urn:taro:rice.wrc.00096 Guide to the Mrs. E. H. Wright. Letters from Union Generals, 1864 Finding aid prepared by Woodson Research Center 2003. Text encoded by Mandy York, Woodson Research Center, December, 2003. Finding aid written in English. 20031210 Edited with XMetal 3 by Mandy York, according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Descriptive Summary Mrs. E. H. Wright. Letters from Union Generals 1864 6 letters MS 111 Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX Materials are in English. Six letters from Civil War generals of the Union Army in reply to Mrs. E. H. Wright’s request for their photographs; respondents include Generals J. J. Abercrombie, John Gross Barnard, Cyrus Bussey, George W. Cullum, William Hammond, and George Douglas Ramsay. Biographical Note

Nothing is known about Mrs. E. H. Wright, nor can a firm identity be established for an E. H. Wright to whom she might have been married (although two E. Wrights are cited on lists of Union officers who served during the Civil War). Since the Union Army’s cause had become more hopeful by early 1864, perhaps this spurred Mrs. Wright’s interest in obtaining mementos from military leaders who had helped in turning the course of the war.

 Scope and Contents

The six Union Army generals’ letters, dated January 28th through March 12th 1864, and written in reply to requests from Mrs. E. H. Wright for photographs of themselves, are cordial and elegant (and sometimes humorous) in expression. All but one were written from Washington or the surrounding District of Columbia, with three written and signed by the generals themselves and three written by others on the generals’ behalf; four of the generals sent photographs but two expressed regrets that they had none to send.

Arrangement

Arranged in chronoligical order.

 Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Use Restictions

Permission to publish material from the Mrs. E. H. Wright Letters from Union Generals must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice Unversity.

 Preferred Citation

Mrs. E. H. Wright. Letters from Union Generals, MS 111, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

 Acquisition Information

Mrs. E. H. Wright’s Letters from Union Generals, 1864, were purchased September 17, 1962.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Abercrombie, General J. J. Barnard, General John Gross Bussey, General Cyrus Cullum, General George W. Hammond, General William Ramsay, General George Douglas Wright, E.H., Mrs. Places United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865. Formats Correspondence. Related Materials

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 Detailed Description of the Collection February 1864 letters 1 Feb. 28, 1864, from General George W. Cullum 1 Feb. 28, 1864(?), from General John Gross Barnard March, 1864 letters 1 March 1, 1864, from General Cyrus Bussey 1 March 3, 1864, from General George Douglas Ramsay 1 March 6, 1864, from General William Hammond 1 March 12, 1864, from General J.J. Abercrombie