Army of the Potomac Ledger, 1864-1865

Summary

Title:

Army of the Potomac Ledger,

Dates:

1864-1865

Creators:

United States. Army. Army of the Potomac

Extent:

.3 linear feet (1 bound volume)

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

Army of the Potomac Ledger. Wyles Mss 66. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

U.S. Army Headquarters, Army of the Potomac -- 1 Civil War era ledger, 1864-1865, entitled Report of Names of Officers doing duty in the Quartermasters Department, including number of staff, line officers and enlisted men for duty; and number of cavalry, artillery, ambulances, and private horses, mules, oxen and other means of transportation in each regiment, battery or detachment.

Biographical / historical:

Information about the history of the Army of the Potomac may be found in printed works such as:

Catton, Bruce. Mr. Lincoln's Army (1951).

Hassler, Warren W. Commanders of the Army of the Potomac (1962).

Holstein, Anna Morris Ellis. Three Years in Field Hospitals of the Army of the Potomac (1867).

Katcher, Philip R. N. Army of the Potomac (1976).

McClellan, George Brinton. Complete Report on Organization and Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac (1864).

Swinton, William. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac (1866).

Wilkeson, Frank. Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac (1886).

Acquisition information:

Gift of Mrs. Godwin J. Pelissero, 1987.

Physical location:

Vault

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by D. Tambo

Date Prepared:

© 2002

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 17 October 2002 .

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Army of the Potomac Ledger. Wyles Mss 66. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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