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and raids and skirmishes in northern Virginia. Correspondents
include Gens. J. E. B. Stuart and Robert E. Lee, and Henry E.
Peyton.
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Moss, Helen Palmer Hess (1840-1931) Washington, D.C.
Descriptive account, undated. 1 item.
Transcript.
Describes chance meetings with President Lincoln and John
Wilkes Booth on Apr. 14, 1865, and reaction in Washington to
Lincoln's assassination.
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Myer, Albert James
(1829-1880) Col.; Chief Signal Officer, USA
Papers, 1851-1933. ca. 300 items.
Contains 20 letters from Myer to his wife, 1862—65, concerning
the organization and performance of the Signal Corps,
particularly in the coordination of land and sea forces during
the Peninsular Campaign and the Red River Campaign of 1864,
camp life, morale, the Seven Days' Battles, competition from
the "Telegraph and Railroad Combination," and the generalship
of Edward Canby. Also includes photographs of Myer
and his staff and of a reconnaissance balloon taken during the
Peninsular Campaign; the Annual Report of the Signal Officer
of the Army to the Secretary of War (1863); and an article on
"The Army Signal Corps," published in the Philadelphia
Press [1862].
Finding aid and microfilm copy (1 reel) available.
660
Papers, 1816-80.
Microfilm, 4 reels.
Official and personal correspondence, general and special
orders, photographs, printed matter, and miscellaneous items.
Includes a plan for increasing the Regular Army, May 1861;
remarks on the resignations of southern officers from the U.S.
Army at the outset of the war; instructions in the use of signals;
photographs of the Signal Corps headquarters staff; and a
pamphlet, The Spirit of Washington: or McClellan's Vision. A
Wonderful Revelation of the Present Rebellion (1862). Correspondents
include Samuel Cushing, J. L. Donaldson, James A.
Hardie, Andrew Harwood, Leonard F. Hephorn, and Gideon
Welles.
Finding aid available.
Originals at the U.S. Army Signal Corps Museum, Fort
Monmouth, N.J.
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