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General Order No. 11

Lieutenant Fellows has been appointed adjudant of the first regiment. Warren Clark is now drill master. Written in Camp Union

GLC02745.065

General Order No. 11

Capt. Greenleaf will [illegible] the colors on the line after the formation of the same.

GLC02745.066

General Order No. 7

The calls for company and squad drills will be strictly attended to. The men are not allowed to lie on the ground without a blanket because of health reasons.

GLC02745.070

to the Paymaster General

Several soldiers signed a petition requesting their pay up to the 30th of September.

GLC02745.071

Petition

Several soldiers want the 1st Sargeant appointed 2nd Lieutenant of the 3rd regiment.

GLC02745.075

Petition for Col. Fellows

They feel that the 2nd lieutenant , Samuel M. Smith has violated some code of conduct while on drill. They feel he should be disciplined but they also hope to witness an improvement since they note his many good qualities.

GLC02745.078

to E.A. Preshay

Letter of introduction for Fellows, now the director of a bank.

GLC02745.082

to Frederick Starr

Written from Libby Prison ("Hotel de Libbie") in Richmond. Starr discusses, sometimes humorously, the possibility of exchange, his desire for packages, and his health. He also mentions the fact that his February escape attempt precluded his early...

GLC02748.03

to Ethan A. Jenks

Colonel Sayles orders Jenks to assume command of the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers.

GLC02750.004

to Ethan A. Jenks

Colonel Sayles orders Jenks to report recruits to Corporal A. C. Eddy at Camp Bliss, Rhode Island.

GLC02750.005

to Ethan A. Jenks

Scovel, United States Paymaster, discusses a case involving Jenks. Informs Jenks he can receive pay for the period to 4 May 1863 unless Jenks provides evidence of the dates during which he performed duties as Captain.

GLC02750.008

to Sergeant McElroy

Private Niles requests that McElroy send Niles' description list to the surgeon in charge of the Main Street Hospital in Covington. States that he was reported dead and can draw no pay.

GLC02750.009

to Montgomery C. Meigs

Captain Jenks transmits the monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage and the clothing receipt roll for November 1863.

GLC02750.011

to Ethan A. Jenks

Private Briggs requests his back pay from Captain Jenks and offers Jenks half of the pay.

GLC02750.014

to Percy Daniels

Captain Jenks requests a twenty day leave of absence from Colonel Percy Daniels.

GLC02750.019

to unknown

Refers to an enclosed Descriptive List for Private Carder Sherman (not included). Instructs the recipient to send a new Descriptive List.

GLC02750.024

to E. B. French

Consists of several copied statements regarding items lost from Captain Jenks' ordnance stores. Signed by French as Second Auditor of the United States Treasury.

GLC02750.032

to Ethan A. Jenks

Captain Wilbur informs Captain Jenks that he is required to attend the General Court Martial scheduled for 8 May 1865.

GLC02750.033

to Samuel B. Ward

Captain Jenks writes to Ward, Assistant Surgeon at a general hospital, regarding the Descriptive List of Private P. Thornton.

GLC02750.035

to unknown

Informs the recipient that as Brigade Officer of the Day, the author found the men at several pickets "well instructed and vigilantly performing their duty." Written at Poplar Grove Church.

GLC02750.037

to Ethan A. Jenks

First Lieutenant Johnson requests information regarding surgeons working in the Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island Hospital during the years of 1864 and 1865 from Captain Jenks. Johnson requests this information for the widow of Sergeant [Dennis J.]...

GLC02750.041

to Ethan A. Jenks

Colonel Bliss declines an invitation for the annual meeting of the Seventh Rhode Island Veterans Association from Jenks, the Association's President.

GLC02750.042

to Ethan A. Jenks

Hopkins sends Captain Jenks a block made from a picture of General Zenas Randall Bliss (not included). Informs Jenks of his plans to visit Civil War sites in Virginia.

GLC02750.044

to John Sullivan

Obeying special orders from the War Department, Colonel Bliss relieves Captain Ethan A. Jenks from duty.

GLC02750.047

[dates related to Ethan A. Jenks' dismissal]

Written on a small notebook, this sheet lists the chronology of Jenks' dismissal.

GLC02750.051

to John G. Nicholay

Sanford, U. S. Marshal, requests that General Nicholay, Private Secretary of President Lincoln, assist Captain Ethan Jenks in delivering an Executive Communication from Rhode Island Governor James Y. Smith. States that the Communication (not...

GLC02750.055

to Edward Davis Townsend

Smith, Rhode Island Governor, requests the original or certified copy of the enlistment of Private James A. Briggs to be used in the trial of Captain Ethan A. Jenks from Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.

GLC02750.057

[Private Briggs' statement regarding his health and enlistment in the Seventh Regiment of the Rhode Island Volunteers]

Briggs states that several doctors' examinations' found him fit for military service before he was sworn in.

