William H. Taft-Robert S. Oliver Collection,1905
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- William H. Taft-Robert S. Oliver Collection,1905
- Creator
- Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930
- Extent
- 1 folder, 5 items
- Subjects
- United States -- War Department -- Records and correspondence
- Kentucky -- Governor (1900-1907 : Beckham) -- Records and correspondence
- United States -- History áx Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Flags
- Oliver, Robert Shaw
- Finding Aid Author
- Processed by: Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig
- Repository
- Kentucky Historical Society
Collection Overview
- Scope and Content
- This collection consists of letters, dated 1905, from U.S. Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, and Acting Secretary of War, Robert Shaw Oliver, to Gov. J.C.W. Beckham of Kentucky. The letters concern the return of captured Civil War battle flags to Kentucky. Included with Oliver's letter was a booklet listing all captured battle flags in the U.S.
- Arrangement: Chronological