Henry C. Gilbert papers, 1826-1864.

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Henry C. Gilbert papers, 1826-1864.

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The Henry Gilbert papers consist of a substantial body of personal and business correspondence documenting a long and successful public career. As attorney, Indian agent, political hand, and Colonel of a regiment of Civil War volunteers, Gilbert served his state and nation for over twenty years.

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)

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Gilbert, Henry Clarke, 1818-1864

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Like many Michigan emigrants of the 1830s, Henry C. Gilbert and his father, Daniel, had roots in the farming regions of central New York State. Henry attended school at the Pompey Academy in his home town a few miles south of Syracuse, but before turning twenty-one, he and his father emigrated to southwestern Michigan. The Gilberts settled in the new village of Coldwater, on land that had been purchased from the Potawotami Indians just over a decade previously. In Coldwa...

Shafter, William Rufus, 1835-1906

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Army officer. Born in 1835 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Served in the Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. Commissioned lieutenant colonel in the regular army 1866, brevetted brigadier general in 1897. Awarded medal of honor for gallantry at Fair Oaks. Received surrender of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Served in Texas 1863-1897. Died in 1906. From the description of Papers, 1863-1897, 1876-1877. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24097707 ...