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19 July 1776
Crafts, Edward, 1746-1806
[Ammunition return pertaining to Captain Crafts]
Lists pounders, cannon, paper cartridges, and canisters.
GLC02437.09536
5 October 1776
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
[Return of Captain Stevens's company]
Lists numbers of officers presently fit for duty, sick in hospital, sick present, on command, and sick absent.
GLC02437.09539
11 May 1776
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Abstract of pay for officers serving under Henry Knox]
Lists the names of 13 officers, including Henry Burbeck, William Dana, and Jotham Drury, among others. Docketed by Knox as "Captn Mortons abstract."
GLC02437.10439
26 January 1784
Hull, William, 1753-1825
[Return]
Return for troops at West Point, New York. Lists men by rank and current status. Includes a list on the verso of absent officers.
GLC02437.10576
20 January 1862
Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865
to Father
Writing from Camp Pierpont, he summarizes the military news for his father. Recently heard that some New York troops are coming across Chain Bridge, and that Birneys Zouaves (23rd Regiment) are coming to the area. Mentions that General George...
GLC03523.08.27
26 January 1862
to Sister
Writes from Camp Pierpont, informing his sister that they are preparing to move against the enemy at Centreville and Manassas Junction, Virginia. He estimates however, that it will be two weeks before they actually make a move. Encloses a...
GLC03523.08.28
Reports from Camp Pierpont, telling his father that they expect an attack from the Rebels any day. Relays that Centreville is fortified by about 60,000 Rebel troops and 175 pieces of artillery. Informs him about General George McClellan's plan to...
GLC03523.08.29
30 January 1862
Summarizes daily duties to his sister, from Camp Pierpont. Tells her that he expects that General Ambrose Burnside's expedition will take place soon. Writes "I got nothing new to write it is the same old thing out here Rain Rain Rain Mud Mud Mud...
GLC03523.08.30
4 February 1862
to Father and Sister
First half of letter written to his sister from Camp Pierpont. Reports that The Burnside [General Ambrose Burnside] Expedition is "somewhere down South now." Communicates to her his opinion that "you better hunt of husband than a situation as a...
GLC03523.08.31
11 February 1862
Reports to his father from Camp Pierpont, mentioning that Union General Charles Stone has been rearrested and sent to Fort Lafayette. "The following are the charges brought against him. 1st For misbeavior at the Battle of Balls Bluff. 2nd For holding...
GLC03523.08.32
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