James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot in July. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before he ran for president, the Ohio General Assembly had elected him to the U.S. Senate, a position he declined upon becoming president-elect.
December 17, 1861. Louisville, AY December 17, 1861. Colonel GARFIELD, Forty-second Ohio Regiment, Commanding Brigade: SIR: The brigade organized under your command is intended to operate against the rebel force…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., December 28, 1861. Colonel GARFIELD, Commanding Eighteenth Brigade, Louisa, Ky.: The following dispatch was sent this day to Lieut. M. L. Benham, Forty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteers,…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., January 3, 1862. Colonel GARFIELD: Yours of the 2d instant* has been received. The general would send you two mountain howitzers, but he is under the…
Louisville, January 14, 1862. Colonel Garfield, ecmmanding Eighteenth Brigade, reports that on the 7th instant he attacked and drove the enemy from his intienchments at Paintsville, killing 3 and wounding…
Louisville Louisville, January 14, 1862. Colonel Garfield, ecmmanding Eighteenth Brigade, reports that on the 7th instant he attacked and drove the enemy from his intienchments at Paintsville, killing 3 and…
January 20, 1862. : : Louisville, Ky., January 20, 1862. Colonel GARFIELD, Commanding Highteenth Brigade, Prestonburg, Ky. : CoLONEL: Your dispatches of your attack upon the enemy at Paintsville and…
Louisville, January 24, 1862. Col. JAMES A. GARFIELD, Paintsville, Ky.: Sim: Your official report of the fatio of Middle Creek has been received and your success will be duly noticed…
STEVENSON STEVENSON, August 11, 1863. General GARFIELD: I have been waiting patiently for several days to get the tools ordered by the general to make boats and get out timber…
MANCHESTER MANCHESTER, August 11, 1863. Brigadier-General GARFIELD: General Wagner reports Payne’s Cove road impracticable. The Altamont road is passable for artillery, but the best and shortest road is the Park…
NASHVILLE NASHVILLE, August 11, 1863. General GARFIELD: General Baird has not returned ; it is imperatively necessary for the First Division, Reserve Corps, to have a commander ; they need…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS, Winchester, August 15, 1863. General GARFIELD : General Sheridan states that he has ten companies from the brigade at Stevenson guarding bridges, making the duty required…
STEVENSON STEVENSON, August 15, 1863. General J. A. GARFIELD : Colonel Campbell and part of his cavalry brigade have just arrived; balance will be in to-morrow. I find the ferries…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS, Dunlap, August 19, 1863—38 p. m.. Brigadier-General GARFIELD, Chief of Staff : My advance reached here at 1 o’clock p.m. I met Wilder, who had just…
Tracy City Tracy City, August 21, 1863. General GARFIELD : Palmer and reconnaissance left yesterday. The only report received is from Palmer, who was at Poe’s Tavern yesterday at 5.30.…
CLARKSVILLE CLARKSVILLE, August 21, 1863. Brig. Gen. J. A. GARFIELD, Chief of Staff: Just reported by a gentleman of credit, who came from Charlotte, that a force of Confederate cavalry,…
THERMAN THERMAN, August 21, 1863. General GARFIELD : Sir: I have no news of importance ; have a fair view of Chattanooga, the valley of the river, and a camp…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS, In Camp, near Stevenson, August 22, 1863. Brig. Gen. J. A. GARFIELD, Chief of Staff: GENERAL: I have the honor to report General Johnson’s arrival at…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS, Dunlap, Tenn., August 22, 1863—9 a. m.. Brigadier-General GARFIELD, Chief .of Staff, Stevenson: Your dispatch of yesterday acknowledging receipt of and satisfaction with my various dispatches…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS, Dunlap, August 22, 1863—6 p. m.. (Via Tracy City, 5 a. m., 23d.) Brigadier-General GARFIELD, Chief of Staff: I dispatched you this morning at length. I…
Opposite Chattanooga Opposite Chattanooga, August 22, 1863. (Via Tracy City, 5 a. m., 23d.) General J. A. GARFIELD, Chief of Staff: * * * * I believe that the rebels…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Camp, Bolivar Springs, August 24, 1863. Brig. Gen. J. A. GARFIELD, Chief of Staff: I have the honor to report that all orders in_relation to cutting…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Winchester, August 17, 1868. Commanding Officer Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry : Sir: The general commanding directs me to inform you that the detachment of the…