27 March 1865

King, James, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Lieutenant King requests Private Frank [Daniels'?] Descriptive List from the recipient.

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1865

Sketch

Title: to unknown

Sketch of a battle plan, including position of regiments, guns, and wagons. Indicates distance in miles.

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February 12, 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

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15 April 1865

Wright, Samuel, fl. 1864-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Assistant Adjutant General Wright instructs Captain Jenks' detachment to rejoin the Seventh Regiment.

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30 April 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: 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

5 May 1865

Wilbur, George A., fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

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

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8 May 1865

Autograph letter

Title: to Friend Bemis

Relates events that took place during April 1865 in Fort Hell, Virginia (also known as Fort Sedgwick). Refers to the Seventh Regiment (possibly of the Rhode Island Volunteers). States that his Company was traveling to Farmville, Virginia when they "received official information of the surrender of General Lee."

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31 May 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

1865

Autograph letter

Title: 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.

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12 September 1865

P., Charles, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James McElroy

requests Sergeant McElroy to send a Descriptive List to the hospital at Camp Denison. Written at Camp Dennison .

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16 September 1865

Connell, John, fl. 1865

Letter signed

Title: to G.D. Palmer

Requests Descriptive Lists from Palmer Written at Camp Dennison .

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18 May 1885

Johnson, William H., fl. 1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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.] Scannel.

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2 September 1893

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Typed letter signed

Title: 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

31 June 1900

Hopkins, William P., fl. 1973

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 Seventh Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers in the Civil War, published in Providence, Rhode Island by Snow & Farnham, Printers, 1903.

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22 December 1900

Hopkins, William P., fl. 1973

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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.

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6 April 1863

Rex, George, fl. 1861-1877

Autograph document signed

Title: [certificate of disability for discharge of James A. Briggs]

Surgeon George Rex certifies that James A. Briggs was enlisted by Ethan A. Jenks for military service on 18 August 1862. States that for the past two months, Briggs has been unfit for military service.

GLC02750.045

17 April 1863

Schenk, Robert, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lorenzo Thomas

Schenk, writing from the Middle Department, encloses a Certificate of Disability for Private James A. Briggs (not included). Attention is invited to surgeon George Rex.

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2 July 1863

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Autograph document signed

Title: to John Sullivan

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

GLC02750.047

2 July 1863

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 Jenks' dismissal.

GLC02750.048

2 July 1863

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Parke

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

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2 July 1863

Members of Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers

Autograph document signed

Title: [members of the seventh regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers express regrest regarding the dismissal of Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

Members of the Seventh Regiment praise Jenks' service and object to his dismissal, stating that "His career has been marked by patient endurance and fair answering devotion to the cause of Our ... Country."

GLC02750.050

3 July 1863

Manuscript document

Title: [dates related to Ethan A. Jenks' dismissal]

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

GLC02750.051

7 July 1863

Swayne, Wagner, fl. 1863

Printed document signed

Title: [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

16 July 1863

Smith, James, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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."

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16 July 1863

Smith, James, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 Vicksburg, and also that the charge is untrue."

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