James A. Garfield Collection, 1862, 1881.

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James A. Garfield Collection, 1862, 1881.

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One Civil War letter (ALS) by James A. Garfield, major general in the Union Army and future President, to Colonel Lionel A. Sheldon, criticizing the President's [Abraham Lincoln's] conduct of the war and noting that "Halleck is as cold and apparently heartless as a stone about the war, McClellan will never do any more than Buell did - and nearly every man that had any positive opinions about pushing the war is either without any command or is where he can do nothing." Washington, 2 Nov. 1862. Also an extra edition of The Chronicle, 21 Sept. 1881, concerning the death of Garfield and an invitation to the "Obsequies of the Late President Garfield," to be held in San Francisco, 26 Sept. 1881.

.02 linear feet (1 folder)

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 42nd (1861-1864)

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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Sheldon, Lionel A. (Lionel Allen), 1831-1917

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Lionel Allen Sheldon was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana and was Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1881 to 1885. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1888 and died in Pasadena in 1917. From the description of Letter to "Dear Nelson," 1888, July 16. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 417700410 ...