September 1, 1864

Ingalls, Rufus, 1818-1893

Letter

Title: to Montgomery C. Meigs

Copy of GLC02649.17 with slight textual variations. Ingalls, Brigadier General and Chief Quartermaster of the Armies operating against Richmond, writes to Major General Meigs, U.S. Army Quartermaster General, to add to his annual report a commendation for the Medical Department and hospital system under Dr. Thomas A. McParlin.

GLC02649.20

15 April 1865

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Letter signed

Title: to Benjamin William Brice

Writes to Brice, the Acting Pay Master General, to request pay according to his brevet rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Heavily docketed; the request is denied across docket. With signed endorsements by Brice dated 18 April 1865 indicating McParlin was not entitled to the pay. Written at the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, near Burks (Berke) Station, Virginia.

GLC02649.21

April 1865

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Autograph manuscript

Title: Abraham Lincoln Foully Assassinated, April 14th 1865, from the London Punch

Nineteen stanza poem, an anonymous tribute to the late President, McParlin copied from Punch magazine.

GLC02649.22

1863

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Contemporary transcription of the Gettysburg Address]

Written on stationery of the Murray Hill Hotel in New York.

GLC02649.23

6 December 1864

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Printed letter signed

Title: to Thomas A. McParlin

Partially printed letter transmitting McParlin's appointment (not included) to Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. Form letter offering congratulations. Issued on stationery of "Head-Quarters, Army of the Potomac."

GLC02649.25

December 6, 1864

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Letter

Title: to Thomas A. McParlin

Draft copy of GLC02649.25, probably written by a secretary. Letter transmitting McParlin's appointment (not included) to Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. Form letter offering congratulations. Signed as "official" by Brevet Major General Ed Schriver (1812-1899).

GLC02649.26

30 June 1865

Ruggles, George D. (George David), ?-1904

Document signed

Title: to Thomas McParlin

Signed by Ruggles as AAG, by command of Major General Meade. A printed order relieving McParlin of his duty as the Colonel and Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac and ordering him to report to the Surgeon General, as a result of the break up of the Army of the Potomac. Written on "Special Order" stationery of the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac with autograph emendations in an unknown hand. Special Order No. 165.

GLC02649.28

16 April 1866

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas McParlin

Major General Meade informs McParlin that he has complied with his request for a recommendation (see GLC02649.30): "I think if any medical officers are entitled to the Brevet of Brig Genl it [is] these who like yourself stuck it out in the field and although whilst in the field I thought two brevets a fair proportion for my staff officers - I did not dream that these out of the field were going to get more and I consider it my duty to modify my recommendations as I have in your own case...I often think of our last campaign and how skillfully you treated me. I shall never forget the…

GLC02649.29

16 April 1866

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles Hale Morgan

Major General Meade strongly recommends Dr. Thomas A. McParlin to Colonel Morgan for advancement in rank. Discusses details about military actions in the Civil War, and McParlin's role in them as an Army Surgeon and Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac. Notes that the campaign had more battles and heavier casualties (over 50,000) many any similar period during the war. Meade writes, "Surgeon McParlin reported to me as Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac in Jany. 1864, and continued to serve in that position till the army was disbanded in June 1865...the campaign from the…

GLC02649.30

22 April 1866

Pope, John, 1822-1892

Letter

Title: to Andrew Jackson Smith

Pope recommends to Major General Smith that McParlin be brevetted to the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel for his service on 29-30 August 1862 (Second Battle of Manassas) and Brigadier General for his service as Medical Director of the Army of Virginia since 1 September 1862. Recounts McParlin's service as a surgeon during combat and his expert handling of patients. In part: "He [McParlin] was present at the front in every engagement and it is not too much to say that from first to last he not only performed his duties with ability - and fidelity, but that his whole conduct was…

GLC02649.31

3 May 1866

Pope, John, 1822-1892

Letter

Title: to Andrew Jackson Smith

A copy of GLC02649.31 (so marked), but with a different place of address and date. Pope recommends to Major General Smith that McParlin be brevetted to the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel for his service on 29-30 August 1862 (Second Battle of Manassas) and Brigadier General for his service as Medical Director of the Army of Virginia since 1 September 1862. Recounts McParlin's service as a surgeon during combat and his expert handling of patients. In part: "He [McParlin] was present at the front in every engagement and it is not too much to say that from first to last he not only…

