USA - Department of the Shenandoah, Headquarters - Correspondence from Nathaniel P. Banks to Edwin M. Stanton Concerning the Affairs of His Department - DOT0012, May 2-4, 1862
Scope and Contents
Series 3: Government Military Records (1855-1913; approx. 9 cubic feet) is comprised of records produced in the United States of America (USA) and the Confederate States of America (CSA) during and related to the administration of the United States Civil War (1861–1865), including a small number of postwar records. Materials include orders, reports, muster rolls, requisitions, correspondence, broadsides, and financial transactions produced by commanding... officers acting in their official capacity as leaders of military organizations (e.g., Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Daniel Ruggles, James Longstreet, and Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana). It also includes records created by military units (e.g., companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and corps) as well bureaucratic military leadership structures of the USA and CSA (e.g., the Quartermaster’s Department and the Ordnance Office as well as the various departments, districts, and armies of strategic leadership). Also included are records from leading figures in the executive branches of government in the USA (e.g., President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton) and CSA (e.g., Jefferson Davis). Exceptions include a few groupings of personal papers, including the personal papers of John W. Hanscom of the 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.
See moreDates
- Creation: May 2-4, 1862
Language of Materials
The John L. Nau III Civil War History Collection is predominantly in English. A small number of materials are in Spanish, French, Swedish, and German, and this is indicated at the file level.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 133 Cubic Feet (255 boxes; 9 framed items)
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States