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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Daniel Read Larned, army officer and private secretary to General Ambrose Everett Burnside, were purchased by the Library in 1936. A gift of additional material was received from Daniel Larned in 2000.
The status of copyright in the unpublished papers of Daniel Reed Larned in these papers and in other collections of papers in the Library of Congress is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Daniel Read Larned are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Daniel Read Larned Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Daniel Read Larned (born 1828), Civil War Union officer, span the years 1861-1878 and consist principally of letters by Larned to his sisters and brother-in-law concerning General Ambrose Everett Burnside’s expedition to North Carolina.
Larned, Burnside’s private secretary, describes the battles of Roanoke Island, New Bern, Beaufort, and Fort Macon, North Carolina. His letters also include information concerning the Antietam, Fredericksburg, Knoxville, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg campaigns; the pursuit of General John Hunt Morgan in Ohio; Burnside’s relationship with Generals Henry Halleck, George B. McClellan, and William S. Rosecrans; and military organization, disputes over rank, discipline, morale, marches, depredations, African-American life, African-American troops, entertainment, prisoners of war, foraging expeditions, disease, inflation, furloughs, military appointments, and the effect of the war on noncombatants in the South. Also included is a book inscribed by Burnside to Larned and two photographs of Larned.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material; correspondence arranged chronologically.