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Joseph Holt: ALS, 3pp (5 x 8 in.), Washington (DC): 10 June 1888. Joseph Holt (1807-1894) to General Adam Badeau (1831-1895), re: Badeau's disagreement with Grant and his heirs and Badeau's latest book (presumably Grant in Peace: From Appomattox to Mount McGregor published in 1887). Also included is a short printed General Orders No. 124, Washington, DC, GPO, appointing Joseph Holt as JAG. Dated 3 Sept. 1862. Joseph Holt was Postmaster General and Secretary of War under Buchanan, and JAG of the US Army, 1862-1875. He was appointed by Lincoln, and served as Judge Advocate General during the assassination trials. Adam Badeau enlisted in April 1862, and was ADC to Thomas Sherman, participating in the Siege of Corinth (MS), defense of New Orleans and attack on Port Hudson (LA). Wounded at Port Hudson, after his recovery, he joined Grant's staff, participating in the Wilderness and Appomattox campaigns. He remained in service until 1869, when he began a diplomatic career. His first posting was in England, but he took a leave of absence in 1877-1878 to accompany Grant on his trip around the world. He later helped edit, fact check, etc. Grant's memoirs, but left before completion of the work over his pay and credits in the book. Isaac Toucey: ALS, 1p (7.5 x 9.75 in.), [Washington, DC] Navy Department, 4 April 1860. Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Secretary of Navy (1857-1861), until succeeded by Gideon Welles. Toucey writes to a Mr. Jewett in Boston that "an Act of Congress appeared March 27, 1854, provides 'for the relief of the U.S. troops who were sufferers' by the wreck of the Steamship San Francisco." He tells Jewett that he should contact the War Department with further questions. (lines of adhesive on verso where it was presumably mounted previously). Letter from Sailor: ALS, 4pp, 4.5 x 7.75 in., Norfolk, VA, U.S. Frigate Minnesota, 3 Aug. 1862. On letterhead with C.S.C. / U.S.N. at top. Letter from "Will" to "Cousin Mary." Much of the first part of the letter concerns why she (and everyone else) has failed to write to him. The second part is more interesting. Will writes that he received a letter from his brother Leon, and he was in command of a regiment and received two brevets, one for "Gallant conduct" at Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, the other for Malvern Hill. He then goes on to describe a meeting with Leon at McClellan's camp. While there, Lincoln made one of his famous visits, and Will was able to ride with his staff and meet the top generals. It should be possible to work back and find "Leon," and trace him back to "Will." Letter re: Youngest Soldier in Civil War: A second 2-page letter is dated 20 Feb. 1892, Elkhorn, Wis. This letter is about whether the writer, Thomas Morefield, was the youngest soldier in the Union Army to carry a musket (many drummer boys were younger). Morefield notes that when he enlisted he put down his age at 16, but just recently he had been cleaning out papers at his father's house and found in the family record that he was born 18 March 1850. He enlisted in a 100-day unit, 40th Wisconsin Infantry, and would have been 14 years, 2 months and 7 days old. After his three months were up, he re-enlisted, this time in the 1st WI Heavy Artillery. In his P.S. he states: "I was 5 feet and 3 inches high when I enlisted I am now 5 feet 11 inches." Memorial re: replacing Carl Schurz: 8 x 13 in., Philadelphia, 8 June 1861. Letter recommending the appointment of Major A.G. McReynolds of Michigan to command the regiment in place of Carl Schurz, who was leaving the unit to take a diplomatic station, signed by six captains. Third page has a similar memorial, dated New York, 6 June 1861, and signed by another six Captains. Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) was a native of Germany, where he became a leader of a student democratic movement. When the radicals were defeated, he escaped to Switzerland, then France, then to England, where he met his future wife. The couple married and emigrated to the U.S. in 1852, settlin