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The Source Continuing with providing the index content for the various editions of the MOLLUS Papers, this month we focus on the Papers from the Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas Commanderies, or volumes 10-15.

By Michael K. Shaffer Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: War Papers (MOLLUS)

As a refresher from last month, 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 various members.

The collected papers from the commanderies appear in the following order. Ohio, volumes 1-9; Illinois, 10-13D; Missouri, vol.

14; Kansas, 15; Maine, volumes 16-19; New York, 20-23; Indiana, 24; Nebraska, 25; Minnesota, 2631; Rhode Island, 32-41; District of Columbia, 42-45; Wisconsin, 46-49; Michigan, 50-51; Massachusetts, 52-54; Iowa, 55-56; Vermont, 57; Pennsylvania, 5859; California and Oregon, volume 60; and a four-volume index completes the Broadfoot set.

Next month, this column will provide the table of contents for the MOLLUS Papers from Maine, New York, and Indiana.

Hopefully, these indices will assist researchers with a listing of

the valuable material available in this source. Digitized-versions exist 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 MOLLUS 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. Although somewhat scarce, a few libraries in the U.S. hold this collection. Enjoy this source and continued good luck in researching the Civil War! Please note: See the tables on page 11 that are from the Mollus Papers.

Michael K. Shaffer is a Civil War historian, author, lecturer, and instructor, who remains a member of the Society of Civil War Historians, 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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The Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has just closed on 14.4 acres, three adjoining parcels, of important land on the Spotsylvania battlefield. The property south of Brock Road and immediately above Hancock Drive, now referred to as the “Fifth Corps Brock Road Tract,” played a significant role in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 8–21, 1864). While the battle saw numerous attacks over multiple days, across a broad shifting front, the property along Brock Road played an important part in five phases of the battle: 1. It served as a staging area for the Army of the Potomac’s initial attacks on May 8, 1864.

2. It became the rallying point for the Union’s Fifth Army Corps when their attacks collapsed on May 8, 1864 3. It served as a staging and rallying point for Union Fifth Corps attacks on May 10 and May 12, 1864.

4. It became the defensive cornerstone for the Army of the Potomac’s right flank May 12, 1864.

5. It shifted into an avenue of Confederate movement, probing the Union defenses on May 14, 1864.

The Fifth Corps’ hold on the Brock Road was vital in determining the focus of combat for the first half of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. This

property played a pivotal role in allowing the Fifth Corps to hold Brock Road and use it for both offensive and defensive maneuvering. The site offered a commanding ridge with a good view of the battlefield, as well as a stream and ravine that compartmentalized the Union defenses.

The parcel drew a number of officers and artists to the site; it also drew fire. Quite a few Union soldiers fell on the property, particularly artillerymen.

Although much of the Spotsylvania battlefield has been preserved by the National Park Service, there remain important pieces to the puzzle that rarely become available for preservation and interpretation. This purchase will add much more to the engagement’s story as well as insulate the battlefield park from modern encroachment.

With over 1,200 acres of local battlefield land saved since its inception in 1996, this important piece of our history now adds to that impressive total.

The CVBT has preserved this significant piece of our history with an investment of $205,000.00; this is the fund-raising goal. It is becoming more challenging to preserve significant ground in the Spotsylvania battlefield area and especially along Brock Road, an area that CVBT board member, noted Civil War preservationist and reenactor, Robert Lee Hodge calls “One of the most historical roads in America.” For information on how you can help, visit the CVBT website at www.cvbt.org.

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Fort Donelson and its Surrender - By John T. McAuley, Captain 55th IL Inf. U.S.V.

Illinois Vol. 2 (1894) Article/Author The Capture of Alexandria and the Death of Ellsworth - By Edward B. Knox, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel U.S.A. ort at the Time of the First Washington Bull Run - By Arba N. Waterman, Lieutenant Colonel 100th IL Inf. U.S.V. March of the Cavalry From Harper's Ferry Sept. 14, 1862 - By William M. Luff, Brevet Major U.S.V. The Battle of Chancellorsville - By Huntington W. Jackson, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel U.S.V.

New Madrid and Island No.10 - By Charles W. Davis, LieutenantColonel 51st IL Inf. U.S.V.

