Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ferris Jacobs papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1320
Scope and content
Papers pertaining to Dr. Jacobs' service in the New York State Militia and to his medical career, including certificate of appointment as Brigade Surgeon of Volunteers signed by Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton, 1832
Dates:
1825-1862.
Gustave Wambach, collector. Civil War telegram scrapbook
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065487864]
Identifier: 4975
Scope and content
Scrapbook of contemporary copies of official War Department telegraph messages, from March 25 to May 17, 1865, documenting the end of the Civil War, Lee's surrender at Appomatox, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Many of the telegrams were directed to Major General Dix or to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
Dates:
1865.