Brigadier General Frederick Steele Papers

Collection

Identifier: MC 876

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Scope and Content Note

Deposition and Statement

Deposition, dated December 26, 1862, signed and notorized by Chaplain J.G. Forman, 3rd Missouri Infantry, accusing Brigadier General Frederick Steele of returning freedom seeking people to their former enslavers near Helena, Arkansas, in September 1862. Additional statement of charges and specifications, circa January 1863, accusing Steele of protecting the property of high ranking Confederates and drunkeness. Steele does not appear to have answered these charges in any recorded courtmartial proceedings.

Dates

1862-1863

Creator

Steele, Frederick, 1819-1868 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 Folder, 2 Items)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged in one folder.

Acquisition Information

The Brigadier General Frederick Steele Papers were purchased by the Special Collections Division from Charles Apfelbaum of Valley Stream, New York on July 12, 1988.

Processing Information

Processed by Kim A. Scott; completed in July 1988 Finding aid revised by Catherine Wallack in November 2023 as part of a project to update outdated or harmful description related to slavery or to enslaved persons.