Thursday, May 19, 2011

READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 9

Nathaniel Lyon was a Union Army general who was born in Connecticut. He secured the St. Louis Arsenal for the Union, and was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861--the first general to be killed in battle during the Civil War.

Adamson, Hans C. Rebellion in Missouri, 1861: Nathaniel Lyon and His Army of the West. Philadelphia: Chilton Co., Book Division, 1961. HG-973.73

The Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861: Wilson's Creek Centennial Commemoration, August 10, 1961. Springfield, Mo, 1961. ST-973.73

Brooksher, William R. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek. Washington: Brassey's, 1995. ST,HG,BU-973.731

Hinze, David C, and Karen Farnham. The Battle of Carthage: Border War in Southwest Missouri, July 5, 1861. Campbell, CA: Savas Pub. Co, 1997. HG,SLAS-973.731

Kemp, Hardy A. About Nathaniel Lyon, Brigadier General, United States Army Volunteers and Wilson's Creek. S.l: s.n., 1978. ST-B

Phillips, Christopher. Damned Yankee: The Life of General Nathaniel Lyon. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1990. ST,SLAS,HU-B

Phillips, Christopher. Missouri's Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2000. ST,SLAS,BU,DA-977.803

Piston, William G, and Richard W. Hatcher. Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. HG,SLAS-973.731

Siddali, Silvana R. Missouri's War: The Civil War in Documents. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2009. BR-973.803

Taylor, Holly Z. Neither North nor South: Sectionalism, St. Louis Politics, and the Coming of the Civil War (1846-1861) , 2004. ST-977.866

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

ST. LOUIS CEMETERY LISTS AND DEATH REGISTERS, 1764-1999: PART XI

Copyright 2009 by St. Louis Public Library. All rights reserved.

1946-1999

Old Cemeteries, St. Louis County, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1982-, 4 vols. HG,ST-929.3778

Volume 1 listings cover mostly the period 1870-1930, with some listings extending into the 1960s.

Social Security Master Death Index. Social Security Administration, Washington, DC.

Link to website

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Directory of Names. Washington, D.C.: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 1982. HG-959.70433

Includes American military personnel killed in the Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. Listings provide name of deceased, hometown and state, rank and branch of service, and date of death.

Zimmer, Keith B. St. Louis Obituary Index, 1992-2010: Obituaries and Death Notices Appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper. St. Louis Public Library, 1992-2010. HG,MI-071.7866

St. Louis Obituary Index also appears on the St. Louis Public Library website.

Friday, May 13, 2011

READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 8

John Pope (1822-1892) was a Union Army general known for his success in capturing Island No. 10 and his defeat at the hands of Robert E. Lee at Second Manassas. He is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery here in St. Louis.

Cox, Merlin G. John Pope, Fighting General from Illinois (thesis) 1956. MI-B-POPE

Daniel, Larry J, and Lynn N. Bock. Island No. 10: Struggle for the Mississippi Valley. Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press, 1996. HG, SLAS-973.73

Hennessy, John J. Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. BU, ST-973.732

Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1984. BU, CP, ST-973.732

Miles, Jim. A River Unvexed: A History and Tour Guide to the Campaign for the Mississippi River. Nashville, Tenn: Rutledge Hill Press, 1994. ST-973.730977

Ropes, John C. The Army Under Pope. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1881. ST-973.73

Schutz, Wallace J, and Walter N. Trenerry. Abandoned by Lincoln: A Military Biography of General John Pope. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. ST-B POPE

Second Manassas. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1995. BU, MA, ST-973.732

Sutherland, Daniel E, and Grady McWhiney. The Emergence of Total War. Fort Worth, Tex: Ryan Place Publishers, 1996. ST-973.732

Whitehorne, Joseph W. A. The Battle of Second Manassas: Self-guided Tour. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1990. DO-1142.M31

Thursday, May 12, 2011

ST. LOUIS CEMETERY LISTS AND DEATH REGISTERS, 1764-1999: PART X

Copyright 2009 by St. Louis Public Library. All rights reserved.

1942-1945

Missouri. Federal Soldiers’ Home of St. James, Missouri. Biennial Reports (1901-1946). St. James, MO: Federal Soldiers’ Home, 1901-1946. ST-362.8

Reports vary, but usually have a listing of residents who died during the Reporting period. Death listings include name, date of death, and place of burial.

Old Cemeteries, St. Louis County, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1982-, 4 vols. HG,ST-929.3778

Volume 1 listings cover mostly the period 1870-1930, with some listings extending into the 1960s.

Saint Louis (Mo.). 28th Ward. 28th Ward Honor Roll: Dedicated to the Men and Women of the 28th Ward Serving in the Armed Forces of Their Country. Saint Louis, MO: 1944. ST-940.92

United States. Coast Guard. Summary of Merchant Marine Personnel Casualties, World War II. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950. ST-940.42

United States. Navy Department. Office of Information. Casualty Records Section. Combat-Connected Naval Casualties, World War II, by States: U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946. HG-940.92

United States. Navy Department. Office of Information. Casualty Records Section. Non-combat Dead: Missouri. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948. ST-Oversize 940.5467778

United States. Navy Department. Office of Information. Casualty Records Section. State Summary of War Casualties, Missouri. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Printing Office, 1946. ST-940.5467778

Zimmer, Keith B. African-American Soldiers From the St. Louis Area Who Died During World War II. St. Louis Public Library, 1999.

