Title: John Cory Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1861-1889, 1919

Creator:

• Cory, John

Call Number: SC 2855; PH SC 2855

Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 41 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers and photographs documenting the Civil War service of Lieutenant John Cory, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Company H. Cory was mustered into service in Milwaukee on October 8, 1861 with the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company G, was promoted to the rank of 1st Sergeant and, on January 25, 1865 was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant of the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Company H. He was discharged in June, 1865. Included is a muster roll, his discharge forms, letters indicating his promotion, as well as disciplinary reports regarding an incident between Sergeant Cory and his supervising lieutenant, and other official matters. The only personal correspondence included in the collection concerns Cory's efforts to increase his pension after the war due to a degenerative eye condition. The documents from the 1900s consist of form letters thanking Grace Trestrail, presumably a relative of Cory's, for service as a Selective Service system legal advisor during World War I. Additionally, there are 41 photographs, almost all of which are portraits of members of the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Company H, the majority of them identified.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-sc02855

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Betty Phillips, Twin Falls, Idaho, 2001. Accession Number: M2001-159

SC 2855	Correspondence and service papers
PH SC 2855	Photographs
No.   1	Acker, Aaron J.
No.   2	Ausbourne, William J.
No.   3	Brown, Stephen D.
No.   4	Becker, Henry
No.   5	Chalmers, John
No.   6	Dewey, Titus C.
No.   7	Dibble, Richard
No.   8	Fedderly, Alansing V.
No.   9	Gum, John R.
No.   10	Hallenbeck, William E.
No.   11	Hulett, Alvin H.
No.   12	Kockal, Jacob
No.   13	Leffingwell, Milo H.
No.   14	Moore, George
No.   15	Parker, John G.
No.   16	Prentice, Orin
No.   17	Sebald, Herman
No.   18	Seeley, Charles H.
No.   19	Shields, Beverly
No.   20	Simpson, James
No.   21	Smith, Franklin
No.   22	Smith, John D.
No.   23	Sutherland, Charles
No.   24	Thompson, Amos
No.   25	Thompson, Francis W.
No.   26	Thompson, Joel F.
No.   27	Warner, Francis L.
No.   28	Wentworth, Walter Y.
No.   29-38	Unidentified
No.   39	Colors of the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery
No.   40	Portrait of John Cory
No.   41	Unidentified Photo of Two Men