Papers. 1847-1940.

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Papers. 1847-1940.

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Army officer, mortally wounded at White Oaks Swamp, 30 June 1862. Correspondence with J.D. Howland, 1847-1862, describing cadet life, experiences in the Mexican War, frontier duty and his views of the Civil War; letters to his wife, 1857-1862; letters from J.P. Garesche, 1862; correspondence of Mary E. Hazzard; official papers including commission as Captain in the 4th Artillery Regiment; correspondence of Margaretta L. Hazzard regarding her father and his military career; family genealogy in two volumes.

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Howland, John D., fl. 1847-1862.

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White, Mary Eleanor Hazzard, 1834-1916.

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Garesché, Julius P. (Julius Peter), 1821-1862

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Julius Peter Garesché du Rocher was born in Cuba on April 26, 1821. His grandfather, Jean Garesché, had added the name du Rocher from an estate of Julius's great-great-grandfather, after the custom of the younger sons of French nobles, in order to distinguish himself from his elder brothers. "Du Rocher" would later be dropped from the family name. Julius's father Vital Marie Garesché du Rocher married Mimika Louisa Bauduy, eldest daughter of Pierre Bauduy of Wilmington, Del., in Sept. 1809. S...