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  Title

  Papers, 1830-1946 (bulk: 1848-1882)

  Author

  Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, 1830-1882.  

  Pages:

  65

  Item info:

  6 copies available at New York State Library and Manuscripts and Special Collections.
  

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  • Holdings			Change Display
    New York State Library
    	Copy	Material	Location
    973.7092 W288 201-8949 BOX 19 FLD 4	1	MICROFICHE	MB
    973.7092 W288 201-8949 BOX 45 V. 64	1	MICROFICHE	MB
    973.7092 W288 201-8949 RL 1	1	MICROFILM	MB
    973.7092 W288 201-8949 RL 2	1	MICROFILM	MB
    973.7092 W288 201-8949 RL 3	1	MICROFILM	MB
    Manuscripts and Special Collections
    	Copy	Material	Location
    SC10668	1	MANUSCRIPT	N (nocirc)

• MARC Record

  Papers, 1830-1946 (bulk: 1848-1882)
  Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, 1830-1882.
  

  Control Number:

  (N) SC10668

  Author:

  Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, 1830-1882.

  Title:

  Papers, 1830-1946 (bulk: 1848-1882)

  Quantity:

  65 boxes (36 cubic ft.)

  Arrangement:

  Arranged into four sections: I. Career prior to Civil War. II. Civil War. III. Materials collected for Five Forks Inquiry. IV. Period, 1865-1882.

  Additional phys form:

  Box 9, Folder 3, 6-8 Also available on microfilm, MB/FM 973.7092 W288 201-11459 RL 1

  Additional phys form:

  Box 9, Folder 6-8 Also available on microfilm, MB/FM 973.7092 W288 201-11459 RL 2

  Additional phys form:

  Box 19, Folder 4 (Journal of a survey of rapids of upper Mississippi) Also available on microfiche, MB/FF 973.7092 W288 201-8949 Box 19, Fld 4

  Additional phys form:

  Box 19, Folders 5-7. Also available on microfilm, MB/FM 973.7092 W288 201-11459 RL 1

  Additional phys form:

  Box 19A, Folders 13-15 Also available on microfilm, MB/FM 973.7092 W288 201-11459 RL 3

  Additional phys form:

  Box 45, V. 64 (Chancellorsville, 1879-81) also available on microfiche, MB/FF 973.7092 W288 201-8949 Box 45, V. 64

  Historical/biog note:

  Born in Cold Spring, New York, Warren was graduated from West Point in 1850 and appointed to the Corps of Topographical Engineers. He served in Kentucky, New Orleans and the West till 1859, where he helped to compile maps and reports of the Pacific Railroad explorations, participated in the campaign against the Sioux in 1855, and was engaged in making maps and reconnaissances of Dakota and Nebraska Territories.

  Historical/biog note:

  During the Civil War he served with the Army of the Potomac. In May 1861 he joined the 5th New York Volunteers. Promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers September 26, 1862, he was at the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 1862, and was made Chief Topographical Engineer, Army of the Potomac, February 4, 1863. From June 8, 1863 to August 12, 1863 he was Chief Engineer, Army of the Potomac. For his accomplishments at the Battle of Gettysburg, he was assigned to temporary command of the II Corps, August 12 and on March 24, 1864, received command of the V Corps.

  Historical/biog note:

  At Five Forks on April 1, 1865, he was relieved of his command by General Sheridan, following a Union victory in the last decisive battle of the war. He immediately initiated steps for a Court of Inquiry; however, his requests were not honored until December 1879. In 1882 he was vindicated.

  Historical/biog note:

  Following the war he continued his military service as a major in the Corps of Engineers, specializing in river-and-harbor work. Included in his commissions were the superintending engineer of surveys and improvements of the upper Mississippi, supervision of the Rock Island Bridge across the Mississippi, and member of the advisory council of the Harbor Commission of Rhode Island. Warren died in 1882.

  Abstract:

  Correspondence, journals, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, maps, genealogical notes and memorabelia relating to Warren's career as an Army topographical engineer in the South and West and Civil War service at the Battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg and Five Forks. The collection includes official correspondence and documents relating to the Five Foks inquiry.

  Finding aids:

  Unpublished guide available in repository.

  Preferred citation:

  Gouverneur Kemble Warren. Papers, 1830-1946.

  Corporate subject:

  United (States). Army. Map Service.

  Subject:

  Fredericksburg, Battle of, 1862.

  Subject:

  Gettysburg, Battle of, 1863.

  Subject:

  Military engineers--United States.

  Subject:

  Military engineering--United States.

  Subject:

  Military field engineering--United States.

  Geographic terms:

  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military engineering.

  Geographic terms:

  West (U.S.)--1848-1860.

  Geographic terms:

  Southern States.

  Form/genre terms:

  Maps. ftamc

  Form/genre terms:

  Diaries. ftamc

  Form/genre terms:

  Personal letters. ftamc

  Local subject:

  Five Forks, Battle of, 1865.

  Electronic access:

  finding aid http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc10668.htm