Papers, 1864-1905.

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Papers, 1864-1905.

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Papers, 1864-1865 and 1905. The collection includes a carbon letter notebook, Sept. 26-Dec. 23, 1864, with copies of letters sent from Headquarters District, North Alabama at Decatur, Huntsville, and other locations. Other loose correspondence is dated Sept. 30, 1864 (two letters), Dec. 21-23, 1864 and Dec. 23, 1865. The Dec. 22, 1864 was sent from the Steamer Stone River. Also included are U.S. Miltary Telegrams dated Dec. 18-20, 1864 and undated, and two almost illegible notes, rejecting the offer of Confederate Brig. Gen. Abraham Buford to surrend Huntsville. Miscellaneous items include Grand Army of the Republic momentos; an eight-page typed article on Tufts Family of Medford, 1905; and a carte de visite, probably of Kneeland.

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Kneeland, Samuel

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Kneeland, a resident of Tecumseh (Mich.), entered service in Aug. 1862 as a 1st Sgt. of the Michigan Infantry Regiment, 18th, Company I. He was promoted to 2nd Lt. in Dec. 1862, served as Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Brig. Gen. Gillmore, Jan.-June, 1863; and was promoted to 1st Lt. of Company E in Dec. 1863. He served as Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Gen. Gordon Granger, Dec. 1864-June 1865. He was mustered out in June 1865 at Nashville (Tenn.). (For further information see the History of Michiga...

United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 18th (1861-1865). Company I.

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Granger, Gordon, 1822-1876

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Major General Gordon Granger issued General Orders No. 11 on July 22, 1865 from his Galveston Headquarters, just over a month into his command of the Department of Texas. The Orders required Texas citizens to declare and turn over to the occupying Federal Army all state-owned books, archives, and records held in their possession during the Civil War. From the guide to the General Orders, No. 11 80-31., 1865, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austi...

Buford, Abraham, 1820-1884

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