Collection related to Captain James Ingersoll Grafton [Decimalized .01- .05]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08895 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1865-1895 Pagination: 4 letters, 1 pamphlet Order a Copy
Collection also includes three collateral newspaper obituaries pertaining to Grafton. One clipping states "He was a strong, clear-headed man, hopeful and courageous. He enjoyed the comforts and luxuries of life as much as any man; but the cheerfulness and zeal with which he would go through fatigue and exposure, and brave danger, were never surpassed." In another excerpt, written 9 April 1865, General Henry Warner Slocum writes to John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts: "I desire to call your attention to the present condition of the Second Regiment Mass... No regiment that ever served with me can show a better record."
Grafton, Captain of the Second Massachusetts Infantry, died 16 March 1865 in the Battle of Averasborough.
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