James M. McClintock collection, 1861-1909, bulk 1861-1869

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Summary

Creators:
McClintock, James M.
Abstract:
A collection related to James M. McClintock, American Civil War Union Army officer.
Extent:
1.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. James M. McClintock collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of documents, letters, journals, and photographs related to James M. McClintock. The military documents include general and special orders and reports pertaining to the operation of the Signal Corps in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Georgia and McClintock's military career. Also included are official letters received by McClintock from 1862 to 1864; correspondents include William Tecumseh Sherman and Oliver Otis Howard. There is also a fair copy of a two-volume journal that McClintock kept from 1861 to 1869; the journal contains brief daily entries describing weather, locale, and troop movements. The first volume includes the muster roll of Company F of 51st Regiment of Ohio Infantry. Also, a historical sketch by William Ware dealing with McClintock's service with General Sherman at Savannah, Georgia, in December 1864. The photographs in the collection are of McClintock and other members the U.S. Signal Corps.

Biographical / historical:

James M. McClintock (1839-1921) was a Union Army officer from Coshocton, Ohio. In April 1861 he enlisted as a private and, upon the expiration of his three months service, re-enlisted in September 1861 in the 51st Ohio Infantry Regiment and was commissioned as Captain of Company F. Early in January 1862 he was detailed by the War Department to the United States Signal Corps. McClintock remained with the U.S. Signal Corps for the duration of the war, rising to the rank of Captain and Acting Chief Signal Officer of the Army of the Tennessee. McClintock served with General Ulysses S. Grant during the Vicksburg Campaign and with General William T. Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea. After the war he established a woolen mill and mercantile business. In 1884, he and his family moved to Vashon Island, Washington, taking up a homestead. James M. McClintock died in 1921 in Seattle, Washington.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Maxwell Hunley, 1959.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library staff in 1965; in July 2025, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. James M. McClintock collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
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