The James J. Garver papers, 1861-1904.

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The James J. Garver papers, 1861-1904.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50133925

Contains the following types of materials: clippings, scrapbook. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: Civil War, Spanish-American War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 71st Ohio Infantry Regiment; 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment. General description of the collection: The James J. Garver papers include scrapbook compiled by Dr. Garver about the wartime service of his regiment and its postwar reunions up to 1904. Some clippings relate to larger units or battles in which the 71st Ohio served; and Hood's Tennessee Campaign is covered especially fully. Other newspaper articles pertain to such subjects as Forts Henry and Donelson; the Monitor and the Merrimack; Cedar Mountain; the transfer of Breckinridge's Division from Louisiana to Tennessee; Chancellorsville; Vicksburg; Gettysburg; Spotsylvania; the Alabama and the Kearsage; Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas, Appomattox, and the Grand Review of May 23-24, 1865. Two clippings concern Lieutenant Charles C. DeRudio of the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment in Little Big Horn Campaign of 1876 and also the U.S. Army and Navy in the Santiago Campaign of 1898. A few miscellaneous documents pertaining to Garver's medical practice in the 1880s are also found.

1 box.

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