
Hacker Brothers papers, 1861-1988 (majority within 1861-1880)
Using These Materials
- Restrictions:
- The collection is open for research.
Summary
- Creator:
- Hacker family
- Abstract:
- This collection consists primarily of letters that Rohloff and Philip Hacker wrote to their parents and siblings while serving in the 2nd and 5th Michigan Infantry Regiments during the Civil War. Also included are two of Rohloff Hacker's diaries, letters by additional Michigan soldiers and a female aid worker, and letters that William Hacker received from his brother Karl in Neustrelitz, Germany, from 1877-1880.
- Extent:
- 0.75 linear feet
- Language:
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English
German - Sponsor:
- James S. Schoff Civil War Collection
- Authors:
- Collection processed and finding aid created by Rob Cox
Background
- Scope and Content:
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This collection consists of letters that Rohloff and Philip Hacker wrote while serving in the 2nd and 5th Michigan Infantry Regiments during the Civil War. The collection also includes two of Rohloff Hacker's diaries, letters by additional Michigan soldiers and a female aid worker, and letters that William Hacker received from his brother Karl in Neustrelitz, Germany, from 1877-1880.
Among the most valuable letters in the collection are Rohloff's written during the summer of 1861. These provide an excellent sense of life in the camps defending Washington, going beyond descriptions of the routine of camp life to discussions of morale, officers, and the preparedness of soldiers on both sides. Rohloff describes the equipment and uniforms issued to his Regiment -- late and in poor condition -- in great detail, and their involvement in skirmishes and in the 1st Battle of Bull Run. He displayed an unusual zeal in soldiering, remarking that he did not hesitate in firing at Confederate soldiers, even the first time, and making a number of caustic remarks about Confederate soldiers. The amusing rivalry he and Philip carried on through their correspondence with home over their regiments and relations with friends and women decreased after the First Battle of Bull Run, and seems to have ended altogether after the Peninsular Campaign, when both their moods turned darker and more serious. The brothers both wrote informative letters during the Peninsular Campaign, particularly during the siege of Yorktown, the Battle of Williamsburg, and the Seven Days' Battles. The letters describing the Battle of Fredericksburg are also absorbing, particularly Philip's account of his own wounding. Somehow, through their experiences, which included a number of disastrous defeats at the hand of the enemy, both brothers unwaveringly maintained their faith in their country and their religion.
Rohloff and Philip wrote clearly and succinctly, and both were sensitive to the larger issues of the conflict and to the effect of war on the participants and civilians. Both commented occasionally on strategy and the leadership of the Union Army. Philip's letters are somewhat more polished than Rohloff's. The majority of the brothers' letters were written to family members, with most addressed to their father and mother, William and Barbara Woll Hacker, their younger siblings, Serena and Theodore, or their sister and brother-in-law Augusta and Alpheus Macomber in various combinations. Rohloff also wrote more than 30 letters to his former employers, E.F. Albright and C. Thomson, or Mrs. Albright.
The collection contains letters of several other Michigan soldiers, most of who served with the Hackers, or were friends of the Hacker family from Brighton. Among these are four letters from Peter Smith (Co. G, 2nd Michigan), reminiscing about his friendship with Rohloff and describing visits to his grave; five from Newton J. Kirk (Co. E, 26th Michigan Infantry); four from Capt. John C. Boughton (Co. G, 2nd Michigan), two letters of Edward R. Bliss (4th Michigan Infantry), and six letters written in February and March, 1863, by W. H. Pratt, a Sergeant in the hospital in which Philip Hacker was dying (probably William H. Pratt, Co. E, 26th Michigan Infantry). Another group of additional correspondence consists of 16 letters that Julia Susan Wheelock wrote about her work for the Michigan Soldiers' Relief Association in Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia between 1863 and 1866. Wheelock is also mentioned in several of the soldier's letters. In 1870, Wheelock published a memoir of her war-time experiences, The Boys in White; the Experience of a Hospital Agent in and around Washington.
The collection also contains a group of 5 letters that Karl Hacker wrote to William Hacker, his brother, from Neustrelitz, Germany, between September 16, 1877, and February 12, 1880. The letters are written in German schrift. Hacker's correspondence concerns local news and events, including several festivals; changes in Neustrelitz and Germany since William left for the United States; and his work as a construction supervisor. He provided updates about his health, and also discussed news of family members and friends in the United States and Germany.
