A Guide to Frank LeMoyne Papers 1836-1865 LeMoyne, Frank Papers, 1836-1865 11136

A Guide to Frank LeMoyne Papers 1836-1865

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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

11136

Title

Frank Le Moyne Papers 1836-1865

Physical Characteristics

7 items

Language

English

Abstract

The Frank LeMoyne Papers consist of letters describing the action and conditions at several Civil War battlefields, with special mention of Generals McClellan, Grant and Sheridan. Also included is a subscription list of pledges for anti-slavery publications.

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Preferred Citation

Frank LeMoyne Papers, 1836-1865, Accession #11136, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This material was made a gift to the Library by Mr. Frederick Tremaine Billings, III on January 13, 1994.

Scope and Content Information

There are electrostatic copies of five letters, 1862-1865, of Frank LeMoyne, a Union Army physician stationed in Virginia during the Civil War, as an assistant surgeon in the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves Corps. There is an interesting letter of June 9, 1862, in which LeMoyne writes about the recent battle of Seven Pines and expresses his own views of both of the officers in charge "who have not the first qualification for the positions"; and, writes of the opposition that General [George Brinton] McClellan has had to face. Other circumstances discussed are the ravaged land, dilapidated houses, and partially buried dead from the previous year's battle at 2nd Bull Run (October 21, 1863); current living quarters previously occupied by the Rebels near Kelly's Ford (November 14, 1863); an exhaustive series of marches between May and June from Spotsylvania to Petersburg (June 29, 1864); and, his regiment being consolidated with the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry (June 21, 1865). There is also a Special Orders memorandum, September 15, 1863, commanding Assistant Surgeon Frank LeMoyne to "take charge of the sick of the Corps, to be sent to General Hospital, by rail" and to "report immediately to the Medical Director of the Corps, for instructions." In addition to the Civil War material, there is an electrostatic copy of a document, January 1836, regarding subscriptions for antislavery publications, with sums to be remitted to the American Antislavery Society.