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Items relating to Gettysburg troops sent to quell New York draft riots [Decimalized .01-.03]
July to August 1863
Various
Three official copies or extracts from Army Headquarters relating to the New York City draft riots.
GLC08523
[Extract of Special Orders, No. 202]
30 July 1863
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Partially printed document countersigned by W.F.A. Torbert with the clerical signature of S. Williams. Orders the senior officer accompanying troops to New York to telegraph the number of soldiers to the Chief Quartermaster General so he may provide...
GLC08523.02
to William Henry French
25 November 1863
Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
Circular letter from Grant regarding victory at Chattanooga. Signed by J. H. Chase, Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant General, 26 November 1863. Serves as a circular announcing a Union victory at Chattanooga, Tennessee. The first message, to General...
GLC08601
New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4281 (June 14, 1865)]
14 June 1865
Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
Includes two proclamations issued by President Andrew Johnson. The first proclamation addresses trading restrictions officially removed within Southern states, and the second discusses some of Johnson's reconstruction policies. Includes...
GLC08726.33
Public ledger. [Vol. 59, no. 44 (May 15, 1865)]
15 May 1865
Childs, George William, 1829-1894
One newspaper issue of Public ledger, dated May 15, 1865. Reports the capture of Jefferson Davis on 10 May 1865 in Georgia. Also contains an article on the Abraham Lincoln assassination trial, local news, financial news, and stories from New York...
GLC08831
The New York herald. [ No. 10445 (April 4, 1865)]
4 April 1865
One newspaper issue of The New York herald, dated April 4, 1865. Prints news of the capture of Richmond and various celebrations in the North, particularly in New York City. Other printed material includes auction sales, public notices, employment...
GLC08840
to William Pitt Fessenden
18 April 1864
Ingalls, Rufus, 1818-1893
General Ingalls writes to Fessenden, a United States Senator from Maine. Writes, "In my letter of today I probably should not have referred to the President at all, and beg you will excuse me- It is certain that Generals Hooker, Burnside and Meade...
GLC02464.09
to John Rawlins
24 November 1864
Meade, commanding the Army of the Potomac, writes to General Rawlins. Recently received intelligence from an officer of Confederate Nathaniel Harrison Harris's Brigade, William Mahone's Division. Reports that the officer was in Petersburg the...
GLC02455.09
Engraving of Major General George G. Meade.
1861-1877
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893
Glued to lower right is a typed biography of Meade. "Photo by Brady."
GLC02455.28
to: sister Carrie.
1863/12/10
Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877
Details of the town of Stevensburgh and General Meade. Mentions the rumor of a possible furlough, and complains at the lack of correspondence from home. Written in a camp near Stevensburgh, Virginia
GLC07164.49
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