CIVIL WAR GENERAL ENGINEER EXPLORER SCIENTIST LETTER SIGNED FORT RIFLE GUNS ALS!

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JOHN GROSS BARNARD(1815 - 1882)CIVIL WAR BRIGADIER GENERAL,Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point,Chief Engineer of the Armies in the Field and LT. GEN. Grant's Chief of Engineers&Distinguished Explorer, Scientist, Military Engineer, etc.!!Barnard spent 48 years in the Army Corps of Engineers. during the war he was charged with constructing the Washington defenses.Here's a rare Military Autograph Letter Signed by Barnard, addressed to h. l. abbott, [ Henry Larcom Abbot] (1831 - 1927), a fellow engineer general in the Civil War, ordering: "... take the dismounted guns & carriage from fort albany & carry it to fort Blenker...the exterior battery may be constructed for siege 24' or rifle guns, but not armed at present ..." 2pps. signed on back side of a single sheet.The DOCUMENT measures 5" x 7"and is in Very GOOD Condition.A RARE PIECE OF AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MILITARY HISTORY TO ADD TO YOUR AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!>> :: <<BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL john gross barnardJohn Gross Barnard (May 19, 1815 - May 14, 1882) was a career engineering officer in the U.S. Army , serving in the Mexican-American War , as the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy and as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . [1] He served as Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac , 1861 to 1862, Chief Engineer of the Department of Washington from 1861 to 1864, and as Chief Engineer of the armies in the field from 1864 to 1865. [2] He also was a distinguished scientist, engineer, mathematician, historian and author. [3]Early life and careerJohn G. Barnard was born into a large and gifted family in Sheffield, Massachusetts . [4] His brother, Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard was a longtime educator and president of Columbia University and namesake of Barnard College in New York City. [5] Both John and Frederick, as well as most members of their family, suffered from a hereditary form of deafness which intensified in later years. [6] In early life, when stationed in New Orleans, Barnard married Jane Elizabeth Brand, of Maryland, with whom he had four children. In 1860, he married Anna E. Hall of Harford County, Maryland, with whom he had three children. [7]In 1833, at the age of 18, Barnard graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York , second in a class of forty-three cadets. [8] As one of the top graduates of his class, he was posted as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Corps of Engineers , embarking on a 48-year career in that branch. [9]Barnard's first assignment after being commissioned was as an assistant to Colonel Joseph G. Totten in constructing Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island from 1833 to 1834. Totten was the foremost American military engineer of his day and served as Chief Engineer of the Army for much of Barnard's career. There two formed a close friendship as evidenced by Barnard's extensive eulogy of Totten which was published in 1866.Throughout his career, Barnard served on many garrison and fortification details, most notably participating in the construction of coastal defenses at Fort Columbus / Fort Jay , Fort Hamilton and Fort Wadsworth in New York City, New Orleans , Pensacola , Mobile , Fort Livingston, Louisiana , Fort Jackson, Louisiana , Fort St. Philip, Louisiana and on the Pacific Coast at San Francisco. [10] During the Mexican-American War , he headed the construction of American defenses at the captured Mexican port of Tampico , [11] ensuring that city's safety as a vital supply line for American forces advancing on Mexico City. He also worked on the survey of Mexican-American War battlefields. [11] and as Chief Engineer for the Exploration and Survey of the projected Tehuantepec Railroad in Mexico, in 1850-1851. [12]From May 31, 1855 through September 8, 1856, Barnard served as the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, [13] succeeding Robert E. Lee . [... read more

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