The First Gun at Gettysburg - By John L. Beveridge, Brevet Brigadier General U.S.V.

Shiloh - By George Mason, Brevet Major U.S.V.

The Opening Hours in the Wilderness in 1864 - By Sartell Prentice, Brevet Major U.S.A.

The "Ifs and Buts" of Shiloh - By Alfred T. Andreas, First Lieutenant and Quartermaster 12th IL Inf. U.S.V. The "Merrimac" and the "Monitor" By Isreal N. Stiles, Brevet BrigadierGeneral U.S.V.

The Defence of Washington Against Early's Attack in July, 1864 - By Martin D. Hardin, Brigadier General U.S.V. The Expeditions Against Fort Fisher and Wilmington - By Edson J. Harkness, Brevet Major U.S.V.

What I saw Under a Flag of Truce By Horace H. Thomas, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General U.S.V.

The Old Vermont Brigade - By Aldace F. Walker, Lieutenant Colonel 1st Vermont Heavy Art. U.S.V. The Blockading Service - By Horatio L. Wait, Paymaster U.S.N.

Vol. 1 (1891) Article/Author Recollections of General U.S. Grant - By Augustus L. Chetlain, Brevet Major-General U.S.V. Episodes and Characters in an Illinois Regiment - By Lucien B. Crooker, Captain 55th IL Inf. U.S.V. What a Boy Saw on the Mississippi By Eliot Callendar, Acting Ensign U.S.N.

The Battle of Gettysburg - By Huntington W. Jackson, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U.S.V. Reminiscences of Fort Sumter - By Horatio L. Wait, Paymaster U.S.N. The Siege of Fort Wagner - By William Eliot Furness, Major and Judge Advocate U.S.V.

The Beginnings of an Illinois Volunteer Regiment in 1861 - By George L. Paddock, Major 11th Inf. U.S.C.T. Campaign of the Army of the Frontier - By Joseph B. Leake, Brevet Brigadier General U.S.V.

The Battle of Chickamauga - By Arba N. Waterman, LieutenantColonel 100th IL Inf. U.S.V. In and Out of Libby Prison - By Charles Warrington Earle, Brevet Captain U.S.V.

The Army of the Southwest and the Battle of Pea Ridge - By Edward A. Blodgett, Brevet Captain U.S.V. The Campaign Against Page 1 of 5Vicksburg By William E. Strong, Brevet Brigadier General U.S.V.

An Artilleryman's Recollections of the Battle of Atlanta - By Richard S. Tuthill, First Lieutenant 1st Michigan Art. U.S.V.

An American Soldier - Minor Millikin - By Alexander C. McClurg, Brevet Brigadier General U.S.V. n

The Death of General James B. McPherson - By William E. Strong, Brevet Brigadier-General U.S.V.

The Battle of Corinth - By Augustus L. Chetlain, Brevet Major General U.S.V.

Some Recollections of a Southern Prison - By Joseph B. Leake, Brevet Brigadier-General U.S.V.

With Sherman's Cavalry - By Smith D. Atkins, Brevet Major General U.S.V.

The Last Chance of the Confederacy - By Alexander C. McClurg, Brevet Brigadier-General U.S.V.

Those who Fought Without Guns By Arthur Edwards, Chaplain 1st Michigan Inf. U.S.V.

A Colored Brigade in the Campaign and Battle of Nashville - By Henry V. Freeman, Captain 12th Inf. U.S.C.T. Woman and the Rebellion - By Alfred T. Andreas, 1st Lieutenant 12th IL Inf. U.S.V. Our Boys in the War - By John C. Black, Brevet Brigadier General U.S.V. The Negro as a Soldier - By William Eliot Furness, Major and Judge Advocate U.S.V.

Two Stone Walls, From a Seaside View - BY James Nevins Hyde, Assistant Surgeon U.S.N.

The Unremembered Soldier - By William Sooy Smith, Brigadier General U.S.V.

The United States Sanitary Commission - By Ezra B. McCagg, President of the Northwestern Branch of the United States Sanitary Commission Costs and Compensations of the War - By Thomas F. Barr, LieutenantColonel and Deputy Judge Advocate, General U.S.A.

