Correspondence, 1859-1881, bulk: 1860-1865.

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Correspondence, 1859-1881, bulk: 1860-1865.

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Correspondence of Charles Henry Dalton with his brothers Edward Barry, Henry Rogers, and John Call Dalton Jr. Charles held various appointed positions under Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew throughout the Civil War. His brothers John and Edward were surgeons in the U.S. Volunteers through most of the war. Henry served as a lieutenant in the First Mass. Heavy Artillery, then was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General of the U.S. Volunteers. Within the letters are observations of numerous military campaigns; Gen. Benjamin Butler's difficult passage through Maryland in April, 1861; naval operations near Hilton Head Island, S.C. in 1861-62; and the administration of medicine in the military. Other correspondents include Col. (later Gen.) George Leonard Andrews and Gen. Francis Channing Barlow.

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Andrews, George Leonard, 1828-1899

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George Andrews was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, son of Manasseh and Harriet Leonard Andrews. In 1851, Andrews graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point. After graduating, he was assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers with the rank of brevet second lieutenant. From 1851 to 1854, he served as assistant to Lt. Col. Sylvanus Thayer who was in command of the construction of Fort Warren in Boston harbor. From 1854 to 1855, he was assistant professor of ...

United States. Army. Massachusetts Artillery Battery (Heavy), 1st (1861-1865)

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Barlow, Francis C., 1834-1896

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Barlow was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a Unitarian minister, but was raised in his mother's home town of Brookline, Massachusetts. He studied law at Harvard University, graduated first in his class, and was practicing law on the staff of the New York Tribune newspaper when the Civil War broke out in 1861. In April 1861, Barlow enlisted as a private in the 12th Regiment, New York State Militia, leaving behind his new bride, Arabella Wharton Griffith Barlow, ten years his senior, aft...

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

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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 ...

Dalton, John Call, 1825-1889

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Dalton, Henry Rogers, 1839-1914.

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Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Dalton, Edward Barry, 1834-1873.

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Dalton, Charles Henry, 1826-1908.

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