Clarence A. Danforth papers, 1862-1945.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Clarence A. Danforth papers, 1862-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71059784

Chiefly Danforth's Civil War letters to his family and notes and diary entries reflecting his service with Company A, 19th Wisconsin Infantry, documenting activities in military camps, the guarding of Confederate prisoners, and illness and time spent in army hospitals, both as patient and nurse; fragmentary items relating to his participation in the Kansas Indian wars, appointment as postmaster of Beaver City, Neb., involved with Grand Army of the Republic posts in Nebraska and Washington State, and his affairs at Fern Hill, Wash.

.42 linear ft. (5 in.)

Washington State Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8073611

Washington State Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Danforth family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6814fw6 (family)

Danforth, Clarence A., 1844-1927

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wj0m4n (person)

Soldier with Company A, 19th Wisconsin Volunteers during the Civil War; after returning to Wisconsin, participated with a Kansas cavalry unit in the Kansas Indian wars; appointed postmaster of Beaver City, Neb.; and later moved to Fern Hill, Wash.; involved with Grand Army of the Republic posts in Nebraska and Washington. From the description of Clarence A. Danforth papers, 1862-1945. (Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71059784 ...

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

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...

Grand Army of the Republic

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gb5vq8 (corporateBody)

Founded in 1866, in Decatur, Ill. From the description of Grand Army of the Republic scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172404 The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of Civil War Union military veterans, formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1866. The GAR became one of the first advocacy groups in American politics, lobbying for black veterans, pensions, and supporting Republican candidates. The GAR waned during the 1870s as the ...

United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865). Company A

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z66mx (corporateBody)