James Gilpatrick Blunt collection

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James Gilpatrick Blunt collection

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Research material on James Gilpatrick Blunt, as well as a manuscript concerning his life, written by Orvis N. Fitts. Includes photocopies of original documents as well as secondary, published sources; also in the collection are photographic reprints and negatives, narrative histories related to Blunt and his activities, Fitts' notes, correspondence, and draft copies of Fitts' work.

Circa 1 cubic foot.

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8101684

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Fitts, Orvis N.

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James Gilpatrick Blunt was born in 1826 in Trenton, Maine. He came to Kansas in 1856 after earning his medical degree in Ohio and marrying Nancy G. Putnam. He became a passionate abolitionist and worked with the Underground Railroad; when the Civil War officially started, he enlisted as a volunteer and held a variety of commands as he rose through the ranks. He became the only Kansan to become a Major General in the U.S. Volunteers during the war. After the war, he settled in Leavenworth before ...

Blunt, James Gillpatrick, 1826-1881

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Blunt was born in Trenton, Maine to John Blunt and Sally Gilpatrick Blunt. Blunt lived and worked on his family farm until he was 14. He may have spent some time at the Ellsworth Military Academy in Ellsworth, Maine. He became a sailor on a merchant vessel when he was 15, and attained the rank of captain at 20. In 1845 Blunt moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he enrolled in Starling Medical College. His maternal uncle, Dr. Rufus Gilpatrick, was one of the instructors. Graduating in February 1849,...