Papers of the Union soldier (circa 1834-1911) and British immigrant who served
as a recruitment officer for the Independent Battalion, New York Volunteers,
and was subsequently stationed at Point Lookout, MD, Yorktown and Eastville,
VA, and Morris Island, SC. Collection includes correspondence (1862-1911);
personal and company military documents, including commissions, discharge
papers, lists of contraband, muster rolls, general and special orders,
accounts of courts-martial, recruitment records, receipts, requisitions, and
rosters; legal and financial records, including pension statements, tax
receipts, and wills.