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Collection Reference Number GLC02750.052
From Archive Folder Collection of Ethan A. Jenks, Company I, Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers 
Title Certificate granting Jenks permission to ride as a passenger on any steamboat to Cairo, Illinois not exclusively in government service
Date 7 July 1863
Author Swayne, Wagner (fl. 1863)  
Document Type Miscellany
Content Description Also signed by Deputy Swenney. Wagner Swayne signs as Provost Marshal.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Steamboat  Transportation  
People Jenks, Ethan A. (fl. 1828-1901)  Swayne, Wagner (fl. 1863)  
Place written Memphis, Tennessee
Theme The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Jenks served as Captain of Company "I," seventh regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers between 1862 and 1865. During the Civil War, Jenks' Regiment spent time in Rhode Island, Kentucky, and Virginia, participating in battles at Fredericksburg and Fort Sedgwick. Following the Civil War, Jenks returned to Rhode Island, becoming President of the Seventh Rhode Island Veterans Association and later serving as a deputy tax collector. Jenks was married to Sanondess Jenks (1835-1923) during and after the War. This collection contains various letters, military documents, deeds, and other items related to Jenks' life during and after the War.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Theater of War Main Western Theater  
Civil War: Unit Rhode Island Volunteers, 7th Regiment, Company "I"