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McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885) Gen., USA
Papers, 1823-98. ca. 33,000 items.
Chiefly official correspondence, orders, reports, returns,
commissions, diaries, receipts, inventories, accounts, telegrams,
letterbooks, and memoranda, 1861-62, used by McClellan in
his Report on the Organization and Campaigns of the Army of
the Potomac (1864) and McClellan's Own Story: The War for
the Union (1887). Relates largely to the Peninsular and Antietam
campaigns. Also includes correspondence concerning
McClellan's Presidential aspirations and his interest in national
political affairs, 1864-65. Correspondents include John Jacob
Astor, Jr., Nathaniel P. Banks, John G. Barnard, Don Carlos
Buell, Ambrose E. Burnside, Simon Cameron, Leslie Combs,
John A. Dix, Millard Fillmore, Henry W. Halleck, Samuel
P. Heintzelman, Hiram Ketchum, Abraham Lincoln, Irwin
McDowell, Randolph B. Marcy, George G. Meade, Joel Parker,
Edwin M. Stanton, Edwin Vose Sumner, Charles M. Swann,
Clement L. Vallandigham, Stewart Van Vliet, Daniel W.
Voorhees, George W. Weeks, James C. Welling, Henry B.
Whipple, John E. Wool, and others.
Finding aid available.
572
McClellan, George Brinton (1865-1940)
Papers, 1838-1922. ca. 1,200 items.
Includes a letter from an unidentified soldier in the 66th
New York Volunteers, Nov. 12,1862, concerning the pursuit of
Confederate troops from Harpers Ferry to Warrenton, Va., and
three sketches showing topography and troop positions during
the Peninsular Campaign.
Finding aid available.
573
McClintock, James M. Capt., Signal Corps, USA
Papers, 1862-64. 84 items.
Messages between Adm. David D. Porter, Gen. William T.
Sherman, and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent by McClintock during
the Vicksburg Campaign, and 23 intercepted Confederate
messages sent chiefly from Kennesaw Mountain, Ga., June
15-27, 1864.
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McConihe, John (d. 1864) Lt. Col.,
169th New York Volunteers
Letter, 1863. 1 item.
Letter from McConihe to Martin I. Townsend, May 9,1863,
Suffolk, Va., describing the Siege of Suffolk, devastation in the
area, and the service of the 169th New York.
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