Zeigler Civil War
Letters
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The Zeigler family arrived from Pennsylvania, settling in Adair County, Missouri in 1859. They lived in the southwestern part of the County in a place later to be known as Zig. Several of the family members served in the Union Army during the Civil War. This collection contains letters that Samuel and Clark Zeigler wrote home during military service in Arkansas with the 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. Also included is a letter to John Zeigler from a friend [relative?] serving in North Carolina. The original letters were the gift of Steve Zeigler in 1985; they are complimented by transcripts provided by Odessa Ofstad. |
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The Zeigler Brothers |
For information concerning this collection or to request copies contact:
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Policies, Copyright Law & Acknowledgements
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| To Brother [Harrison?] & Sister from Samuel
Zeigler, Pine Bluff, AR, 27 & 30 Aug 1864 Has been ill but remains on duty; Clark has left; wrote to Mary but never received an answer; wants news from home; scouting party took a party of “Rebs” prisoner; Cambill [Campbell] is well; will probably be sent to Texas if war doesn’t end soon; brother John and Zack are well |
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| To Father [Harrison Zeigler] from Clark
Zeigler, Pine Bluff, AR, 28 Sept 1864 Deaths of Company members Jacob Linder and William Foster; opinions of presidential candidates Abraham Lincoln and “Little Mack” [George McClellan]; hanging of a Rebel spy |
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| To Father [Harrison Zeigler] from Clark
Zeigler, Little Rock, AR, 20 Apr 1865 William Hall and Levy Roy on their way home; sending money to pay Hiram for the land; death of Abraham Lincoln; Uncle is well |
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| To Friend John [Zeigler] from James P.
Milliken, Camp 15, Goldsboro, NC, 29 Mar 1865 On the Carolina campaign with the 15th Iowa; eating well on Confederacy forage; trip through Salt Catcher [?] Swamp; trip from Thunderbald, GA to Rufort, SC by boat; asks about friends Clark and Jim |
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| Z1/2 Background
Information and Photos. [Gifts of Marvin Dean Linder, 1987, 1998] |
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| Transcripts of letters » Transcripts » Notes re identification of writers, recipients and persons/places mentioned, Aug 1985 » Correspondence with additional background information, 1997-98 |
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| Samuel Zeigler’s Discharge, 1 Sept 1865,
from Company L, 1st Regiment, Missouri Cavalry Volunteers [photocopy] |
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| Zeigler family photographs* copied from
originals in possession of and identified by Leora Zeigler Dabne » Five Zeigler Brothers: James Lawson, Harrison Perry, John Walden, Charles Emmett and Samuel Clark Zeigler, ca 1885 [KP.0034] » Harrison and Elizabeth (Whaling) Zeigler; Emmett and Oma (Scofield) Zeigler with twin sons Chester and Lester; Perry Zeigler; Harry Gilmore Zeigler; Eunice Zeigler, ca 1891 [KP.0035] » Private Samuel Zeigler, 7th Missouri Cavalry Volunteers, ca 1865 [KP.0036] *Photocopies only are retained in this folder; the prints have been transferred to the Photo Archives (Nos KP.0034-0036, Zeigler Family file) for proper care and conservation. |
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| Note: GAR Membership Applications for James L. and S.C. Zeigler may be found in Ms Collection D1, Papers of the Corporal Dix Post, Grand Army of the Republic. | |
For information concerning this collection contact: speccoll@truman.edu
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