Preliminary Guide to the Mortimer Leggett Collection

Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff
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Mortimer Leggett Collection, ca. 1800-1896

Collection number: Wyles Mss 21

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff
Date Completed:
June 28, 2011
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Mortimer Leggett Collection
Dates: ca. 1800-1896
Collection number: Wyles Mss 21
Collection Size: 0.8 linear feet (2 document boxes).
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Collection of a Civil War Union general, primarily correspondence from Civil War and post-war era. Includes correspondence with Ulysses S. Grant.
Physical location: Del Sur.
Languages: English

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

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

Mortimer Leggett Collection. Wyles Mss 21. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Joy Breitling, 1991.

Scope and Content of Collection

Collection of a Civil War Union general, primarily correspondence from Civil War and post-war era. Includes correspondence with Ulysses S. Grant, James A. Garfield, and Rutherford B. Hayes.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Leggett, Mortimer Dormer, 1821-1896
Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929.
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881.
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence.

Related Materials

Wilson, Harrison [25th Ohio Infantry]. Collection of Civil War related material, including a letter (ALS) from [Gen.] M[ortimer] D. Leggett, 1883, asking for his remembrances of the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and a 16-page typescript of his Civil War experiences, recounted in 1923. (Wyles SC 125).
Civilian general, Mary Catherine Stow. Main Library E467.1.L444 S76 1956.

Box 1: 1

Correspondence - Fort Donelson, 24 February 1862-5 March 1862 (24 items correspondence)

Box 1: 2

Correspondence, field orders - Corinth, 16 May 1862-10 July 1863 (5 dated items, 1 undated)

Box 1: 3

Correspondence - Crumpet's Landing / Trial at Shiloh, 25 March 1862-28 April 1862 (13 dated items, 2 undated items, modern notes)

Box 1: 4

Correspondence, Special Orders No. 81, speech - Preparation for North & South Carolina excursion, 1 January 1865-4 September 1865 (52 dated items, 1 modern item)

Box 1: 5

Correspondence, news articles, list of 78th Div. - Atlanta Campaign, 20 April 1864-19 August 1864 (11 dated items, miscellaneous news articles, list of 78th Division)

Box 1: 6

Correspondence - Recruiting Camp Goddard, 19 March 1861-9 July 1862 (28 dated items, 9 undated items)

Box 1: 7

Correspondence - Pre-War Militia Training, 21 July 1859-18 September 1862 (4 dated items)

Box 1: 8

Correspondence - Jackson, Tenn., 12 June 1862-6 August 1862 (20 dated items)

Box 1: 9

Correspondence; Map - Bolivar, Tenn., 11 August 1862-2 November 1862 (36 dated items, 2 undated items)

Box 1: 10

Correspondence - Vicksburg Campaign, 12 November 1862-31 December 1862 (8 dated items)

Box 1: 11

Correspondence; Map - Vicksburg Campaign, 3 January 1863-23 June 1863 (63 dated items, 1 undated item)

Box 1: 12

Correspondence - Vicksburg Campaign, 8 July 1863-19 November 1863 (33 dated items)

Box 1: 13

Correspondence - Vicksburg Campaign, 4 January 1864-9 January 1864 (2 dated items)

Box 1: 14

Correspondence; to Wife - March to the Sea, 2 June 1864-14 December 1864 (37 dated items, 1 modern item)

Box 1: 15

Thesis, Civilian General, Mary Catherine Stow, MA History, June 1956

Box 2: 1

Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 27 October 1862-5 July 1865 (7 dated items, 13 undated items)

Box 2: 2

Correspondence; Map; Military Record - Miscellaneous Incidents. 11 February 1863-3 June 1882 (8 dated items, 2 undated items)

Box 2: 3

Correspondence - Gen. W.T. Sherman Letters, 17 November-7 June 1884 (4 dated items)

Box 2: 4

Correspondence - Garfield Letter, 20 July 1880 (?)

Box 2: 5

Correspondence; Military Pass - Well Leggett - Appointment to West Point, 23 March 1864 - 24 June 1864 (7 dated items)

Box 2: 6

Correspondence: To Mrs. Leggett - John D. Rockefeller, 6 April 1915 (1 dated item)

Box 2: 7

Correspondence; Address by Hon. M.D. Leggett - Patent Applications, 12 February 1872-20 October 1874 (12 dated items; booklet; 4 undated items)

Box 2: 8

Correspondence - Pres. R. B. Hayes Letters, 27 February 1877-1 July 1891 (4 dated items)

Box 2: 9

Correspondence; Passport - Post Civil War

Box 2: 10

Military Ration Requisition; Miscellaneous Correspondence - 5 January-15 July 1865 (88 dated items)

Box 2: 11

Ulster County Gazette, 4 January 1800 (1 dated item)

Box 2: 12

Correspondence - U.S. Grant Letters, 29 June 1871-13 October 1883 (3 dated items)

Box 2: 13

[Unlabeled folder - Photographs and personal]

Box 2: 14

Newspaper clippings related to the life and death of Leggett; Death: 6 January 1896