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Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1818 - 1883

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

John E. Curry collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0386
Abstract

Photocopies of letters from David H. Vinton, Assistant Quartermaster in New York, to Lieutenant Josiah Gorgas at Watervliet Arsenal, refusing to grant Gorgas’s request for supplies to be sent to Pensacola, and from University of Alabama cadet John H. Marshall in Tuscaloosa, discussing the possible role of the cadets in the defense of the state, the fainting of several cadets during a dress parade, and inquires about his family.

Dates: 1846-1864

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  • Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life X