GLC02649.32

19 December 1866

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Letter signed

Title: to the Adjutant General, U.S.A. War Department

Rejects his appointment as Brevet Brigadier General dated 27 November. In part: "This is the Second Brevet of that grade, tendered to me for different services: one, with the army in the field - which I now hold - as Brigadier General by Brevet for 'meritorious services during the War' …: the latter, for 'meritorious and distinguished services at New Orleans, La., where Cholera and Yellow Fever prevailed'….It is evident that I cannot accept this appointment, for the grade of Brigadier General. It is therefore carefully returned, with the request that the proper correction may be made."…

GLC02649.35

10 December 1866

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Letter

Title: to Joseph K. Barnes

Copy of a letter officially notifying U.S. Surgeon General Barnes that he has accepted the rank of Brevet Brigadier General "for meritorious service during the war." Written on stationery of the Headquarters Department of the Gulf. Headed "Medical Director's Office."

GLC02649.36

17 October 1885

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

McParlin asks that an original letter of introduction written by Ulysses S. Grant and sent to President Chester A. Arthur be returned to him (the original being deposited in White House files). McParlin transcribes in his own hand the text of the letter and asks that this serve as a substitute so that he can get the original back. He asked because he considered the letter, which commends his service in the Civil War, more valuable to himself and his family since Grant had recently died. Written on stationery of the Assistant Medical Purveyor's Office, U.S. Army.

GLC02649.37

19 October 1883

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Printed letter

Title: to Chester A. Arthur

Printed copy of Grant's letter of introduction for Thomas A. McParlin sent to President Arthur. Commends McParlin's service in the Civil War. McParlin quoted this letter in full in GLC02649.37, in a request to Arthur for the return of the original.

GLC02649.38

27 November 1864

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Roca McParlin

McParlin sends news of himself and asks for more letters from his wife. Writes about life and work at the hospital in Annapolis, Maryland. Comments on religion, friends, and food. Has been so cold that he has been using his "buffalo robe." Troops and officers received apples from the "patriotic merchants" of New York and turkey as well for Thanksgiving. There is text loss where the year was written and elsewhere along the edges of the paper.

GLC02649.39

1864

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Note signed

Title: to John Clements

Scrap of paper on which McParlin presents a bill for $1.80 from July 1864 and indicates that he has received payment. With emendations in another hand confirming payment on 2 November 1864.

GLC02649.41

1 August 1864

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Note signed

Title: to John Clements

Scrap of paper on which McParlin presents a bill for $3.85 and indicates that he has received payment.

GLC02649.42

1 September 1864

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Note signed

Title: to W. J. Babcock

Scrap of paper on which McParlin documents a payment to Babcock of $54.25 for room and board. Marked paid in the same hand. Written from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac.

GLC02649.43

1861-1865

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Autograph letter

Title: to Alida McParlin

Incomplete letter fragment discussing California and Europe, and McParlin's wish to see his wife.

GLC02649.44

1864-1865

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Nine envelopes mostly from Thomas McParlin to his wife, each without an accompanying letter]

Six envelopes and three partial letters, most from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Medical Director's Office, to Alida McParlin.

GLC02649.45

1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [Reproduction of a vignette bust portrait of Thomas A. McParlin]

Vignette bust portrait of McParlin by unknown photographer.

GLC02649.46

1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [Reproduction of a vignette bust portrait of Thomas A. McParlin]

Photographed closer up and at a more advanced age than in GLC02649.46.

GLC02649.47

1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [View of an interior of a Civil War era hospital with patients]

Reproduced photograph of a hospital interior, possibly one that Dr. Thomas A. McParlin oversaw.

GLC02649.48

18 April 1849

Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, 1790-1858

Manuscript letter

Title: to Charles M. Armstrong

Jones' letter discussing John B. Marchand's "lack of zeal and restiveness" and his "hostility to my lawful authority," written in Marchand's hand. Jones discusses the insubordinate actions of Marchand and two other officers, which he says were caused by "gold mania." Says these officers opposed his orders, and then acted disrespectfully towards their superior officer. Jones' letter attacking these officers has become public, and he assures Lieutenant Armstrong that his censures were only directed towards those three officers, and not intended for other officers under his command. Written…

GLC02680.01