Gustave Wambach, collector. Civil War telegram scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 4975
Scope and content
Scrapbook of contemporary copies of official War Department telegraph messages, from March 25 to May 17, 1865, documenting the end of the Civil War, Lee's surrender at Appomatox, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Many of the telegrams were directed to Major General Dix or to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
Dates
- 1865.
Creator
- Wambach, Gustave (Collector, Person)
Extent
1 volumes. (1 volume.)
Language of Materials
English
- Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
- Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869.
- United States -- : History -- : Communications -- : Civil War, 1861-1865
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu