Scope and Contents The collection consists of material by or about John Hill Brinton from 1805-1923 including addresses, correspondence, medical journal articles, genealogy, lectures, notes and certificates. The correspondence includes personal correspondence written by Brinton during his Civil War service to family members back home, letters of recommendation written by Brinton's commanding officers in the army, as well as official military orders/correspondence (many signed by Ulysses S. Grant). Of particular...

Scope and Contents Photocopies of records of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Ohio) concerning the appointment of Dr. F.H. Patton there, 1884-1893; photocopies of the military pension papers of F.H. Patton, 1880-1894; excerpts from The History of the Twelfth Regiment, [West Virginia infantry] by William Hewitt, 1892; and a copy of the Winchester-Frederick County, Va. Historical Society Journal, vol. IV, 1989, containing an article by Mark Miner, "First Fight, First Blood : The 12th West Virginia...