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Correspondence and Forms

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Collection Creator
Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Greely, Adolphus Washington
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
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William Babcock Hazen Papers
Sponsor
Digitization of this collection was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.
Date
1856-1886 and undated
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0427, Series 2
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
William B. Hazen Papers, 1855-1909, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Arrangement
This series is divided into nineteen subseries: Subseries 1, Military Posts and Civil War Battles, 1856-1870 Subseries 2, Military Posts, 1869-1880 Subseries 3, Inspections by Generals Ruling and Hazen, January 19, 1867 Subseries 4, Indian Tribes, 1869-1871 Subseries 5, Old Soldiers, 1869-1886 Subseries 6, General Hazen in Europe, 9/1887-6/24/1868 Subseries 7, Hazen-Garfield "Post Traders" 1871-1882 Subseries 8, Civil War Charges - Court Martial (Re: General Stanley), 1879-1886 Subseries 9, Selected Correspondence, 1842-1885 Subseries 10, Weather Service and Proteus Court of Inquiry, 1880-1883 Subseries 11, Signal Corps, 1880-1885 Subseries 12, Hazen Court Martial (Re: Secretary of War, 1885), 1882-1885 Subseries 13, Greely Expedition/Cape Sabine, 1881-1884 Subseries 14, A Narrative of Military Service, 1885 Subseries 15, Memory of General McPherson, 1865 Subseries 16, Miscellaneous Letters and Forms (Freedmen Funds), 1862-1882 Subseries 17, Secretary of War, William W. Belknap, 1869 Subseries 18, United States Senate, 1866-1871 Subseries 19, Hazen Stones River Monument, 1864-1870
Collection Rights
Rights situation uncertain, but most of the collection is probably in the public domain due to its age.
Scope and Contents
This series covers General Hazen's career from graduation at West Point to service in California, Oregon, Texas, the Civil War, military post inspections, Indian tribe affairs, observations of two European battles, court martials, his appointment as chief signal officer, the Arctic expedition, military forms, a book, A Narrative of Military Service, and the first Civil War monument at Stones River, Tennessee.
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503513405047-1503513405059-5
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep868c90753-61da-43fd-ab67-5caf5182c358

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