Rockwell, Almon Ferdinand 1835- creator mixed material monographic eng 2,000 9 3.4 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. Open to research. 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 Public officials mm 78038091 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010316 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010316.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010316 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010316.3 Open to research. DLC 790327 20260227111626.0 mm 78038091