Frederick E. Ransom drawings, [ca. 1865-1868].

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Frederick E. Ransom drawings, [ca. 1865-1868].

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Three original pen and ink drawings. Two drawings, "Engineers Camp in the Mountains," and an untitled drawing depicting men surveying, contain the pencilled caption in an unidentified hand on verso: "Running the U.P.R.R. line West of Omaha, 1865." The third drawing, entitled "Lieut. H. B. Cushing's Indian fight '68," contains a note on the verso in Ransom's hand briefly listing his military service with the United States Army Infantry and Cavalry.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8018941

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Ransom, Frederick E.

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Member of surveying party for the Union Pacfic Railroad Company; United States Army officer. From the description of Frederick E. Ransom drawings, [ca. 1865-1868]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150599 From Edgewood, Ill. served in the 11th Illinois Infantry, Co. E as Sgt. and 2nd Lieutenant. Brother of General Thomas Edwin Ransom of the 17th Army Corps who died in the war. From the description of Sketchbook, 1874-1882. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). ...

Cushing, Howard Bass, -1871

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