Papers, 1864-1895.

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Papers, 1864-1895.

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Primarily correspondence and reports (1884-1886) regarding the investigation Rosecrans conducted regarding the financial conduct of General Benjamin Butler while he was an officer of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; including correspondence with and about General Butler. Also a few Rosecrans letters to Presidents of Notre Dame (1865, 1884-1885), a defense of his position on the slavery question (8 October 1864), and two letters (1890) concerning an assay he requested.

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University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library

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University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library

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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

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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...

Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898

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General during the Civil War; congressman from California (1881-1885); U.S. Register of the Treasury (1885-1893). From the description of Papers, 1864-1895. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 24039377 William Starke Rosecrans was an inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and United States Army officer during the Civil War. He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles such as Second Corinth, Stones River, and the Tullahoma Campaign,...