circa 1861-1916

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Ethan A. Jenks, company I, seventh regiment, Rhode Island volunteers] [decimalized]

The first group of size one documents in the Ethan A. Jenks collection primarily contains Civil War correspondence related to the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers. This group begins with Jenks' enlistment as Recruiting Officer (#2), and contains letters pertaining to Jenks' service as Captain, reflecting his responsibility to provide descriptive lists and monthly returns (#4, 10, 11, 18, 26). One item serves as a detailed sketch of a battle plan for an unspecified location (#29), revealing strategic positioning of troops and precise notation of distance. Following the 17 November…

GLC02750

24 July 1863

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Davis Townsend

Jenks informs Colonel Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, that the dismissal of Captain Ethan A. Jenks was a mistake. States that Jenks is the bearer of this document, and requests a hearing from Townsend.

GLC02750.056

February 1864

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

15 March 1864

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Montgomery C. Meigs

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

GLC02750.017

5 July 1864

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Montgomery C. Meigs

Captain Jenks transmits the monthly clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, and clothing receipt roll for March 1864.

GLC02750.018

18 August 1864

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Percy Daniels

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

GLC02750.019

18 August 1864

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

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

GLC02750.030

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

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

18 December 1862

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sanondess Jenks

Writing to his wife, Jenks describes a previously battle, stating "O my God I never want to witness another day like that yet I come out unharmed … for from seven to eight hours our regiment was exposed to a perfect storm of iron hale."

GLC02750.006

15 December 1863

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

December 1863

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [List of articles lost in the public service at Camp Nelson, Kentucky]

GLC02750.195

June 1864

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [List of articles of camp and garrison equipage lost in action]

GLC02750.196

15 April 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Printed document signed

Title: [Ration Return of Detachment Company, Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

GLC02750.200

22 June 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [List of Company Books turned over to mustering officials by Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

GLC02750.204

4 September 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Printed document signed

Title: [Noyes, Notary Public, confirms the validity of Ethan A. Jenks' annexed account]

GLC02750.206

16 December 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [official statement]

Also signed by Joseph Pitman, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public for Providence, Rhode Island. Includes Jenks' statement regarding clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, clothing returns, and other issues regarding his regiment during the Civil War.

GLC02750.207

1861-1877

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph manuscript

Title: [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 unfit. Recounts his appearance before a Military Commission in Washington, D.C., which listened to his case and subsequently reinstated him to order.

GLC02750.068

12 September 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [statement regarding Captain Jenks' pay between the times of his dismissal and reinstatement from military service]

Walker signs as Justice of the Peace. Contains Jenks' statement that he was dismissed on 4 May 1863, but learned of this dismissal while in the field 3 July 1863. Jenks requests pay for the period between 4 May 1863 and 12 June 1863.

GLC02750.064

27 March 1866

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lorenzo Thomas

Captain Jenks writes to Adjutant General Thomas, requesting a copy of the 12 June 1863 special orders containing his military dismissal.

GLC02750.065

1861-1877

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

1861-1877

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Abraham Lincoln

Captain Jenks requests that President Lincoln reconsider the 12 June 1863 order dismissing him from military service.

GLC02750.071

30 September 1863

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

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

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

GLC02750.073

November 30, 1863

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

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

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

GLC02750.074