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William McCausland to Stephen A. Forbes, December 12, 1863
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William McCausland to Stephen A. Forbes, January 20, 1864
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William McCausland to D. V. Rhea, March 3, 1864
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Enoch Wigley and wife to Stephen A. Forbes, April 9, 1864
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I. K. Parks to the Commanding Officer, January 12, 1865
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Seth A. McCausland to Stephen A. Forbes, February 15, 1865
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Wilfred M. Sturdevants to Stephen A. Forbes, February 25, 1865
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Arnett O. Gregory to Stephen A. Forbes, February 1865
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J.V.C. O'Kane to William McCausland, March 7, 1865
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E. Wigley to Stephen A. Forbes, April 25, 1865
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C. Bentley on behalf of Mary M. Furlong to the Captain or [Commanding] Officer, April 28, 1865
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C. Bentley [to the Captain or Commanding Officer?], July 3, 1865
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Stephen A. Forbes to Henry Titus, August 10, 1865
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Stephen A. Forbes to Maj. Dear Brig'r [?], August 12, 1865
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Mrs. Charles W. Brown to Stephen A. Forbes, August 17, 1865?
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Marshall D. Herrington to Stephen A. Forbes, October 26, 1865
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Stephen Alfred Forbes Civil War Diary, 1861
Multi-Page Item | 112 pages | 18611861 diary of Stephen Alfred Forbes, a soldier in the 7th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War.
Stephen Alfred Forbes Civil War Diary, 1862
Multi-Page Item | 92 pages | 18621862 diary of Stephen Alfred Forbes, a soldier in the 7th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. The diary describes Forbes's time spent as a prisoner in the South, followed by a period of illness in Richmond, Virginia, and in Rhode Island.
Stephen Alfred Forbes Civil War Diary, 1864-1865
Multi-Page Item | 140 pages | 1864-18651864-1865 diary of Stephen Alfred Forbes, a soldier in the 7th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. Note that pages 28-29 are partially torn out, possibly by Forbes himself, with page 30 being re-numbered in pencil as 28, but 31 and following not being re-numbered.
Forbes Family Letters and Journals of Stephen Alfred Forbes, 1847-1870
Multi-Page Item | 623 pages | 1936A volume of transcribed letters and journals of the Forbes family, who settled in Illinois in 1836. The volume contains typed transcriptions of many letters and letterbooks from members of the family during the mid-nineteenth century, as well as the Civil War era letters and journals of Stephen Alfred Forbes. Photographic prints of family members have also been pasted inside...
Photograph of Stephen A. Forbes, [1862?]
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1862Photograph of Stephen A. Forbes in uniform. A pencil note on the back of the photograph indicates it was "Courtesy of Thomas Scott" and probably dates from early 1862, when Forbes would have been 17 years old.