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To the men under his command

Written aboard the flag steamer USS Philadelphia. General order, signed clerically, sent by Flag Officer Goldsborough as commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron thanking his men for a victory "worthy of yourselves and the sacred cause the...

GLC02252

[Diary of Erastus McKinney]

Autograph manuscript signed. Includes reports on Union casualities during the capture of Fort Donelson (fought from 11 February to 16 February 1862 at Stewart County, Tennessee).

GLC02179.02

[Collection of George F. Morse, 91st regiment, New York, volunteers] [decimalized]

Collection of George F. Morse, private, 91st New York Volunteers. There are 52 items in the collection, including 17 letters from Morse, from his enlistment in October 1864, until his discharge in July 1865. Letters were written from Kingston, New...

GLC02180

[Collection of John H. Powers, 1st regiment, Vermont, cavalry] [decimalized]

Collection of 75 letters written to a private in the first Vermont Cavalry, 1860-77, from friends and schoolmates at Newbury Seminary, and fraternity brothers from Wesleyan College. Some of the letters are from soldiers in the field, while others...

GLC02181

[Collection of E. Wyman Stone, A company, 21st regiment, Massachusetts, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .37]

Stone was a corporal in the 21st Mass. Vols., Co. A. The letters are written from Massachusetts, Annapolis, and New Berne, North Carolina. The collection includes 34 letters (some with envelopes), three receipts, a newspaper clipping and a furlough...

GLC02182

[Collection of Edward L. Sturtevant]

A collection of 37 items from a Union captain. Includes 26 wardate letters, 10 envelopes, and 1 carte-de-visite. Written from the training base at Camp Maine, Brooklyn, New York. Describing in detail his duties as an officer, he often finds the army...

GLC02183

Fall in Men! Fall in Promptly! To the Rescue of the State!

Pennsylvania recruitment broadside, published by recruiting officer Lieutenant Thomas Sparks probably asking for men to defend the state during Robert E. Lee's invasion in June-July 1863. Focal point is large depiction of a debonair soldier charging...

GLC02192

Largest Bounties! Recruits Wanted for the Penn'a Volunteers

Pennsylvania recruitment broadside published by recruitment officer Captain P.S. Tinen of the 69th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Printed in blue and red ink by King & Baird at 607 Samson Street in Philadelphia. Dominated by the image of an...

GLC02193

[Address to soldiers before anticipated Union assault on Corinth]

Rallying the soldiers before the anticipated battle and assuring a Confederate victory. "We are about to meet once more, in the shock of battle, the invaders of our soil, the despoilers of our homes, the disturbers of our family ties. Face to face...

GLC02195

to Edwin M. Stanton

Signed as Major General commanding in the Department of North Carolina. Writes to the Secretary of War to report on the positions and activities of various troops and generals. "From information obtained through our Spies, I am Satisfied that the...

GLC02196

[Collection of Civil War letters from various soldiers & civilians] [decimalized]

Collection of 51 letters, including 24 wardate soldiers' letters, to recipients in Lancaster and York County, Pennsylvania. Written by various individuals, mostly to Isaac Cover (Kover, Coover) and family in Pennsylvania. Most have envelopes....

GLC02197

[Collection of Leander A. Williston, B company, 3rd regiment, Massachusetts, heavy artillery] [Decimalized .01- .60]

Williston was Lieutenant in the 6th Co. Massachusetts Volunteers. Collection includes his appointment as Sergeant in Company 6 of the Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, 27 June 1863, cloth map, muster rolls and ordnance reports and correspondence from...

GLC02198

[Appointment of Williston, Quarter Master Sergeant of the 6th Co. Mass. Vols.]

Signed by Capt. A. P. Allen, printed document on "art. vellum."

GLC02198.60

Life studies of the Great Army

Print portfolio of 40 copperplate etchings made by Forbes while accompanying Union armies. All the etchings have been separated and put in individual folders. Created by Forbes, a member of the French Etching Club, while he travelled with the Union...