The collection also contains The Congregational Psalmist: A Collection of Psalm Tunes, three soldier's bibles, two belonging Rohloff C. Hacker and one from Alexander Reuben that also has Philip W. Hacker's name in it, a leather wallet with Philip Hacker and William A. Ferguson's name on it, and a sewn cloth case. Miscellaneous items such as newspaper clippings, stamps, hunting licenses, currency, 4 photographs, and photographic negatives are also included. A small selection of 20th century family correspondence about the Hacker brothers supplement the collection.
- Biographical / Historical:
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Hacker, Philip W., 1835-1863
Rank: Private, Corporal
Regiment: 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Co. I (1861-1865)
Service: 1861 August 6-1863 February 26
Hacker, Rohloff Charles, d. 1863
Rank: Private, Corporal
Regiment: 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment. Co. G (1861-1865)
Service: 1861 May 17-1863 November 24
In the 1860s and 1870s, German immigrants William and Barbara Hacker lived in and near Brighton, Michigan, with their several children. William's brother Karl remained in Germany, living in Neustrelitz in the late 1870s. William and Barbara's sons Rohloff (d. 1863) and Philip (1842-1863) were early and enthusiastic volunteers for the Union Army. In 1861, Rohloff worked as a mill laborer in Brighton, Michigan, and he joined the 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company G, soon after its formation. Philip joined for the 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company I, in August 1861.
In early June, 1861, the 2nd Michigan Regiment was rushed to the ring of forts surrounding Washington and posted near Alexandria, Va. During the summer, they were involved in some minor skirmishes and the first Battle of Bull Run. The Bull Run experience deeply affected Rohloff, who claimed to have witnessed Confederate troops bayoneting wounded Union soldiers and remarked that they refused to allow the dead to be removed from the field, but he refused to admit that the Union had been defeated. Throughout the year, despite the lack of clear military success, the poor equipment, sporadic pay, and despite the threat of Confederate troops posted close enough that the pickets could converse, and, as he put it, close enough "that we will save the travelling expenses," Rohloff's morale remained high. He developed a keen animosity toward Confederate soldiers, promising his mother that he would help "heal the wounds of rebellion with blue pills and black powder." His lack of hesitation in firing on Confederates attested to the sincerity of his sentiments.
Once Philip Hacker's regiment arrived in Washington, Rohloff applied for transfer to the 5th Michigan so that the two could serve together. Although he was unsuccessful, the 2nd and 5th Michigan Regiments were often posted in close enough proximity that the brothers were able to visit, and they occasionally wrote joint letters home. Both remained passionately committed Unionists, avid soldiers, and devout Christians throughout their service; and their close relationship with each other and their family members clearly helped to sustain them under difficult circumstances.
After a comparatively calm winter, the Hackers' regiments took part in the Peninsular Campaign, where they were engaged during the Siege of Yorktown, the Battle of Williamsburg, and the Seven Days' Battles. The Campaign seems to have removed not so much the willingness to fight from both Philip and Rohloff, as the pleasure in doing so. In July 1862, Rohloff admitted "Harvesting Rebels is not a very nice job after all."
The 2nd and 5th Michigan regiments remained posted near Washington until called to Fredericksburg in November. Philip, who had been slightly wounded in September, 1862, was severely wounded in the groin at the Battle of Fredericksburg, affecting his left leg. During his hospitalization, Philip wrote home to describe his wounding and his thoughts on war (believing it was an honor to his mother for him to be wounded). He also wrote, "This cursed war has blighted hopes of being anybody. I look on this war as a wreatched [sic] consern" (1863 February 1). After being transferred to hospital in Alexandria, Philip contracted dysentery and died of the disease and complications from his wound on February 22nd.