GLC02750.058

to Edwin M. Stanton

Jenks writes to Stanton, Secretary of War, regarding his pay between the date of his dismissal and the time he received notification of dismissal. Colonel Bliss confirms Jenks' claims.

GLC02750.061

to the United States Senate and House of Representatives

Jenks' statement claiming he was unaware of the order dismissing him from military service until he received the order in the field during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi

GLC02750.069

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. 30 September 1863

GLC02750.073

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for August 1864

GLC02750.080

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for April 1865.

GLC02750.083

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for March 1865. Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.084

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. October 1863

GLC02750.090

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. February 1864

GLC02750.093

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. March 1864 Written at Camp Burnside.

GLC02750.094

to Father

He compliments his father on his address and makes a few suggestions on how he can improve it further.

GLC02745.091

[Jenks relates the chronological details of his military dismissal and reinstatement from memory]

Relates 2 July 1863 Notice of Dismissal charging him for missing a 4 May 1863 appearance before a military commission which he had not been notified of. States that he admitted Private James Briggs into service without knowing that he was physically...

GLC02750.068

Notes on the 23rd Psalm

This was written into a pocket bible on the eve of the battle of Donaldson..

GLC02744.349

General Orders, No. 375

Enlistments are commanded to stop.

GLC02744.352

General Orders, No. 350

About the allocation of pay for volunteers' families.

GLC02744.354

William Stone Hubbell

Biography of William Stone Hubbell, an officer in the twenty-first

GLC02744.362

General Orders, No. 11

Procedure for officer of Volunteers wishing to resign.

GLC02744.364

Receipt for Thomas F. Burpee

For the cost of shirts. He paid $6.00.

GLC02744.365

receipt for train ticket

To freight from Hartford

GLC02744.367

Granting permission to Burpee to take a leave of absence

Burpee has permission to go to Ft. Monroe en route for Baltimore and he can also take his horse,

GLC02744.368

General Orders, No. 20

Orders all officers to appear at their armory on the 23rd day of May, 1860.

GLC02744.376

to Enoch Q. Fellows

He is writing to see if there is any way Adolphus Hoit can be made to return to his regiment. He deserted from Hemstead Long Island. He is happy that Fellow's regiment gets such praise and accolades.

GLC02745.007

to Enoch Q. Fellows

He is asking for a furlough because he has received word that his mother is sick. Written at Port Royal, located on Hilton Head Island.

GLC02745.011

Countersign and Parole list

GLC02745.026

List of Quartermaster's Stores

Lists 3 field desk tables.

GLC02745.032

Abstract of Articles

GLC02745.033

to Col. Tophen

They wish him to be prepared to reinforce the guard.

GLC02745.038

Special Orders No. 93

Any wagon that can be spared must be given to the commanding general so he can move a large force to the front.

GLC02745.041

General Orders No. 1

The commanding general has learned that [illegible] have not been prepared for the men. They are ordered to attend to this omission at once

GLC02745.044

General Orders No. 1

Col. Stine and Col. Swchwartzwald will direct morning reports to be made to them of their commanding officers.

GLC02745.045

Circular

Countersign and parole. Also ordering troops to have one day's ration cooked. They must be in bed by 8 o' clock.

GLC02745.047

Circular

No one is permitted to go beyond the picket lines and will hold as prisoners all who attempt to do so.

GLC02745.048

General Orders No. 35

The regimental baggage wagons will be sent on the Potomac today.

GLC02745.050

Special Order No. 1

States the number of commanding officers that will report for guard duty at half past 6. Written in Camp Union

GLC02745.051

Special Order No. 2

The commanding officer will detail a certain number of soldiers of each rank for guard duty. Written in Camp Union

GLC02745.052

General Order No. 3

Every day there will be an "officer in charge," and an officer of the day." The "officer in charge" will oversee dress parade and encampment. The "officer of the day" will have control of the guard and police. Written in Camp Union

GLC02745.055

General Order unumbered

Gen. Fellows will be officer in charge and will have full command of the camp. Capt. Gremlief will be officer of the day. Written in Camp Union

GLC02745.058

General Order No. 8

Gen. Fellows will continue as officer in charge and Capt. Bell will be officer of the day. All letters sent from the camp will be forwarded to the quartermaster and then put in the mail. Written in Camp Union

GLC02745.063

Petition to have Denus K. Scuton appointed lieutenant of company K.

GLC02745.073

Monthly Summary Statement

Lists total purchases, expenditures and advances to officers.

GLC02745.076

List of names

GLC02745.079

Formal Adoption of Resolution

Grateful thanks are extended to Fellows for his address delivered in Ashland on Memorial Day.

