Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands, 1817 - 1947. Various Selected Documents, 4/20/1847 - 6/27/1876

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Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands, 1817 - 1947. Various Selected Documents, 4/20/1847 - 6/27/1876

1947-1976

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This series contains a letter from Captain Robert E. Lee, Corps of Engineers to General D. E. Twiggs, Commander of the 2nd Division, U.S. Army relating his activities leading up to the Battle of Cerro Gordo in Mexico, April 20, 1847; a letter from Clara Barton to Brigadier General T. A. Gilmore, Commander of the Department of the South concerning about her treatment and asking about the disposition of the supplies and monies sent to her for the soldiers, September 18, 1863; a telegram from President Abraham Lincoln to Major General John Foster asking if the newspaper report about the supposed correspondence between him and General James Longstreet on the amnesty proclamation was genuine, January 28, 1864; a letter from U. S. Grant to Major General W. F. Smith, Commander of 18th Army Corps ordering him to march up the south bank of the Pamunkey River to New Castle, Virginia, May 30, 1864; and handwritten penciled notes from General George A. Custer, letter from Colonel John Gibbon, and handwritten penciled letter and report from Major M. A. Reno to General Terry, Department of Dakota relative to the Battle of the Rosebud and the Battle at Little Big Horn, May - June 27, 1876.

2 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at Washington, D.C

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1881-1968

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Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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