Sumner family papers, 1836-1940 (bulk 1858-1862).

Contributor(s): Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsDescription: 113 items; 1 container plus 1 oversize; 0.5 linear feetSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: Correspondence, legal documents, reports, and photographs of Edwin V. Sumner and his sons, Edwin Vose Sumner and Samuel Storrow Sumner, all military officers. Includes material on Civil War battles in Antietam, Md., and Fredericksburg, Williamsburg, and northern Virginia. Documents Edwin V. Sumner's 1855 audience with Frederick William IV, King of Prussia; Sumner's disagreement with General William S. Harney; a military expedition against the Sioux in 1855; and the training of soldiers at Fort Reno in the Indian Territory (later El Reno, Okla.) in the 1880s.
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Correspondence, legal documents, reports, and photographs of Edwin V. Sumner and his sons, Edwin Vose Sumner and Samuel Storrow Sumner, all military officers. Includes material on Civil War battles in Antietam, Md., and Fredericksburg, Williamsburg, and northern Virginia. Documents Edwin V. Sumner's 1855 audience with Frederick William IV, King of Prussia; Sumner's disagreement with General William S. Harney; a military expedition against the Sioux in 1855; and the training of soldiers at Fort Reno in the Indian Territory (later El Reno, Okla.) in the 1880s.

Sumner (Summers) family.

Collection material in English.

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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009221

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