William Henry Seward. Civil War Military Papers, 1860(ca.)-1865.

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William Henry Seward. Civil War Military Papers, 1860(ca.)-1865.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155438034

Military memorandum notes; account book; letterpress volume; book of post orders, battalion orders; and post guard report kept by Seward when he was lieutenant colonel at Fort Foote, Maryland. Also papers recording losses and gains in troops; surgeons' reports and regimental monthly returns; diary; account book including notes on people thought to be rebels; surveyor's sketches and notes; military correspondence; and miscellaneous papers.

9 v., 150 items (ca.)

New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...