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Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Isonomia, no. II

No. I and II cover the record of the blockade ship Isonomia from the beginning of its service off Wilmington SC in August 1864 to 25 December 1864 when Simpson released command of the vessel. Calf covers.

[24 November] "…a seaman by the name of...

GLC05911.06.02

John Brown letter and broadside [decimalized .01-.02]

Letter written by John Brown shortly before his death, and broadside for a funeral service to him.

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to Mary Stearns

Written three days before his execution. He asks to be "spared from having any mock; or hypocritical prayers made over me, when I am publicly murdered: & that my only religious attendants be poor little, dirty, ragged, bare headed, & barefooted...

GLC05925.01

Martyrdom of John Brown

Program created by Thoreau for the funeral service for John Brown to be held in the Concord Town Hall on December 2nd. Event will include "Reading of pertinent passages. Selections from Brown's last words. Service for the death of a martyr." Also...

GLC05925.02

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 105 (June 18, 1862)]

Subjects include the Evacuation of Corinth, The New Orleans True Delta, The names of six men to be shot by Butler, Butler's Order Respecting the Ladies of New Orleans, and general Army Movements. Runaway slave notice is posted on upper secton of...

GLC05959.09.032

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 108 (June 21, 1862)]

Subjects include the Battle of Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, Rebel Raids into Kentucky, Parson Brownlow's Intended Speech on the Gallows, Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas, and Chicago. Advertisements for land, food, and goods are spread throughout...

GLC05959.09.034

People's press. [Vol. 12, no. 41 (February 13, 1863)]

The Magruder Fleet, France & America.
A report of the execution of 38 Native Americans in Minnesota includes details and description. A report of Yankee congressional decisions examines treatment of prisoners of war. A brief notice highlights a...

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Spirit of the age. [Vol. 14. no. 17 (December 15, 1862)]

Large Yankee Fleet on Rappahannock, The Missouri Massacre.

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Fayetteville observer. [Vol. 47, no. 2439 (February 29, 1864)]

Victory in Florida, Heavy Demonstration Against General Finnegan, Dispatch from General Finnegan to General Jordan, Dispatch From General Polk, War Between Denmark and Germany Begins, General Bragg Assigned to Duty in Richmond, General Polk States...

GLC05959.34.27

Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 22 (March 25, 1863)]

"Army Correspondence" includes several letters from soldiers. An editorial examines the topic of "Death," while another short article titled "Last Words" discusses a soldier's last words and actions. "Secular News" includes a report that 200 Negro...

GLC05959.39.17

Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 42 (August 19, 1863)]

An editorial titled "Thoughts" discusses the recent request by Jefferson Davis for a day of fasting and prayer. A long obituary for "Col. Oliver Evans Edwards" gives a lengthy biography as a lawyer, legislative member, and heroism in war. An article...

GLC05959.39.34

Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 826 (August 6, 1863)]

Meade Crosses the Rappahannock into Culpepper County, A truce steamer arrives at Fort Morgan from New Orleans with Prisoners, Lincoln issues order, for every Yankee soldier killed, a rebel soldier is to be executed, Severe cavalry fight near Brandy...

GLC05959.43.27

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 4 (January 16, 1864)]

Murfreesboro battleground, Speech of A.H. Stephens, Arming the slaves, The hanging of Dodd.

GLC05959.50.04

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 6 (January 30, 1864)]

Proposition to hang Governor Johnson, Message of Governor Andrews of Massachusetts, General Grant on the conduct of war, Abolitionism in Arkansas, Abraham Lincoln & an undivided country, Assault on Knoxville, a rebel account.

GLC05959.50.06

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 2, no.5 (March 15, 1865)]

Sheridan moving upon Lynchburg, President Linocln's inaugural message, Execution of a Yankee Spy.

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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 2, no. 13 (May 10, 1865)]

The end of Booth, The abolition of slavery in Tennessee, Order of the President, Proclamation by the President.

GLC05959.50.59

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 106, whole no. 1403 (November 27, 1861)]

More information from Slidell and Mason, Davis's presidential message to the Confederate Congress, a list and explanation of Texas's finances, news from Mexico, report of the hanging of a Negro boy after murdering a baby and beating the plantation...

GLC05959.51.004

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 114, whole no. 1411 (December 16, 1861)]

Military execution of a soldier. Report of the finance committee. Speech from General Paterson on Northern history and the war. Various letters. Lincoln's Message, Invasion via Mexico, Means of defense for Savannah.

GLC05959.51.010

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 138 (February 2, 1863)]

Battle of the Teche. Execution of Mexican bandit. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Naval fight off of Sabine. Editorial on recent reverses in the war.

GLC05959.51.056

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 48, whole no. 3701 (July 6, 1863)]

Details of execution at Franklin. Poem to Stonewall Jackson. List of casualties in the 17th Texas Volunteer Infantry. Ad for slave sales. Editorial on the affairs at Vicksburg. General Taylor's victories.

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to Benjamin F. Butler

Thanks Butler, who in 1815 defended Jackson's actions at New Orleans. Says that no matter how the Senate rules he knows the measures he took were necessary and that "I acted in the defence of New Orleans with the purest principles of a patriot."...

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to Thomas S. Jesup

In a private letter, General Taylor writes to his superior, General Jesup, about plans for suppressing the Seminole Indians in the second Seminole War. Commends Jesup's plan to "forward the Indians & Negroes in question to Tampa" and then on to Fort...

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Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court, when about to receive the sentence of death, for his heroic attempt at Harper's Ferry...

Small broadside with lithograph signature of Brown produced by the Liberator, reprinting his address to the Virginia Court before sentencing. Brown denies wanting to murder or cause an uprising. He argues that his raid on Harper's Ferry was just...

GLC05508.051

An account of the bloody deeds of General Jackson

Broadside with four woodcuts. The first shows an officer, likely Jackson, ordering an execution squad to "Fire!!" on six militiamen. In the second two Jacksonian officers, one ordering "F-F-Fire!" against a kneeling man in front of his coffin...

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Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 82 (October 8, 1861)]

Movements of General Zollicoffer, Fremont to be Court-Martialed, Affairs in Kentucky - The Capture, Sentence of Death, and Escape of James H. Burnam, The Capture of General Butler's Flagship "Fanny."

GLC05959.56.081