Communications, Military; Military administration; United States. Army--Management; Officers--Selection and appointment
A letter from Milroy to Major General Sigel, regarding the formation of divisions within Sigel's corps. Milroy is requesting placement so that he reports to someone with the rank of Major General instead of a Brigadier General, which is Milroy's...
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History.; Monroe County (Ind.) -- Church history.; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church -- Indiana -- Bloomington.; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church (Bloomington, Ind.) -- History.; Church records and registers --...
Cover of book with white sticker with B 1878-81 Pew Rents/ Parishioners written on it.
A letter from Schuyler Colfax (in Indiana) to Milroy about the possibility of Milroy being made Brigadier General, and Milroy's choice for Colonel if his appointment is made.
Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Milroy, Mary--Travel preparations; Military promotions; United States. Army--Drill and tactics; Emancipation Proclamation
A letter to Milroy's wife, Mary, asking if she has decided to come see him. The President has nominated him for the promotion of Major General, over the objections of Halleck. Halleck had received reports from Jeff Davis that Milroy was not...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources; Letters; Diaries; Historical geography--Maps; Milroy family--Correspondence
This project makes accessible historically significant documents that were the property of Rensselaer resident Robert Huston Milroy who formed and led the volunteer G company of the 9th Regiment of the Indiana Infantry. He later reached the rank...
Milroy's appointment as Brigadier General, no date. According to Milroy's notes, he swore this oath but there was no Justice of the Peace to act as witness.
