Letter : to My Dear Doctor, 1861 Aug. 3.

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Letter : to My Dear Doctor, 1861 Aug. 3.

Describes his trip to Fort Monroe, where he visited General Butler, and Commodore Stringham on the Minnesota, and to Philadelphia for a visit with his cousin, Supreme Court Justice William Strong. John C. Strong's brother, James Calvin Strong, served with the 21st New York Volunteers. Strong expresses his concern for the safety of his brother, and his desire to see him transferred out of active field service.

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Stringham, Silas Horton, 1798-1876

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American naval officer. From the description of Endorsement of an order : Norfolk, Va., 1851 Nov. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580762 Stringham was an admiral in the Union navy during the Civil War, 1861-1865. From the description of Letter, July 11, 1864. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 741500251 Naval officer. From the description of Papers, 1861-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451542 ...

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Strong, James C. (James Clark), b. 1826

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Strong, John C. (John Calvin), 1818-1879.

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Buffalo lawyer. Born at St. Albans, Vt.; graduated from Yale College in 1842; came to Buffalo in 1850. From the description of Letter : to My Dear Doctor, 1861 Aug. 3. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57182675 ...