The 5th Michigan was transferred to Kentucky in March, 1863, and in May, they joined Grant's Army for the final phase of the siege of Vicksburg. Rohloff was briefly but acutely ill in late June and July, and it is unclear whether he was present with his regiment at the Battle of Jackson. In August, the regiment was withdrawn to Crab Orchard, Ky., and in September, to Knoxville, Tenn. In November, Rohloff was killed in action after falling behind Confederate lines. When the area was retaken, Rohloff's body was reclaimed from its Confederate grave by friends, and re-interred in the cemetery of the 1st Division, 9th A.C. at Knoxville.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donated by the estate of George F. Hacker, 1988; Donated by Deborah Oakley, 2012. M-2405, M-4932 .
- Processing information:
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Cataloging partly funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged chronologically.
- Rules or Conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
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- Additional Descriptive Data:
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Alternate Locations
Perrine’s New Military Map Illustrating the Seat of War is located in the Clements Library's Map Division.
Partial Subject Index
Abel (Biblical character) - 1864 February 13
Absence without leave. - 1862 December 1
Ackerman, Conrad. - 1862 November 8
Advertising. - n.d. [1872?]
African-Americans. - 1861 September 4
- 1862 February 1
- 1862 February 18
Agriculture--Virginia. - 1862 May 30
Albright, Egbert F. - n.d.
Albright, S. Cornelia. - 1861
Alexander, Reuben. - 1862
Amicicide (Military Science) - [Winter 1862?]
Ann Arbor (Mich.) - 1865 January
Arlington (Va.) - 1861 July 28
Arlington (Va.)--Maps. - 1861 September 2
Armistices. - 1861 September 19
- 1861 September 21-23
- 1861 September 24-29
- 1862 June 1
Arson. - 1862 November 20
- n.d.
Art work. - 1862
Bacheler, Benjamin. - 1864 April 11
Bachelors. - [1862 June?]
Balloons. - 1861 September 8
- 1861 September 30-October 6
- 1861 October 6
- 1862 May 4
Baltimore (Md.)--Description. - [1861 June]
Baptists. - 1865 December 20
Battle-cries. - 1863 April 26
Bayonets. - 1862 May 7
- 1862 July 10
Beauregard, Pierre G. T., 1818-1893. - 1862 May 16
Bedding. - 1861 November 10
Berry, Hiram Gregory, 1824-1863. - 1862 May 12
- 1862 May 14
Bible. N.T. - 1862
- 1854
- 1861
Bible. N.T. Matthew. - n.d.
Big Bethel (Va.) - 1862 April 7
Blankets. - 1861 November 18-24
Blue Springs (Tenn.), Skirmish near, 1863. - 1863 October 18
Bombardment. - 1862 January 12
- 1862 April 18
- 1862 April 25
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865. - 1865 June 26
Brigading of Regiments. - 1861 September 7
Brothers--Death. - 1863 October 18
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861. - 1861 July 28
- 1861 July 28
- 1861 July 30
- 1861 July 31
- 1861 August 2, 3
- [1861 August]
- 1861 September 3
Burial. - 1862 June 7
- 1862 June 9
Burlington and Missouri River Rail Road Company. - n.d. [1872?]
Burns, William Wallach, 1825-1892. - 1862 November 23
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881. - 1862 November 29
- 1863 January 3
- 1863 March 27
- 1864 February 13
- 1864 May 3
Camp followers. - 1861 August 6
Camp life. - 1861 December 25-26
- [1862 June 7]
Camp Mansfield (D.C.) - 1861 June 23
Camps (Military)--Michigan. - 1861 May 30
- 1861 June 4
Camps (Military)--Virginia. - 1861 September 8-10
- 1861 November 16-17
- 1861 November 29-December 5
Cemeteries--Virginia. - 1862 March 2
Censorship. - 1861 July 25
Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879. - 1861 November 18-24
- 1861 December 8
Christmas. - 1861 December 25
Church. - 1862 November 29
Cigarettes. - n.d.
Civilians--Kentucky--Civil War, 1861-1865. - 1863 March 27
Civilians--Maryland--Civil War, 1861-1865. - 1861 June 12
Civilians--Virginia--Civil War, 1861-1865. - 1861 October 5
- 1861 November 4-5
- 1862 January 22
- 1862 November 20
- 1864 February 13
Columbia (Ky.) - 1863 May 15
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers. - 1861 August 11
Confederate States of America. Army--Supplies and stores. - 1861 July 28
- 1861 September 3
Cookery. - [1862 June?]
