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.
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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.
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Record ID
ebl-1562721623870-1562721623898-1