National War Committee of the Citizens of New York records, 1862-1863.

Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902

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Sigel was born in Sinsheim, Baden (Germany), and attended the gymnasium in Bruchsal. He graduated from Karlsruhe Military Academy in 1843, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Baden Army. He met the revolutionaries Friedrich Hecker and Gustav von Struve and became associated with the revolutionary movement. He was wounded in a duel in 1847. The same year, he retired from the army to begin law school studies in Heidelberg. After organizing a revolutionary free corps in Mannheim and later i...

Opdyke, George, 1805-1880

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Mayor of New York City. From the description of Letter signed : New York, N.Y., to John Thomson, 1862 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612507 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610602 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Horace Greeley, [no year] Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610604 From the description of...

National War Committee of the Citizens of New York

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Committee organized in New York City in 1862 with the aim of furthering the Union Army's efforts to win the Civil War. From the description of National War Committee of the Citizens of New York records, 1862-1863. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770728 ...

Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883

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Manufacturer, inventor, and philanthropist. From the description of Certification of Peter Cooper, 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449909 American inventor and philanthropist. From the description of Letter signed : New York, to William C. Bryant, on behalf of The Citizens' Association of New York, 1867 Sept. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270537867 Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the...

Wiard, Norman, 1826-1896

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Wetmore, Prosper Montgomery, 1798-1876

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American poet. From the description of Letters of Prosper Montgomery Wetmore [manuscript], 1845-1862. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812278 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to C.W. Lawrence, 1849 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588039 Merchant, military official, legislator and educational administrator. From the description of Prosper Wetmore letters, 1834-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12240...

Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910

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American financier and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to George William Curtis of Harper and Brothers, 1878 Apr. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575172 ...

Corcoran, Michael, 1827-1863

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Corcoran was born in Carrowkeel, near Ballymote, County Sligo in Ireland, the only child of Thomas Corcoran, an officer in the British Army, and Mary (McDonagh) Corcoran. Through his mother, he claimed descent from Patrick Sarsfield, hero of the Williamite War in Ireland and a leader of the Wild Geese. In 1846, at the age of 18, he took an appointment to the Revenue Police, enforcing the laws and searching for illicit stills and distilling activities in Creeslough, County Donegal. At the same...

Walbridge, Hiram, 1821-1870

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Short note on the immortal memory of Lincoln and eternal infamy for the assassin. From the description of Letter, April 25, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56089369 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Gould, Charles, of New York City.

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Orton, William

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