(CIVIL WAR NEW YORK) Papers of John Simpson Crocker colonel

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(CIVIL WAR--NEW YORK.) Papers of John Simpson Crocker, colonel of the 93rd New York Infantry. 39 items in one folder; various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1842-92 and undated

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John Simpson Crocker (1820-1890) of Washington County, NY was commissioned as the founding colonel of the 93rd New York Infantry, spent several months as a prisoner of war in 1862, and was discharged in 1864 due to disability. He was later breveted as a brigadier general. After the war he served as warden of the jail in Washington, DC, where he supervised the execution of President Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau. This lot includes: 5 militia commissions signed by New York governors (2 by William Seward), 1842-48 3 documents regarding his election to the New York legislature, 1855 Packet on the official establishment of the 93rd New York Infantry by the state's Adjutant General, January-February 1862 Official transcript of a commendation given to Crocker by General Birney shortly after the Battle of the Wilderness, 9 May 1864 3 typed carbon copies of an address given by Crocker at the dedication of a 93rd New York monument, undated 3 photographs including Crocker's son and granddaughter Letter from Crocker to his wife, 1879 Crocker's 1869 commission as jail warden A pair of eloquent letters of thanks written to Warden Crocker by grateful prisoners upon their release, 1888 and more.