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07. Petition to Lincoln recommending appointment of Samuel R. Curtis as brigadier general
Petition of William McLaughlin (and other officers of the 1st & 2nd Ohio Volunteer regiments) to Abraham Lincoln recommending appointment of Samuel R. Curtis to the office of Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. July 8, 1861. Curtis was a West Point…
08. Petition to Lincoln to appoint Samuel R. Curtis as brigadier general
Petition from Lt. Col. James M. Tuttle (and other officers of the 2nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry) to Abraham Lincoln recommending appointment of Samuel R. Curtis to the office of Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. July 1861. Autograph Document Signed.
10. Commission of Samuel R. Curtis as brigadier general
Commission of Samuel R. Curtis (Keokuk, Iowa) as Brigadier General in U.S. Army (Volunteers), signed by Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Simon Cameron. August 18, 1861. Document Signed
22. Commission of Brig. Gen. James M. Tuttle
Commission of James M. Tuttle (Van Buren Co, Iowa) as Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers, signed by Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. June 12, 1862. Tuttle, who entered military service as a captain of an Iowa company in May…
23. Iowa Adj. Gen. Nathaniel B. Baker to Lincoln on promotion for S.M. Preston
Letter from Iowa Adjutant General Nathaniel B. Baker to Abraham Lincoln recommending promotion for S.M. Preston, Assistant Adjutant General at the Headquarters Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis. July 10, 1862. Copy.