Scope and Content Note

The biographical sketches are on Micro 356. The materials on Micro 357 are arranged in chronological order and include personal letters, military papers, family biographical sketches, and a genealogy of the Wilcox family.

Noteworthy Correspondence and Papers

• 1845 December 21, Letter from Samuel Sturgis written at Military Academy
• 1846 March 14, Military Academy report on Cadet Sturgis to parents
• 1849 May 20, Letter in Spanish to friend in California
• 1855 October 30, London insurance policy on life of Samuel Davis Sturgis payable to wife
• 1862 June 7, Reports on defenses of District of Columbia
• 1862 August 4, Letter, signed by John Hay, about Sturgis' appointment with Lincoln
• 1862 November and December, Military orders on troop movements at battle of Fredericksburg
• 1865 April 16, Draft of defensive letter by Sturgis dealing with Guntown defeat
• 1866 January 3, Letter signed by General George Armstrong Custer
• 1870 June 12, Sturgis letter on conversation with Lincoln
• 1873 March 6, Letter from son, Cadet James Garland (Jack) Sturgis, on activities of Cadet Corps at President Grant's second inauguration
• 1873 November 19, Invitation to wedding of Nina Linn Sturgis to H. Louis Dousman
• 1879 March 22, Letter from John E. Garland referring to filing of Soldiers Homestead Declaration for Sturgis
• Undated, Letter signed by Secretary of State William H. Seward
• Undated, Part of letter, marked for burning, concerning recruit training
• Undated, Newspaper clipping concerning incident of defeat at Guntown, Mississippi, 1862