[Civil War papers]. 1861-1865.

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[Civil War papers]. 1861-1865.

Collection of printed material and papers, including Confederate currency; papers of the N.Y. Volunteers; prisoner of war passes; letters from Confederate generals to Confederate Congress; printed commendation for Army of the Potomac issued by General Meade; an undated slave roll; contemporary copies of circulars issued by Generals Hooker and Meade; ordnance papers; Confederate war bond and 2 manuscript maps of Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights.

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Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

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Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the grandson of a captain in the American Revolutionary War. He was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in New England since the early 1600s. His initial schooling was at the local Hopkins Academy. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, ranked 29th out of a class of 50, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His initial assignment was in Florida fighting in the second of the Seminole War...

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

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Meade was a US Army officer, most noted for his route of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863 during the U.S. Civil War. From the description of [Document and photograph] / Geo. M. Meade. [1863] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 287187126 ...