Abbott, Asa Townsend,  1841-1923? <br/><br/>
Asa Townsend Abbott papers, 1915-1923. 

 - 1  item. 1  microfilm reel. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1956. <br/>Photocopies of the original in private hands. <br/>[S.l.]. 
<br/><br/><br/>Army officer. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 73051870  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894. <br/>Fisher, Benjamin Franklin, 1834-1915. <br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army.  Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864) <br/>United States. Army.  Regiment of Artillery, 3rd. <br/>United States. Army.  Signal Corps. <br/>United States. Army of the Potomac. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hurricanes--Florida--Key West.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)<br/>United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865<br/>Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Army officers.