Commission of Cyrus Bussey (Bloomfield, Iowa) as Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers, signed by Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. April 10, 1864. Bussey had served as Chief of Cavalry for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army during the…
Commission of Grenville M. Dodge (Council Bluffs, Iowa) as Major General of U.S. Volunteers, signed by Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. June 7, 1864. Document Signed.
Telegram from Abraham Lincoln to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley referring to Greeley's earlier communications regarding potential Confederate peace negotiations, indicating that he had wanted Greeley to send a Confederate representative or…
Letter from Iowa Adjutant General Nathaniel B. Baker to Abraham Lincoln recommending appointment of Captain Benjamin Franklin Reno to the position of Quartermaster General in the U.S. Regular Army. Reno was the brother of highly regarded Union…
Letter from Iowa Adjutant General Nathaniel B. Baker to Abraham Lincoln recommending appointment of Thomas M. Banbury (Iowa City, Iowa) as Commissar of Subsistence. July 21, 1864. Copy
Letter from General Grenville M. Dodge to Abraham Lincoln assessing current conditions in northern Missouri, where violent conflict between enemy guerilla forces and Unionist residents remained widespread. Dodge notes that conditions had improved but…
