Papers, 1854,1926.

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Papers, 1854,1926.

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Papers, 1854-1926 and undated, include: personal and family correspondence, mostly with his brother, Frank, sister, Maggie, and soon to be wife, Fannie Spencer. Four diaries, 1860-1864, like his letters, discuss marches, battles, Gen. McClellan, Gen. Hooker, the treatment of soldiers, and cadets shot for desertion. Letters prior to and after the Civil War discuss life and business in Detroit (Mich.). Eleven muster rolls of Co. E, 7th Michigan Infantry, 1861-1863 and nine monthly returns, 1862-1863, are housed separately due to size. Lists of military supplies and men killed in action are noted in the 1864 diary. Photographs of Curtiss and one of Fannie, in a 1855 New Testament, and an illustration of their homestead, in a Huntington Hills 1907 magazine, are included in the collection.

1.5 cubic ft. (in 3 boxes) : ill.

Clarke Historical Library

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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...

Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

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Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the grandson of a captain in the American Revolutionary War. He was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in New England since the early 1600s. His initial schooling was at the local Hopkins Academy. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, ranked 29th out of a class of 50, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His initial assignment was in Florida fighting in the second of the Seminole War...

United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865). Company E

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Curtiss, Charles H., 1837-

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Charles Henry Curtiss, also spelled Curtis, was born in 1837 in Huntington (Shelton, Conn.). He moved to Detroit (Mich.) in 1855. He served as Quarter Master Sergeant of the 7th Infantry, beginning in 1861. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in Jan. 1863 and as a 1st Lt. in Feb. 1863. By Aug. 1863 he was Aide-de-camp to Col. Carrol. He was commissioned a Capt. in March 1864. In June 1864 he was honorably discharged. He married Fannie Spencer, a teacher from Conn. They lived in Detroit. (For further i...