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[Receipt for payment from Henry Jackson Hunt]

Mahon, treasurer of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, certifies that Hunt paid $8 in society dues.

GLC02382.224

[Receipt for payment from Henry Jackson Hunt]

Mahon, treasurer of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, certifies that Hunt paid $4 in society dues.

GLC02382.225

Constitution of the Artillery Association of the Army of the Potomac.

Includes articles pertaining to the organization of the Artillery Association. Membership includes "all officers who were borne on the rolls of and actually served with the Artillery Corps of the Army of the Potomac and were honorably discharged, or...

GLC02382.226

[Proposal for organizing the artillery of the Army of the Potomac]

Lists commanding officers for corps and divisions, strength of guns, batteries, and numbers of guns. Hunt notes that this document was presented as a proposition by him to Major General Joseph Hooker, Commander of the Department and Army of the...

GLC02382.227

[Report of ammunition in the reserve artillery train, Army of the Potomac]

Written near Petersburg. Newbatt signs as First Lieutenant and Ordnance Officer, Reserve Artillery, Army of the Potomac. Lists amounts of shot, shell, canister, and other ammunition.

GLC02382.228

[ Written on General orders no. 14 for the purpose of diffusing instruction in artillery regiments]

Includes printed orders issued 24 August 1849 by W. G. Freeman, Assistant Adjutant General, from the Headquarters of the Army at West Point. Orders discuss organization and command of artillery regiments. These orders are followed by a note...

GLC02382.229

[List of guns in battery in Petersburg and City Point defences, Virginia]

Cites numerical or other designation of batteries, names of battery commanders, and number of guns and mortars per battery.

GLC02382.230

[List of guns afloat at Broadway Landing, Virginia]

Lists types and number of guns, and amount of ammunition. Also, lists number of guns taken by General Abbott (possibly Brevet Brigadier General Henry Larcom Abbott, also spelled 'Abbot'). Docketed by Abbott from Headquarters of Siege Artillery.

GLC02382.231

[List of orders pertaining to an artillery school at Fort Monroe, Virginia]

List of special orders issued between 1869 and 1873 regarding the establishment of an artillery school at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Mentions General Ulysses S. Grant, President Andrew Johnson, General Gibbon (possibly John Gibbon), and Edward Davis...

GLC02382.232

to Rutherford B. Hayes

Colonel Scammon writes to Colonel Hayes of the 23rd Ohio regiment in Raleigh. States, "Dispatch recd Good. for Dr. Bacon." Year inferred from military rank.

GLC02414.033

to Rutherford B. Hayes

Clerical note from Colonel Scammon to Colonel Hayes of the 23rd Ohio stating that Lieutenant Hicks is so efficient that he is wanted longer to drill recruits. Undated, year inferred from military rank.

GLC02414.034

to Rutherford B. Hayes

Clerical note from Colonel Scammon to Colonel Hayes of the 23rd Ohio stating that Major General John Charles Fremont is in Wheeling, West Virginia. Undated, year inferred from military rank.

GLC02414.035

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Telegram to General Scammon reporting that he received the dispatch about the approach of Confederate General Henry Heth. Writes that a train of 90 wagons is heading out to Summersville with two companies of the 23rd Ohio regiment. Asks if they...

GLC02414.036

to James L. Botsford

Colonel Hayes reports to Captain Botsford that a sergeant in the 23rd Ohio regiment would like to attend his father's homicide trial and that he would like to allow him to go. Undated.

GLC02414.037

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Telegram to General Scammon discussing a man named Cal Comly who can "give you light on the cook question our good cooks are gobbled up." On stationery of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Undated.

GLC02414.038

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Clerical note to General Scammon stating that he does not feel it is necessary or practical to have a force sent to Tompkins Farm. He thought that a regiment from [General George] Crook's division would go.

GLC02414.039

to James L. Botsford

Colonel Hayes writes to Captain Botsford of the 23rd Ohio of a man named Moses Mayer, "an isrealite from Lewisburg" that furnished the Confederates with goods and now wants to go to Ohio for the remainder of the war. Asks what should be done with...

GLC02414.040

to James L. Botsford

Colonel Hayes informs Captain Botsford of the 23rd Ohio that communication between Gauley and Tompkins Farm is liable to be cut. Informs that he cannot send a regiment to Tompkins Farm and that he will come to Fayetteville, West Virginia tomorrow if...

GLC02414.041

[Scammon endorsement on a telegram from Rutherford B. Hayes]

Colonel Hayes writes a telegram to General Scammon stating that the 23rd Ohio regiment will move as ordered right away. With an autograph endorsement signed by Scammon. On stationery of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year inferred from similar...

GLC02414.042

to [Eliakim P. Scammon]

Colonel Hayes writes a telegram to General Scammon stating that there are no forces at Lewisburg. On stationery of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Undated and not addressed to Scammon but circa date and recipient inferred from similar documents in...

GLC02414.043

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Clerical letter to General Scammon stating that Colonel Comley is at Charleston and that he will send a cook named Shurtliff to Fayetteville, West Virginia. Reports on the whereabouts of troops and comments that General George Crook will send troops...

GLC02414.044

to Rutherford B. Hayes

Instructs Lieutenant Colonel Hayes of the 23rd Ohio regiment to send out scouts to ascertain "whether the rebels are cutting a road through the timber from Anaconia Court House eastward." States that General [Jacob Dolson] Cox reports that nothing...

GLC02414.045

to Captain G.M. Bascom

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment writes to Captain Bascom, A.A.A.G. (Acting Assistant Adjutant General) in Charleston. Reports on a captain Fowler that has asked for a leave. States that Fowler's company received their pay and want to send...

GLC02414.046

to Jacob Dolson Cox

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment writes General Cox, division commander in Charleston. Reports that it is urgent that troops be sent to Princeton, West Virginia. States, "Now is the time to save men from going into the rebel army under...

GLC02414.047

to Jacob Dolson Cox

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment writes General Cox, division commander in Charleston, West Virginia. Reports that Confederate General Alfred Beckley has been arrested on order of General John Charles Fremont and arrived in Fayetteville on...

GLC02414.048