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Excellent material - manuscripts and photographs - regarding the contests can be found at the Library of Congress, especially in the William Oland Bourne Papers. Bourne was editor of The Soldier's Friend, a periodical devoted to Civil War soldiers, disabled veterans, and their families. They also have an excellent online exhibit on the left-handed penmanship contest here.
Private J.S. Prendergast, Company F. 24th Massachusetts Infantry, (shown below with his his submission) won $20 for this submission describing the battle in which he lost his arm.
(Images in this blog post are from the Library of Congress)
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