Cookery, Military. - 1861 October 6
- [1861 October]
- 1861 November 10
- 1862 May 20
Copperhead (Nickname) - 1862 February 11
- 1863 April 5
- 1863 April 18
Corn fields--Louisiana. - 1863 June 27
Courtship. - [1862 June 7]
Currency. - 1862 April 2
- 1862 November 4
Dead. - 1861 August 20
- 1862 June 7
- 1863 November 27
Death. - 1861 September 28
Death--Poetry. - n.d.
- n.d.
- n.d.
Debates and debating--Societies, etc. - 1862 January 5
Deserters, Military--Confederate States of America. - 1862 March 28
Douglas, Stephen A., 1813-1861. - 1861 June 4
Draft. - 1862 July 14
- 1863 February 26
- 1863 March 13
Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863. - 1864 April 20
Dreams. - 1861 November 30-December 1
Drill and minor tactics. - 1861 December 25
- n.d.
Dysentery. - 1863 February 9
Dysentery--Treatment. - 1862 May 20
Education. - n.d.
Emancipation Proclamation. - 1862 September 27
- 1862 November 8
English language--Dialects--Southern states. - 1862 February 1
Executions and executioners. - 1861 September 8
- 1861 September 29
Explosives, Military--Accidents. - 1863 June 10
Farming. - 1862 September 26
- 1862 October 24
Fatalism. - 1863 January 5
Fighting. - 1864 May 25
Finances. - 1863 April 26
- n.d.
Firearms. - 1861 December 13-16
- 1861 December 22
- 1862 January 17
- 1862 January 22
- 1862 February 11
- 1862 February 15
- 1862 March 2
- 1862 June 21
- n.d.
Food. - 1861 November 25-29
- 1861 December 28
Foraging--Virginia. - 1861 November 9
- n.d.
Fort Albany (Va.) - n.d.
Fort Lyon (Va.) - 1861 October 26
- 1863 June 10
Fort Monroe (Va.) - 1862 March 17
Fort Washington (Va.) - 1862 March 17
Fortifications. - 1861 September 8
Fourth of July. - 1861 July 5, 10
Fredericksburg, Battle of, 1862. - 1862 December 18
- 1862 December 18
- 1863 January 3
Fremont, John, ca., 1813-1890. - 1861 September 3
- 1861 September 24-29
Funeral rites and ceremonies. - 1861 September 4
- 1861 November 25-29
- 1863 August 21
Gettysburg, Battle of, 1863. - 1863 August 10
Gettysburg Campaign, 1863. - 1863 June 10
Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885. - 1864 May 25
Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899. - n.d.
Greenville (Tenn.), Skirmish near, 1863. - 1863 October 18
Guerrillas--Kentucky. - 1863 May 31
Hacker, Barbara Woll. - 1863 February 26
- 1863 March 4
- 1863 March 6
Hacker, Frank. - n.d.
Hacker, George. - 1865 June 26
Hacker, Philip W., 1835-1863--Death. - 1863 February 26
Hacker, Philip W., 1835-1863. - 1861 October 17
- 1863 January 14
- 1863 February 9, 22
- 1863 February 12-13
- 1863 February 16
- 1863 February 26
- 1863 February 27
- 1863 March 23
- 1863 October 18
- 1864 January 26
- 1864 February 18
- 1864 April 11
- n.d.
- 1862? May 6
- [1862 June?]
- [after October 1862]
- n.d.
- 1862
Hacker, Rohloff C., ca.1843-1863. - 1863 April 29
- 1864 February 13
- 1864 March 21
- 1864 April 4
- 1864 May 3
- 1864 July 25
- n.d.
