Asa Townsend Abbott papers,
Abbott, Asa Townsend, 1841-1923?
Asa Townsend Abbott papers, 1915-1923. - 1 item. 1 microfilm reel.
Open to research.
One volume (70 pages) of memoirs relating mainly to family affairs and to Abbott's service in Company E, lst Minnesota Volunteers (April-August 1861) and in the Signal Corps (August 1861-August 1865) with the Army of the Potomac in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. Includes 2 accounts by Abbott of Abraham Lincoln's visit to Fort Stevens, Washington, D.C., (1864 July) when the fort was under attack by Confederate troops commanded by Gen. Jubal Early; Abbott's description of his experiences in a hurricane near Key West, Fla., in 1869, when he was assigned to the 3d U.S. artillery; and a synopsis of Abbott's military career by Col. Benjamin F. Fisher.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
1956.
Photocopies of the original in private hands.
[S.l.].
Army officer.
Collection material in English.
mm 73051870
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894.
Fisher, Benjamin Franklin, 1834-1915.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864)
United States. Army. Regiment of Artillery, 3rd.
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
United States. Army of the Potomac.
Hurricanes--Florida--Key West.
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Army officers.
Asa Townsend Abbott papers, 1915-1923. - 1 item. 1 microfilm reel.
Open to research.
One volume (70 pages) of memoirs relating mainly to family affairs and to Abbott's service in Company E, lst Minnesota Volunteers (April-August 1861) and in the Signal Corps (August 1861-August 1865) with the Army of the Potomac in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. Includes 2 accounts by Abbott of Abraham Lincoln's visit to Fort Stevens, Washington, D.C., (1864 July) when the fort was under attack by Confederate troops commanded by Gen. Jubal Early; Abbott's description of his experiences in a hurricane near Key West, Fla., in 1869, when he was assigned to the 3d U.S. artillery; and a synopsis of Abbott's military career by Col. Benjamin F. Fisher.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
1956.
Photocopies of the original in private hands.
[S.l.].
Army officer.
Collection material in English.
mm 73051870
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894.
Fisher, Benjamin Franklin, 1834-1915.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864)
United States. Army. Regiment of Artillery, 3rd.
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
United States. Army of the Potomac.
Hurricanes--Florida--Key West.
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Army officers.