04504cpcaa2200805 4500 mm 79015073 DLC 20260227111654.0 cr ||||||||||| 790807|||||||||||| eng mm 79015073 ms 66001390 DLC DLC DLC dacs W lcmd Carlton, Caleb Henry, 1836-1923. Caleb Henry Carlton papers, 1831-1954 (bulk 1844-1916). 2,500 items. 5 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.5 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries, articles, military transcripts and papers, biographical and genealogical materials, financial records, maps, charts, and other papers pertaining to Carlton's service in the Union Army and following the Civil War in wars with various American Indians in western United States. Documents his participation during the Peninsular Campaign (1862) including battles at Harrison's Landing, Malvern Hill, Mechanicsville (Battle of Beaver Dam Creek), and Yorktown, Va.; his capture during the Battle of Chickamauga (1863) and his imprisonment at Libby Prison in Richmond, Va.; and his service in the Atlanta Campaign (1864) including battles at Jonesboro, Kennesaw Mountain, and Marietta, Ga. Also documents government relations and war with Apache, Cheyenne, Dakota, Ute, and other American Indians during Carlton's service at Fort Sidney, Neb.; Fort Fetterman, Fort Laramie, and Fort Washakie (Camp Augur), Wyo.; and Fort Sedgwick, Colo. Includes maps and charts of the U.S. Army posts as well as family correspondence and a biography of Carlton written by his daughter, Mabel Carlton Horner. Correspondents include Henry C. Cook, William T. Sherman, Thomas John Wood, and Matthew H. Wright. U.S. Army officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010241 Cook, Henry C. Correspondence. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Correspondence. Wood, Thomas John, 1823-1906 Correspondence. Wright, Matthew H. Correspondence. Carlton family Correspondence. Libby Prison. Apache Indians. Atlanta Campaign, 1864. Beaver Dam Creek, Battle of, Va., 1862. Cheyenne Indians. Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863. Dakota Indians. Fortification Colorado. Fortification Nebraska. Fortification Wyoming. Indians of North America Government relations. Indians of North America Wars 1866-1895. Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of, Ga., 1864. Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va., 1862. Military bases United States. Peninsular Campaign, 1862. Ute Indians. Fort Fetterman (Wyo.) Fort Laramie (Wyo.) Fort Sedgwick (Colo.) Fort Sidney (Neb.) Fort Washakie (Wyo.) Georgia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. Harrison's Landing, Va. History. Jonesboro (Ga.) History. Marietta (Ga.) History. Mechanicsville (Hanover County, Va.) History. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. Richmond (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons. West (U.S.) History. Yorktown (Va.) History. Army officers. itoamc Horner, Mabel Carlton. Mabel Carlton Horner biography of Caleb Henry Carlton. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010241 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010241.3 42151 42151