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American Civil War, letters and diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Kurtz-Fichtel Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier:  MC 96
Abstract

The collection is comprised of material saved by the Kurtz-Fichtel Family for genealogy. The Kurtz family was Roman Catholic while the Fitchel family was originally Protestant but converted to Catholicism after coming to America. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence and property deeds for land in and around Germantown.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1830 - 1888; 1830 - 1950

Robert M. O'Reilly papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 34
Abstract Robert Maitland O'Reilly (1845-1912) was the 20th Surgeon General of the United States Army serving from September 7, 1902 to January 14, 1909. O'Reilly served a long military medical career beginning as a medical cadet in August 1862 during the Civil War. Other notable appointments include physician at the White House during both of President Grover Cleveland's administrations, attending surgeon in Washington, D. C., and chief surgeon for several units during the Spanish-American War. He...
Dates: 1862 - 1925