Comstock, C. B. (Cyrus Ballou) 1831-1910 creator mixed material monographic eng 900 4 4 1.6 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. Open to research. 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 Engineers mm 79016527 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009101 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009101.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009101 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009101.3 Open to research. DLC 790530 20260227111654.0 mm 79016527