- 1854
- 1856
- 1861
Hacker, Rohloff C., ca.1843-1863--Death. - 1863 December 18
Hacker, William. - 1864 May 5
Hampton (Va.) - 1862 March 17
Hathaway, Dwight. - 1863 January 13
Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880. - 1861 December 17-22
- 1862 February 15
- 1862 June 21
- 1862 July 14
Homesickness. - 1861 October 26
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879. - 1863 February 5
Hunting. - 1863 October 18
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. - 1866 September 13
- 1865 December 20
Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862. - 1862 May 12
Kirk, Newton T. - 1864 May 10
- 1864 August 30
Knoxville Campaign, 1863. - 1863 September 29
- 1863 October 18
- 1863 October 18
Letters. - 1861 December 19
Letters--Psychological aspects. - 1861 December 25-26
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. - 1861 July 25
- 1861 November 24
- 1864 May 3
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination. - 1865 April 23
- 1865 June 26
Louisville Journal (Newspaper) - 1863 April 26
Lowe, Thaddeus, 1832-1913. - 1861 September 8
Macomber, Dexter. - n.d.
Marches--Kentucky. - 1863 June 1-21
Marches--Virginia. - 1862 April 7
Married people. - 1862 October 24
Martial law--Maryland--Baltimore. - [1861 June]
Maryland--Description and travel. - [1861 June]
- 1863 April 18
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885. - 1861 September 21-23
- 1861 September 24-29
- 1861 November 18-24
- 1861 November 24
- 1861 December 14
- 1862 April 7
- 1862 April 16
- 1862 April 18
- 1862 April 21
- 1862 April 21
- 1862 April 25
- 1862 May 4
- 1862 May 12
- 1862 May 16
- 1862 June 5
- 1862 November 29
- [1862?] May 28
- 1864 October 24
- n.d.
McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885. - 1861 September 30-October 6
Measles. - 1862 February 11
- 1862 February 24
Methodists. - 1865 December 20
Mexicans. - [1865] September 24
Military discipline. - 1861 October 6
Mississippi River--Description and travel. - 1863 June 1-21
Monitor (Ironclad) - 1862 March 22
Morale. - 1861 September 3
- 1862 May 4
- 1862 July 6
Mothers and sons. - 1861 September 28
Mount Vernon (Va.: Estate)--Description. - 1861 December 13-16
- 1862 January 12
Mulligan, James Albert, 1830-1864. - 1861 September 3
Munsons' Hill (Va.) - 1861 September 28
- 1861 November 18-24
Munson's Hill (Va.)--Description. - 1861 September 2
Murder. - 1861 August 30
Nelson, William, 1823-1862. - 1863 August 21
Neustrelitz (Germany) - 1877 September 16
- 1877 October 20
- 1879 March 31
- 1879 September 25
- 1880 February 12
- Undated
Newspapers. - 1863 April 26
- 1863 May 10
Ohio--Description and travel. - [1861 June]
Pain. - 1863 February 1
Parks--District of Columbia. - [1861 June]
Peace. - 1861 October 27-November 3
Peninsular Campaign, 1862. - 1862 April 16
- 1862 April 18
- 1862 June 13
Pennsylvania--Description and travel. - [1861 June]
Pensions, Military--Civil War, 1861-1865. - 1864 May 5
- 1864 July 25
Photographers. - 1862 March 4
Picket duty. - 1861 September 4
- 1861 September 8-10
- 1861 September 14
- 1861 November 10
- 1861 November 29-December 5
- 1861 November 30-December 1
- 1863 January 6
Pillage. - 1861 July 28
Pillage--Virginia. - n.d.
Poe, Orlando Metcalfe, 1832-1895. - 1861 December 23-24
- 1862 November 23
- 1863 February 26
- 1863 April 11
- 1863 May 27
Poetry. - [1862 June 7]
Pohick Church (Va.), Skirmish at, 1862. - 1862 January 5
Politicians. - 1863 January 6
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901. - 1862 June 26
Potatoes. - 1861 August 11
Presbyterians. - 1865 December 20
Presidents--Election--1864. - 1864 December 26
Presidents--United States--Election--1864. - 1864 November 16
Price, Sterling, 1809-1867. - 1861 September 3
Prisoners of War--Confederate States of America. - 1862 April 28
- 1862 May 12
- 1862 May 14
Psalms. - 1856
Punishment. - 1862 November 20
Real property--Iowa. - n.d. [1872?]
Real Property--Nebraska. - n.d. [1872?]
Reinterrment. - 1863 April 26
Religion. - 1863 October 28
Reporters and reporting. - 1861 July 28
- 1861 July 30
Richardson, Israel Bush, 1815-1862. - [1861 August]
- 1861 October 6
- 1861 December 23-24
- n.d.
