The Adolphus W. Greely papers, 1864-1935.

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The Adolphus W. Greely papers, 1864-1935.

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Contains the following types of materials: personal letters; funeral sermon. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Civil War -- Eastern Theater; Civil War -- Gulf; reconstruction; Indian Wars, 1865-1891; 1865-1898. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; 81st United States (US) Colored Infantry Regiment; 36th US Infantry Regiment; 5th US Cavalry Regiment; Signal Corps, including duty in the Department of Platte, Texas, the Pacific and Dakota and Infantry Corps Headquarters; chief signal officer. General description of the collection: The Adolphus W. Greely papers include officer's letters to his niece, Clarissa Greely, in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Mostly 1867-1880, letters cover family matters, social life of an Army officer (Greely a bachelor until 1878). Some reference to tours in west, especially in Nebraska, Utah and Texas, mostly on signal detail laying telegraph lines. Little concerns Arctic except obituary.

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