| Record
Group: |
Capt.
Thomas H. Ford (ca. 1837- ) |
| Series: |
Civil
War Records relating to the 1st Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry, 1861-1870 |
| Accession
#: |
1996.039 |
| Series
#: |
PFORD001 |
| Guide
Date: |
4/1997
(JK) |
| Volume: |
2
c.f. [6 boxes and 13 map folders] |
Contents
| Content
Note
This
series consists of Civil War records of Capt. Thomas H. Ford relating
to the 1st Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry. Little is known about Ford's
personal life other than that he was born ca. 1837 and was credited
to Crosswicks, Burlington County, at the time of enlistment. He
may have been the Thomas Ford, mason, living in Chesterfield Township
in 1860. Ford was mustered in as a private in Company D of the 1st
Cavalry Regiment in August 1861. During the next three years he
rose through the ranks: corporal in February 1862; sergeant in June
1863; second lieutenant in February 1864; and first lieutenant in
November 1864. On 8 June 1865, Ford was promoted to the rank of
captain and transferred to the command of Company E. A week later,
however, he was reassigned to Company K, and was responsible for
mustering-out the men of that unit during the last months of the
war. Although it is not mentioned in Adjutant General Stryker's
Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865,
Ford's records show that, as a lieutenant, he had also commanded
Company I in February-March 1865.
Capt. Ford's records were donated privately to the State Archives
in 1996. At that time, these papers and books were still stored
in the original field desk of Company K (also part of the donation).
Included among the records are reports and rolls generated by Ford
as an officer or commander of Companies D, I and K, as well as material
which he "inherited" from the former commanders of Company
K: Capt. Virgil Broderick (commanded 1861-1862), Capt. Henry W.
Sawyer (commanded 1862-1863), and Lt./Capt. Joseph Brooks (commanded
1863-1865). Henry Sawyer was well known for having been sentenced
to death while a prisoner at Libby Prison in 1863, along with Capt.
John M. Flinn of Indiana, in retaliation for the execution of two
southern captains charged with espionage. Sawyer and Flinn were
freed from their sentence, however, after intervention by President
Lincoln, and exchanged for Confederate Gen. William H. F. Lee (son
of Robert E. Lee) and another captured southern officer.
While Capt. Ford's records largely relate to accounting for ordnance
and equipment issued to or found/lost by the men of the respective
companies, there are also many items recording personal information
about the members of the 1st Cavalry. These include muster rolls,
patient reports from U.S. Army general hospitals, death and discharge
notices, and pay and furlough records. Also, two of the five bound
volumes included in the collection are especially rich in personal
information: Item 35 is a descriptive register of Company K covering
the period August 1861 - September 1864; and Item 44 contains a
record of soldiers recruited by Lt. Joseph Brooks while assigned
to the 1st Cavalry recruiting office in Jersey City, September 1863
- March 1864. Both volumes contain details on the age, physical
description, nativity and occupation of the soldiers, in addition
to remarks relating to their service.
The records have been arranged by company, and thereunder chronologically.
In some instances, related or similar records spanning months or
even years have been grouped together as single items. The collection
also includes a supply of blank forms (see Box 2). Oversized items,
which are stored in Boxes 3-6 and in map folders, are identified
as such in the Contents list below. NOTE:
Many of the muster rolls are in delicate condition. Researchers
are requested to handle these manuscripts—especially the oversized
items—with extreme care.
1.