GLC02199

[Oil painting of General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback overlooking a battlefield]

Depicts Grant writing in a notebook while overlooking a battlefield. Several Confederate soldiers lay dead and dying in the foreground. Other Union leaders confer on horseback. Completed in black, white, gray, and brown. Signed by the artist in...

GLC02201

to John A. Wharton

Discusses military matters. Wishes to know the strength of the army Wharton is fighting, says he cannot send General Wood's forces far away, and says his men will soon be prepared to fight. Address page contains a penciled endorsement signed by...

GLC02213

to General John Hunt Morgan

General Johnson, who served in a cavalry unit under Morgan, writes, "We are all exceedingly anxious to be on the war path again, and next to yourself no one is more anxious to Show both the Yankees and our friends that there is Life in the old Band...

GLC02214

to Walker

Remarks that he has been unable to fight any battles in his home state (Virginia), but has instead served in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Wishes that the French Emperor, Napoleon III, would speed mediation. Notes that his promotion has not...

GLC02215

Collection of documents related to the surrender of the Army of Tennessee [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC02220

[General orders no. 15 announcing equal pay of troops]

Signed by Wickes as Captain and acting Aide-de-Camp (possibly to Brigadier General Edward Ward Hinks). Informs African American soldiers "By an act that has passed the Senate of the United States, and been favorably reported to the House of...

GLC02223

[General orders no. 59 regarding the purchase of African Americans to serve in place of drafted persons]

Signed by Pratt, Aide-de-Camp (possibly to Brigadier General Innes Newton Palmer). Relates the story of John H. Irish, a recruiting agent, who attempted to bribe officers to allow him to cite previously enlisted men in order to satisfy recruiting...

GLC02224.01

[Proclamation to the inhabitants of Clarksville, Tennessee]

Proclamation under the name of Rear Admiral Foote after the capture of Forts Donelson and Henry and the city of Clarksville. Written to the inhabitants of the city, at the suggestion of former Congressman Cave Johnson, after the town dignitaries...

GLC02227

to [John Sherman?]

General McDowell introduces an officer. The Seller's Description states that this letter was "from a small collection of correspondence addressed to John Sherman, who had just become a U.S. Senator from Ohio at this date." Says "Permit me to...

GLC02230

Collection of George Wortham [Decimalized .01-.56]

The majority of this collection consists of correspondence and other documents directed to Captain George "Granville Greys" Wortham from other military personnel. These materials discuss recruitment of personnel and unrest within the Confederate army...

GLC02233

to Robert M. T. Hunter

Writes as a prisoner of war and requests Confederate Senator Hunter's help in getting out of prison. " ... McLean has called upon me to-day, with the generous proffer of an endeavour to procure my release. Will you contribute to that object? I am...

GLC02236

to William Ward Orme

Written as Governor of Kentucky on executive stationery. Writes to Union Brigadier General Orme to request the release of a Confederate soldier interned at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. Says that the Confederate soldier, Willie Long, had been...

GLC02241

Plan of Andersonville Prison

Plan of the prison camp drawn by Sneden, a member of the 40th New York Volunteers imprisoned there in 1863-1864. Completed in ink and colored pencil. Sneden's map differs from other contemporary sketches.

GLC02244

[Confederate soldier's parole pass for Private Joseph Ford]

Document reads in full: "Joseph Ford of F company 34th regiment, Ark Infty C.S.A., residing in Benton Co. Ark. having been paroled with the approval of the proper authority, is permitted to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the United States...

GLC02245

[Collection of Hiram A. Blodgett, I company, 76th regiment, New York, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .04]

Blodgett served as a Union Captain of the 76th NY Vols. Infantry. Collection contains 11 pieces of correspondence to Blodgett, who was serving as a recruiting officer. Includes four letters from recruiting officers and swatches of uniform cloth...

GLC02248

[Parole of John F. Titus]

Partially printed. Titus, of Company A, Nathan Bedford Forrest's Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry, currently resides in Memphis, Tennessee, and is paroled. Printed text states that Titus is "not to be disturbed by the United States authorities so...

