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1793-1890; bulk: 1860-1865

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摘要

This collection contains the papers of 约翰 Worthington Ames. Included is correspondence, personal papers, diaries, papers of other members of the Ames family, and material pertaining to the 11th 美国 Infantry 团 and 6th United States Colored Infantry 团 during the Civil War.

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约翰 Worthington Ames (1833-1878) was born 23 November 1833 in Lowell, 麻萨诸塞州, to Seth Ames (1805-1881) and Margaret Stevenson Bradford Ames (1804-1847). 他毕业于哈佛学院 in 1854, and in December of that year, he sailed to China and British Hong Kong on the 暴风国王他在广州和福州度过了一段时间. 当他在 China, he stayed at Western trading sites, including the American trading house of King & Co. He returned to Boston in December of 1855 aboard the 不 《og体育官网》. At some point, he studied engineering at the Lawrence Scientific School. In 1858, he traveled to Arkansas while working as a civil engineer for the Little Rock and Fort 史密斯铁路公司. He then settled in Bloomington, Illinois, for a time and went into 和朋友做生意. By 1861, he was in Texas to help build a road when the Civil War began and was nearly drafted into the Confederate 军队 while in Galveston. 艾姆斯回来了 north, w在这里 he was subsequently appointed first lieutenant in the 16th 美国 Infantry 1861年6月18日. On 31 June, he transferred and was nominated as captain in the 11th 美国 Infantry 团, then receiving his commission, went to Fort Independence on 15 August and was assigned to Company C in the 1st Battalion.

After training at Fort Independence, Ames was assigned to a recruiting post in Springfield, 麻萨诸塞州. 然后他加入了马里兰州的团. 作为波托马克军团的一部分 11th Infantry 团 was at times attached to Sykes' Brigade and the V 军队 Corps, participating in the Siege of Yorktown (5 April-4 May 1862), Battle of Mechanicsville, Battle of Malvern Hill, the Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Chancellorsville, and Battle of Gettysburg.

In the fall of 1863, Ames was promoted to colonel of the 6th 美国 Colored Infantry 团. The regiment was organized in the summer of 1863 and, by October, was at Yorktown, 维吉尼亚州. While attached to the XV3 Corps, part of the 军队 of the James, the 6th participated in numerous expeditions; the capture of City Point, 维吉尼亚州; Battle of Baylor's Farm; Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, w在这里 Ames was shot through the leg; and Battle of Fair 橡树和达比镇路. The 6th was then attached to the XXV Corps and participated in the First and Second Battle of Fort Fisher, as well as Sugar Loaf Hill. 当时这个团 attached to the X Corps during the advance and capture of Kinston, Goldsboro, and Raleigh, North Carolina, and was present at the surrender of General Joseph Eggleston 约翰ston at Bennett 地点,北卡罗来纳州. 该团于1865年9月26日整编完毕. 艾姆斯走了出去 志愿服务并于1865年重新加入第11军团. 他在波特兰得到了一个招聘职位, Maine, before resigning from the 军事 in the fall of 1866.

Following his resignation from the army, Ames moved to Burlington, Iowa, w在这里 he was employed by the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company as a land agent and then as the company's 财务主管. In 1873, he left for San Francisco and was appointed president of the European and 俄勒冈土地公司. After the company was disincorporated in fall of 1874, he briefly worked in 商业业务. In 1876, Ames began to experience health issues from his time in the 军事. At the beginning of 1877, he went to Hawaii to improve his health. 回国后 home to California, he was made Surveyor General of California in September of 1877. 他的健康 continued to deteriorate, and he died of liver disease on 6 April 1878.

In 1865, 约翰 Worthington Ames married Margaret Corlis Plumly (1843-1919), the daughter of legislator and abolitionist Benjamin Rush Plumly (1816-1887) and Rebecca Wilson Plumly. 他们有 three children, Frances Margaret Bradford Ames Randall (1866-1968), Rebecca Worthington Ames Adams Ames (1868-1966), and 约翰 Worthington Ames, Jr. (1871-1954).

