TY  - GEN
AU  - Rockwell,Almon Ferdinand
TI  - Almon Ferdinand Rockwell papers,
KW  - Barney, James M.
KW  - Bragg, Braxton,
KW  - Buell, Don Carlos,
KW  - Conkling, Roscoe,
KW  - Flower, Frank Abial,
KW  - Garfield, James A.
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Manderson, Charles F.
KW  - Nelson, William,
KW  - Seward, William Henry,
KW  - Wilson, John M.
KW  - Silver King Mining Company
KW  - Corinth, Battle of, Corinth, Miss., 1862
KW  - Public buildings
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
KW  - Silver mines and mining
KW  - Alabama
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Kentucky
KW  - Mississippi
KW  - Nashville (Tenn.)
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1865-1950
KW  - Tennessee
KW  - United States
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - 1877-1881
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Public officials
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010316
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010316.3
ER  -