GLC02250

[Broadside warning against recruitment fraud]

Issued by Andrew as Governor of Massachusetts. Warns citizens against enticement into other state militias. Says "they can expect no aid from the authorities of Massachusetts in any embarrassments in which they may find themselves." Mentions some...

GLC02251

Papers from Battle of Roanoke Island to end of war re: torpedoes
[decimalized .01-.39]

This collection is composed of 39 items, including correspondence, general orders, legal documents, and a handwritten manual of arms and drilling. These items are largely associated with R.T. Renshaw, a Union sailor from North Carolina, and document...

GLC02254

[Union surgeon's diary, 10th PA Reserve Vols.]

Autograph manuscript. Reports on the Battle of Gettysburg (fought 1-3 July 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania). He mentions the replacement of General Joseph Hooker by General George G. Meade. Writes on 28 June 1863, "...heard of a change in the...

GLC02255

[Report on Battle of Hatchee]

Printed report of the Battle of Hatchee written by Union Brigadier General James C. Veatch, commander of the Second Brigade of the Fourth Division under Major General Stephen Hurlbut.

GLC02257

Confederate diary 14th TX Cav. re: battle of Franklin, Hood's defeat

Wales served in the 14th Texas Cavalry and kept the diary until 4/6/1865. Used by an Union soldier F.M. Ballard after Wales' capture.

GLC02258

[Virginia Confederate soldier's diary recording events of the Seige of Petersburg]

Possibly the diary of James Henry Reid. Signed on cover by J. Henry Reid. In January and February, records social activities. Reports for duty in the army 1 March 1864. Marches to various destinations, and leaves Lynchburg again for Richmond in...

GLC02260

[Diary of a Union soldier, Company B, 98th New York Volunteers, who participated in the Petersburg Campaign]

Pongo Bridge is noted on the inner front cover, but this diary was created in various places. Contains a meticulously records of the events of 1864. 8 January, records that General Butler (possibly Benjamin Franklin Butler), is to have entire...

GLC02261

[Union Prisoner of War autograph album]

Contains over 900 prisoner of war officer signatures and their ranks. Ornate hand drawn title page, "Autographs of U. S. Officers, Prisoners of War confined at Richmond, Virginia, Macon, Georgia - Savannah Georgia - Charleston, South Carolina -...

GLC02262

[Union Navy diary of 2nd Assistant Engineer George W. Shallenburger on USS Queen City]

Black wrap-around leather diary. Has a cover page that says "Perpetual Diary / A. Liebenroth & Van Auw / 25 Beekman Street / New York." Signed three times by Shallenburger: on the inside front cover, on the first page, and on the 1864 calendar page...

GLC02263.01

[Union Navy diary of 2nd Assistant Engineer George W. Shallenburger on the USS Silver Cloud and USS Forest Rose with 2 cartes de visite]

Brown wrap-around leather diary. Signed three times by Shallenburger, with his name written in block letters below the second signature. First two signatures on first page and third signature on penultimate page. Written mostly along the White and...

GLC02263.02

[Diary of Union soldier, George Herbst] [parts in German]

Autograph manuscript signed. Entitled on the leather boards: "Tagn Luf des Krieges von 1861 bis 1864[.] George Herbst." Contemporary notes appear to date mostly from 1862. Covers all battles in Virginia, the farewell to General George McClellan...

GLC02265

[Alabama's first official action to secede due to election of Lincoln]

Refers to "the Election of Abraham Lincoln, a Black Republican."

GLC02267

1/6 plate ambrotypes: 1 Union image, standing

Union soldier with bayonet, yellow touches and buckles

GLC02189.01

1/6 plate tintype: Union image, standing

Union Infantry with flag in background, holding bayonet

GLC02190.01

[New Hampshire proclamation to meet the draft quota]

Proclamation promulgated by New Hampshire Governor Gilmore and New Hampshire Secretary of State Allen Tenny. Encourages the enlistment of New Hampshire citizens, who "will rise in their might and like an avalanche... sweep the last traces of armed...

