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Abbot, Henry L. (1831-1927) [List of guns afloat at Broadway Landing, Virginia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.231 Author/Creator: Abbot, Henry L. (1831-1927) Place Written: Virginia Type: Document Date: circa 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31.9 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy

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.

Abbot, Henry Larcom, 1831-1927
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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