Horace N. Fisher papers, 1775-1958; bulk: 1860-1958.

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Horace N. Fisher papers, 1775-1958; bulk: 1860-1958.

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Correspondence, military papers, maps, notes and writings of Horace Newton Fisher of Brookline, Mass. pertaining to his experiences during the Civil War, 1862-65. Fisher served as an aide de camp to Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook in the 2nd (later the 4th) Division of the Army of the Ohio, and Inspector General in the 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland in Kentucky and Tennessee. The collection includes letters written to his family describing travel from Boston to Tennessee, the Battle of Shiloh, Pennsylvania, April 1862, skirmishes in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Jan. 1862, and the Chickamauga campaign. Also, official papers relating to troop inspections and an inspector general's report for Sept. 1863. Collection also includes manuscript copies of letters sent by George Washington, Horatio Gates, and Robert H. Harrison to Artemas Ward, 1775-76, copied by Horace N. Fisher; and letters and manuscript copies of documents related to Fisher's research and documentation of his Civil War experiences, 1870-1907. Also, chapters prepared by his son, Horace Cecil Fisher, 1907-58, for a book about his father entitled, "A Staff Officer's Story: The Personal Experiences of Horace Newton Fisher in the Civil War," published in 1960.

4 boxes and 1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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