William Howard Hooker collection: George H. Hitchcock papers, 1861-1878, 1892

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William Howard Hooker collection: George H. Hitchcock papers, 1861-1878, 1892

1861-1892

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0472-006

Correspondence is militarily oriented generally pertains to disciplinary matters, summonses to courts martial, troop movements towards Goldsboro and back, and requests for passes or parole. Special orders primarily concern disciplinary actions with some treatment of duty details in North Carolina. Included are orders for the 132nd Regiment's regulation activities. General orders concern resolutions, rations, dress codes, assignments, summonses, and rank announcements. Other materials include telegrams originating New Bern and Bachelor's Creek, as well as circulars originating from headquarters in Virginia, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. A scrapbook contains article clippings, drawings, obituaries, and receipts. Clippings concern General Spinola and his brigade; the Battle at Bachelor's Creek (near New Bern, N.C.); news reports regarding the NIAGARA, SACRAMENTO, and STONEWALL; and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Also contains a picture of General George Custer, color newspaper drawing of the Battle at Baker's Creek (also known as Champion Hill), pencil drawings of Bachelor's Creek battle and outpost, article about a gun powder explosion at a train station with a list of killed and wounded in the 132nd Regiment, and notices about enforcement of excise law.

0.216 cubic feet (177 items)

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8136073

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Hitchcock, George, 1850-1913

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Spinola, F. B. (Francis Barretto), 1821-1891

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Hooker, William Howard.

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Martha Gregory Brown resided in Washington, N.C., which was occupied by Federal troops from 1862 to 1865. She left her home in Washington to join her husband George H., a Confederate officer serving in the Tarboro area. From the description of William Howard Hooker collection: Martha Gregory Brown family papers, 1862-1865 [manuscript]. (East Carolina University). WorldCat record id: 755531958 George H. Hitchcock was an officer of the 132nd Regiment of Infantry, New York Stat...

United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 132nd (1862-1865)

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