TY  - GEN
AU  - Abbott,Asa Townsend
TI  - Asa Townsend Abbott papers,
KW  - Early, Jubal Anderson,
KW  - Fisher, Benjamin Franklin,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864)
KW  - Regiment of Artillery, 3rd
KW  - Signal Corps
KW  - Army of the Potomac
KW  - Hurricanes
KW  - Florida
KW  - Key West
KW  - Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Virginia
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm edition available; no. 11,146; 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.]
N2  - 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
ER  -