United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General records, 1862-1863.

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United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General records, 1862-1863.

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Letterpress copies of letters written chiefly to Levi C. Turner, judge advocate, by Reuben Hitchcock and Samuel Galloway, special commissioners appointed by U.S. secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton to hear and determine the cases of state prisoners at Camp Chase, Ohio, during the Civil War. The letters relate chiefly to prisoners charged with disloyal activities, largely in Kentucky, but also in Alabama, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia. Other recipients of letters include Joseph Darr, Jr., provost marshal general of Virginia, Francis Pierpont, Union governor of Virginia, David Tod, governor of Ohio, and Peter Zinn, commandant of Camp Chase.

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United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General

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Darr, Joseph

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Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899

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Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-99), Union leader in Virginia during the Civil War, head of the government set up by the Wheeling Convention of June, 1861, and governor of "restored" Virginia (i.e., that part of the state under federal control but not incorporated in West Virginia). After the war he remained as governor until 1868. In 1881, he changed his last name from Peirpoint to Pierpont. From the description of Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont, 1861-1883 (bulk 1861-1868). (Hu...

Tod, David, 1805-1868

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Governor of Ohio, 1862-1864. From the description of Letter, 1863 Sept. 27, Columbus, to the Military Committee of Harrison County. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 16400627 Governor of Ohio, diplomat, and public official of Ohio. From the description of David Tod correspondence, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980630 Gov. of Ohio. From the description of Note signed, on the verso of a recommendation : [n.p.], Zan...

Galloway, Samuel, 1811-1872

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Teacher, Miami University, 1837-1838, South Hanover College, Indiana, 1839-1840; lawyer, Chillicothe, Ohio; Ohio secretary of state, 1844-1850; Ohio state representative, 1855-1857. From the description of Letter : Columbus, [Ohio], to A[braham] Lincoln, 1861 Feb. 8. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31023725 ...

Hitchcock, Reuben

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Turner, Levi C., -1867

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Zinn, Peter

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Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...