Collection pertaining to John and Nathaniel Collins McLean [Decimalized .01-.04]

Collection pertaining to John and Nathaniel Collins McLean [Decimalized .01-.04]

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GLC01740.05.01 and .02 were previously attached together with metal clips. These two letters discuss Nathaniel McLean's participation in the Battle of Second Manassas (McLean outlines events which took place under his command on Bald Hill, 30 August 1862). Contains a leave of absence granted to N. McLean during the Civil War (.03), and a biographical sketch of John McLean (.04).

GLC#
GLC01740.05
Type
Header Record
Date
circa 1853-1897
Title
Collection pertaining to John and Nathaniel Collins McLean [Decimalized .01-.04]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
4 items
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson
McLean, John, 1785-1861
McLean, Nathaniel Collins, 1815-1905
Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Civil War
Military History
Battle
Union Forces
Union General
Literature and Language Arts

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GLC01740.05.01
Collection Item
Typed letter signed

to John Codman Ropes

October 6, 1897

McLean, Nathaniel Collins, 1815-1905

McLean writes to historian John C. Ropes on the topic of the Battle of Second Manassas. GLC01740.05.01 and .02 were originally bound together. Accompanied by a docketed wrapper. In a letter from October 6, McLean, who was a Union General during the...

GLC01740.05.01
Collection Item
Typed letter signed

to John C. Ropes

October 15, 1897

McLean, Nathaniel Collins, 1815-1905

McLean writes a letter to historian John C. Ropes on the topic of the Battle of Second Manassas. GLC01740.05.01 and .02 were originally bound together. Accompanied by a docketed wrapper. McLean discusses more details of Bald Hill. He notes that...

GLC01740.05.02
Collection Item
Document signed

[Furlough granted to Brigadier General N. C. McLean]

4 April 1865

Written on printed Head Quarters, Department of North Carolina, Army of the Ohio stationery. Grants General Nathaniel Collins McLean a leave of absence, "with permission to proceed to Cincinnati and await the action of the War Dept on the tender of...

GLC01740.05.03
Collection Item
Printed document

Hon. John McLean, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

circa 1853

Towson, Nathan, 1784-1854

An excerpt from the book Portaits of Eminent Americans Now Living, Including President Pierce, written by John Livingston and published in 1854, summarizes the life and accomplishments of Judge McLean:"Cheerful in temper, frank in manners...

GLC01740.05.04