Papers, 1811-1912.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1811-1912.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16162561

Papers relating to Lieutenant Charles L. Brown and Sergeant George F. Brown of the 16th Massachusetts Volunteers, two brothers who were killed at the Battle of Gettysburg in July, 1863. Includes military certificates of appointment, Treasury Department death warrants, a pocket diary of Charles L. Brown from April to July, 1863, and a letter from Franklin M. Wentworth of the 19th Maine Regiment. Collection also includes a printed copy of a letter from General Joseph Hooker to Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew concerning the death of Colonel Powell T. Wyman of the 16th Regiment, with a cover letter to George F. Brown. Also included are miscellaneous papers of Aaron Brown, father of Charles and George, and their brother Laroy Brown.

1 box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6905436

Massachusetts Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 10 Entities related to this resource.

Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fg4gnh (person)

Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the grandson of a captain in the American Revolutionary War. He was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in New England since the early 1600s. His initial schooling was at the local Hopkins Academy. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, ranked 29th out of a class of 50, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His initial assignment was in Florida fighting in the second of the Seminole War...

Brown, Charles L., ca. 1839-1863.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67672z3 (person)

Wyman, Powell T., d. 1862.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64q9gt8 (person)

United States. Army. Regiment Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, 16th.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z662gz (corporateBody)

Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b857gr (person)

Lawyer, founder of Free Soil Party in Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts, 1861-1866. From the description of ALS, 1861 Oct. 19, New York, N.Y., to an unknown correspondent. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524861 Prominent anti-slavery lawyer and Civil War governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1772-1895, [microform]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 25618330 Andrew was Governor of Massachusetts ...

Brown, Aaron Diane

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60308hw (person)

Aaron Brown served with the 24th Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. From the description of Letter, 1861 Oct. 6, Georgetown, Mo. [to] C.R. Brown, Orangeville, Ind. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 21667736 ...

Brown family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f76r5w (person)

Dr. Gilbert Brown (1883-1960) was a pioneer of modern anaesthesia in Australia and was the first president of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists. He was made a CBE in 1953. Dr. Marie Brown, nZ̐̌ee Simpson, (1883-1949) had a strong emphasis on public health and maternal and infant health in her medical career. She was associated with the Mothers and Babies' Health Association for many years. Their son, Ian Brown (1917-1987), had a 36 year career with the CSIRO (previously CSIR), beginning in...

Brown, George F., ca. 1832-1863.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb2w41 (person)

Brown, Laroy, d. 1912.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n0sdh (person)

Wentworth, Franklin M., ca. 1845-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b586tx (person)