See: Sketch of Major Henry Washington Sawyer, First Regiment,
Cavalry, New Jersey Volunteers: A Union Soldier and Prisoner of
War in Libby Prison Under Sentence of Death by Carlos E. Godfrey
(Trenton, 1907). |
Contents
- Box 1 (unless otherwise noted) |
| 1st
Regiment records, 1865 (see also items 38 and 44): |
| 1. |
Acknowledgement
of receipt of clothing and camp and garrison equipage, 1st Regiment
non-commissioned officers, artificers, musicians and privates, no
place, 1-28 February 1865 [4 sheets; oversized—see map case]. |
|
| Company
D records, 1864-1865: |
| 2. |
Invoices
of ordnance and ordnance stores turned over to Company D, Camp in
the field, VA, 30 June - 31 December 1864 [3 items]. |
| 3. |
Quarterly
returns of ordnance and ordnance stores for Company D for the third
and fourth quarters 1864, transmittal letters, and report of examination
of fourth-quarter return, Camp near Petersburg, VA, and Washington,
DC, 30 June 1864 - 25 February 1865 [6 items]. |
| 4. |
Monthly
returns of quartermaster's stores for Company D, Camp in the field,
VA, July-December 1864 [6 items]. |
| 5. |
Lists
of quartermaster's stores received and transferred by Company D, Camp
in the field, VA, 1 July - 31 December 1864 [7 items]. |
| 6. |
Discharge
notice of Sgt. T. H. Ford, Company D, Headquarters, Calvary Corps,
Army of the Potomac, 23 July 1864. |
| 7. |
Muster-in
roll of 2nd Lt. Thomas H. Ford, Company D, Light [House?] Point, 24
July 1864 [oversized—see Box 6]. |
| 8. |
Abstract
of articles received from officers by Company D during the month of
July 1864, Camp in the field, VA, 31 July 1864. |
| 9. |
Extract
of court martial proceedings relative to Pvt. Isaiah Buchanan of Company
D, charged with robbery and assault with intent to kill, Headquarters,
2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, 5 September 1864. |
| 10. |
Receipts
for ordnance and ordnance stores issued to Company D, Camp in the
field and near Petersburg, VA, 20 September - 31 December 1864 [5
items]. |
| 11. |
Report
of Thomas H. Ford on Company D stores lost in battle near [Marlenhill?],
VA, on 28 July, Camp near Petersburg, VA, 30 September 1864. |
| 12. |
Lists
of quartermaster's stores expended in public service, Company D, Camp
in the field, VA, October-December 1864 [3 items; oversized—see
Box 6]. |
| 13. |
Monthly
return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage for Company D, Camp
in the field, VA, November 1864. |
| 14. |
Muster-out
roll of Thomas H. Ford, 2nd Lt., Company D, near Petersburg, VA, 13
December 1864 [oversized—see map case]. |
| 15. |
List
of stores found by Company D on the field at or near Belfield, VA,
on 12 November, Camp near Petersburg, VA, 31 December 1864. |
| 16. |
Quarterly
report on the condition and quality of ordnance stores (circular questionnaire
from Ordnance Office), Camp near Petersburg, VA, 31 December 1864. |
| 17. |
Report
of Thomas H. Ford on Company D stores lost in battle near Vaughn Road,
VA, on 1 October, Camp near Petersburg, VA, 31 December 1864. |
| 18. |
Report
of 1st Lt. Thomas H. Ford on the command of Company D for the period
1 October -31 December 1864, Camp near Petersburg, VA, 31 December
1864. |
| 19. |
Statement
of ordnance and ordnance stores pertaining to Company D charged on
the muster and pay rolls during the fourth quarter 1864, no place,
31 December 1864. |
| 20. |
Vouchers
for pay, clothing and subsistence for Charles Williams, servant, Company
D, no place, 31 December 1864 - 28 February 1865 [4 items; oversized—see
Box 6]. |
|
| Company
I records, 1864-1865: |
| 21. |
Invoices
of ordnance and ordnance stores turned over to Company I, Camp in
the field, VA, 9 November 1864 - 24 March 1865 [4 items]. |
| 22. |
Abstract
of materials expended or consumed in Company I, no place, 4th Quarter
1864. |
| 23. |
Report
of Company [I] stores lost in battle at Belfield Station on 9 December,
near Petersburg, VA, 20 January 1865. |
| 24. |
Lists
of quartermaster's stores received and transferred by Company I, Camp
in the field and Camp Gregg, VA, 31 January -31 March 1865 [6 items]. |
| 25. |
List
of articles lost or destroyed in the public service, Company I, Camp
in the field, VA, February 1865 [oversized—see Box 6]. |
| 26. |
Monthly
returns of quartermaster's stores for Company I and receipt from Property
Division, Camp in the field, VA, and Washington, DC, February-March
& 6 July 1865 [3 items]. |
| 27. |
Note
regarding late return of "J.W.G." from furlough, Camp Gregg,