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The 约翰 沃辛顿·艾姆斯的论文 consists of 5个文档盒和1 oversize folder of correspondence, personal papers, 13 diaries, and family papers. 书信及日记封面 his time traveling in China (1854-1855); working as a civil engineer in Arkansas, Illinois, and Texas (1858-1861); and service during the Civil War as a captain in the 11th 美国 Infantry 团 (1861-1863, 1865-1866) and a colonel in the 6th 美国 Colored Infantry 团(1863 - 1865). He details his travels, life and customs in the places he visits, weather, food, the atmosp在这里 and attitudes in the West and South in the lead-up to the Civil War, enlistment, training, troop movements, requests for supplies from home, camp life, battles and skirmishes, his thoughts on the war and how it affects him, and impressions of fellow soldiers 和南方的. 还包括一些草图的军营. 个人文件包括 material from 哈佛大学, 军事 documents, copies of service records, and biographical 这是他死亡时的材料. The family papers consist of correspondence of numerous 艾姆斯家族 members, material pertaining to the death of 约翰 Worthington Ames, and copies of pension application files submitted by Margaret Corlis Plumly Ames.

获取信息

布赖恩伯顿的礼物,2019年7月和2023年9月.

保管的历史

This collection was owned by Frances Randall Hill Lipp. 2015年她去世后,所有权 passed to Brian Burton, who had possession of the material while assisting Lipp with research and 出版.

其他格式

This collection contains electronic transcripts of correspondence from 约翰 Worthington Ames to Abigail Fisher Dana Ames, Seth Ames, and Fisher Ames for 1861-1865. 这些抄本将会 稍后提供.

收集的详细描述

I. 信件, 1858-1878

主要按时间顺序排列.

Correspondence of 约翰 Worthington Ames mainly consists of letters written by Ames to 不同的家庭成员. The bulk of the letters are from his service during the Civil War in the 11th 美国 Infantry 团 (1861-1863) and the 6th 美国 Colored Infantry 团(1863 - 1865) and provide detailed accounts of camp life, fellow soldiers, battle and skirmishes, the progression of the war, and how his experiences affected him. 其他 letters are from his time working as a civil engineer in Arkansas, Illinois, and Texas (1858-1861), as well as during his declining health before his death (1877-1878).

箱1文件夹1 - 2

约翰 Worthington Ames和Seth Ames, 1862-1868

箱1文件夹3-44

约翰·沃辛顿·埃姆斯致阿比盖尔·费舍尔·达纳·埃姆斯, 1860-1865, 1878

框2文件夹1 - 4

约翰·沃辛顿·艾姆斯致费舍·艾姆斯(1838-1919) 1862-1863, 1878

框2文件夹5-16

约翰·沃辛顿·埃姆斯致玛格丽特·菲斯克·沃森, 1858-1864

框2文件夹17

约翰·沃辛顿·埃姆斯致菲斯克家族 1862-1863

框2文件夹18-27

约翰 Worthington Ames to Sarah Bancroft Howard Hayward, 1861-1864

框2文件夹28

约翰·沃辛顿·埃姆斯致霍华德家族 1861

框2文件夹突然增加

约翰 Worthington Ames to Margaret Corlis Plumly Ames, 1863-1864

盒3文件夹1-35

约翰 Worthington Ames to Margaret Corlis Plumly Ames, 1864-1865, 1877

盒3文件夹36

Letters to 约翰 Worthington Ames and Margaret Corlis Plumly Ames on birth of 弗朗西斯·玛格丽特·布拉德福德·艾姆斯, 1866

盒3文件夹37

约翰 Worthington Ames to Frances Margaret Bradford Ames Randall, 1877

盒3文件夹38

约翰 Worthington Ames and Margaret Corlis Plumly Ames to Rebecca Worthington Ames, 1877, 未标明日期的

盒3文件夹39

约翰·沃辛顿·艾姆斯致威廉·艾姆斯(1801-1880) 1878

盒3文件夹40

约翰 Worthington Ames to unidentified correspondents, 1865, 未标明日期的

盒3文件夹41

约翰 Worthington Ames likely to Harriet Spelman Longfellow and Cora Spelman Eustis, 1866

盒3文件夹42

约翰 Worthington Ames to Lorenzo Miles Whiting and Rebecca Plumly Whiting, 1877-1878

II. 个人论文, 1851-1878

按时间顺序安排.

