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Communication of the secretary of War... Feb. 7, 1864. [Transmitted with:] Message of the President..Feb. 8, 1864.

GLC06745.280

[Bombardment of Pearl Harbor]

Mounted photograph of Japanese aerial view of attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese text on verso.
From Naval History and Heritage Command's catalog: "Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford...

GLC09547.17

to unknown

Law firm Chipman et al. discuss Captain Ethan A. Jenks' pay for the period subsequent to 4 May 1863. Request other officers' statements regarding Jenks' service to 3 July 1863, if it may be obtained.

GLC02750.066

[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...

GLC02750.068

For release in Sunday A.M.S., Dec. 6th, 1942. Victims of Jap Sneak Attack

Attached label reads: A small boat rescues a seaman from the water near the blazing U.S.S. West Virginia, which rests on the bottom after the warship was hit by Jap bombs and torpedoes during the attack of Pearl Harbor, last Dec. 7th. Smoke rolls out...

GLC09547.12

[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

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

to Ethan A. Jenks

French, Second Auditor of the United States Treasury, transmits a certificate of payment (not included) to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. Stamped across the page by the Second Auditor's Office and dated June 1871.

GLC02750.067

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

[confirms that James A. Briggs was unfit for military service at the time of enlistment]

Rex, a surgeon, confirms that Private James A. Briggs received a bounty though he only served in the military for one month.

GLC02750.070