Guide to the Daniel Geary Papers

Descriptive Summary
Creator: Geary, Daniel, c. 1812-1892
Title: Daniel Geary Papers
Dates: 1839-1891 [Bulk, 1861-1865]
Quantity: 1.5 cubic feet
Abstract: Invoices, receipts, vouchers, etc., of the Ordnance Office of the city of Mobile during the Civil War.
Accession: 94-09-278

Biographical Note
Daniel Geary, a Mobile bookkeeper, fought in two Creek Indian wars and was a veteran of the Mexican-American War. Despite being nearly fifty years or age in 1861, the state of Alabama commissioned Geary a lieutenant in Gage's Light Battery. He fought at the Battle of Shiloh and became an artillery instructor, serving on the line of redoubts and bay batteries that protected the city of Mobile from Union forces. At the end of the war Geary was Brigade Ordnance Officer for the Confederate Army.

Scope and Content:
This collection consists of the day-to-day records of the Ordnance Office of the city of Mobile during the Civil War. It includes day-books, letter-books, orders, invoices, personnel rosters, and some personal correspondence. Also included are Geary's personal receipt books from 1839 to 1891. Of particular interest within the collection is an 1852 Odd Fellow Certificate, a signed Parole of Honor in which Geary swore to cease his service with the Confederate Army, and a diary by Charles Brother, a Union officer, describing the Battle of Mobile Bay.

Arrangement:
Available on five reels of 35mm positive microfilm. Arranged chronologically.

Access Restrictions:
This material is open for research.

Preferred Citation:
Daniel Geary Papers, The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

Detailed Description of the Collection:

1. Introduction (History)
2. Purchase Documents Related to the Geary Collection
3. Defense of Mobile, 1861-1865
4. 1852 Odd Fellow Certificate
5. State of Alabama Commission, 1861
6. Official Correspondence and Orders, 1862
7. Official Correspondence and Orders, 1863
8. Receipts for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 1863
9. Invoices for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 1863
10. Property Return Abstracts, 1863
11. Vouchers Abstracts, 1863
12. Official Correspondence and Orders, January-December 1864
13. Quartermaster Stores Transactions, April 1864
14. Property Returns, 1864
15. Property Returns Abstracts and Vouchers Abstracts, First and Second Quarters 1864
16. List of Ordnance Stores Condemned, May 1864, and Results of Inspection, June 9, 1864
17. Property Returns Abstracts and Vouchers Abstracts, Third Quarter 1864
18. Invoices for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores Abstract I, Third Quarter 1864
19. Property Returns Abstract II and Vouchers Abstract II, Third Quarter 1864
20. Property Returns Abstracts and Vouchers Abstracts, Fourth Quarter 1864
21. Official Correspondence and Orders, January-May 1865
22. Vouchers Abstracts, First Quarter 1865
23. Miscellaneous Receipts, Inventories, and Forms, 1865
24. Roll of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Employed on Extra Duty as Mechanics and
Laborers at Mobile, 1864
25. Roll of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Employed on Extra Duty as Mechanics and
Laborers at Mobile, 1865
26. Miscellaneous Personnel Rosters
27. Undated Documents
28. Letters Pertaining to Geary=s Promotion Status
29. Parole of Honor, May 14, 1865
30. Correspondence, 1870s
31. Personal Receipt Book, 1839-1853
32. Personal Receipt Book, 1839-1851
33. Personal Receipt Book, January 11, 1852-September 18, 1860
34. Personal Receipt Book, 1859-1867
35. Personal Receipt Book, 1868-1891
36. Ordnance Log Book, 1863
37. Ordnance Log Book, 1863-1864
38. Personal Diary, March 14, 1864-August 5, 1864
39. Ordnance Log Book and Personal Diary, April 11, 1865-September 20, 1865-Isolated Entries 1866, 1869, 1870
40. Typed Extracts from Daily Diary, April 11, 1865-May 13, 1865