This series consists of the personal papers of 约翰 Worthington Ames. 它包括材料 from his time at 哈佛大学, originals and copies of 军事 documents, articles written by Ames recounting his experiences in the Civil War, and material related to his death. 也 included are sketches by Ames that were previously removed from correspondence he sent, mainly 在内战中服役期间. They include sketches of the exterior of Ames' quarters; headquarters of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps. near Fort Fisher; 6th 美国 Colored Infantry 团's mess hall exterior along the York River; and a view from Ames' quarters looking out at the camp with a Black soldier in view.

4盒文件夹1

哈佛大学, 1851-1854

文件夹的操作系统

詹姆斯·沃克就职典礼.D. 作为哈佛学院项目的主席 1853

文件夹的操作系统

蓝胡子或暴君的血腥垮台 较宽的一面, 1854

4盒文件夹2

杂, 1855, 未标明日期的

4盒文件夹3

草图, ca. 1861-1865, 未标明日期的

4盒文件夹4

军事论文, 1863-1866

文件夹的操作系统

准将Brevet证书; 1月15日 1865

4盒文件夹5 - 8

1865-1866年服役记录(副本); 2015, 未标明日期的

4盒文件夹9

陆路每月 第1869-1874条(副本), 未标明日期的

4盒文件夹10

加州土地测量长文件, 1877

文件夹的操作系统

加州验船师证书; 9月27日 1877

4盒文件夹11

为纪念 由圣哈佛俱乐部出版 旧金山, 1878

4盒文件夹12

各种各样的作品, 未标明日期的

4盒文件夹13

传记资料和家谱; 未标明日期的

4盒文件夹14

1879-1922年养老金申请文件(副本) 未标明日期的

3. 日记、 1854-1877

按时间顺序安排.

This series contains the diaries of 约翰 Worthington Ames. 他们描述了他的海洋 voyages and visit to Hong Kong, Canton, and Fuzhou in China (1854-1855), w在这里 he stayed at Western merchant houses; his time in Arkansas, Illinois, and Texas working as a civil engineer (1859-1861); some of his service during the Civil War as a captain in the 11th 美国 Infantry 团 and colonel, later brevet brigadier general, in the 6th 美国 Colored Infantry 团; and his time in Hawaii to improve his health (1877). 图纸 purchased in China are pasted onto numerous pages of Ames' diary from that time.

框5文件夹1卷. 1

1854-1855

框5文件夹2卷. 2

July-December 1859

框5文件夹3卷. 3

1859年12月至1860年3月

框5文件夹4卷. 4

June-December 1860

框5文件夹5卷. 5

1860年12月至1861年4月

框5文件夹6卷. 6

1861年10, 3 1862

框5文件夹7卷. 7

4、1862

框5文件夹8卷. 8

May-July 1862

框5文件夹9卷. 9

1862年9

框5文件夹10卷. 10

1863年1 - 2月刊

框5文件夹11卷. 11

1863年3月到6月

框5文件夹12卷. 12

July-December 1863

框5文件夹13卷. 13

Disbound, 1877

IV. 艾姆斯的家庭文件, 1793-1890

按时间顺序安排.

Material in this series mainly consists of correspondence of various members of the Ames family, including letters regarding the death of 约翰 Worthington Ames.