GLC02125

to Charles Villere

Beauregard, in charge of the defense of the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina, replies to previous correspondence from his brother-in-law Villere. He writes "I am happy to hear of the confidence in me expressed every where, but I am always fearful...

GLC02129

Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet's Assault

Wide panoramic view at the moment of the repulse of Longstreet's (actually Pickett's) charge at the Battle of Gettysburg 1-3 July 1863. Large black and white steel engraving (papier colle) based on the larger painting by James Walker and painted...

GLC02131.02

Capture of a rebel Lunette near Yorktown, Va. April 26th 1862 by detachments from the 1st & 11th Mass. Vols. commanded by Brig. Gen. Cuvier Grover

Chromolithograph with hand retouching. Published by John B. Bachelder in Boston and lithographed by Endicott & Co., New York. Depicts a battle scene at sunset. Key identifies officers and regiments featured in the image.

GLC02131.03

Ravine occupied by the picket reserves, Brig. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Division. Heintzlemans Corps D'armee. At the Seige of Yorktown, April 1862.

Duotone in gray and black showing an episode in the siege of Yorktown. Night scene of men in camp. Key identifies officers and regiments featured in the image. Published by John B. Bachelder in Boston, lithographed by Endicott & Co., New York. Note...

GLC02131.04

How the War Commenced, and How Near it is Ended

Published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New York. Issued during the reelection campaign of Lincoln. Heavily criticizes the rhetoric of the Confederate States and the Chicago Convention. Contains a map (12.7 x 28.6) and...

GLC02133

Battle of Nashville

Six stanza poem dramatizing the action at the Battle of Nashville. Each stanza has a heading: "The Preparation," "The Night Scene," "The Prelude," "The Second Day," The Chief," and "The Charge." The stanza titled "The Chief," is the shortest and is...

GLC02135

Carte de visites of Civil War generals [decimalized]

GLC02136

[Carte de visite of Capt. James Wilson]

Signed, profile bust. Noted on verso, in another hand: "Peoria, Ill." Note: this is not General James Wilson, but a Captain of the same name.

GLC02136.26

Special field orders

Signed "W.T.S." Apparently a draft of orders, unnumbered, with cross outs and additions. Concerns the strategy for rationing supplies at the start of Atlanta campaign. Also details procedures for dealing with deficiencies of supplies due to...

GLC02137

to Andrew Johnson

Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Lee as Commander of the Mississippi Squadron to President Johnson. Lee says that John Mercer Brooke of Virginia, who is now in Richmond, is deserving of amnesty. Says Brooke was trained in the U.S. Navy, resigned to...

GLC02029.01

General orders no. 66

Secretary of War Stanton announces the death of President Lincoln to the armies. States that "headquarters of every department, post, station, fort, and arsenal will be draped in mourning for thirty days." Also, funeral honors will take place at...

GLC02031

to Frank Richardson

Written from an unknown soldier. Written on stationery of the Sergeant of Arms Office, House of Representatives, noted "Q.M. Gen.s Office." Envelope with 3 cent (1861) pink stamp, postmarked. Discusses the fall of Richmond and the celebration of...

GLC02034.02

A Proclamation: Declaring the insurrection at an end in certain states

Printed on blue paper. Reconstruction related.

GLC02037

[Parole releasing prisoner of war Augustus Powell to his father's custody]

Releases Powell, a prisoner of war at Alton, Illinois to his father, John M. Powell. Written on Executive Mansion stationery. Pencil autograph endorsement signed by E.M. Stanton, Secretary of War, states this was referred to General Hitchcock...

GLC02054

Attention! Company! [Recruiting broadside for New York 156th Infantry]

Announcment made by Lieutenant Holmes, the recruiting officer of the regiment. His first name could not be discovered. Printed by Hommel's Power Press Printing in Kingston, New York. Depicts large eagle holding scroll reading "The Union must be...

