Edward H. Weiss collection of American military biography, 1864-1910, undated.

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Edward H. Weiss collection of American military biography, 1864-1910, undated.

Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, transcript of newspaper articles. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Civil War, Late Indian War. General description of the collection: The Edward H. Weiss papers include a photocopied compilation of information on Brigadier General Henry B. Carrington and some of his writings as well as copies of articles about a woman in the Civil War era.

1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7574625

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Carrington, Henry Beebee, 1824-1912

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Early life Carrington was born in Wallingford, Connecticut. An ardent abolitionist in his youth, he was graduated from Yale University in 1845. He was professor of natural science and Greek at the Irving Institute in Tarrytown, New York from 1846 to 1847. Under the influence of the school's founder, Washington Irving, he subsequently wrote Battles of the American Revolution, which appeared in 1876. In 1847 he studied at Yale Law School, taught school briefly at a women's institute, and the...

Weiss, Edward Harvey

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