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The seven days' contests : Pennsylvania reserves. General McCall's report, and accompanying documents

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    George A. McCall papers

    Manuscripts

    Papers of George A. McCall related to his military career. Included are correspondence, dispatches, communications, and other military records related to the Black Hawk War, the 2nd Seminole War, and McCall's service as the Inspector General of the Army in charge of Pacific and Western territorial divisions. Also included are McCall's letters to his father Archibald McCall written during the Seminole War; letters of recommendation and other correspondents regarding McCall's proposed promotion to the rank of Assistant Adjutant General of the Western Division, 1838, and a brevet for this service in the Seminole War, 1843; and the correspondence related to McCall's resignation from the Army in 1853. Correspondents include John Reynolds, William Jenkins Worth, Samuel Cooper, Edmund P. Gaines, Winfield Scott, William Dayton Lewis, and others. There is also a small group of materials dealing with Native American affairs in Texas and New Mexico territory from 1849 to 1850 including a few pieces of the official correspondence of George Mercer Brooke, the commander of the 8th Military Department, and a copy of James S. Calhoun's Proclamation to the Pueblos, with related correspondence.

    mssHM 42573-42621

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    George A. McCall papers

    Manuscripts

    Papers of George A. McCall related to his military career. Included are correspondence, dispatches, communications, and other military records related to the Black Hawk War, the 2nd Seminole War, and McCall's service as the Inspector General of the Army in charge of Pacific and Western territorial divisions. Also included are McCall's letters to his father Archibald McCall written during the Seminole War; letters of recommendation and other correspondents regarding McCall's proposed promotion to the rank of Assistant Adjutant General of the Western Division, 1838, and a brevet for this service in the Seminole War, 1843; and the correspondence related to McCall's resignation from the Army in 1853. Correspondents include John Reynolds, William Jenkins Worth, Samuel Cooper, Edmund P. Gaines, Winfield Scott, William Dayton Lewis, and others. There is also a small group of materials dealing with Native American affairs in Texas and New Mexico territory from 1849 to 1850 including a few pieces of the official correspondence of George Mercer Brooke, the commander of the 8th Military Department, and a copy of James S. Calhoun's Proclamation to the Pueblos, with related correspondence.

    mssHM 42573-42621