5 March 1863

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to P. Sullivan

Colonel Bliss informs Second Lieutenant Sullivan that Private James Card is assigned on daily duty as a clerk.

GLC02750.112

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

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

GLC02750.049

January 13, 1864

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Colonel Bliss requires the recipient (possibly Captain Ethan A. Jenks) to travel to Whitley County, Kentucky. Orders the recipient to seize all the corn he finds without taking corn from families who need it for their own subsistence.

GLC02750.012

January 19, 1864

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

February 11, 1864

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 by any Officer in the Reg't." Written at Camp Burnside.

GLC02750.015

19 March 1863

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Printed document signed

Title: [Certificate of disability for Discharge for Norman Bullock due to an internal injury]

Approved and signed by several others.

GLC02750.194

January 12, 1864

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Autograph document signed

Title: [special orders no. 3]

Also signed by Lieutenant Benjamin G. Perkins. Colonel Bliss authorizes orders detailing Captain Ethan A. Jenks and other members of the 7th Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers for detached service.

GLC02750.119

24 November 1863

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Autograph document signed

Title: [Ordnance stores received by Ethan A. Jenks]

GLC02750.236

22 October 1863

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

24 March 1863

Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900

Printed document signed

Title: [Commander Bliss appoints Fuller Dingley as Sergeant in Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

GLC02750.409