05436cpcaa2200901 a 4500 mm 79016527 DLC 20260227111654.0 cr ||||||||||| 790530|||||||||||| eng mm 79016527 ms 62004637 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Comstock, C. B. (Cyrus Ballou), 1831-1910. C.B. Comstock papers, 1847-1908 (bulk 1862-1890). 900 items. 4 containers. 4 microfilm reels. 1.6 linear feet. Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: Diaries and Notebooks, 1862-1867; Series 2: General Correspondence and Related Material, 1855-1908; and Series 3: Miscellany, 1847-1862. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, memoirs, reports, notebooks, orders, memoirs, sketches, and other papers primarily concerning Comstock's Civil War service as chief engineer of the Army of the Potomac. Topics include the siege of Vicksburg, Miss.; the capture of Fort Fisher, N.C.; the fords on the Rapidan and Rappahannock rivers, Va.; the defenses at Aquia Creek, Va. and Harpers Ferry, W. Va.; Ulysses S. Grant's resignation as U.S. secretary of war under Andrew Johnson; James K. Polk's 1847 annual message to Congress concerning the Mexican War; Comstock's service as president of the U.S. Mississippi River Commission (1884) including improvement of the Mississippi River; the ancestry of Jesse Root Grant; and William Petit Trowbridge. Correspondents include Henry Martyn Adams, B.S. Alexander, Daniel Butterfield, James Buchanan Eads, Ulysses S. Grant, H.W. Halleck, A.A. Humphreys, George Gordon Meade, David D. Porter, John McAllister Schofield, Philip Henry Sheridan, William T. Sherman, Daniel Edgar Sickles, E.D. Townsend, Seth Williams, and Horatio Gouverneur Wright. Microfilm edition available, no. 17,560 Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1979. U.S. Army officer and engineer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009101 Adams, Henry Martyn, 1844-1909 Correspondence. Alexander, B. S. (Barton Stone), 1819-1878 Correspondence. Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901 Correspondence. Eads, James Buchanan, 1820-1887 Correspondence. Grant, Jesse Root, 1794-1873 Correspondence. Grant, Jesse Root, 1794-1873 Family. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Correspondence. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Resignation from office. Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 Correspondence. Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883 Correspondence. Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872 Correspondence. Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849. Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891 Correspondence. Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 Correspondence. Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 Correspondence. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Correspondence. Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914 Correspondence. Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893 Correspondence. Trowbridge, William Pettit, 1828-1892. Williams, Seth, 1822-1866 Correspondence. Wright, Horatio Gouverneur, 1820-1899 Correspondence. United States. Army of the Potomac. United States. Mississippi River Commission. Fords (Stream crossings) Virginia Rapidan River. Fords (Stream crossings) Virginia Rappahannock River. Fortification North Carolina. Mexican War, 1846-1848. Presidents United States Messages. Aquia Creek (Va.) History. Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) Capture, 1865. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History. Mississippi History Civil War, 1861-1865. Mississippi River Navigation. North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865. Rapidan River (Va.) Rappahannock River (Va.) United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Engineering and construction. Vicksburg (Miss.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Vicksburg (Miss.) History Siege, 1863. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865. West Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865. Army officers. itoamc Engineers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009101 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009101.3 42167 42167