Subject | • | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877). | [X] | | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | [X] | | • | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States. |
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| | • | Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900. |
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| | • | Credit Mobilier of America. |
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| | • | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. |
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| | • | Generals -- United States. |
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| | • | Governors -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. |
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| | • | Salish Indians. |
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| | • | Swaim, David G., d. 1897. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900. |
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| | • | United States. Army. Judge Advocate General's Dept. |
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| | • | United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | David G. Swaim Letters
| | | | Creator: | Swaim, David G. | | | | Dates: | 1861-1874 | | | | Abstract: | David G. Swaim (d. 1897) was a captain in the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as assistant adjutant general and chief of the secret service during the Chickamauga Campaign under Brigadier General James A. Garfield. He reentered the army in 1867 as a second lieutenant, serving as acting judge advocate for the fourth military district in Vicksburg, Miss. From 1868-1869, he supervised the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. As a Major, he presided as judge advocate at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was appointed Judge Advocate General of the United States Army in 1880, holding this position until 1895. Swaim maintained a close personal friendship with Garfield and was at his side in 1881 at the President's death. The collection consists of two bound letterbooks, the first 1861-1874, and the second 1865-1870. | | | | Call #: | MS 3263 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Swaim, David G., d. 1897. | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | United States. Army. Judge Advocate General's Dept. | United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. | Credit Mobilier of America. | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States. | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877). | Salish Indians. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Political Experiences of Major General Jacob Dolson Cox
| | | | Creator: | Cochran, William Cox | | | | Dates: | 1940 | | | | Abstract: | Jacob Dolson Cox was a Union Army general and politician from Ohio. During the American Civil War, Cox headed the Department of the Kanawha, commanded the IX Corps of the Army of Virginia, and in 1863, assumed command of the District of Ohio and of the 3rd Division, XXIII Corps. After the war, he was Governor of Ohio (1866-1867) and was President Grant's Secretary of the Interior (1869-1870). He was also president of the Wabash Railroad and was elected to Congress in 1876. He authored Military Reminiscences of the Civil War (1900). The collection consists of a bound, ribbon copy of William Cox Cochran's(1846-1936) unfinished biography of his stepfather, Major General Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900). This unpublished manuscript was prepared after William Cox Cochran's death in 1936. | | | | Call #: | MS 2757 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. | Generals -- United States. | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877). | Governors -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900.
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