Ambrose A. Stevens letter, 1863/10/23

Resource Information

The work Ambrose A. Stevens letter, 1863/10/23 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/Collection, Multimedia, Mixed Materials.

Label

Ambrose A. Stevens letter, 1863/10/23

Inclusive dates

1863/10/23

Creator

• Stevens, Ambrose A., 1829-1915

Creator

• Stevens, Ambrose A., 1829-1915

Subject

• Correspondence
• Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• Prisoners of war
• Stevens, Ambrose A, 1829-1915
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• Camp Morton (Ind.)
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
• United States, Army | Invalid Corps
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life

Genre

• trueCorrespondence

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

This collection includes an October 23, 1863 letter written by Ambrose A. Stevens and sent to his father from the Invalid Corps headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana during the American Civil War. He mentions that he had been placed in command of Camp Morton to guard 2,300 Rebel prisoners and that he had his "hands about full". He also mentions the price of butter and cheese and notes that these items are miserable in the local market

Biographical or historical data

Ambrose A. Stevens was born on September 20, 1829 in Jefferson County, New York to Alexander and Lydia Stevens. He married Marion Frazell on November 10, 1853 and they moved to Michigan in 1856. On June 10, 1861, he mustered into the 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry with the rank of lieutenant colonel at the start of the U.S. Civil War. Stevens was promoted and appointed colonel of the newly organized Michigan 21st Infantry Regiment in September, 1862. Wounded at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky on October 8, 1862, he resigned from service due to disability on February 3, 1863. When the Invalid Corps was created, Stevens was commissioned as a major of the 5th Regiment in July, 1863. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to colonel and then took over command of Camp Morton at Indianapolis, Indiana on October 22, 1863. Stevens held this position until the end of the war and was promoted to brevet brigadier general in March, 1865 before being mustered out of service on September 30, 1865. He moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan around 1872 and lived there until his death at the age of 85 on May 23, 1915. Sources: Ancestry.com. "Ambrose A. Stevens." Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950. Accessed February 22, 2018. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/.Ancestry.com. "Ambrose A. Stevens." Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1961-1865. Accessed February 22, 2018. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/.Soper, Steve. "Ambrose A. Stevens." Men of the 3rd Michigan Infantry, November 13, 2010. Accessed February 23, 2018. http://thirdmichigan.blogspot.com/2010/11/ambrose-stevens.html.Winslow, Hattie Lou. Camp Morton, 1861-1865: Indianapolis Prison Camp. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1940. Accessed February 23, 2018. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001655543.

Cataloging source

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