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U.S. Civil War National Cemetery letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 264
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of twenty-one individual letters of correspondence between various U.S. Civil War military departments, regarding many different logistical aspects relating to national cemeteries. Some of the letters are requests for materials or the estimated costs of materials required at national cemeteries while other letters are building specifications, requests for maps, and applications or remarks of cemetery superintendents.

Dates

  • 1867 - 1891

Creator

Access Restriction

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the U.S. Civil War National Cemetery letters must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical Note

While most of the letters in this collection have various authors and recipients, M.C. Meigs appears six separate times as the recipient. Montgomery Cunningham (M.C.) Meigs was born in Georgia on May 3, 1816, and was an officer in the Union Army and the Corps of Engineers. M.C. Meigs was eventually appointed Quartermaster General under President Lincoln, and his military career lasted for almost fifty years, until his death.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet ( (21 letters))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

This collection consists of twenty-one letters from various U.S. Civil War military departments to other U.S. military departments, regarding various aspects relating to national cemeteries. These aspects include: the location, construction and inspection of national cemeteries, requests for materials and proposed costs, and reports of appointments and comments of national cemetery superintendents.

Acquisition Information

This collection was a gift donated John Wright in April 1976.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to U.S. Civil War National Cemetery letters, 1867-1891
Status
Completed
Date
2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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