]
- [Letter from Charles H. Morgan to J. M. Taylor: 1st South Carolina Hospital, Charleston, So. Car., Oct. 2nd, 1864]
- [Letter from Watson H. Cook to J. M. Taylor: Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 2nd, 1864]
- [Letter from J. T. Walton to J. M. Taylor: Oct. 6th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Col. Frank T. Sherman: Fond du Lac, Oct. 20th, 1864]
- [Letter from Col. Frank T. Sherman to J. M. Taylor: Chicago, Oct. 22nd, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Lieut. Col. W. T. Bennett: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Oct. 30th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Capt. R. H. Spencer: Fond du Lac, Nov. 22nd, 1864]
- [Extract from a letter from Ed H. Gould: Nov. 8th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Capt. Pliet: Fond du Lac, Nov. 17th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to J. T. Walton: Fond du Lac, Wis., Oct. 12th, 1864]
- [Letter from Capt. R. A. Spencer to J. M. Taylor: Madison, Nov. 28th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Lieut. Col. W. T. Bennett: Fond du Lac, Wis., Nov. 29th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to L. F. Davis: Fond du Lac, Wis., Nov. 28th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Capt. Hiram R. Edwards (no date)]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to C. A. Eldridge: Fond du Lac, Wis., Dec. 7th, 1864]
- [Letter from Leonard F. Davis to J. M. Taylor: U. S. A. Gen. Hospital, Annapolis, Ind., Dec. 7th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to James T. Lewis: Fond du Lac, Wis., Dec. 19th, 1864]
- [Letter from Frank H. Lirmiur to J. M. Taylor: Madison, Dec. 20th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Col. John E. Mulford: Fond du Lac, Dec. 20th, 1864]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to L. F. Davis and Capt. N. M. Clark: Fond du Lac, Dec. 22nd, 1864]
- [Letter from Capt. N. M. Clark to J. M. Taylor: Urbana, Ill., Dec. 27th, 1864]
- [Letter from Lieut. Col. Stewart L. Woodford to J. M. Taylor: Hilton Head, S. C., Dec. 30th, 1864]
- [Letter from the Assistant Adjutant General to C. A. Eldridge: Washington, January 4th, 1865]
- [Letter from Capt. H. K. Edwards to J. M. Taylor: near Savannah Ga., January 10th, 1865]
- [Letter from Capt. John A. Rickley to Henry Clay Taylor's sister, Emma: Columbus, Ohio, January 22nd, 1865]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to L. F. Davis: Fond du Lac, February 5th, 1865]
- [Letter from Leonard F. Davis to J. M. Taylor: U. S. A. Gen. Hospital, Annapolis, Ind., February 12, 1865]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor: March 4th, 1865]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to T. O. Howe: Fond du Lac, Wis., March 4th, 1865]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to T. O. Howe: Fond du Lac, March 4th, 1865]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Lieut. Col. A. G. Bennett: Fond du Lac, Wis., March 11th, 1865]
- [Letter from E. H. Maran to J. M. Taylor: Union City, Darke County, Ohio, Sept 11th, 1865]
- [Letter from Hiram Burdrick to J. M. Taylor: Delairan, January 28th, 1865]
- [Letter from Major E. H. Mason to J. M. Taylor: Union City, Darke Co., Ohio, Sept. 11th, 1865]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Hiram Burdick: Fond du Lac, February 5th, 1865]
- [Letter from Hellen R. Adams to J. M. Taylor: Madison, Jan. 1st, 1865]
- [Letter from Hellen Adams to J. M. Taylor: Jan. 15th, 1865]
- [Letter from Bob to J. M. Taylor: Shawano, Wis., Apr. 3rd, 1895]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to L. F. Davis (no date)]
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- [Photograph of Henry Clay Taylor during the Civil War, 1861]
- [Letter from J. M. Taylor to Hiram Burdick: Fond du Lac, March 19th, 1865]
- [Letter from Robert Hunt to J. M. Taylor: Louisville, Ky., December 21st, 1862]
- ["History of today" written by Henry Clay Taylor]
- [Part of a letter from Henry Clay Taylor (no date)]
- [Part of a letter from Henry Clay Taylor (no date)]
- ["When shall we all meet again"]