Papers, 1845-1892 (inclusive), 1862-1892 (bulk).

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Papers, 1845-1892 (inclusive), 1862-1892 (bulk).

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The papers include Gibbon's letters, 1862-1865, to his wife which report on the campaigns, particularly in Virginia. One letter concerns his role as one of the surrender commissioners at Appomattox. Although Gibbon's "Personal Recollections of the Civil War" (1928) were published, there are in these papers unpublished memoirs as well as articles "General John Buford," "Lessons of the War," and an manuscript copy of "The Army Under Pope," by John C. Ropes (1881), and some correspondence relating to Pope. His autobiographical accounts for the period following the Civil War cover his command of the attack on the Nez Perce Indians under Chief Joseph, 1877, and his peace enforcement during the anti-Chinese disturbances in Seattle, 1885. Among other Gibbon papers are articles on the "dangerous" condition of the Army and the nation; "The Military in Schools and Colleges of America;" account books as a Military Academy student, 1845-1847; scrapbook covering his military career; and family photographs.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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