Orders (military records)
Subject
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Winfield Scott Hancock papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0815
Abstract
This collection comprises eleven documents regarding the military career of Winfield Scott Hancock, particularly his involvement in the execution of accused Lincoln assassination conspirator, Mary Surratt, his brief command of the fifth military district (Louisiana and Texas) during Reconstruction, and biographical material which highlights his military career during the Civil War.
Dates:
1865-1872
William Livermore papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0157
Abstract
The William Livermore papers give a comprehensive account of the career of a U.S. Army engineer in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.
Dates:
1814-1919
Nineteenth-century American military collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0541
Abstract
The Nineteenth-century American military collection is an artificial collection that contains 1.6 linear feet of American military records spanning the period 1846-1903. The bulk of the collection dates from the American Civil War (1861-1865). Additional records are from the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) and the remainder of the nineteenth century. There are also five items pertaining to the Mexican War (1846-1848) and two documents from the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers...
Dates:
1846-1903; Majority of material found within 1861-1865