Pamphlet titled “Project for a Monument to the Women of the Civil War,” published by the Commandery of the State of New York, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Includes address of James M. Beck, formerly assistant attorney general of the United States, titled “The American Women in the Civil War.” (15 pages), 1911 Oct 30

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Identifier: D00662

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Pamphlet: “Project for a Monument to the Women of the Civil War,” published by the Commandery of the State of New York, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, October 30, 1911

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family history; and photocopies of newspaper clippings, many of which appear to have been copied from a family scrapbook, mostly relating to J.E.D. Couzins and Phoebe Couzins.