Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains the official and personal documents of Joseph C. Read through his Union Army military career in the Civil War and subsequent retirement in Fernandina, Florida. Read, during the war, rose from the rank of Sergeant to Brevet Colonel, supplied General Sherman’s siege of Atlanta, as well as partook in many of the major battles in the South during the Civil War. Included are various military documents, comprised of letters informing promotion, orders...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains the official and personal documents of Joseph C. Read through his Union Army military career in the Civil War and subsequent retirement in Fernandina, Florida. Read, during the war, rose from the rank of Sergeant to Brevet Colonel, supplied General Sherman’s siege of Atlanta, as well as partook in many of the major battles in the South during the Civil War. Included are various military documents, comprised of letters informing promotion, orders...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains the official and personal documents of Joseph C. Read through his Union Army military career in the Civil War and subsequent retirement in Fernandina, Florida. Read, during the war, rose from the rank of Sergeant to Brevet Colonel, supplied General Sherman’s siege of Atlanta, as well as partook in many of the major battles in the South during the Civil War. Included are various military documents, comprised of letters informing promotion, orders...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains the official and personal documents of Joseph C. Read through his Union Army military career in the Civil War and subsequent retirement in Fernandina, Florida. Read, during the war, rose from the rank of Sergeant to Brevet Colonel, supplied General Sherman’s siege of Atlanta, as well as partook in many of the major battles in the South during the Civil War. Included are various military documents, comprised of letters informing promotion, orders...

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These are invitations to social gatherings during Read's service, such as a welcome to General Grant and a celebration of the capture of Richmond, Virginia.

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Three photographs are included. One is a cabinet photo of Read, another, a group photo featuring Read, in his uniform, seated. One photograph is of a statue of Major General Thomas who was at one point head of the Army of the Cumberland.

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Contained in this folder is one pocket-sized new testament, one pocket sized dictionary and a single spur.