Letters, 1852-1863.

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Letters, 1852-1863.

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Letters of Boston lawyer William H. Gardiner to his daughter Mary Gardiner Davis and her husband William Nye Davis, giving detailed accounts of the Civil War from November 1862 to February 1863. Gardiner discussed various battles and campaigns, the politics of war, the Emancipation Proclamation, his distaste for abolitionists, the firing of Gen. George B. McClellan, and McClellan's visit to Massachusetts. Also, letters of Robert Davis describing New Orleans under the occupation of Gen. Benjamin Butler's forces, and other misc. family papers.

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McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885

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George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role i...

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...

Davis, Robert.

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Gardiner, William Howard, 1797-1882

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William Howard Gardiner received his A.B. from Harvard in 1816 and studied at Harvard Law School. From the description of Themes and other college manuscripts, ca. 1808-1816. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 236231569 Gardiner was born in Boston and graduated Harvard College in 1816 and studied at Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the Suffolk County bar on 11 October 1819 and practiced law in Boston. He married a daughter of Col. Thomas Handasyd Perkins of Bost...

Davis, Mary Gardiner.

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Davis, William Nye, 1830-1863.

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