Copybooks, 1870-1871.

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Copybooks, 1870-1871.

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Copybooks contain handwritten copies, by de Peyster, of Civil War manuscript material: letters, official reports, dispatches, extracts from diaries, statements of Confederate Generals and histories of regiments. Copied orders, reports and dispatches from Generals Grant, Meade, Webb, Wright, Wilcox, Heintzelman, Mahoney and others. Reports on various battles including the Wilderness Campaign, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania and others. Histories of the 40th New York Infantry and the 5th Michigan Infantry. A review of General Samuel Heintzelman's activities in the war, with two letters from Heintzelman. A review of the campaigns of Major General William S. Rosecrans.

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)

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Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880

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Heintzelman was born in Manheim, Pennsylvania, to Peter and Ann Elizabeth Grubb Heintzelman. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1826 and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Infantry, July 1, 1826, then in the 2nd U.S. Infantry and served on the Northern frontier at Fort Gratiot, Fort Mackinac, and Fort Brady. On March 4, 1833, he was promoted to first lieutenant and served on quartermaster's duty in Florida during the Second Seminole War. On July 7, 1...

United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 40th (1861-1865)

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De Peyster, J. Watts (John Watts), 1821-1907

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Officer in the New York State Militia. From the description of Papers, 1849-1857. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663483 Old Fort Johnson, a National Historic Landmark located in Montgomery County, N.Y., was the 18th-century home of Sir William Johnson, an official of the British Empire. It was later owned by wealthy philanthropist John de Watts Peyster, who presented it to the Montgomery County Historical Society in the early 20th century. As o...

Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898

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General during the Civil War; congressman from California (1881-1885); U.S. Register of the Treasury (1885-1893). From the description of Papers, 1864-1895. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 24039377 William Starke Rosecrans was an inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and United States Army officer during the Civil War. He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles such as Second Corinth, Stones River, and the Tullahoma Campaign,...