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Circular Number 2: Headquarters, Military Division Of West Mississippi, February 12, 1865

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This official circular orders specific provisions of ammunition for active field service.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Lieutenant Colonel C.T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 13 cm. Single page.

Circular Number 1: Headquarters, Military Division Of West Mississippi, February 11, 1865

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular names two forts as detention centers for confined soldiers.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Lieutenant Colonel C.T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General.

20 X 13 cm. Single page.

Circular: Headquarters Carrollton District, January 29, 1865

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular to the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Unit admonishes officers of absenteeism from camp. Provides remedy. By command of Lieutenant Colonel Nelson Vrail (sp?). [note: the last digit of the year on this circular is illegible] 25 x 20 cm. Single page, tri-folded. Handwritten with embossed stamp, top right "O&H"

Circular Number 1: Headquarters, U.S. Troops, Department Of The Gulf, Office Acting Assistant Inspector General, January 7, 1865

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular instructs officers on proper procedures for writing Inspection reports.

By command of Brigadier General George L. Andrews via Captain L.B. Morey, Acting Assistant Inspector General.

20 X 13 cm. Single page.

Circular Number 16: Headquarters, Military Division Of West Mississippi, December 29, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular prohibits photography of fortifications and other military works.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Lieutenant Colonel C.T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 13 cm. Single page.

Circular Number 15: Headquarters, Military Division Of West Mississippi, December 16, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular provides instructions on the proper care and traffic of mail on Mississippi steamboats.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Lieutenant Colonel C.T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 13 cm. Single page.

Circular Number 13: Headquarters, Military Division Of West Mississippi, December 8, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular provides specific instructions for carrying out the third clause of the General Order Number 270, War Department, October 11, 1864.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Lieutenant Colonel C.T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 13 cm. Single page.

Circular Number 12: Headquarters, Military Division Of West Mississippi, December 8, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular clarifies and modifies Circular Number 10, Headquarters, Military Division of West Mississippi of November 3, 1864.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Lieutenant Colonel C.T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 13 cm. Single page.

Circular Number 2: Headquarters, U.S. Troops, Department Of The Gulf, November 15, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular clarifies General Order Number 158 on the proper procedure for reporting saving of rations.

By command of Brigadier General George L. Andrews via Captain J. Lovell, Assistant Adjutant General.

19 x 12 cm. Single page.

Circular Number 5: Inspector General's Office, Headquarters, U.S. Troops, November 10th, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular instructs officers on the proper way of providing signatures on correspondences.

By command of Brigadier General George L. Andrews via Colonel S.M. Quincy.

Single page. 21 x 12 cm. Noticeable damage around periphery.

General Order Number 2: Headquarters, U.S. Troops, Nov 3, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery General Orders Collection

This General Order provides instructions for monetary compensation for soldiers based on their status (slave or freeman) as of April 19th, 1861, as previously ordered by the Secretary of War E.D. Townsend on August 1, 1864. By order of Brig Gen. Geo. L. Andrews via J. Lovell, Capt. and Asst. Adjt. Gen. 11 x 17 cm. 1 page, double sided.

Circular Number 10: Headquarters, Military Division Of West Mississippi, November 3, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular clarifies Circular Number 20, Paymaster General Office, October 12, 1864.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Lieutenant Colonel C.T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 13 cm. Single page.

General Order Number 1; Headquarters, U.S. Troops, October 31st, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery General Orders Collection

This General Order specifies that 2nd Lieutenant and A.D.C Horace M. Wing assumes command of the U.S. Troops Department of the Gulf as of Oct 18th, 1864. Per Brig. Gen. Geo L. Andrews. 13 x 20 cm. Single page.

Circular: Headquarters, U.S. Troops, Department Of The Gulf, October 26, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular summarizes basic food preparation and cooking instructions.

By command of Brigadier General George L. Andrews via Captain J. Lovell, Assistant Adjutant General. 18 x 12 cm. Single page, double-sided.

Circular Number 9: Headquarters, Military Division Of West Mississippi, October 20, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular provides clarification of the proper role of government bakeries.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Lieutenant Colonel C.T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 13 cm. Single page. Handwritten signature: "Sigourney B Goffe 1st Lieutenant"

Circular Number 4: Inspector General's Office. Headquarters, U.S. Troops, October 20, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This 15 page official circular details routine daily duties in camp and garrison.

By command of Brigadier General George L. Andrews via Colonel S.M. Quincy, Acting Assistant Inspector General.

19 x 14 cm. 15 page booklet with numerous table graphs. 1 of 2 copies in folder. Handwriting on pages 11 and 15.

Circular Number 2: Inspector General's Office, Headquarters, U.S. Troops, Department Of The Gulf, September 1, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This 12 page official circular details all matter of drill, discipline and military duty as set generally in Circular Number 10, May 31, 1864. By command of Brigadier General George L. Andrews via Colonel S.M Quincy, Acting Assistant Inspector General. 20 x 14 cm. 12 page booklet. One of two copies in folder. On Page 12: Handwritten "Official: Louis V. Caziarc Lieut and A.D.G"

Circular Number 60: War Department, Adjutant General's Office, August 1, 1864

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular clarifies the instructions on the proper payment schedule of those slaves freed on or before April 19, 1861.

By command of The Secretary of War via E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.

19 x 13 cm. Single page.

[Letter], 1864, June 12, Kate [Porter] [To] Alan Cameron

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Correspondence Collection

A family correspondence written by Kate, sister of Allen Cameron, from Springvale, Wisconsin. Acknowledgment of Cameron's military advancement and poor health; familial updates including of brother Walter; updates on costs of everyday items.

