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