Some Corrections of Grant's Memoirs as Regards General George H. Thomas - By John H. Sherratt, Captain 42nd Inf. U.S.C.T.

General George H. Thomas - By Ephraim A. Otis, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General U.S.V. Last Days of the Rebellion - By Philip H. Sheridan, General U.S.A.

The Soldier's Place in Civilization By Francis A. Riddle, First Lieutenant 93rd Inf. U.S.C.T.

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Vol. 3 (1899) Article/Author War Memories. - By Hon. Thomas B. Bryan, Companion of the Third Class The First Sabre Charge of the War. - By Julius White, BrigadierGeneral and Brevet MajorGeneral, U.S.V. The Battle of Malvern Hill. - By Samuel Appleton, First Lieutenant Massachusetts Infantry, 12th U.S.V. On to Richmond in 1862. By Israel N. Stiles, Colonel 63rd Indiana Infantry and Brevet Brigadier-General, U.S.V. Sigel’s Fight at New Market, VA. - By Charles Fitz-Simons, Lieutenant-Colonel 21st New York Cavalry and Brevet BrigadierGeneral, U.S.V. The Battles of Groveton and Second Bull Run. - By Richard Robins, Captain 39th Infantry, U.S.A. A Scrap of Gettysburg. - By Richard S. Thompson, LieutenantColonel 12th New Jersey Infantry, U.S.V. The Petersburg Mine. - By Walter C. Newberry, Colonel 24th New York Cavalry and Brevet Brigadier-General, U.S.V..

The Battle OF Ream's Station. By George K. Dauchy, First Lieutenant 12th New York Independent Battery, U.S.V. Fragment from the Army of the Potomac.

By John J. Abercrombie, First Lieutenant 127th New York Infantry, U.S.V. My Hero. - By James L. High, First Lieutenant and Adjutant 49th Wisconsin Infantry, U.S.V. Reminiscences of a Surgeon. - By Horace Wardner, Major and Surgeon 12th Illinois Infantry and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, U.S.V. The Kentucky Unionist, By Elijah S. Watts, Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd KY Cavalry, U.S.V. Recollections of the Pea Ridge Campaign. - By John D. Crabtree, Captain 3rd Missouri Cavalry and Brevet Major U.S.V. Personal Recollections of Vicksburg. - By William L. B. Jenney, Captain and Additional Aide-de-Camp and Brevet Major, U.S.V. The Nashville Campaign. - By Ephraim A. Otis, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General, U.S.V. Major-General George H. Thomas. - By George R. Peck, Captain 31st Wisconsin Infantry, U.S.V. A Sketch of Naval Life. - By John A. Grier, Chief Engineer, U.S.N. Something About Our Navy. - By David P. Jones, Chief Engineer, U.S.N. Our German Soldiers. - By William Vocke, Captain 24th Illinois Infantry, U.S.V. The Negro in the War of the Rebellion. - By Abial R. Abbott, First Lieutenant Battery I, Illinois Light Artillery, U.S.V. Our Commanders. - By John S. Wilcox, Colonel 52nd Illinois Infantry and Brevet BrigadierGeneral, U.S.V. The Boys of 1861 and Their Boys.

- By Robert W. McClaughry, Major and Additional Paymaster, U.S.V. Reminiscences of the First Year of the War in Missouri. - By Oliver W. Nixon, Major and Surgeon 39th Ohio Infantry, U.S.V. A Leaf from Army Life. - By W. A. Jenkins, Lieutenant-Colonel 5th Kansas Cavalry, U.S.V. My Sixty Days in Hades. - By Henry H. Belfield, First Lieutenant and Adjutant 8th Iowa Cavalry, U.S.V. The Flag of the United States. By Robert C. Hall, Colonel 4th infantry, U.S.A., and Brigadier-

