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Preferred Citation:

Unpublished Study of Montgomery C. Meigs by Carmen Grissette Grayson, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Will Molineux, through the Williamsburg Historical Records Association.

Scope and Contents

Unpublished paper by Carmen Brissette Grayson titled, "Montgomery C. Meigs: Informal Power Behind the Scenes, 1861-1862" with accompanying newspaper article from the Washington Post dated August 16, 1997.  The article features Grayson's research and the story of the Civil War in the Williamsburg area, as it related to Meigs and his family.

Grayson's work regarding Meigs was later published in an edited form in: The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: Yorktown to the Seven Days , edited by William J. Miller.  The title of her contribution to that publication: "Military Advisor to Stanton and Lincoln: Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs and the Peninsula Campaign, January- August 1862."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)