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[Assistant Quartermaster H. C. Garsonall Letter,]

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[Assistant Quartermaster H. C. Garsonall Letter,] 1864.
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  • [Assistant Quartermaster H. C. Garsonall Letter,] 1864.
  • [Assistant Quartermaster H. C. Garsonall Letter,] 1864.

    Object Details

    Author

    Garsonall, H.C.

    Names

    National Intelligencer Office (Washington, D.C.)
    Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
    Hooker, General
    Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

    Series Creator

    Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969

    Series Citation

    Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

    Scope and Contents

    Letter from Assistant Quartermaster H. C. Garsonall of the Forage Department, Nashville. Tennessee, to Ben(?) or Bro. Horatio, August 12, 1864. Garsonall complains about difficulties in foraging for food and lack of ice for drinking water. He also says he considers Ulysses Grant a poor general because of his loss of 81,290 men and refers to the National Intelligencer for this information. Additional references to Gen. Hooker, Gen. Sherman, Capt. Norton, and Captain George B. Hibbard of Vermont.
    sova.nmah.ac.0060.s01.01.civilwar_ref572

    GUID

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ca040458-5065-49f5-aa0a-d22479549ce9

    Local Numbers

    AC0060-0001194a (AC Scan No.: p. 1) AC0060-0001194b (AC Scan No.: p. 2)

    General

    Civil War Selections from the Archives Center

    Place

    Tennessee

    Topic

    Drinking water
    Ice
    Foraging
    Food
    Civil War, 1861-1865

    Author

    Garsonall, H.C.

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    Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Civil War
    Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Civil War / Government Records, Business Records, and Other / Civil War

    Sponsor

    Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

    Extent

    1 Item (Ink on paper., 9.5" x 8".)

    Condition

    Tear and bend, right side.

    Date

    1864
    August 12, 1864

    Container

    Box 1, Folder 13

    Archival Repository

    Archives Center, National Museum of American History

    Type

    Archival materials
    Correspondence

    Series Rights

    Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

    Genre/Form

    Correspondence -- 1850-1900

    Series Restrictions

    Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

    Related Materials

    Civil War series, Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
    NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.CivilWar_ref572
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ca040458-5065-49f5-aa0a-d22479549ce9
    NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.CivilWar
    ACAH

    Record ID

    ebl-1562721623870-1562721623898-1

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