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John E. Wool Letter
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 26 Oct 2010
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 26 Oct 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869. |
| Title: | John Wool Letter |
| Dates: | 1839 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Letter from the American army officer to A.G. Moore, Esq. Accompanied by sales slip and letter documenting its purchase by Charles Devens Osborne in 1950. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
John Ellis Wool (1784-1869) was an American military officer who fought in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He retired from the army with the rank of Brigadier General. As one of four general officers of the United States Army in 1861, he was the oldest general on either side of the Civil War.
The John E. Wool Letter consists of a letter from Wool to A.G. Moore, Esq. discussing Wool's assignments over the past months and the military situation in Florida and other places.
Single item.
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Persons
Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869.
Corporate Bodies
United States. -- Army -- Officers.
Places
United States -- History, Military.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Occupations
Soldiers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
John E. Wool Letter,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Transfer from Rare Books, 1980.
Correspondence
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| SC 644 | Moore, A.G. 21 Mar 1839 | ||||||||||