VA, 28 February 1865. |
| 28. |
List
of quartermaster's stores expended in public service, Company I, Camp
in the field, VA, March 1865 [oversized—see Box 6]. |
| 29. |
Furlough
certificate of Pvt. James Smith, Company I, Camp in the field, 7 March
1865 [fragmented]. |
| 30. |
Receipts
for ordnance and ordnance stores issued to Company I, Camp in the
field, 24 & 31 March 1865 [2 items]. |
| 31. |
Abstract
of articles transferred to Lt. Shaw and Capt. Beekman by Company I
during the month of March, Camp in the field, VA, 31 March 1865. |
| 32. |
Quarterly
return of ordnance and ordnance stores, Company I, for quarter ending
31 March 1865, Petersburg, VA, 31 March 1865. |
| 33. |
Report
of Company [I] stores lost in battle at Five Fork, VA, on 31 March,
Camp, 22 May 1865. |
| 34. |
Envelope
addressed to Frederick Schaal, Company I, labeled "Ordnance Returns,"
no place, no date. |
|
| Company
K records, 1861-1865: |
| 35. |
Descriptive
register of Company K, no place, August 1861 - September 1864 [bound
volume—see Box 3]. Includes the following sections:
| |
List
of commissioned officers [1 p.] |
| |
List of
non-commissioner officers [1 p. used] |
| |
Register
of men transferred [1 line used] |
| |
Register
of men discharged [2 pp. used] |
| |
Register
of deaths [1 p. used] |
| |
Register
of deserters [1 p. used] |
| |
Descriptive
roll [16 pp. used] |
|
| 36. |
Muster
roll of Company K by Capt. Virgil Broderick, Camp near [C---?] Mountain,
18 August 1862 [oversized—see map case]. |
| 37. |
Account
of clothing issued, Company K, no place, ca. September 1862 - July
1864 [bound volume—see Box 4]. |
| 38. |
Quartermaster
General accounts - Lt. William M. Hazen, 3rd Battalion/Company K ordnance
records, no place, October 1862 - January 1864 [bound volume]. Includes
the following sections (blank or missing pages and "scratch notes"
not noted):
| |
Record
of ordnance, Quartermaster Department, October 1862 - January
1864 [pp. 3-63] |
| |
Record
of ordnance, Company K, no date [pp. 64-65] |
| |
Individual
records of gear issued, no date [pp. 66-150] |
| |
List
of ordnance stores lost in action since 1 April, June 1864 [p.
151] |
| |
Journal
of Company K, September - November 1864 [pp. 156-160] |
| |
Quartermaster
Department account, 11 October 1862 [p. 225] |
| |
Notes
on individual accounts, January 1864 [25 pp., unnumbered] |
| |
Account
of equipment with Capt. H. W. Sawyer, 11 June 1863 [1 p., unnumbered] |
| |
Account
of equipment lost in action, 9 June 1863 [1 p., unnumbered] |
| |
Individual
records of gear issued, 29 May 1863 [2 pp., unnumbered] |
| |
Account
of equipment with Capt. H. W. Sawyer, 24 October 1862 - 16 February
1863
[3 pp., unnumbered] |
| |
Individual
accounts of gear issued, October 1862 - January 1864 [68 pp.,
unnumbered] |
| |
List
of arms lost in action, 31 October 1862 & 9 June 1863 [1
p., unnumbered] |
|
| 39. |
Muster
rolls of Company K by Capt. Henry W. Sawyer, Camp near Centerville,
VA, and Camp Karge, 1 November & 31 December 1862 [2 items; oversized—see
map case]. |
| 40. |
Muster
roll of Company K by Capt. Henry W. Sawyer, Camp Bayard, VA, 28 February
1863 [oversized—see map case]. |
| 41. |
Monthly
returns of Capt. Henry W. Sawyer, Company K, various places in VA
and Westminster, MD, March 1863 - March 1864 [9 items; oversized—see
Box 6]. |
| 42. |
Muster
rolls of Company K by Capt. Henry W. Sawyer, no place and Camp near
Brooks Station, 10 & 30 April 1863 [4 items; oversized—see
map case]. |
| 43. |
Muster
rolls of Company K by Capt. Henry W. Sawyer, near Warrenton and Sutphens
Springs, VA, 31 August & 31 October 1863 [2 items; oversized—see
map case]. |
| 44. |
1st
Regiment recruit book/Company K journal and ordnance record, Jersey
City, NJ, and no place, September 1863 - June 1865 [bound volume].
Includes the following sections (blank or missing pages and "scratch
notes" not noted):
| |
Record
of recruits by Lt. Joseph Brooks, 1st Cavalry Recruiting Office,
Jersey City, NJ,
18 September 1863 - 4 March 1864 [pp. 2-17] |
| |
Journal
of Company K, 1 December 1864 - 21 June 1865 [pp. 18-41] |
| |
Record
of gear issued, 28 June 1865 [pp. 100-101] |
| |
Record
of arms purchased by members of Company K, no date [p. 102] |
| |
Record
of gear turned in, 16 July 1864 [p. 106] |
| |
Records
of gear issued, no date [pp. 108-111] |
| |
Record
of gear taken up by Lt. Ford on assuming command, ca. June 1865
[p. 113] |
| |
Records
of gear and ordnance issued, no date and April-May 1865 [pp.
