MARC Record from Library of Congress

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040 $aDLC$cDLC$edacs$dDLC
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100 1 $aComstock, C. B.$q(Cyrus Ballou),$d1831-1910.
245 00 $aC.B. Comstock papers,$f1847-1908$g(bulk 1862-1890).
300 $a900$fitems.
300 $a4$fcontainers.
300 $a4$fmicrofilm reels.
300 $a1.6$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 3 series. Series 1: Diaries and Notebooks, 1862-1867; Series 2: General Correspondence and Related Material, 1855-1908; and Series 3: Miscellany, 1847-1862.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, memoranda, diaries, memoirs, reports, notebooks, orders, memoirs, sketches, and other papers primarily concerning Comstock's Civil War service as chief engineer of the Army of the Potomac.
520 8 $aTopics include the siege of Vicksburg, Miss.; the capture of Fort Fisher, N.C.; the fords on the Rapidan and Rappahannock rivers, Va.; the defenses at Aquia Creek, Va. and Harpers Ferry, W. Va.; Ulysses S. Grant's resignation as U.S. secretary of war under Andrew Johnson; James K. Polk's 1847 annual message to Congress concerning the Mexican War; Comstock's service as president of the U.S. Mississippi River Commission (1884) including improvement of the Mississippi River; the ancestry of Jesse Root Grant; and William Petit Trowbridge.
520 8 $aCorrespondents include Henry Martyn Adams, B.S. Alexander, Daniel Butterfield, James Buchanan Eads, Ulysses S. Grant, H.W. Halleck, A.A. Humphreys, George Gordon Meade, David D. Porter, John McAllister Schofield, Philip Henry Sheridan, William T. Sherman, Daniel Edgar Sickles, E.D. Townsend, Seth Williams, and Horatio Gouverneur Wright.
530 $aMicrofilm edition available,$dno. 17,560
533 $aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.$bWashington, D.C. :$cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,$d1979.
541 $cGift,$aComstock family,$d1914-1951.
545 0 $aU.S. Army officer and engineer.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 0 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009101
600 10 $aAdams, Henry Martyn,$d1844-1909$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aAlexander, B. S.$q(Barton Stone),$d1819-1878$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aButterfield, Daniel,$d1831-1901$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEads, James Buchanan,$d1820-1887$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGrant, Jesse Root,$d1794-1873$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGrant, Jesse Root,$d1794-1873$xFamily.
600 10 $aGrant, Ulysses S.$q(Ulysses Simpson),$d1822-1885$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGrant, Ulysses S.$q(Ulysses Simpson),$d1822-1885$xResignation from office.
600 10 $aHalleck, H. W.$q(Henry Wager),$d1815-1872$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHumphreys, A. A.$q(Andrew Atkinson),$d1810-1883$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMeade, George Gordon,$d1815-1872$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPolk, James K.$q(James Knox),$d1795-1849.
600 10 $aPorter, David D.$q(David Dixon),$d1813-1891$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSchofield, John McAllister,$d1831-1906$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSheridan, Philip Henry,$d1831-1888$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSherman, William T.$q(William Tecumseh),$d1820-1891$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSickles, Daniel Edgar,$d1819-1914$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTownsend, E. D.$q(Edward Davis),$d1817-1893$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTrowbridge, William Pettit,$d1828-1892.
600 10 $aWilliams, Seth,$d1822-1866$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWright, Horatio Gouverneur,$d1820-1899$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy of the Potomac.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bMississippi River Commission.
650 0 $aFords (Stream crossings)$zVirginia$zRapidan River.
650 0 $aFords (Stream crossings)$zVirginia$zRappahannock River.
650 0 $aFortification$zNorth Carolina.
650 0 $aMexican War, 1846-1848.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vMessages.
651 0 $aAquia Creek (Va.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aFort Fisher (N.C. : Fort)$xCapture, 1865.
651 0 $aHarpers Ferry (W. Va.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aMississippi$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aMississippi River$xNavigation.
651 0 $aNorth Carolina$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aRapidan River (Va.)
651 0 $aRappahannock River (Va.)
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xEngineering and construction.
651 0 $aVicksburg (Miss.)$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aVicksburg (Miss.)$xHistory$ySiege, 1863.
651 0 $aVirginia$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aWest Virginia$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
656 7 $aArmy officers.$2itoamc
656 7 $aEngineers.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009101
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009101.3