Series V. “Elbridge Gerry Manning Papers , 1862 - 1869

The materials in this series contain the personal papers of one Lieutenant Elbridge Gerry Manning, a Union officer from Massachusetts during the American Civil War and an ancestor of Frederick Manning. There are handwritten and transcribed personal letters dated from 1862 to 1867 sent to his parents. These letters detail his experiences serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War in such places as New Orleans and St. Louis. There is also a transcribed record of a letter from General George B. McClellan to the Army of the Potomac, and a notice of the death of President Abraham Lincoln. There are handwritten lists of inventories and supplies for the army (mostly clothing,) two photographs of Lieutenant Elbridge Gerry Manning (one framed one unframed,) and a book titled “a memorial sketch of Edgar M. Newcomb” that mentions Lieutenant Manning.