信件, 1793-1881

4盒文件夹15

费希尔·艾姆斯(1758-1808)致托马斯·德怀特, 10月30日 1793

4盒文件夹16

Seth Ames and Margaret Stevenson Bradford Ames to Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley, 1832-1835

4盒文件夹17

Frances Worthington Ames (1764-1837) to Margaret Stevenson Bradford Ames, 未标明日期的

4盒文件夹18

Margaret Corlis Plumly Ames to Abigail Fisher Dana Ames, 1865

4盒文件夹19

Seth Ames致Frances Worthington Ames Howland, 1868

4盒文件夹20

佩勒姆·沃伦·埃姆斯写给约翰·沃辛顿·埃姆斯, 1868

4盒文件夹21 - 22

约翰·沃辛顿·艾姆斯之死 的数字 1878

4盒文件夹23日

Seth Ames致Margaret Corlis Plumly Ames, 1879-1881, 未标明日期的

4盒文件夹27

给弗朗西斯·兰德尔·希尔·利普的信, 未标明日期的

4盒文件夹28

各种各样的信封, 未标明日期的

家庭的论文, 1811-1890

4盒文件夹29

Harvard College receipts likely for 约翰 Worthington Ames (1793-1833), 1811-1813

4盒文件夹30

哈佛大学空白周班报告, 1830

4盒文件夹31卷. 14

Scrapbook newspaper clippings "Butterfingers to Hawkeye," 1873-1874

4盒文件夹32

乔治·帕特里奇·布拉德福德的讣告 2月1日 1890

喜欢引用

约翰 沃辛顿·艾姆斯的论文, 马萨诸塞州历史学会.

访问条款

This collection is indexed under the following headings in 阿比盖尔, the online catalog of the 马萨诸塞州历史学会. 研究人员 desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog 使用这些标题.

人:

赛斯·艾姆斯(1805-1881.
艾姆斯,阿比盖尔·费舍尔·达纳,1819-1911.
玛格丽特·科利斯·埃姆斯,1846-1919.
威廉·艾姆斯(1801-1880.
费希尔·艾姆斯(1838-1919.
费希尔·艾姆斯(1758-1808.
玛格丽特·菲斯克,沃森,1837-1885.
莎拉·霍华德·海沃德,1838-1922.
艾姆斯家族.
菲斯克家族.
霍华德的家庭.

组织:

美国. 军队. 第11步兵团.
美国. 军队. 第六有色步兵团 (1863-1865).
美国. 军队——非裔美国人的军队.
海王(船).
堂吉诃德(船).

主题:

海洋旅游——日记.
航海和旅行——日记.
图纸.
士兵——日记.
调查员——日记.
弗雷德里克斯堡战役,弗吉尼亚州弗雷德里克斯堡., 1862.
布尔溪,弗吉尼亚州第二次战役., 1862.
马里兰州安提特姆战役., 1862.
钱瑟勒斯维尔战役,钱瑟勒斯维尔,弗吉尼亚州., 1863.
葛底斯堡战役,宾夕法尼亚州葛底斯堡., 1863.
新市场高地,弗吉尼亚州战役., 1864.
弗雷德里克斯堡战役,弗吉尼亚州弗雷德里克斯堡., 1862.
费希尔堡(北).C. (堡垒)——围攻(1864-1865.
美国——历史——内战; 1861 - 1865——运动.
美国——历史——内战; 1861-1865--Participation, 非裔美国人.
美国——历史——内战; 1861-1865--Personal 叙述.
美国——历史——内战; 1861-1865--Psychological 方面.
美国——历史——内战; 1861-1865--团al 历史——美国第11步兵团.
美国——历史——内战; 1861-1865--团al histories--第六有色步兵团 (1863-1865).
弗吉尼亚——历史——内战,1861-1865.
北卡罗来纳——历史——内战,1861-1865.
宾夕法尼亚——历史——内战,1861-1865.
阿肯色州——描述和旅行.
伊利诺伊州-描述和旅行.
德克萨斯州-描述和旅行.
广州(中国)——描述及旅游.
香港(中国)-描述和旅游.
Fuzhou (Fujian Sheng, China)--Description and travel.
夏威夷-描述和旅行.

从收藏中移除的材料

Photographs from this collection have been removed to Photo Coll. 413.