This index appears on the St. Louis Public Library website.

Zimmer, Keith B. St. Louis Obituary Index, 1942-1945: Obituaries, Death Notices, and Burial Permits Appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper. St. Louis Public Library, 1999. HG,MI-071.7866

Newspaper death notices for this period include numerous listings for soldiers and sailors killed or wounded in action, or who were listed as prisoners of war or as missing in action. St. Louis Obituary Index also appears on the St. Louis Public Library website.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

ST. LOUIS CEMETERY LISTS AND DEATH REGISTERS, 1764-1999: PART IX

Copyright 2009 by St. Louis Public Library. All rights reserved.

1917-1942

Hawkins, Robert. “Fratellanza Society Burial Records.” St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly 28:2 (Summer 1995): 37-41. HG-P

List of members of this Italian-American society buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery 1867-1941 (most are for the period 1867-1920). Includes some burials of children of members. Listings provide name and date of burial.

Missouri. Confederate Soldiers’ Home. Biennial Reports (1897-1940). Higginsville, MO: Confederate Soldiers’ Home, 1897.1940. ST-362.8

Reports vary, but generally include listings of deaths of residents during the reporting period. Death listings include name, date of death, and sometimes place of burial.

Missouri. Federal Soldiers’ Home of St. James, Missouri. Biennial Reports (1901-1940). St. James, MO: Federal Soldiers’ Home, 1901-1940. ST-362.8

Reports vary, but generally include a listing of deaths of residents of the home during the reporting period. Death listings include name, date of death, and place of burial.

Old Cemeteries, St. Louis County, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1982-, 4 vols. HG,ST-929.3778

Volume 1 listings cover mostly the period 1870-1930, with a few listings extending into the 1960s; volume 2 listings primarily cover the period 1840-1920.

Soldiers of the Great War. Compiled by W.M. Haulsee, F.G. Howe, and A.C. Doyle. Washington, D.C.: Soldiers’ Record Publishing Association, 1920, 3 volumes. ST-940.91

This book set lists (by state) United States Army soldiers killed during World War I.

“Violent Deaths in Missouri, 1840-1918 (selected).” Pioneer Times 8:1 (January 1984). HG-P

Abstracts of miscellaneous newspaper articles on violent deaths during the period listed (some St. Louis).

“Violent Deaths in Missouri, 1866-1925 (selected).” Pioneer Times 9:2 (April 1985). HG-P

Abstracts of miscellaneous newspaper articles on violent deaths during the period listed (some St. Louis).

“Weick Undertakers Records, 1911-1950.” St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly: vol. VII, no. 4 (December 1974): 79; vol. VIII, no. 1 (March 1975): 17; vol. VIII, no. 2 (June 1975): 35; and vol. VIII, no. 3 (September 1975): 69. HG-P St. Louis

Zimmer, Keith B. St. Louis Obituary Index, 1918-1919: Obituaries, Death Notices,and Burial Permits Appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper. St. Louis Public Library, 1999-2000. HG,MI-071.7866

Newspaper death notices for this period include numerous listings for soldiers and sailors killed or wounded in action, or who were listed as prisoners of war or as missing in action. These listings are available in book form at our Compton Genealogy Branch, and on our website. Note the special lists that have been compiled for World War I Casualties, Prisoners of War, and African-American Prisoners of War:

SLPL Obituary Index

READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 7

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) was a Confederate general. He commanded Confederate forces at Fort Sumter, Battle of Bull Run (1861), Shiloh, and Corinth. He rarely saw eye-to-eye with Jefferson Davis, and as a result spent the latter part of the war attempting to be restored to an independent command. After the war, he served as Director of the Louisiana State Lottery.

Basso, Hamilton. Beauregard, the Great Creole. New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1933. ST-B BEAUREGARD

Boritt, G S. Jefferson Davis's Generals. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. BU,DA,ST-973.73

Cunningham, O E, Gary D. Joiner, and Timothy B. Smith. Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. CE-973.731

Daniel, Larry J. Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. HG-973.731

Davis, William C. Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1977. ST-973.731

Detzer, David. Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. Orlando, Fla: Harcourt, 2004. HG-973.731

Hendrickson, Robert. Sumter, the First Day of the Civil War. Chelsea, Mich: Scarborough House, 1990. ST-973.731

Roman, Alfred. The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War between the States, 1861 to 1865: Including a Brief Personal Sketch and a Narrative of His Services in the War with Mexico, 1846-8. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. ST-973.733092

Williams, T H. P.G.T. Beauregard: Napoleon in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1955. ST-B BEAUREGARD

Woodworth, Steven E. Leadership and Command in the American Civil War. Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury, 1995. ST-973.73