GLC02745.090

to his father [incomplete]

Describes, in detail, his capture at Gettysburg and the terrible losses suffered by his corps at the battle. Cites by name fellow officers and soldiers killed and wounded (Lt. Johnson, mortally wounded despite his steel vest, Lt. Col. Tuthill shot...

GLC02748.02

to Ethan A. Jenks

Private Dexter Clark states that he signed a government pay roll for Jenks, after obtaining permission from Captain Simpson and Colonel Burnside. Encloses a draft payable to Jenks' order (not included).

GLC02750.001

to unknown

Brieje authorizes the recipient (possibly Ethan A. Jenks) to recruit for the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers. States that Dr. Harris will inspect each recruit in Providence, Rhode Island.

GLC02750.002

to Ethan A. Jenks

Colonel Sayles requires Jenks to report new recruits to the Providence Headquarters of the Rhode Island Volunteers

GLC02750.003

to unknown

Colonel Bliss replies to a note from the recipient (possibly Captain Ethan A. Jenks) discussing corn Bliss ordered the recipient to obtain.

GLC02750.013

to members of the Board of Examination

Colonel Bliss states that Captain Ethan A. Jenks has received authority to appear before the Board of Examination. Recommends Jenks to the Board, stating that "For bravery, energy, coolness, and devotion to the cause of the Union, he is unsurpassed...

GLC02750.015

to Zenas Randall Bliss

Captain Jenks responds to orders from Colonel Bliss requiring him to obtain corn. States that "there is som corn in this county but hard to get."

GLC02750.016

to Percy Daniels

Captain Jenks requests a twenty day leave of absence from Colonel Percy Daniels. Refers to an enclosed medical certificate (not included).

GLC02750.020

to unknown

The author states that based on Jannis' orders, he visited the pickets three times during his tour of duty as field officer of the day. Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.022

to Edward C. Mauran

Private Locklin expresses difficulty obtaining his bounty, thus requests Enlistment Rolls from Adjutant General Mauran. Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.025

to James F. Merrill

Adjutant General Mauran transmits Private Thomas Locklin's
Descriptive List (not included) to Lieutenant James F. Merrill.

GLC02750.026

to Sanondess Jenks

Describing a battle to his wife, Sanondess, Captain Jenks states that "the rebels have directly in our front an eight inch Columbiad gun … they fired every fifteen minutes from this gun all day …" Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.030

to Ethan A. Jenks

Hopkins, who previously served in the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers, transmits blank paper and stamps to Jenks, requesting Jenks to record the details of his service during the Civil War. Based upon his research, Hopkins wrote The...

GLC02750.043

to Lorenzo Thomas

Colonel Bliss informs Adjutant General Thomas that Captain Ethan A. Jenks knew nothing of "Fraudulently enlisting a Private in his Company who served but one Month and drew bounty." Bliss attests to Jenks' character and requests reconsideration of...

GLC02750.048

to John Parke

Colonels Arnold and Bliss inform Major General Parke that guards will accompany Captain Ethan A. Jenks to Cairo, Illinois

GLC02750.049

[certificate granting Jenks permission to ride as a passenger on any steamboat in Cairo, Illinois not exclusivley in governmental service]

Also signed by Deputy [?] Swenney. Wagner Swayne signs as Provost Marshal.

GLC02750.052

to Edwin M. Stanton

Smith, Governor of Rhode Island, informs Stanton, Secretary of War, that "the first notice Captain Jenckes [Ethan A. Jenks] received of the commission on the charge made against him was the order dismissing him."

GLC02750.053

to Abraham Lincoln

Smith, Governor of Rhode Island, informs President Lincoln that "the first notice which Captain Ethan A. Jenks received of the commission on the charge made against him was the order dismissing him from Service, while on duty at the Siege of...

GLC02750.054

[confirms the dates of Ethan A. Jenks' service in the Seventh Regiment of the Rhode Island Volunteers]

Colonel Daniels confirms the dates of Ethan A. Jenks' service and that Jenks did not receive his order of dismissal until 3 July 1863.

GLC02750.062

to Ethan A. Jenks

French, Second Auditor of the United States Treasury, transmits a certificate of payment (not included) to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. Stamped across the page by the Second Auditor's Office and dated June 1871.

GLC02750.067

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. 30 November 1863

GLC02750.074

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for October 1864

GLC02750.081

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. 26 June 1865

GLC02750.087

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. December 1863

GLC02750.092

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. April 1864

GLC02750.095

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. May 1864

GLC02750.097

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for December 1865.

GLC02750.086

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

Invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. September 1863

GLC02750.088

to my dear wife

He describes Washington as a handsome city, but not as nice as Richmond. He apologizes for not having written lately. He assures her he has remained true to her since he has been there and always will be.

GLC02740.43

to Wilmot Thompson

From J.B. Crall and Co.

GLC02740.58

to Friend Thayer

He describes his journey to Capitol Hill.

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