Contains the following types of materials: personal and official correspondence. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time periods: 1848-1860; Civil War -- Eastern Theater, -- Southern Int. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 2nd United States (US) Cavalry Regiment, 5th US Cavalry Regiment. General description of the collection: The Thomas E. Maley papers include officer's papers: personal and official correspondence received before, during, and after the Civil War; letters from 2nd Lieutenant Joseph Minter of the 2nd Cavalry (July 1860-Jan 1861) about the Indian fighting and secession crisis in Texas, three letters concern the Cavalry School at Carlisle Barracks (1864-1867), four letters dealing with his service at Atlanta (1868-1869).
