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to the Adjutant General, U.S.A. War Department

Rejects his appointment as Brevet Brigadier General dated 27 November. In part: "This is the Second Brevet of that grade, tendered to me for different services: one, with the army in the field - which I now hold - as Brigadier General by Brevet for...

GLC02649.35

[Civil War diary of Calvin S. Mixter]

Signed diary including printed almanac and eclipse calendar in the opening pages. Mixter writes from various locations. Relates the events of 1861, spending most of his time divided between his home in Hanson, Massachusetts, and his workplace in...

GLC06583.01

A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War

Written by Schouler as the former Adjutant General of Massachusetts. Two volume history. First volume published 1868, second volume 1871. First volume has 670 pages and the second volume has 711 pages. First volume published by E.P. Dutton & Co...

GLC00267.284

[Soldier letterbook from the Black Hawk War]

Letterbook of Major Conyers, commander of the mounted Detachment from 1st Regiment Missouri Volunteers during the Black Hawk War. This bound volume contains orders, memoranda, incoming and outgoing correspondence, company appraisements and...

GLC07381

War of 1812: Correspondence and documents on war, POWs in Canada, New Orleans [Decimalized .01- .80]

General Winchester's correspondence includes letters received as the highest ranking American prisoner in Canada. Later his correspondence includes documents relating to the British attack on New Orleans in 1815. Highlights include a manuscript map...

GLC06997