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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Frank A. Irvin Papers
Creator:
Irvin, Frank A.
Identifier/Call Number: SC.FAI
Extent:
0.21 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1862-1914
Abstract: Frank A. Irvin was a First Lieutenant
in the 7th Iowa Infantry during the US Civil War. He was assigned to the US Signal Corps,
and served as Aide-de-Camp to General Franklin's Staff. He participated in the Vicksburg
(May 19-July 4, 1863) and Red River (March 10-May 28, 1864) campaigns. The collection
consists of military dispatch books and individual dispatches from 1862-1864, personal
military records and orders from 1862-1865, and testimonials dated 1870-1915.
Language of Material: English
The
Frank A. Irvin Papers consists of military dispatch books
and individual dispatches from 1862-1864, personal military records and orders from
1862-1865, and testimonials dated 1870-1915. It includes dispatches sent during the
Vicksburg campaign to and from General Ulysses S. Grant, General John Alexander McClernand,
General Cadwallader C. Washburn, and Admiral David Dixon Porter, and dispatches sent during
the Red River Campaign to and from General Nathaniel P. Banks, and General Franklin.
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Digital reproductions of items in this collection are available electronically as a part of
the
Civil War Narratives
project.
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Tony Gardner
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