118-130 with gaps] |
| |
Price
list of clothing, 1865 [p. 131] |
| |
Record
of ordnance issued, December 1864 - March 1865 [pp. 132-137] |
|
| 45. |
Muster
and descriptive roll, detachment of Company K, Warrenton, VA, January
1864 [oversized—see map case]. |
| 46. |
Record
of ordnance issued, Company K, no place, ca. January 1864 - June 1865
[bound volume—see Box 5]. |
| 47. |
Letter
of L. F. Fitch to Capt. Joseph Brooks requesting information on the
death of Jacob H. Dickerson, Montrose, PA, 21 February [1864]. |
| 48. |
Muster
roll of Company K by Capt. Henry W. Sawyer, near Warrenton Junction,
VA, 30 April 1864 [oversized—see map case]. |
| 49. |
Pay
notices, Pay Department, United States Army, Annapolis, MD, Trenton,
NJ, and no place, 16 June 1864 - 15 July 1865 [18 items]. |
| 50. |
Report
of furlough of Pvt. John Hermes, Company K, from Columbian Hospital,
Washington, DC, 25 June 1864. |
| 51. |
Patient
report for Reuben B. Arthur of Company K, Lincoln U.S. Army General
Hospital, 18 July 1864. |
| 52. |
Muster-out
rolls, Company K, no place, August 1864 [2 items; oversized—see
map case]. |
| 53. |
Record
of clothing received by members of Company K, Camp [Sherman?], August
1864. |
| 54. |
Notice
of death of Pvt. John Hermes of Company K of tetanus on 18 August,
and inventory of effects, Ward U.S. Army Hospital, Newark, NJ, 31
August 1864. |
| 55. |
Patient
report for Pvt. Patrick Murphy of Company K, Newton University U.S.
Army General Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 31 August 1864. |
| 56. |
Discharge
notice for Pvt. John E. F. Cleghorn of Company K by reason of wounds
(at Newark, NJ), Headquarters, Department of the East, New York City,
NY, 15 October 1864. |
| 57. |
Patient
report and partial descriptive list/account of pay and clothing for
Pvt. Thomas Belfield of Company K, Satterlee U.S. Army General Hospital,
West Philadelphia, PA, 19 October 1864 [2 items]. |
| 58. |
Muster
roll of Company K by Capt. Joseph Brooks, In the field and near Petersburg,
VA, 31 October 1864 & 28 February 1865 [2 items; oversized—see
map case]. |
| 59. |
Patient
report for Pvts. Andrew Johnson and Joseph E. Stoll of Company K,
Judiciary Square U.S. Army General Hospital, Washington, DC, 31 October
1864 & 30 April 1865 [2 items]. |
| 60. |
Patient
reports for Pvt. Caleb Sargeant of Company K, Ward U.S. Army General
Hospital, Newark, NJ, 31 October & 30 November 1864 [2 items]. |
| 61. |
Monthly
returns of 1st Sgt. George W. McPeek and Capt. Joseph Brooks, Company
K, in the field and near Petersburg, VA, 31 October - 31 December
1864 [3 items; oversized—see Box 6]. |
| 62. |
Patient/pay
report for Pvt. Peter Hadley of Company K, Ward U.S. Army General
Hospital, Newark, NJ, 9 December 1864. |
| 63. |
Notice
of death of Pvt. Peter Burns of Company K of chronic diarrhea and
gangrene on 15 September and inventory of effects, Carver U.S. Army
General Hospital, Washington, DC, 16 December 1864 [2 items]. |
| 64. |
Patient
reports for Bugler John Jenkinson, Pvt. Patrick Kennedy and Pvt. John
Leonard of Company K, Ward U.S. Army General Hospital, Newark, NJ,
31 December 1864 [3 items]. |
| 65. |
Letter
of Maj. W. J. Newton to Capt. Joseph Brooks requesting the transfer
of men from Company K and draft of responses, Trenton, NJ, and Petersburg,
VA, 2-30 January 1865 [3 items]. |
| 66. |
Printed
statement of the cost of clothing and camp and garrison equipage,
War Department, 7 January 1865. |
| 67. |
Record
of stoppages and payments for Company K made by Lt. Henry Werner through
