Civil War Union Generals, artillery collection [Decimalized .01-.08]

to Cuvier Grover

Ordering a section of Captain Nims' battery "to report to General Erickson at Newport tomorrow at 500 A.M." Written at Head Quarters, Department of the Gulf, likely in New Orleans.

GLC03474.01

to Thomas Hillhouse

Forwarding a note from Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas, and recommending the bearer for a post as a subaltern with the rank of Lieutenant. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm. Written along the James River in Virginia.

GLC03474.02

to unknown

States that he entered the United States service as a Second Lieutenant on July 1, 1840. Mounted on paper 20.5 x 29.5 cm. Written at Fort Monroe.

GLC03474.03

to John T. Sprague

Requests that Sprague provide a copy of a muster roll for a New York Artillery regiment to William Turner.

GLC03474.04

to John T. Sprague

Recommending Lieutenant Marcus P. Miller for command of New York Regiment.

GLC03474.05

to Col. Bigham

Signed endorsement on verso from "Genl Thomas". Discussing demobilization of the army and moving of troops. Meigs had been appointed Quartermaster General of the Union Army eleven days earlier.

GLC03474.06

to unknown

Recommending Captain Briggs for promotion. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03474.07

to Andrew A. Humphreys

Expressing his high regard for Humphreys and the Army of the Potomac.

GLC03474.08