One entry: dated June 12, 1864

Handwritten; 1 folded sheet (4 p.); 20 x 25 cm. folded to 20 x 12.5 cm.

[Letter], 1863, November 30, Archbald Chapman [To] Alan Cameron

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Correspondence Collection

A family correspondence written by Archibald Chapman, uncle of Allen Cameron. Acknowledgment of monetary indebtedness; relates general and financial hardships and acknowledges the ill health of A. Cameron as presently active in military service. Suggests Cameron's wife board with him and his family, one day's distance (Troy, NY?).

One entry: dated November 30, 1863

Handwritten; 1 folded sheet (4 p.); 20 x 25 cm. folded to 20 x 12.5 cm.

Form Number 13: Inventory And Inspection Report Of Unserviceable Ordnance Stores

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This form provides the instructions included in Circular Number 52, Disposition of Unserviceable and Surplus Ordnance Stores, November 12, 1863. Also included is "Suggestions to Officers Having Unserviceable Ordnance Stores On Hand".

36 x 43 cm. 3 pages, Double sided, folded by width and quad-folded by length; Form Number 13 over inside pages 2 and 3.

1 of 2 copies in folder.

Form Number 2-(B): Invoice Of Stores

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This form provides an extract of the instructions included in Circular Number 52, Disposition of Unserviceable and Surplus Ordnance Stores, November 12, 1863: Authority for Making Transfers of Property Must be Furnished. Also includes proper observations for officers invoicing ordnance stores.

28 X 22 cm. Single page, Double sided, tri-folded; Form Number 2-(b) on back.

1 of 5 copies in folder.

Form Number 3(A): For Issues Or Ordnance Of Stores

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This form provides an extract of the instructions included in Circular Number 52, Series of 1863: Also includes "Suggestions to Officers Issuing Ordnance Stores."

36 X 22 cm. Single page, Double sided, folded 4x; Form Number 3(A) on back.

1 of 5 copies in folder.

[Letter], 1863, May 14, Oshkosh, Wis., S.H. Alban [To] Alan Cameron

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Correspondence Collection

A business correspondence from S.H. Alban as part of a follow up to Allen F. Cameron Personal Correspondence: July 29, 1861. Relates information regarding a land deed/certificate in Plover, Wisconsin via the Land office in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Forwarded by C.H. Hamlin.

One entry: dated May 14, 1863

Handwritten; Single page; 25 x 20 cm.

[Letter], 1863, Mar. 6, Rockland, R.I., Harrison Clarke [To] Alan Cameron

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Correspondence Collection

A personal correspondence from Harrison Clarke of Rockland, Rhode Island. Comments about the war's relation to the textile industry. Refers to output of Ponaganset Mill in the village of Rockland, Rhode Island. Allen Cameron had worked with Clarke and as Weave Room supervisor (in Rockland and perhaps at Ponaganset Mill?) before the war.

One entry: dated March 6, 1863

Handwritten; 1 folded sheet (4 p.); 20 x 26 cm. folded to 20 x 13 cm.

This letter was reproduced in whole in Silber, Nina and Mary Beth Sievens, eds. 'Yankee Correspondence: Civil War Letters Between New England Soldiers and the …

[Letter], 1861, July 29, Oshkosh, Wis., C.R. Hamlin [To] Alan Cameron

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Correspondence Collection

A business correspondence from C.R. Hamlin of the sheriff's office of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Relates information to the ongoing status of a Patent in a land office initiated by Cameron and a 'Mr. Potter'. Also relates the civil war military adventures of Hamlin's son.

One entry: dated July 29, 1861

Handwritten; 1 folded sheet (4 p.); 20 x 26 cm. folded to 20 x 13 cm.

[Letter], 1860, Sept. 23, Providence, R.I., Elisabeth Chapman [To] Alan Cameron

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Correspondence Collection

A family correspondence from Cameron's Aunt, Elisabeth Chapman of Providence. Relates general personal information and her upcoming move to Troy (New York?).

One entry: dated September 23, 1860.

Handwritten; Single page; 25 x 20 cm.

[Letter], [Undated], Springvale, Wis., Kate Porter [To] Alan Cameron

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Correspondence Collection

A family correspondence written by Allen Cameron's Sister Kate of Springvale, Wisconsin. Relates the cost of everyday items and various familial successes and hardships with five children. Encourages Cameron to leave Foster, Rhode Island for Wisconsin.

Two distinct entries: the first one, undated and the second dated September 21, year unknown.

Handwritten; 1 folded sheet; 21 x 25 cm. folded to 21 x 12.5 cm.; extensive foxing on first page

[Certificate], The Railway Educational Association Conducting The Railway Correspondence School, [For] Train Brakeman, [Presented To] Willard Hopkins

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Correspondence Collection

A Train Brakeman certificate issued by the Railway Education Association, Railway Correspondence School (New York) to Willard Hopkins on August 16th [year unknown].

Connection to Allen F. Cameron unclear.

Printed, with handwritten name and signature; Single page; 24 x 30 cm.; Tri-folds, tears at folds.

Circular: Headquarters, U.S. Forces, March 26, 186?

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular provides instructions on proper Guard Mounting.

By command of Brigadier General George L. Andrews via Captain Chas. B. Gaskill, Acting Assistant Adjutant General.

12 x 13 cm. Single page. Extensive foxing. [Note: Final digit of year is unreadable on this document].