Creator:
Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879.
Inclusive Dates:
1831- 1879
Abstract:
Papers of the Army officer; U.S. Senator (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. During the Civil War, President Lincoln commissioned Dix a major-general, and ordered him to take charge of the Alexandria and Arlington Department, then reassigned him to the Department of Maryland. Dix later served as commander of the Department of the East. After the Civil War, Dix was named Minister to France (1866-1869), and following his return to the U.S., the life-long Democrat became the Republican Party nominee and the successful candidate for the Governorship of New York State (1873-1875). Includes more than 130 items of outgoing correspondence, more than half of which were written to Edwards Pierrepont between 1861 and 1877. Subjects include the Civil War, Reconstruction, New York State and national politics, and French politics and foreign relations preceding the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Baltimore (Md.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
France -- Foreign relations -- United States.
France -- Foreign relations -- 1852-1870.
France -- Politics and government -- 1852-1870.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- History -- 1865-
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
United States -- Foreign relations -- France.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Sources.
United States -- History, Military.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
Diplomats.
Governors.
Statesmen.
Military history
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Civil War (U.S.)
Finance, Public -- United States.
Governors -- New York (State)
Political parties -- New York (State)
Political prisoners -- United States.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1862- 1862
Abstract:
Brief note to Edwin M. Stanton, then Secretary of War, with Stanton's response below; commission promoting W. S. Hillyer to the rank of colonal and appointing him "Additional Aid de Camp."
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Military commissions.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Presidents -- United States.
Military history
Politics, government and public administration