28 February, Pay Department, 20 April 1865. |
| 68. |
Letter
of M. Crowl to Commanding Officer, Company K, re: being captured and
detailed to the Ordnance Office, War Department, Washington, DC, 28
April 1865. |
| 69. |
Patient
report for Bugler John Jenkinson, Pvt. Patrick Kennedy, Pvt. John
Leonard and Pvt. George M. Jenkins of Company K, Ward U.S. Army General
Hospital, Newark, NJ, 30 April 1865. |
| 70. |
Patient
report for John Dwyer of Company K, Division No. 2 U.S. Army General
Hospital, Annapolis, MD, 10 May 1865. |
| 71. |
Muster-out
rolls of Pvts. John P. Fitzgerald, George Shaw, James Jackson and
William Schenck, Company K, various places, 25 May - 24 July 1865
[4 items; oversized—see map case]. |
| 72. |
Patient
notice for Pvts. William Pridmore, John Jenkinson, William Vanderhuf
and Patrick Kennedy of Company K, Ward U.S. Army General Hospital,
Newark, NJ, 31 May 1865. |
| 73. |
List
of quartermaster's stores expended in public service, Company K, Clouds
Mills, VA, June 1865 [oversized—see Box 6]. |
| 74. |
Monthly
return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage for Company K, Clouds
Mills, VA, June 1865. |
| 75. |
Monthly
return of quartermaster's stores for Company K, Clouds Mills, VA,
June 1865. |
| 76. |
Patient
reports for Pvts. John Doolen and Charles H. Eaton of Company K, Finley
U.S. Army General Hospital, Washington, DC, 1 & 15 June 1865 [2
items]. |
| 77. |
Invoices
of ordnance and ordnance stores turned over to Company K and statement
of deficiency of stores on taking command, Camp in the field and Clouds
Mills, VA, 7 & 30 June 1865 [3 items]. |
| 78. |
Muster-in
roll of Capt. Thomas H. Ford, Company K, Clouds Mills, VA, 16 June
1865 [oversized—see Box 6]. |
| 79. |
Notice
of transportation for Pvt. James Jackson of Company K from Trenton
to Paterson, U.S. Assistant Quartermaster's Office, Trenton, NJ, 26
June 1865. |
| 80. |
List
of stores found by Company K on 29 June, Fairfax Station, VA, 30 June
1865. |
| 81. |
Muster
roll of Company K by Capt. Thomas H. Ford, Vienna, VA, 30 June 1865
[oversized—see map case]. |
| 82. |
Receipt
for ordnance and ordnance stores, In the field, 30 June 1865. |
| 83. |
Note,
Fairfax Station, VA, July 1865. |
| 84. |
Letter
of F. Fowler to Capt. T. H. Ford re: S. H. Dickerson (missing soldier),
U.S. Sanitary Commission, Washington, DC, 3 July 1865. |
| 85. |
Letter
of Carl Pfeiffer requesting information in the death of Carl Ebner
of Company K, Newark, NJ, 6 July 1865. |
| 86. |
List
of members of Company K (and payments made?), no place, 10 July 1865. |
| 87. |
Envelope
addressed to Capt. Brooks and notes on equipment of Company K men,
no place, no date [2 items]. |
|
Box
2 |
| Miscellaneous
accounts, 1864-1870: |
| 88. |
Account
of Lt. Ford with A. J. Wisner, no place, 10 December 1864 - 29 June
1865. |
| 89. |
Account
of Thomas Foy [Ford?] with S. & J. Mathews, no place, 28 May -
2 July 1870. |
|
| Blank
forms: |
| 90. |
Abstract
of articles transferred [2 copies, folded]. |
| 91. |
Final
statement of volunteer [11 copies]. |
| 92. |
Furlough
certificates [3 copies]. |
| 93. |
List
of quartermaster's stores [10 copies, 4 folded]. |
| 94. |
List
of stores expended [1 copy, folded]. |
| 95. |
Monthly
return of quartermaster's stores [1 copy]. |
| 96. |
Soldiers'
passes, Camp Bayard, Trenton, NJ, 1865 [11 copies]. |
| 97. |
Statement
exhibiting the allowance of clothing [19 copies, folded]. |
| 98. |
Unused
envelope. |
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