Charles H. Tracy Documents

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Charles H. Tracy Documents

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Documents relating to Charles H. Tracy, a Civil War veteran from Chicopee and recipient of the Medal of Honor.

Collection Items

Two trimmed photographs of Charles Tracy and William Chapman Tracy, Charles Tracy's brother

Eight handwritten pages of Charles H. Tracy's genealogy

Program for dedication of Medal of Honor grave marker for Charles H. Tracy

Invitation to unveiling of Congressional Medal of Honor grave marker for Charles H. Tracy

Photograph fo Congressional Medal of Honor with accompanying letter explaning why replica medal cannot be provided

City of Chicopee grave registration for Charles H. Tracy with biographical dataopy of City of Chicopee grave registration for Charles H. Tracy with…

Charles H. Tracy's obituaries from Boston Globe/Boston Evening Transcript, Somerville Journal, and Springfield Union

page 777 of infantry list showing Tracy and listing two Medals of Honor

Tintype photography of Charles H. Tracy

Order to U.S. Pension Agent to remove Charles H. Tracy from pension roll

Typed letter to Representative S.W. McCall saying that Tracy's daughter does not qualify for payment

Handwritten letter from Tracy's daughter to Representative Samuel W. McCall requesting help getting owed pension payment after Tracy's death

Typed letter to Commissioner of Pensions James L. Davenport requesting payment to Tracy's daughter after his death

Act granting pension increase to Charles H. Tracy

Statement about Charles H. Tracy's health condition written and signed by physician Nelson M Wood, M.D.

Request for information from Commissioner of Pensions

Application to increase disability pension from $8 per month

Affidavit by commanding officer about Sergeant Tracy's battle wound

Document filed in Philadelphia describing wound that resulted in disability

Surgeon's statement that Tracy was disabled due to "amputation of thigh" signed by the examining surgeon H. Lenox Hodge M.D.

Disability discharge document for Charles H. Tracy

Muster rolls for Charles H. Tracy from 1862 through 1864

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