Series II. Cavalry Album
Scope and Contents note
This series contains mostly items related to Civil War cavalry units collected by Cronin, then inlaid and bound together as the "Cavalry Album." The pages were, at some point, disbound and foldered. The folder level arrangement of the album has been retained, though the original order of the items within the volume is unclear.
Some material in the Cavalry Album is arranged alphabetically by soldier, and includes correspondence, reminiscences, addresses, military documents, and published items. See container list for names. Cronin's folder contains a portrait and military documents. Some post-war correspondence (both Union and Confederate) has been filed separately.
Further material relating to soldiers, mostly portraits, is arranged by cavalry. Units from New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey are represented, as well as U.S. Cavalry. In addition, the Cavalry Album contains several portraits of army nurses, images of army camps, inventory reports, muster rolls, dispatches, orders, and newspaper clippings, especially those related to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
This series also contains an incomplete draft manuscript of the "History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry."
Balmer, B.F.
"My Escape from Andersonville", 1904, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barnett, G.A.
Letters from Camp Butler, Newport News, 1861, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cronin, David E., 1861-1906, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dean, William
Orders (bulk), 1858-1868, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hunterson, John C.
Includes address at Gettysburg (1890), 1890, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kleinz, Christian
Military documents, 1863-1866, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lyon, Arthur P.
Article about Lyon, 15th Penn., 1905
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
McMullan, Joseph A.
Letters, 1862, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Murray, George
Letters to Cronin, 1861-1862, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pauli, Henry A., 1862-1864, undated, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Platt, George C.
Reminiscences, portrait, 1899, undated, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Richardson, G.W.
Passes, 1862-1863, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith, Edwin J.
Portrait, reminiscences, scattered wartime diary pages, 1861-1864, 1894, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Spang, William
"Search for Jefferson Davis and the capture of General Braxton Bragg", 1865, undated, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Speese, A.J.
Letters, address given at Gettysburg (1901), 1895-1901, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strang, E.B.
Sunshine and Shadows of the Late Civil War (1898), 1898, 1902, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tailof, [Iban]
Letters to Cronin, 1861-1862, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thomas, Hampton S.
"Some Personal Reminscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac", 1889, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Uber, George W.
Letters to Cronin, portrait, 1899, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wilkeson
Letters to Cronin, Undated, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
War-time correspondence, Misc., 1861-1865, undated, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Post-war Correspondence and Reminiscences, 1892-1905, undated, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Post-war Correspondence and Reminscences, 1892-1905, undated, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Confederate Post-war Correspondence, 1901, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry"--p. 2-98, [1905], inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry"--p. 100-200, [1905], inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry"--p. 206-300, [1905], inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry"--p. 301-399, [1905], inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry"--p. 400-499, [1905], inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry"--p. 500-599, [1905], inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry"--p. 600-700, [1905], inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
15th Pennsylvania Cavalry--Reminiscences, 1904, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
15th Pennsylvania Cavalry--Reminscences, [1904], inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1st N.Y. Mounted Rifles--Portraits, 1890, undated, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
10th N.Y. Cavalry--Portraits, Proceedings of 36th Reunion, 1890, 1897, undated, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry--Portraits, 1890, 1898, undated, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry--"Constitution and By-Laws of Company H, Third Pennsylvania Cavalry with A Brief History and Muster Roll." Annotated by A.J. Speese, 1907, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
5th Pennsylvania Cavalry--Portraits, Undated, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
5th Pennsylvania Cavalry--Portraits (by company), 1895, undated, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
6th, 8th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 20th Pennyslvania Cavalry--Portraits, Undated, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
6th U.S. Cavalry--History, Undated, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. Cavalry--Portraits, Undated, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
N.J. Cavalry--Portraits, Undated, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc. Regiments--Portraits, Undated, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Confederates--Portraits, Undated, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Portraits--Misc., 1899, undated, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographic Portraits--Misc., Undated, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nurses--Portraits (bulk), 1905, undated, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Camp Scenes--Photographs, 1864-1866, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Camp Scenes, 1861-1865, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Inventory Reports and Muster Rolls, 1864-1866, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dispatches, 1863, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Orders, 1862-1865, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Newspaper Clippings, 1882-1900, undated, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Newspaper Clippings--Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, 1896, 1902, undated, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Map--Capt. Wallen's Exploration, 1859 (Or, Ut, Id), [1859], inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc. Items, 1863-1907, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)