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from Washington, D.C., during the war. Includes remarks on
interviews with President Lincoln, a visit to the Freedmen's
village and the encampment of black troops, Mary Todd
Lincoln's influence over her husband, and the generalship of
George B. McClellan, Winfield Scott, and Samuel P. Heintzelman.
Finding aid available.
Originals at Cornell University.
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Bancroft—Bliss Families
Papers, 1788-1928. ca. 5,800 items.
In part, microfilm, transcripts, and photocopies.
Includes official and personal correspondence of Lt. Col.
Alexander Bliss (1827-1896), quartermaster of Volunteers and
assistant quartermaster, U.S. Army, concerning the procurement,
transportation, and distribution of supplies, and problems
relating to promotions, pay, and rank. About 15 letters
from Bliss to his mother, 1864-65, describe conditions in New
Orleans, La., under Gen. Edward Canby, the movement of troops
and supplies on the Mississippi River, and expeditions to Arkansas
and Fort Gaines, Ala. Also includes a "Narrative" (16 p.) of
scenes in the Peninsular, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and
Gettysburg campaigns, an undated report on the "Organization
and Strength of the Army of the Potomac, and other troops in
Department of Virginia," "Claims for hire & value of Western
Rivers Steamboats & Barges," and miscellaneous quartermaster
reports and accounts. Correspondents include Nicholas
Bowen, DeWitt Clinton, Louis Delafield, Charles Griffin, James
A. Hamilton, William Hamlet, Samuel Hooper, Rufus Ingalls,
William Le Due, George B. McClellan, George G. Meade, Montgomery
C. Meigs, Winfield Scott, William Smith, and Francis
Walker.
Finding aid and partial index available.
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Banks, Nathaniel Prentice (1816-1894) Gen., USA
Papers, 1841-1911. ca. 50,000 items.
Official and personal correspondence, letterbooks, orders,
reports, sketches, courts-martial records, commissions, discharges,
muster rolls, intelligence reports, returns, clippings,
scrapbooks, and miscellaneous items relating chiefly to the
Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, the 2d Manassas Campaign—particularly
the Battle of Cedar Mountain—and the
Red River campaigns of 1863 and 1864. Correspondents include
John C. Fremont, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry W. Halleck, George
B. McClellan, David D. Porter, William H. Seward, William T.
Sherman, Franz Sigel, Edwin M. Stanton, and Lorenzo Thomas.
Finding aid available.
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