02253cpcaa2200409   4500001001300000003000400013005001700017008004100034010001700075040002400092072001200116100003800128245004400166300001300210300002300223506002200246520067600268530004600944533014000990533005901130545001801189546003601207600003901243600004301282600003401325610007201359610005501431610004101486610004101527650003501568651003601603651006101639651004501700651005401745656002701799999001701826mm 73051870 DLC20260227111615.0740118||||||||||||     |           eng    amm 73051870   aDLCcDLCedacsdDLC 7aW2lcmd1 aAbbott, Asa Townsend,d1841-1923?00aAsa Townsend Abbott papers,f1915-1923.  a1fitem.  a1fmicrofilm reel.0 aOpen to research.8 aOne 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.  aMicrofilm edition available,dno. 11,146.  aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.bWashington, D.C. :cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,d1956.  aPhotocopies of the original in private hands.b[S.l.].0 aArmy officer.  aCollection material in English.10aEarly, Jubal Anderson,d1816-1894.10aFisher, Benjamin Franklin,d1834-1915.10aLincoln, Abraham,d1809-1865.10aUnited States.bArmy.bMinnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864)10aUnited States.bArmy.bRegiment of Artillery, 3rd.10aUnited States.bArmy.bSignal Corps.10aUnited States.bArmy of the Potomac. 0aHurricaneszFloridazKey West. 0aFort Stevens (Washington, D.C.) 0aUnited StatesxHistoryyCivil War, 1861-1865xCampaigns. 0aVirginiaxHistoryyCivil War, 1861-1865. 0aWashington (D.C.)xHistoryyCivil War, 1861-1865. 7aArmy officers.2itoamc  c39295d39295