Richmond (Va.)--Capture, 1865. - 1865 April 23
Road building. - 1862 April 21
Rumors. - 1862 March 13
Sabotage. - 1861 June 12
- 1861 July 28
Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906. - 1864 February 13
Sermons. - n.d.
Seven Days Battles, 1862. - 1862 June 26
- 1862 July 4
- 1862 July 6
Sharpshooters. - 1863 September 9
Sheep. - 1862 October 24
- 1862 October 30
Skirmishes. - 1862 December 12
Slang. - 1863 January 14
Slaughtering. - 1862 November 8
- 1862 November 20
Slavery. - 1862 February 18
- 1862 March 15-16
- 1865 April 1
Slavery--Emancipation. - 1862 February 18
Slavery--Louisiana. - 1863 June 27
Slaves. - 1861 August 11
Smallpox. - 1862 February 8
- 1863 April 15
- 1864 April 11
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of. - 1863 December 18
Soldiers--Alcohol. - 1861 December 17-22
- 1861 December 25
- 1863 June 1-21
Soldiers--Attitudes. - 1861 December 23-24
- 1862 January 16
Soldiers--Confederate States of America. - [1861 August]
- 1861 September 3
- 1861 September 4
- 1862 May 12
- 1862 May 14
- 1862 June 26
- 1862 July 21
- 1862 November 23
- 1863 January 6
- 1863 May 1
Soldiers--Death. - [1861 August]
- 1862 April 7
- 1862 April 25
- 1863 February 1
- 1863 December 18
Soldiers--Education. - 1861 December 28
Soldiers--Michigan. - 1862 June 13
Soldiers--Relations. - 1861 November 10
Soldiers--Religious life. - 1861 August 6
- 1861 August 16
- 1861 October 5
- 1861 October 11
- 1861 October 13
- 1861 November 9
- 1861 December 25-26
- 1862 March 13
- 1862 April 2
- 1862 April 16
- 1862 September 27
- 1862 October 22
- 1862 December 31
- 1863 January 18
- n.d.
Sons--Death. - 1864 May 10
- 1864 August 30
- n.d.
Spelling--Poetry. - n.d.
Spies. - 1861 July 25
State Teachers' Institute (Brighton, Mich.) - 1863 April 26
Stealing. - 1861 December 25-26
- 1862 June 5
- 1863 January 14
- n.d.
Steam batteries. - 1863 February 16
Storms--Virginia. - 1861 November 3
Strategy. - [1862?] May 28
- n.d.
Talon, John. - n.d.
Temperance. - 1861 August 20
Tents. - 1861 November 3
Terry, Henry Dwight, 1812-1869. - 1862 February 15
- 1862 April 1
Texas--Description and travel. - [1865] September 24
Thanksgiving Day. - 1861 November 25-29
Tobacco. - n.d.
Tonsilectomy. - 1861 October 22-27
- 1861 October 25
Typhus Fever. - 1866 September 13
Uniforms. - [1861 October]
United States. Army--Bands. - 1861 December 17-22
- 1862 January 17
United States. Army--Barracks and quarters. - 1863 November 10
United States. Army--Chaplains. - 1861 December 25-26
United States. Army--Corrupt practices. - 1862 February 24
United States. Army--Enlistment. - 1861 September 28
United States. Army--Michigan Infantry Regiment, 15th. - 1864 May 25
United States. Army--Michigan Infantry Regiment, 5th--Uniforms. - 1861 December 13-16
United States. Army--Michigan troops--Relations. - 1862 January 17
- 1862 February 11
- 1862 February 11
United States. Army--Military life. - 1861 July 28
- 1861 December 25-26
- 1861 December 28
- 1862 August 5
United States. Army--New York Infantry Regiment, 37th. - 1861 August 23
United States. Army--Officers. - 1861 August 6
- 1861 September 3
- 1861 September 9
- 1862 February 11
- 1862 February 15
- 1862 June 13
- 1863 July 26
- 1863 August 31
United States. Army--Officers quarters. - 1862 November 4
United States. Army--Promotions. - 1863 May 23
United States. Army--Regiments--Relations. - 1863 March 13
United States. Army--Supplies and stores. - 1861 July 5, 10
- 1861 July 31
- 1861 September 3
- 1861 September 8
- [1861 October]
United States. Army--Uniforms. - 1862 February 2
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. - 1862 February 18
- 1864 April 20
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African-Americans. - 1861 September 3
- 1862 February 20
- 1862 April 17
- 1863 June 16
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties (Statistics, etc.) - 1862 July 4
- [1862 December?]
