Abbot, Henry L. creator mixed material monographic eng 2,000 9 3 1 5.6 Correspondence, memoirs, diaries, writings, photographs, legal and financial records, biographical and genealogical material, military records, ships logs, maps, printed matter, mementos, and other papers primarily documenting Henry L. Abbot's service as topographical engineer and officer in the Union Army and family life and social activities in Massachusetts during the Civil War. Subjects include the First Battle of Bull Run, construction of fortifications around Washington, D.C., the Peninsular Campaign of 1862, U.S. Army movements during the sieges of Petersburg and Richmond, Va., in 1864 and 1865, Abraham Lincoln's administration, African American soldiers, religion, Union commanders, ordnance technology, causes of the war, the Emancipation Proclamation, Ulysses S. Grant's situation in Virginia, George B. McClellan's presidential bid, childhood activities of Abbot's son Frederic V. Abbot, death of Abbot's brother Edward Stanley Abbot at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1863, and Washington, D.C., social life in 1857. Includes reminiscences about the Abbot family and life in Cambridge, Mass., by Abbot's mother-in-law Emily Everett, recollections of Abbot's childhood by his mother Fanny Larcom Abbot, and a file pertaining to the life of Henry Larcom, shipmaster and Abbot's maternal grandfather, including Larcom's survival of the wreck of the Margaret in 1810 in the North Atlantic during the Napoleonic Wars. Correspondents include Fanny Larcom Abbot, Joseph Hale Abbot, Mary Susan ("Susie") Everett Abbot, and William Henry Seward. Open to research. Daguerreotypes, prints, an oil painting, and most photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Army officer. Full name: Henry Larcom Abbot. Born 1831; died 1927. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007005 Abbot, Edward Stanley 1841-1863 Abbot, Fanny Larcom 1807-1883 Correspondence Abbot, Frederic V. (Frederic Vaughan) 1858-1928 Abbot, Jos. Hale (Joseph Hale) 1802-1873 Correspondence Abbot, Mary Susan Everett 1832-1871 Correspondence Everett, Emily 1799- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885 Larcom, Henry 1777-1862 Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 McClellan, George Brinton 1826-1885 Seward, William Henry 1801-1872 Correspondence Abbott family Correspondence United States. Army Ordnance and ordnance stores United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Margaret (Ship) Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 Fortification Washington (D.C.) History 19th century Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Peninsular Campaign, 1862 Cambridge (Mass.) Social life and customs 19th century Massachusetts History Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.) History Siege, 1864-1865 Richmond (Va.) History Siege, 1864-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Artillery operations United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Technology United States Politics and government 1861-1865 Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs 19th century Army officers mm2002084936 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007005 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007005.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007005 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007005.3 Open to research. DLC 021108 20260227111729.0 mm2002084936