04214cpcaa2200673 a 4500 mm 78038091 DLC 20260227111626.0 cr ||||||||||| 790327|||||||||||| eng mm 78038091 ms 62004527 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Rockwell, Almon Ferdinand, 1835- Almon Ferdinand Rockwell papers, 1852-1900 (bulk 1861-1865 and 1877-1884). 2,000 items. 9 containers. 3.4 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries, journals, reports, and other papers relating principally to the presidential administration and assassination of James A. Garfield. Correspondence with Garfield relates to their friendship, investments in the Silver King Mining Company, controversy over the resignation of New York senator Roscoe Conkling, and Garfield's appointment of Rockwell as superintendent of public buildings in Washington, D.C. Rockwell's diaries describe his Civil War service as an aide to Gen. Don Carlos Buell; the federal occupation of Nashville, Tenn.; battles of Shiloh and Corinth, Miss.; campaigns in northern Alabama; the pursuit of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg in Kentucky; the death of Gen. William Nelson; and Buell's removal and reinstatement in the U.S. Army. Also includes reports of Rockwell's conversation with Garfield shortly before the latter's death and a letter describing the death of Abraham Lincoln at which Rockwell was also present. Other correspondents include James M. Barney, Don Carlos Buell, Frank Abial Flower, Charles F. Manderson, William Henry Seward, and John M. Wilson. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Army officer and superintendent of public buildings, Washington, D.C. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010316 Barney, James M. Correspondence. Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876. Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898 Correspondence. Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888. Flower, Frank Abial, 1854-1911 Correspondence. Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Assassination. Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Correspondence. Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Death and burial. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Death and burial. Manderson, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1837-1911 Correspondence. Nelson, William, 1824-1862. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Correspondence. Wilson, John M. (John Moulder), 1837-1919 Correspondence. Silver King Mining Company. Corinth, Battle of, Corinth, Miss., 1862. Public buildings Washington (D.C.) Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862. Silver mines and mining. Alabama History Civil War, 1861-1865. Kentucky History Civil War, 1861-1865. Mississippi History Civil War, 1861-1865. Nashville (Tenn.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. New York (State) Politics and government 1865-1950. Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States Politics and government 1877-1881. Army officers. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010316 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010316.3 40007 40007