Box 4273.004
Container
Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:
Union Army Commanding Officer Certificate
Item — Box: 4273.004, Folder: 003
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains letters, coins, photographs, newspaper clippings, promotion and military discharge documents concerning George Trowbridge Cottrell of Morenci, Michigan, dating between 1861 and 1887.
Dates:
1861 - 1887
Edwin Forbes Etchings from Life Studies of the Great Army, after 1876
File — Box: 4273.004, Folder: 002
Scope and Contents
The collection contains ten etchings by Edwin Forbes from his Life Studies of the Great Army, including: (Plate 6) "A Thirsty Crowd" / "Newspapers for the Army, Racing for Camp"; (Plate 10) "A Slave Cabin" / "The Old Grist Mill" / "Sam" / "Got Any Pies for Sale Aunty?" / "A Picaninny"; (Plate 15) "The Return from Picket Duty"; (Plate 18) "The Rear of the Column"; (Plate...
Dates:
after 1876
Pencil Sketches of Civil War Military Camps and Buildings, 1861 - 1865
File — Box: 4273.004, Folder: 001
Scope and Contents
The collection contains six pencil sketches depicting various military buildings and camps during the Civil War. One of the sketches, titled "U.S. Gen Hospital, Point of Rocks, VA," implies that the sketches, which are all done by the same hand, depict Union encampments. Another is titled "The House where Maj. Charles Jarvis Died." Jarvis was a Major in Company "D" of the Vermont 9th Infantry and was wounded and died while on a scouting mission in New Berne, North Carolina, on 1 December 1863.
Dates:
1861 - 1865