Montgomery D. Corse papers, 1784; 1862-1864 [manuscript].

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Montgomery D. Corse papers, 1784; 1862-1864 [manuscript].

Letter about personal circumstances from Richard Henderson, Jr., St. Thomas, West Indies, to Sally Henderson, Bladensburgh, Md., 1764; a Confederate officer's commission; two letters from N. R. Fitzhugh, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia, 1863 and 1864, about troop movements, plundering in Pennsylvania on the way to Gettysburg, and impressions of Robert E. Lee; and three letters to Mrs. M. D. Corse in Charlottesville, Va., from Richmond, 1862 and undated, about the condition and treatment of a soldier and other matters.

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Corse, Montgomery D.,

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

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Fitzhugh, N. R., fl. 1863-1864.

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Henderson, Richard, 1735-1785

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Corse, Montgomery D., Mrs., fl. 1862.

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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...