Scope and Content Note
The papers of H. W. Halleck (1815-1872) consist of a military notebook, drafts of telegrams by Halleck, letters received, and a fragment of a manuscript "A Review of European Armies in 1792," translated from the French of General Antoine Henri Jomini. Although the papers range in date from 1843 to 1896, nearly all are dated 1862, principally in February and March, and relate almost exclusively to Halleck’s command of the army departments of the Missouri and Mississippi in that year. Topics include the treatment of surgeons on the field of battle, Ulysses S. Grant's capture of Fort Donelson, and conscription.
Correspondents include Don Carlos Buell, George W. Cullum, Samuel Ryan Curtis, John A. Dix, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, George Brinton McClellan, Montgomery C. Meigs, Benjamin M. Prentiss, John McAllister Schofield, Thomas Alexander Scott, William T. Sherman, Frederick Steele, George Stoneman, William Kerley Strong, Lorenzo Thomas, and Z. B. Tower.