Papers. 1846-1865.

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Papers. 1846-1865.

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Engineering officer, author. Cadet letter to sister, Mrs. Sinnott, 21 March 1846; letter, New York, 13 March 1858, discussing Willits Point investigation and duty assignments; letter to Lt. Gibbon regarding check from George Cullum to cover expenses incurred in sending out circulars for the register of graduates; "A report of the results of experiments upon crude bitumen of California and the Island of Trinidad"; "The analysis of the asphalti from the Val de Travers ..., 1859"; "Observations on hydraulic cements, and the defects in their mode of manufacture in the United States"; Letter book, 17 December, 1857 - 23 September 1861; photostatic copies of correspondence between Q.A. Gillmore and Admiral Dahlgren relating to Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter, 1863-1865.

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888

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Army officer and engineer. From the description of Signature of Quincy Adams Gillmore, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450480 American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William W. Belknap, 1874 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hilton Head, S.C., to Gen. J.H. Wilson, 1865 May 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269570477 From the ...

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870

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U.S. naval officer and inventor of ordnance. From the description of Reports to Commodore L. Warrington on ordnance, 1848-1849. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58671341 John A. Dahlgren, naval officer, attained the rank of rear admiral. An expert in ordnance, he invented an 11" gun and other devices useful to the Navy. From 1868-70, he was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. From the description of Letter, January 28, 1848. (Naval War Col...

Cullum, George Washington, 1809-1892

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Cullum was born in New York City on 25 February 1809, to Arthur and Harriet Sturges Cullum. He was raised in Meadville, Pennsylvania. His father worked as a lawyer and an agent of a land company. Cullum attended the United States Military Academy, from 1 July 1829 to 1 July 1833, when he graduated third in the Class of 1833. He designed the Independent Congregational Church at Meadville and it was built in 1835–1836. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Cullum ...

Sinnott, E. S., fl. 1846.

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Gibbon, John, 1827-1896

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Officer in United States Army, commander in Indian campaigns against Sitting Bull and Chief Joseph. From the description of Switch-backing the Cascades, Holograph, 1887. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 43974472 Major General in U.S. Army during Civil War; commander in Indian campaigns. From the description of Collection 1876-1877. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49208592 American soldier. From the description o...