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Bernhard K. Schaefer Civil War Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Schaefer, Bernhard K. (Bernhard Karsch), 1897-1985

American businessman, importer, and collector, Bernhard Karsch Schaefer (1897-1985) was a member of the Princeton Class of 1920.

The collection consists of papers collected by Bernhard K. Schaefer (Princeton Class of 1920) relating to the Civil War. Included are autograph letters of such Union officers as Ulysses S. Grant, John C. Fremont, Winfield Scott, George McClellan, William T. Sherman, Fitz-John Porter, and George Gordon Meade, as well as 80 others; many of the letters are accompanied by portrait engravings, field orders, and other documents. Also present are files of miscellaneous and unidentified letters, Civil War envelope covers depicting various officers and political caricatures (including some of Jefferson Davis), documents, pictures, supply requisitions, and War Dept. orders.

Arranged alphabetically.

Gift of Bernhard K. Schaefer '1920.

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This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
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Collection is open for research use.

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Collection Inventory

Akerman, Amos Tappan, 1821-1880. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Andrews, George Leonard, 1828-1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Barnard, John Groos, 1815-1882. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Barry, William Farquhar, 1818-1879. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Belknap, William Worth, 1829-1890. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Canby, Edward Richard Spriggs, 1817-1873. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Clayton, Powell, 1833-1914. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Corcoran, Michael, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cullum, George Washington, 1809-1892. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Custer, George Washington, 1834-1876. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Davies, Henry Eugene, 1836-1894. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Devens, Charles, 1820-1891. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim, 1837-1861. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fairchild, Lucius, 1831-1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Foster, John Gray, 1823-1874. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Garesche, Julius Peter, 1821-1862. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Garfield, James Abram, 1831-1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gates, Theodore B., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gresham, Walter Quintin, 1832-1895. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hall, John Jay, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Halleck, Henry Wagner, 1815-1872. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hammond, William Alexander, 1828-1900. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hancock, Milford, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hartwell, Alfred S., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Haupt, Herman, 1817-1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Heitzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Herron, Francis Jay, 1837-1902. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson, 1810-1883. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hunter, David, 1802-1886. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kearney, Philip, 1814-1862. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Keyes, Erasmus Darwin, 1810-1895. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson, 1836-1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Leake, Joseph B., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lyon, Nathaniel, 1818-1861. 1 folder.
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1 folder

McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885. 1 folder.
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1 folder

McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Meagher, Thomas Francis, 1823-1867. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham, 1816-1892. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mitchel, O. M., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mower, Joseph Anthony, 1827-1867. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Oglesby, Richard, James, 1824-1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Paine, Halbert Eleazer, 1826-1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Parke, John Grubb, 1827-1900. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Pope, John, 1822-1892. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Porter, John-Fitz, 1822-1901. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rawlins, John Aaron, 1831-1869. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Reno, Jessie Lee, 1823-1863. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rosencrans, William Stark, 1819-1898. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rosengarten, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rousseau, G., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Schenk, Robert Cumming, 1809-1890. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Sedgewick, John, 1813-1864. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 1820-1891. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Slocum, Henry Warner, 1827-1894. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Spurgiss, William F., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Stanton, Edward McMasters, 1814-1869. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Stoneman, George, 1822-1894. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Strong, William, 1808-1895. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Townsend, Edward Davis, 1817-1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Wadsworth, James Samuel, 1807-1864. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Willey, O. B., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Zook, Samuel R., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Letters (A-D), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Letters (E-H), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Letters (I-L), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Letters (M-P), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Letters (Q-T), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Letters (U-Z), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Civil War Covers, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Pictures, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Pictures, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Printed War Department Orders, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Supply Requisitions, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Unidentifiable Correspondence, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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