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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: War Papers (MOLLUS) – Nebraska & Minnesota This month, our series on providing index content from the MOLLUS Papers continues, with the information found in the Nebraska and Minnesota volumes, 25-31. Reminding readers of the background for this series, the first two volumes of the Broadfoot 1990s reprint set, unnumbered, consist of ‘Biographical Sketches of Contributors,’ and ‘Companions.’ The second volume offers hundreds of photographs of the
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various members. The collected papers from the commanderies appear in the following order. Ohio, volumes 1-9; Illinois, 1013D; Missouri, vol. 14; Kansas, 15; Maine, volumes 16-19; New York, 20-23; Indiana, 24; Nebraska, 25; Minnesota, 26-31; Rhode Island, 32-41; District of Columbia, 42-45; Wisconsin, 46-49; Michigan, 50-51; Massachusetts, 52-54; Iowa, 55-56; Vermont, 57; Pennsylvania, 58-59; California and Oregon, volume 60; and a four-volume index completes the Broadfoot set. Next month, this column will provide the table of contents of the ten-volume MOLLUS Papers from Rhode Island. Digitized-versions of MOLLUS exist
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online at the organization’s website: http://suvcw.org/mollus/ warpapers/warpapers.htm (also check http://suvcw.org/mollus/ molid.htm) and at the Internet Archives, http://bit.ly/2EVfpPC. Those researchers wishing to purchase the printed set may do so at Broadfoot Publishing, http://www.broadfootpublishing. com. Remember to check WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/ for help in finding the Papers in a local library; search ISBN 1568370016. Continued good luck in researching the Civil War! Readers wishing to view all the
articles in this series thus far can visit https://issuu.com/mshaffe3. Michael K. Shaffer is a Civil War historian, author, lecturer, instructor, and a member of the Society of Civil War Historians, the Historians of the Civil War Western Theater, and the Georgia Association of Historians. Readers may contact him at mkscdr11@ gmail.com, or to request speaking engagements via his website www.civilwarhistorian.net. Follow Michael on Facebook www. facebook.com/michael.k.shaffer and Twitter @michaelkshaffer.
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Thomas W. Colley served in one of the most active and famous units in the Civil War, the 1st Virginia Cavalry, which fought in battles in the Eastern Theater, from First Manassas/Bull Run to the defense of Petersburg. Colley was born November 11, 1837, outside Abingdon, Virginia, and grew up knowing the daily demands of life on a farm. In May 1861, along with the other members of the Washington Mounted Rifles, he left his home in Washington County and reported to camp in Richmond. During the war, Colley received wounds on three different occasions: first at Waterloo Bridge in 1862, again at Kelly’s Ford in 1863, and finally at Haw’s Shop in 1864. The engagement at Haw’s Shop resulted in the amputation of his left foot, thereby ending his wartime service. The first scholarly edition of Colley’s writings, of Self and Comrades, dramatizes Colley’s fate as soldier mustered out before the war’s conclusion. postwar reflections on the war reveal his struggle living and maintain his integrity while remaining unreconciled to his condition.
July 2018
In Memory a wounded Colley’s to earn a somewhat
Annotations from editor Michael K. Shaffer provide further context to Colley’s colorful and insightful writings on both his own condition and the condition of other veterans also dealing with amputations.
Michael K. Shaffer, works as a Civil War historian, instructor, lecturer, newspaper columnist, and author. He is a member of the Society of Civil War Historians, Historians of the Civil War Western Theater, and Georgia Association of Historians. Shaffer also teaches Civil War Courses at Kennesaw State University's College of Continuing and Professional Education and frequently lectures to various groups across the country. Michael K. Shaffer
To schedule a program, please email the author at mkscdr11@gmail.com.
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