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Theodore G. Foster Collection

MS 60-7

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Title: Theodore G. Foster Collection

Collection Number: MS 60-7

Scope and Content: This collection contains miscellaneous Civil War materials, mostly of Capt. Charles D. Lyon. Includes the enlistment papers of Alfred Henry Slocum (Feb. 6, 1862); a letter from Brady E. Backus, Jan. 2, 1862, to Capt. Charles D. Lyon; a letter from W.B. Morrison, Jan. 15, 1862, to Charles D. Lyon; an invoice of ordnance and stores turned over by Capt. Charles D. Lyon, May 4, 1862; list of stores lost at Seven Days Battle, Oct. 1, 1862; copy of portion of orders for Capt. Lyon to report for duty at St. Louis, Mo.; and a railroad pass dated July 5, 1864.

Author: Foster, Theodore G.

Author: Lyon, Charles D.

Language: english

Type of Resource: text

Genre: personal narrative

Extent: 11 files, 88 MB

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1864-1866). Company K.

Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies.

Subject Name: Morrison, W. B.

Subject Name: Backus, Brady E.

Subject Name: Slocum, Alfred Henry.

Inclusive Dates: 1862-1864

Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: Records are open to the public.

Notes

System of arrangement: Records are arranged by date.

Technical Access Note: Researchers will need an image viewer to access these files.

Title/Surname

Description/First Name

Place

1862-01-15 Walter B. Morrison

Letter from Walter B. Morrison to Charles Lyon dated January 15, 1862. In this letter, he discusses finances.

Washington, D.C.

1864-07-05 Railroad Pass for One Officer and Thirteen Men of the Third Michigan Infantry

Railroad pass for one officer and thirteen men of the 3rd Michigan Infantry dated July 5, 186

1862-02-06 Volunteer Enlistment for Alfred Henry Slocum

Enlistment papers of Alfred Henry Slocum dated February 6, 1862.

1862-01-02 Letter from Brady E. Backus

Letter from Brady E. Backus to Charles D. Lyon dated January 1, 1862. In this letter, he discusses finances.

Detroit (Mich.)

1863-10-29 Special Order Number 493

Special order requesting the presence of Charles D. Lyon and E.B. Alexander dated October 29, 1863.

1862-05-04 Invoice of Stores

Invoice of stores for company K, Third Michigan Cavalry dated May 4, 1862. Penned by Charles D. Lyon.

1862-10-01 Lost Items from the Battle of Seven Days

List of items lost in the Battle of Seven Days dated October 1, 1862. Penned by Charles Lyon.

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