Military organizations; Military mobilizations; Soldiers; Military officers
Roster of officers and enlisted men of Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry. The roster includes names, ages, where the men lived, and brief comments on some individuals.
Mentions rumor of men coming from Maryland to rob the Delaware magazine, 4 nephews and other men went to guard it, and men from Pennsylvania will be camped at Brandywine Springs for protections as well. Also, mentions need for Lincoln to force...
Military organizations; Militias; Military mobilizations
List of men who refused to join Lammot du Pont's militia company. The list includes names, ages if available, and reasons for some of the men's refusal to enlist.
Military organizations; Forts & fortifications; Military officers
Special order issued by Brigadier General Albin Schoepf, commander of Fort Delaware, directing Captain Lammot du Pont and Captain Hugh Stirling to detach men from their companies (Companies B and D, 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry) to work in the...
Handwritten on back: "Lawrence Fisher. General Motors Corp. incorporation with Fisher Body Corp. Cleveland, home of Fred Fisher. Lawrence Fisher, center, & 2 unidentified men."
Parades & processions; Soldiers; Military organizations; Military officers
Letter from R. Emmet Robinson informing du Pont of a torch light procession that was being organized to welcome home the 4th Regiment of Delaware Volunteer Infantry. According to Robinson, the procession was also intended to affect an upcoming...
A typical group of Reading anthracite miners waiting to go on duty at the Alaska Colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company near Mount Caramel PA. Most of them are of the second and third generation of miners in PAs anthracite...
Hendrick asks again that the company take the boiler and burners that he and his men could not get to work satisfactorily off his hands. Hendrick writes that his engineers are as good engineers as is going, and they could not fix the problem of...