Asa Townsend Abbott papers
Language: eng
Subjects: United States; United States. Army. Regiment of Artillery, 3rd; United States. Army. Signal Corps; Campaigns; Hurricanes; United States. Army of the Potomac; United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864); History
Description: One volume (70 pages) of memoirs relating mainly to family affairs and to Abbott's service in Company E, lst Minnesota Volunteers (April-August 1861) and in the Signal Corps (August 1861-August 1865) with the Army of the Potomac in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia.  Includes 2 accounts by Abbott of Abraham Lincoln's visit to Fort Stevens, Washington, D.C., (1864 July) when the fort was under attack by Confederate troops commanded by Gen. Jubal Early; Abbott's description of his experiences in a hurricane near Key West, Fla., in 1869, when he was assigned to the 3d U.S. artillery; and a synopsis of Abbott's military career by Col. Benjamin F. Fisher.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available, no. 11,146.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1956.

Photocopies of the original in private hands. [S.l.].

Purchase, 1956.

Army officer.

Collection material in English.