Alfred Lacey Hough Papers
Dates
- Creation: 1855 - 1890
Extent
3 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Alfred Lacey Hough Papers consists of correspondence, military orders and certificates, and family papers of Alfred Lacey Hough (1824-1908), Sergeant in the 17th Pennsylvania Volunteers (1861), Officer in the 19th U.S. Infantry (1862-1865), and career U.S. Army Officer (1865-1890). The collection contains military orders, reports and recommendations, 1861-1879; military commissions, 1855-1904; correspondence between A.L. Hough and his wife, Mary Jane Hough, 1861-1883; letters from various former Union Army officers, 1865-1892; a military autobiography, 1875-1890; and the “Memoirs” of his son, Charles Merrill Hough, U.S. Judge (1868–1924).
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following series: FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE MILITARY CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS Military Correspondence Military Orders, Reports, Recommendations, Etc RELATED FAMILY MATERIALS OVERSIZE FOLDER Military Commissions
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Reprocessed by David M. Hays 1998
- Date
- May 14, 1998
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Rare and Distinctive Collections Repository