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Lee's Advance and Retreat at Cheat River. - By John Levering, Brevet Colonel and Assistant AdjutantGeneral, U.S.V. Shenandoah Valley. - By John Snyder Cooper, Lieutenant-Colonel 107th Ohio Infantry Fort Donelson Campaign. - By George Hunt, Captain, 12th Illinois Infantry The Military Achievements of Major-General O. McKnight Mitchell. - By William Vocke, Captain 24th Illinois Infantry The Kentucky Campaign of 1862. By Ephraim Otis, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General, U.S.V. From Helena to ➝➝ Vicksburg. - By John Dawson Crabtree, Captain 3rd Missouri Cavalry and Brevet Major, U.S.V. Personal Recollections and Experiences at Stone River. - By Milo S. Hascall, Brigadier General, U.S.V. On the Right at Chancellorsville. By Hartwell Osborn, Captain 55th Ohio Infantry

Vol. 5 (1892) Article/Author) Photo album and index

Vol. 7 (1912) Article/Author) Memorials to deceased members

Missouri

General U.S.V. Vol. 6 (1901) Article/Author Memorials to deceased members

Vol. 8 (1923) Article/Author Memorials to deceased members

Kansas

Vol. 1 (1892) Article/Author

Vol. 1 (1906) Article/Author

Early Events of the War in Missouri - Lieutenant-Colonel James O. Broadhead, 3rd Cavalry, M.S.M., U.S.V. The Battle of Pilot Knob and the Retreat to Leasburg - Brevet Thos.

C. Brigadier-General Fletcher, 47th MO Inf. Experiences in Libby Prison Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Phillips, 18th PA Cav.

Kansas in 1861 - By Colonel Alfred A. Woodhull

With Sherman and Grant from Memphis to Chattanooga. A Reminiscence. - By Wm. LeBaron Jenney, Aid de Camp and Brevet Major, U.S.V. Vicksburg. - By Jacob Wilson Captured by Mosby's Guerrillas Wilkin, Captain ¶ 130th Illinois Brevet Major Charles Brewster, ¶ Infantry Capt. and C.S., U.S.V. Continuing with providing the index content for the various editions Firstthis Day at Gettysburg BytheCharles The Appomattox Campaign of the MOLLUS Papers, month, we will focus-on Papers H. Howard, Brevet BrigadierWesley Merritt, from the Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas Commanderies, or volumes Major-General 10-15.¶ General, U.S.V. U.S.A. As a refresher fromGettysburg last month, the Not first two volumes of the a Surprise. - By Army Rifles - by Frederick W. Broadfoot 1990s reprint set, unnumbered, consist of ‘Biographical Martinand D.‘Companions.’

Hardin, Brigadier-General, Sketches of Contributors,’ The second volume Hinkle U.S.A., Brigadier-General, U.S.V. offers hundreds of photographs of the various members.

The collected papers from the commanderies appear in the Hazen's Night Expedition tofollowing Brown's A Night with Farragut - John C. order. Ohio, volumes 1-9; Illinois, 10-13D; Missouri, vol. 14; Ferry. By Green B. Raum, Brigadier- Parker, late acting Vol. Lieutenant, Kansas, 15; Maine, volumes 16-19; New York, 20-23; Indiana, 24; General, U.S.V. U.S.N. Nebraska, 25; Minnesota, 26-31; Rhode Island, 32-41; District of Columbia, 42-45; Wisconsin, Michigan, 50-51; Personal 46-49; Reminiscences of the East Wounded at Fort Donelson - Brevet Massachusetts, 52-54; Iowa, 55-56; Vermont, 57; Pennsylvania, James O. Tennessee Campaign; August, 1863,58- Lieutenant-Colonel 59; California and Oregon, volume 60; and a four-volume index to December, 1864.