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Communications. - 1861 August 27
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Desertions. - 1865 April 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects. - 1862 February 8
- 1862 February 11
- 1863 July 26
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals. - 1861 November 24
- 1862 September 16
- 1862 September 23
- 1862 December 31
- 1863 January 13
- 1863 May 1
- 1863 September 5
- 1863 December 19
- [1866?] November 2
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care. - 1861 October 21
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Afro-American. - 1863 June 16
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, German-American. - 1861 November 24
- 1861 December 14
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Juvenile. - 1862 April 2
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons. - 1864 May 25
- 1865 April 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Reconnaisance operations. - n.d.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Refugees. - 1861 August 27
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Scouts and scouting. - 1861 August 26
- 1861 August 29
- 1862 February 19
- 1862 March 4
- 1862 June 21
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music. - 1863 October 18
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--War work. - 1863 April 15
- 1863 November 27
- 1864 December 26
- 1865 January
- 1865 June 26
- 1865 January 28
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women. - 1861 August 2, 3
- 1863 April 15
- 1863 September 5
- 1864 April 4
- 1864 May 10
- 1864 August 30
- 1864 October 24
- 1864 December 26
- 1865 January
- 1865 June 26
- 1865 January 28
- 1866 September 13
- 1865 December 20
- [1866?] November 2
Untied States. Army--Military life. - 1861 December 8
Vicksburg Campaign, 1863. - 1863 June 1-21
- 1863 June 16
- 1863 June 27
Vidette. - 1863 April 26
Virginia. - 1862 February 20
Virginia--Description and travel. - 1862 May 20
- 1862 November 4
War. - 1861 December 23-24
- 1862 May 16
- 1862 August 5
- 1863 February 1
War crimes. - 1861 August 2, 3
- [1862 June?]
War damage. - 1861 September 8
War wounds. - 1862 May 14
- 1862 May 30
- 1862 December 31
- 1862 December 31
- 1863 January 13
- 1863 January 14
- 1863 January 26
- 1864 February 13
War--Poetry. - n.d.
Warships. - 1862 March 22
Washington (D.C) - 1861 July 5, 10
Weekly, John. - 1862 December 1
Wells, George. - [1862 June 7]
Wheelock, Julia Susan, b. 1833. - 1863 April 18
- 1864 April 20
- 1864 October 24
- 1865 April 23
Wilderness, Battle of, 1864. - 1864 May 25
Williamsburg, Battle of, 1862. - 1862 May 7
- 1862 May 12
- 1863 May 5
Williamsburg (Va.) - 1862 May 14
Williamsburg (Va.) Battlefield. - 1862 May 12
Wine--Prices. - n.d.
Wise, Henry Alexander, 1806-1876. - 1862 March 17
Woll, Chester. - n.d.
Woll, Martin. - 1863 January 13
Woll, Mary. - n.d.
Women--Michigan. - 1862 February 1
Women--Virginia. - 1862 February 1
Wool, John E., 1784-1869. - 1862 March 17
- 1862 March 22
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1862. - 1862 April 21
- 1862 April 21
- 1862 April 23
- 1862 April 25
- 1862 April 27
- 1862 May 4
- 1862 May 4
Subjects
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Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Cookery, Military.
Firearms.
German Americans.
Guard duty.
Military camps.
Slavery.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America.
Soldiers--Religious life.
War wounds. - Formats:
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Clippings (information artifacts)
Diaries.
Ephemera.
Negatives (photographic)
Photographs.
Realia. - Names:
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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)
United States. Army--Military life.
United States. Army--Officers.
United States. Army--Supplies and stores.
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881.
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885.
Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe), 1832-1895. - Places:
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Scouts and scouting.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--War work.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1862.
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Hacker Brothers Papers, James S. Schoff Civil War Collection, William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan