Fitz-John Porter papers, 1830-1949

Collection Summary

Title	Fitz-John Porter papers, 1830-1949
Span Dates	1830-1949
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1861-1898)
ID No.	MSS36590
Creator	Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
Extent	13,000 items
Extent	67 containers plus 10 oversize
Extent	26.8 linear feet
Extent	31 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78036590
Summary	Army officer and public official in New York, N.Y., and New Jersey. Correspondence, telegrams, reports, memoranda, writings, autobiographical and biographical material, maps, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellany largely concerning Porter's court-martial and cashiering out of military service during the Civil War and his later reinstatement and presidential pardon.