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Emory University Libraries MARBL (Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Book Library) Robert W. Woodruff Library 540 Asbury Circle Atlanta, Georgia 30322-2870 http://marbl.library.emory.edu/ During his career as a professor at Emory University from 1949 to 1980, Bell I. Wiley actively sought out Civil War manuscripts held in private collections.The size and diversity of Emory’s collections, both in the main library and the archives, are the direct result of his never ending quest for new material. Audiences at lectures,students,and fellow professors often gave him copies or original letters and diaries. After he passed away in 1980 the Emory University library acquired his personal papers, among which were boxes of manuscripts. Due to their quality and the sheer volume, the Wiley research files merit a chapter of their own. A mixture of photocopies and original manuscripts, the Wiley material is unavailable on microfilm. 2 North Carolina Soldiers’ Confederate Letters Reference: Box 173, Folder 18 This collection contains letters written by two soldiers in the 28th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. One letter, July 29, 1862, by W. W. Cloninger, speaks of an amputation and the death of a comrade. An August 27, 1862, letter from a camp near Richmond, Virginia, by Jonas Cloninger, tells of cowardice in the regiment. E. G. Andrews Letters Reference: Box 174, Folder 1 This collection contains five letters, written 1861 through March 20, 1862, by Edward G. Andrews of the 12th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The letters, written from Maryland and Virginia,speak of camp life and family matters. J. H. Baker (13th Georgia Regiment) Letters Reference: Box 173, Folder 4 This collection contains four letters, written May 14, September 16, December 20, and January 14, 1864, from camps at Spotsylvania and Petersburg, Virginia, by Colonel John H. Baker of the 13th Regiment GVI. These letters contain exceptional descriptions of his unit’s activities. S. C. Baldridge Letters Reference: Box 175, Folder 3 This collection contains five letters, written from August 27 through December 9, 1862, from camps in Mississippi and Alabama by Samuel C. Baldridge, a chaplain in the 11th Missouri Infantry Regiment (U.S.). These letters provide good insight into the life of an army chaplain as well as record the reaction of Union soldiers to the South. T. S. Ball Letters to a Maryland Soldier Reference: Box 175, Folder 4 This collection contains four letters from Baltimore and Salisbury, Maryland, during August and September, 1863, to Thomas Sewall Ball of the 10th Maryland Infantry Regiment (U.S.) from his pastor concerning his spiritual welfare. Barkley Letter Reference: Box 173, Folder 5 This collection contains one letter expressing concern for a brother, written November 9, 1861, from Anderson District, South Carolina, by two brother’s named Barkley who may have served in the 18th South Carolina Infantry Regiment. Bascom Home Guards Letter Reference: Box 173, Folder 26 This collection contains one letter, written May 10, 1861, to Kate Enecks from Bess Dell of Bascom, Georgia, describing the formation of the Bascom Home Guards,a female military company. Judah P. Benjamin Letter Praising Cobb Reference: Box 173, Folder 6 This collection contains one letter, written October 29, 1864, in which Confederate Secretary of State, Judah P. Benjamin, praises General Howell Cobb. Warren L. Berea Letter Reference: Box 173, Folder 25 This collection contains one letter, written July 7, 1863, from a camp near Hagerstown,Maryland,by a Confederate soldier in the 27th Virginia Infantry Regiment. He writes of the “bloody battle” of Gettysburg. James T. Bishop Letter Reference: Box 173, Folder 7 This collection contains one letter, written December 5, 1863, from a camp near Bean’s Station, Tennessee, by James T. Bishop of the 5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment. 5 Emory University Emory University 167 Daniel J. Briggs Diary Reference: Box 174, Folder 17 This collection contains a diary, written April 18, 1860, through September 7, 1861, by Daniel J. Briggs of the 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment.The last entries in his diary tell of the amputation of his leg. Harvey M. Buckley Letter Reference: Box 173, Folder 10 This collection contains one letter, written May 5, 1862, by Harvey M. Buckley of the Louisville Legion, recounting the Battle of Shiloh. Edward M. Burruss Confederate Soldier Letters Reference: Box 173, Folder 11 This folder contains three letters: October 7, 1863, near Chattanooga, Tennessee; July 27, 1863, near Culpepper Court House, Virginia; and December 29, 1864, near Fredericksburg,Virginia,by Edward M.Burruss of Company D, 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In...

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