TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: Correspondence
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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX
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U.S. Civil War National Cemetery letters |
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1867-1891 |
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0.25 lin. ft. (21 letters) |
| Abstract: |
This collection consists of
twenty-one letters from various U.S. Civil War military departments to other U.S.
military departments, regarding various aspects relating to national cemeteries.
These aspects include: the location, construction and inspection of national
cemeteries, requests for materials and proposed costs, and reports of appointments
and comments of national cemetery superintendents.
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MS 264 |
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Materials are in English. |
While most of the letters in this collection have various authors and recipients,
M.C. Meigs appears six separate times as the recipient. Montgomery Cunningham (M.C.)
Meigs was born in Georgia on May 3, 1816, and was an officer in the Union Army and
the Corps of Engineers. M.C. Meigs was eventually appointed Quartermaster General
under President Lincoln, and his military career lasted for almost fifty years,
until his death.
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This collection consists of twenty-one individual letters of correspondence between
various U.S. Civil War military departments, regarding many different logistical
aspects relating to national cemeteries. Some of the letters are requests for
materials or the estimated costs of materials required at national cemeteries while
other letters are building specifications, requests for maps, and applications or
remarks of cemetery superintendents.
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Access Restriction
This material is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the U.S. Civil War National Cemetery letters must be obtained
from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.
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Subjects
Cemeteries--United States.
Formats
Correspondence
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U.S. Civil War National Cemetery letters, 1867-1891, MS 264 Woodson Research Center, Fondren
Library, Rice University
This collection was a gift donated John Wright in April 1976.
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June 8, 1867. Captain Charles Barnard to unknown |
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Notification of inspection of National Cemeteries in Texas
District.
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March 30, 1868. A. Humphrey (Corps of Engineers) to D.H. Pucker. |
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In response to previous request, the author has provided maps of
Fort Wayne, Michigan, and its position and distance to Detroit.
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August 15, 1868. C.H. Hoyt to M.C. Meigs. |
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Report of the reburial of soldiers in the National Cemeteries at
Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, Louisiana.
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May 20, 1869. |
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Estimate of the cost of materials and labor required at National
Cemeteries.
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December 24, 1870. J.D Bingham to Col. Easter. |
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Request for estimated funds required for work authorized at the
National Cemeteries.
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March 25, 1872. Capt. E.B. Garling to M.C Meigs. |
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Remarks and recommendations of Capt. Garling to M.C. Meigs; reports
of superintendents of national cemeteries under his charge for the
month of February 1892.
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May 30, 1876. Vincent P. Kelly to M.C. Meigs. |
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An application for the position of Superintendent at one of the
National Cemeteries.
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April 9, 1877. R. Morris to Gen. James A. Ekin (?), Deputy
Quartermaster General and April 9, 1877 reply.
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Correspondence related to the construction of a culvert near the
Stone’s Rim National Cemetery
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March 2, 1878. Unknown (Chief Quartermaster) to M.C. Meigs. |
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Statements of disbursements from appropriations for National
Cemeteries under the charges of various officers.
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November 15, 1878. A.J. McGonnigle to M.C. Meigs. |
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An explanation as to why a superintendent has not been ordered to
proceed to his allotted cemetery in New Orleans (because of an
outbreak of yellow fever in the area).
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May 23, 1879. John Brickhouse to A.C. Carter. |
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Request for gravestones. |
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May 23, 1879. J.H. Young to A. F. Rockwell. |
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Request for gravestones, as well as a request as to what course to
pursue to have some soldiers and sailors reburied in National
Cemeteries.
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February 28, 1882. A.J. McGonnigle to M.C. Meigs. |
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Invitation for proposals for trees and shrubbery for National
Cemeteries.
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July 23, 1886. |
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Specifications for an outbuilding to be built at the Nashville,
Tennessee National Cemetery.
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October 19, 1886. Thomas H. Kearney to unknown (Quartermaster
General).
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A request for the printed applications required to request headstones
for graves of deceased soldiers
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January 20, 1887. J.W. Scully to unknown. |
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Confirmation of the delivery of 200 stones to the Baton Rouge
National Cemetery.
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March 9, 1887. P.M. Radford to unknown (Quartermaster General). |
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Notification of the approval of William Dreusike as Superintendent of
one of the National Cemeteries.
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July 11, 1887. P. Lee to J.C. Beecher. |
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A request for a post-officer to be buried in one of the national
cemeteries, as well as a request for more headstones.
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September 15, 1890. C.H. Smart to James E. Washington. |
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A request for a list of federal soldiers buried in the Nashville and
Stone River cemeteries.
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September 20, 1890. Nelson W. Adams to L.A. ? (Asst. Secretary
of War).
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Request for the current Superintendent at Arlington National Cemetery
to be re-appointed for another term.
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December 17, 1891. Frederick Schmidt to J.H. Scully. |
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Enclosed a list of unmarked graves, other than U.S. soldiers, at
Shiloh National Cemetery, in response to a request.
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