Manuscripts

John White Geary papers, (bulk 1863-1865)

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Description: Primarily correspondence and military reports relating to the U.S. Civil War, especially the 2nd Battalion, 12th Army Corps.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1851-1907.
Call number: mssHM 30549-30559
Creator: Geary, John White(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Leon J. Oettinger, July 1967.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

John White Geary letter to John C. Hays

Manuscripts

Captain Geary reports to Colonel Hays that the San Francisco Rangers are organized and ready for duty.

mssHM 20171

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Brock Collection: Papers of James Miles Moore, (bulk 1863-1865)

Manuscripts

Official correspondence and documents, chiefly referring to requisitions for stores: for stoves and fuel, office supplies and equipment, building materials, and the sale of government buildings. Many of the letters are addressed to Daniel Henry Rucker, Chief Quartermaster of the Washington Depot, or bear his endorsements. Included are letters regarding supplies for Freedmens' Hospital, Army Medical Museum, National Baseball club, and U.S. Burial Corps

mssBR Box 121 (2)

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William K. Anthony papers

Manuscripts

Primarily U.S. Army pay records, correspondence, and pension documents relating to the U.S. Civil War.

mssHM 39404-39423

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Joel B. Clough Collection of United States Military Railroad Photographs / (bulk approximately 1863-approximately 1864)

Visual Materials

Collection of photographs depicting Union railroad engineering projects in Virginia during the Civil War from 1863-1864, given to Captain J. B. Clough on his retirement from the construction corps of the United States Union Army. The photographs were taken by Andrew J. Russell. Of particular note are views of bridge and railroad constructions in Alexandria, Fort Davis, Manassas, Culpeper, Potomac Creek, Bull Run, Fredericksburg, as well as images of wharfs, town views, military convalescent camps, soldiers, and the deck and sailors of the Russian frigate "Osliaba." The collection also includes a pen-and-ink drawing on board, with hand-colored lettering, entitled: "A Testimonial to Joel B. Clough from the Members of the Construction Corps, U.S. Military R. Rds of VA., dated December, 1864." The "Testimonial" is illustrated with several Civil War scenes drawn by artist William M. Merrick. The collection also includes a brass-handled walking stick inscribed to Joel B. Clough on the occasion of his birthday from the City Eng[inee]r Corps, 1874.

photCL 301

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John C. Lockwood papers, (bulk 1920-1925)

Manuscripts

The three volumes of manuscript memoirs cover John Lockwood's life as a gold miner, member of the U.S. 7th cavalry regiment, employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, and stagecoach driver in Utah and California. There are eleven pieces of correspondence, which are between Lockwood and various people regarding military pensions and the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn; the other authors are Elizabeth Custer, Senator Peter Norbeck, and Representative Harold Knutson. The group also includes 23 pieces of ephemera including 58 newspaper clippings about the Battle of Little Bighorn and its anniversary celebration. Subjects covered are: National Indian War Veterans, coaching in the southwest, Comanche the horse, the Crow, Sioux, Cheyenne, and Nez Percé Indians, gold mining in the Black Hills, military veterans, Montana and South Dakota. Persons covered are: George Crook, George Custer, Chief Gall, Chief Joseph, Nelson Miles, Rain in the Face, Marcus Reno, army scout Charley Reynolds, Sitting Bull, Samuel Sturgis, and Alfred Terry

mssHM 65754-65767

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John A. Abbott papers

Manuscripts

Includes undated typescript "My Army Experience During the Civil War," biographical information, and a diary kept in 1864.

mssHM 30410

John White Geary papers, (bulk 1863-1865)

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