Manuscript Group 15, Philip Kearny (1814-1862), Civil War general Papers, 1847-1863
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Manuscript Group 15, Philip Kearny (1814-1862), Civil War general
Papers, 1847-1863, 84 items
Call Number: MG 15
Kearny’s papers include correspondence of and commissions signed by:
| David Bell Birney | Abraham Lincoln |
| Simon Cameron | Cortlandt Parker |
| Henry Wager Halleck | John Pope |
| Agnes Maxwell Kearny | Winfield Scott |
| Philip Kearny | Edwin M. Stanton |
| Robert E. Lee |
Gift (in part) of Louis Bamberger, 1924.
| Folder | Title | Dates |
| 1 | Philip Kearny to Will. Marcey letter requesting promotion | May 13, 1846 |
| 2 | Philip Kearny to Capt. H. L. Scott | April 25, 1847 |
| 3 | Philip Kearny to S. P. Chase? | August 1, 1859 |
| 4 | Philip Kearny to George Riggs (photocopy) | August 14, 1861 |
| 5 | Kearny papers, commissions | 1861-1862 |
| 6 | Outgoing correspondence | 1861 |
| 7 | Outgoing correspondence | 1862 |
| 8 | Letters re: death of Philip Kearny | 1862-1863 |
| 9 | Copies of letters from manuscript* | 1861 |
| 10 | Copies of letters from manuscript* | 1862 |
| 11 | Military orders (photocopies) | 1862-1863 |
* Many of these letters are printed, without credit, in Thomas Kearny, General Philip Kearny: Battle Soldier of Five Wars (N.Y., 1937).
