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Cabinet portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

Image signed on mounted and dated (in a different hand November 21, 1883, New York. Image from Philadelphia.

GLC01635

Is the War a Failure?

Pro-Lincoln,Union ticket election broadside defending the Civil War, which the Democratic Convention at Chicago called a failure. Reprints letters of Generals Ulysses S. Grant, Truman Seymour, William T. Sherman and John Adams Dix on the conduct of...

GLC01702

to Jefferson Davis

General Smith writes to Davis, Confederate President. Relates that General Walker (possibly William Henry Talbot Walker) was informed by General Thomas Neville Waul that Davis attributes him (Walker) with the failure to assist in the relief of...

GLC01707

Collection of six documents related to Ulysses S. Grant and loss of $1000 in public funds [Decimalized .01-.06]

Pertains to theft of $1000 in public funds entrusted to Ulysses S. Grant when he was lieutenant in 1848. Grant had placed the money in his captain's trunk for safe-keeping when the trunk was taken and the money stolen. Four of the six documents are...

GLC02305

[Appomattox ink well]

Small, ceramic, bell-shaped, brown bottle, glazed, with cork. Label affixed to the bottom, inscribed by Hempstead Washburne: "This is the ink bottle used in signing the Treaty [underscored] at Appomattox by Gen. Lee & Gen. Grant. It was presented...

GLC02084.02

to William T. Sherman

General Meade writes from Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. A previous assessment indicates this letter, directed to "Genl Cmd'g," is written to General William T. Sherman. Marked "Personal" on docket. Meade declines to send the 3rd Cavalry...

GLC01918

to George G. Meade

Grant, commander-in-chief of the United States Army, writes to Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac. Writes that General Winfield Scott Hancock will return (possibly to City Point) and will be too fatigued for active operations against...

GLC01953

General orders No. 1

Announces that Ulysses S. Grant is to take command of the Armies of the United States.

GLC02016.174

[Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with aides Adam Badeu & Orville E. Babcock]

One signed photograph of Ulysses S. Grant dated May 1865. Depicts Grant seated in stuffed sedan, center (3 stars) with smoking cigar, flanked by Badeau and Babcock (aide de camp). "1866" written under Grant's signature. Portrait by Leon Van Loo.

GLC10011

Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant

One photograph of Ulysses S. Grant dated circa 1864. Oval photograph with imprint of Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown at bottom. It shows Grant seated in a worn chair, wearing the uniform of a Lieutenant General. Oversize photograph, seated 3/4 length, 3...

GLC10012

General Orders No. 9

One document by Robert E. Lee titled General Orders No. 9 dated April 10, 1865. Large, oversize copy of Lee's farewell to his troops composed the day after his surrender to Grant.

GLC10013

The fifteenth amendment celebrated May 19th 1870

One print entitled The fifteenth amendment celebrated May 19th 1870, dated 1870. Copyright entered by Thomas Kelly. From an original by James Beard. Lithograph in color with much iconography relating to passage of the Reconstruction amendments and...

GLC10030

to Ulysses S. Grant

One letter from Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant dated September 12, 1864. Makes a suggestion for Philip Sheridan's Shenandoah campaign. Notes that "Sheridan and Early are facing each other at a dead lock." Asks if they could mobilize "ten...

GLC10043

Battlefield of Chattanooga

One map entitled Battlefield of Chattanooga dated November 1863. Printed lithograph in color (brown, red and blue), from the U.S. Coast Guard Survey. Lithograph by Charles G. Krebs. Operations of the national forces under the command of Maj. Gen. U.S...

GLC10044

Engraving of Ulysses S. Grant

One engraving of Ulysses S. Grant dated circa 1880. Bust portrait of Grant.

GLC08878.1988

Official Portraits of Our Presidents

One book entitled, "Official Portraits of Our Presidents," published in 1912 by the Syndicate Publishing Company of New York City. The item portraits of every president up to 1912 except for William Taft.

GLC08878.2100

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

One photograph of Ulysses S. Grant dated circa 1870. Half portrait of Grant in military uniform.

GLC08878.2038

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

One photograph of Ulysses S. Grant dated circa 1870. Bust portrait of Grant in military uniform.

GLC08878.2039

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

One photograph of Ulysses S. Grant dated circa 1870. Bust portrait of Grant in military uniform.

GLC08878.2040

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

One photograph of Ulysses S. Grant dated circa 1880. Bust portrait of Grant in a suit.

GLC08878.2041

A Map of the United States 1845-1866

One map illustrated by Karl Smith and published by Linweave Quality Papers, and Chicago Paper Company dated 1959. The map features the United States as it was from 1845-1866. It includes the borders after the Civil War outlined in green. Shaded in...

GLC09861.03

to Nancy Mitchell

One letter addressed to Nancy Mitchell from Wallace Mitchell dated July 13, 1864. Pertains to staying at the hospital. Describes the tent, food and clothing at the hospital. Also mentions the activities of his division and says that Grant may have to...

GLC08334.12

to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick

One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from William T. Sherman dated St. Louis, Mo., January 4, 1876. Discusses writing biographical sketches of Union generals from the Civil War, including McPherson and Grant, and their actions.

GLC08133.01

U.S. Grant

One print of Ulysses S. Grant dated 1885. Engraved by Alexander Hay Ritchie.

GLC08878.1127

U.S. Grant, Liet. Gen. U.S. Army

One print of Ulysses S. Grant. Engraved by H.W. Smith.

GLC08878.1128