Diary of John A. Garrett, 1864, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31.

United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 40th (1862-1865)

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United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861-1865)

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United States. Army. Dept. of Arkansas

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Thayer, John M. (John Milton), 1820-1906

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American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lincoln, Nebraska, to "My Dear General," [William W. Belknap], 1873 Jun. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571907 John M. Thayer was sworn in March 4, 1867 as one of the first Senators from Nebraska. In 1866 he travelled to Washington from Nebraska to lobby for the admission of Nebraska to the Union in 1866, which occurred in February, 1867. From the description of John M. Thayer letters ...

Steele, Frederick, 1819-1868

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Frederick Steele (1819-1868) was a career military officer in the United States Army and a major general during the U.S. Civil War. A native of Delhi, N.Y., Steele graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and participated in numerous battles in the Mexican-American War. During the Civil War he played a crucial role in the Union military effort throughout the Trans-Mississippi Theater and was promoted to major general in April 1863. He successfully captured Confederate-held Little R...

Garrett, John A. (John Alexander), 1824-1877.

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John Alexander Garrett was born near Carlisle, Sullivan County, Ind. In 1841, he went to Hanover College and then to the University of Indana were he studied under Jacob Ammen (1809-1894). In 1847, he enlisted in Co. G. of the 4th Indiana Volunteers and fought in the Mexican War. He returned to Indiana in July 1848 and worked as a clerk in a dry-goods store. In 1852, he and his brother went to California shipping cattle. On Feb. 17, 1857, Garrett was married to Martha Isabel Williard; the next d...

Dodd, David Owen, 1846-1864

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David Owen Dodd was born at Victoria, Lavaca County, Tex., on 10 Nov. 1846. In 1858 the family moved to Benton, Ark. In 1861 or 1862 the family moved to Little Rock where David began attending St. John's College. Shortly afterward he dropped out because of illness and became employed in the telegraph office at Little Rock, then later at Monroe, La. In 1863 David joined his father who was sutler to the Third Arkansas Regiment (dismounted rifles) in Granada, Miss. After Federal occupation of Littl...

Carr, Eugene Asa, 1830-1910

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Carr was born in Hamburg, New York. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1850, 19th in a class of 44 cadets. He was appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, and served in the Indian Wars until 1861, seeing his first bit of combat on October 3, 1854 against Apaches near the Sierra Diablo Mountains. By 1861 he had been promoted to captain (June 11, 1858) in the old 1st U.S. Cavalry (later designated the 4th U.S.) and comm...