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819
Schnell, Joseph (1840-1914) Pvt., 2d
Pennsylvania Reserves
Papers, 1844-1914. ca. 100 items.
Includes Schnell's enlistment certificate, Apr. 17, 1861; a
letter from Schnell to his sister, Sept. 18, 1861, on his work
with the military telegraph, troop reviews by President Lincoln,
Gen. George B. McClellan, Gov. Andrew Curtin, and Simon
Cameron, and discipline in Gen. George A. McCall's Pennsylvania
Reserves Corps; miscellaneous telegrams; and an autograph
book.
820
Schofield, John McAllister (1831-1906) Gen., USA
Papers, 1837-1906. ca. 30,000 items.
Contains orders, dispatches, reports, returns, telegrams,
maps, court-martial records, and official correspondence concerning
Schofield's command of the Army of the Frontier and
the Department of the Missouri, and operations in the Atlanta
and Franklin and Nashville campaigns. Cartographic items
comprise maps of the battlefields of Totopotomoy Creek, Bethesda
Church, North Anna, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania; a
map of Sparta, Tenn., and vicinity (1863); and a topographical
sketch of Bowling Green, Ky., and environs. Also includes a
postwar account of the Franklin and Nashville Campaign by
Capt. William M. Wherry, aide-de-camp to Schofield; and a
diary, Aug. 26-Oct. 29, 1863, kept by Schofield as commander
of the Department of the Missouri. Diary entries concern the
generalship of Samuel R. Curtis, popular support for Gen.
Thomas Ewing, the political situation in Missouri, radical
opposition to Schofield, military organization, recruitment, and
black recruits. Also includes copies of letters from President
Lincoln to Schofield, Oct. 1,1863, on Federal policy in Missouri,
and from Charles D. Drake, Oct. 5,1863, stating the President's
reasons for not removing Schofield from command. Correspondents
include Francis P. Blair, Jr., Montgomery Blair, John A.
Campbell, Cyrus B. Comstock, Jacob D. Cox, Ulysses S. Grant,
Henry W. Halleck, John C. Kelton, John Pope, Fitz-John Porter,
William S. Rosecrans, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman,
Edwin M. Stanton, Alfred H. Terry, George H. Thomas, and
Edward D. Townsend.
Finding aid available.
821
Schonborn, Harry F.
Notebook, 1861-63. 1 item.
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