By Horace Churchill, Capt. and A.Q.M., completes the Broadfoot set. ¶ ... [1] Holmes Thomas, Captain and U.S.V. Assistant Adjutant-General, U.S.V. Burnside's Occupation of East The Battle of Athens - Hon. George Tennessee. - By Julius White, Brevet W. McCrary, late Secretary of War. Major-General, U.S.V. Page 3 of 5 Campaigning in East Tennessee. - The Last Battle of the War. By Philip Cornelius Hayes, Recollections of the Mobile Lieutenant-Colonel 103rd Ohio Campaign - Brevet Colonel Charles Infantry and Brevet Brigadier- S. Hills, 10th KS Inf. General, U.S.V. Eleventh Corps in East Tennessee. - The Sinking Creek Valley Raid By Hartwell Osborn, Captain 55th Brevet Major-General W. H. Ohio Infantry Powell Mississippi Raid. - By Wm. Sooy How the Cumberland Went Down Smith, Brigadier-General, U.S.V. Moses S. Stuyvesant, late Lieutenant Commander, U.S.N. The Hunter Raid. - By Charles Fitz- The Battle of Pea Ridge, or Elk Simons, Lieutenant-Colonel 21st Horn Tavern - Brevet Brig.-General New York Cavalry and Brevet John. W. Noble, 3rd Iowa Cav. Brigadier-General, U.S.V. The Stoneman Raid to Macon, Some Reminiscences of Army Life Georgia. - By Albert Banfield - Captain Everett W. Pattison, 2nd Capron, Captain 14th Illinois Cavalry MA Inf. A Rebel Heroine. - By Aldace F. From Second Bull Run to Antietam Walker, Lieutenant-Colonel 1st - Colonel Charles F. Morse, 2nd MA Vermont Heavy Artillery, U.S.V. Inf. Incidents and Operations Connected Recollections of Cedar Creek with the Capture of Savannah. - By Major Henry M. Pollard, 8th VT Inf. Brevet Charles H. Howard Brigadier-General, U.S.V. The Hood-Thomas Campaign. - By Army Music - 1rst Lieutenant Loyd Thomas C. Milchrist, Captain 65th G. Harris, 6th WI Inf. Illinois Infantry A Captain of Infantry at Franklin. - Reminiscences of Chancellorsville By James Andrew Sexton, Captain Major Theodore A. Meysenburg, 72nd Illinois Infantry A.A.G., U.S.V. McArthur's Division at Nashville. - The Affair of the Anglo-American th

By John Howard Stibbs, Colonel 12 John C. Parker, late acting Vol. Iowa Infantry and Brevet BrigadierLieutenant, U.S.N. General U.S.V. The Wilson Raid. - By Henry Pope's Virginia Campaign - Brevet Holmes Belfield, First Lieutenant Major-Gen. John D. Stevenson and Adjutant 8th Iowa Cavalry Reflections Concerning the War. - The Expeditions Against Fort

By Edson Jesse Harkness, Captain Fisher - Major Charles E. Pearce, 6th U. S. Colored Infantry and Brevet 16th NY Artillery Major, U.S.V. Frank P. Blair in 1861 - LieutenantColonel James F. How, 27th MO Inf. General U. S. Grant - Brevet MajorGeneral William H. Powell General W. T. Sherman - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hitchcock, Major, and A.A.G., U.S.V., and Capt. Julius Pitzman, 6th MO Inf. Admiral D.D. Porter - John C. Parker, late acting Vol. Lieutenant, U.S.N. Page 4 of 5

What I Saw of Rebel Prisons - By Lieutenant O. C. McNary Wilder's Brigade of Mounted Infantry - By Captain George S. Wilson Antietam and the Lost Dispatch By Captain John M. Bloss The Acting Signal Corps - By Major Samuel T. Cushing In the Ranks at Shiloh - By Lieutenant Leander Stillwell Recollections of an Aide-de-Camp to Sherman - By Captain John T. Taylor A Volunteer at the First Bull Run - By General H. Seymour Hall

In the Peninsular and Antietam Campaigns - By General H. Seymour Hal Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville- By General H. Seymour Hall Mine Run to Petersburg - By General H. Seymour Hall At Gettysburg with the Sixth Corps - By General H. Seymour Hall Hazen's Brigade at Missionary Ridge – By Lieutenant W. A. Morgan The First Day at Gettysburg - By Lieutenant Sidney G. Cooke How Does One Feel under Fire? –

By Major Frank Holsinger The Battle of Belmont – By Captain John Seaton Reminiscences of Gettysburg - By Captain J. D. S. Cook Brown's Ferry - By Lieutenant W. A. Morgan A Medal of Honor - By Lieutenant W. P. Hogarty Toasts: Gathered here and there from the Reports of our Banquets Our Guests - By Colonel J. H. Gillpatrick Reminiscences - By General John A. Martin Kansas in the War - By General John A. Martin The Army Mule - By Colonel J. H. Gillpatrick

The Army Bummer - By Captain Joseph G. Waters Good-Night - By Captain Joseph G. Waters