GLC02028

to John Mercer Brooke

Written by Acting Rear Admiral Lee as Commander of the Mississippi Squadron to Brooke, a former Confederate naval officer seeking amnesty. References that the preceding page of this letter was a copy of the letter he sent to the president on his...

GLC02029.02

Announcement of death of Lincoln

Announces the death of President Lincoln to the soldiers at the U.S. General Hospital. Signed on verso by Jacob Campbell, Company S, 2nd Regiment, PA with a short note bidding farewell to the "sacred evil of old Virginia."

GLC02030

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Marked unofficial. Brigadier General Hayes writes, as Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, to Scammon, his superior, as commander of the 1st Brigade. Expresses his disappointment over the detention of a Mr. Landcraft and a...

GLC02032

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Writes to Scammon, his superior and colonel commanding the 1st brigade, concerning safeguarding Union loyalists in West Virginia. Mentions a Mr. Caldwell, who wants to get his family out of Mouros. Describes his plan to follow them and asks for...

GLC02033

to C.W. Rugg

Describes his entrance into Richmond and the cheering which the Union flag received. Envelope with 3 cent (1861) pink stamp, postmarked.

GLC02034.01

[Carte de visite on U.S.S. Hartford with Capt. Drayton]

Carte de visite depicting Farragut and Drayton standing near a steering wheel. Also signed on verso by Capt. P. Drayton.

GLC02035

The Draft in Berks County

Extra from the "B. & S. Journal" -- the Berks and Schuylkill Journal. Broadside lists men drafted in the first Northern draft by town, with occupation, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Lists the names of men from 16 different towns. Mentions number of...

GLC02036

[Pen and ink drawing of council of war at Gettysburg]

Signed in pencil by Marshall, and apparently intended for publication. The original pen and ink drawing shows Meade, Sykes, Newton, Butterfield, Getty, and Howard. Mounted; dimensions refer to the image.

GLC02057

to James Tyler Ames

Field writes to Ames in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Writes, "As a personal favor to me will you consent to manufacture in the very best manner of the very best materials one repeating gun, similar to the one you saw exhibited to the President in...

GLC02019

Panorama of the Seat of War. Birds Eye View Of North And South Carolina And Part Of Georgia.

One of Bachman's six lithographic views of the Confederate States in the series: "Panorama of the Seat of War." Shows the Atlantic coast from Albemarle Sound south to Savannah and inland to the Blue Ridge Mountains. All the major towns of the...

GLC02003

Bird's Eye View of Confederate Prison Pen at Salisbury, N.C.

Printed by J. B. Bufford & Sons, copyright by C.A. Kraus. Panoramic view compiled from a sketch made on the site in 1864, probably after its occupation by federal forces. The lithograph shows the prison camp set up on the grounds of a large "cotton...

GLC02004

to Joseph Wheeler

Possibly written in Tennessee. Marked "Confidential." Longstreet, commander of the Department of East Tennessee, writes to Wheeler, commanding cavalry corps, Army of Tennessee. Orders Wheeler to send half of General John Austin Wharton's force to...

GLC02013

[General orders no. 4, transmitted to Captain Hervey A. Colvin, Assistant Adjutant General]

Hatch, Brevet Major General of United States Volunteers, writes on Headquarters, District of Talledega stationery. Reports, "Orders have this day been received directing me to report to another department for duty which compels me to part with the...

GLC02014

to Joseph Wheeler re: flag of truce for captured Union soldiers, surgeons

Clerical docket on verso.

GLC02015

Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry [Decimalized .001-.182]

The collection mostly consists of correspondence from Painter to his aunt and sisters. His letters contain descriptions of camp life, his feelings towards slavery, and anti-Yankee sentiment in Virginia shortly after the war. More specifically he...

GLC02016

Special order No -

Unnumbered special order commanding Colonel William Hillyer to Memphis to meet with General William T. Sherman on "special business" and return quickly. Statement of payment scrawled horizontally on the recto.

GLC02020

to Mary

Written on stationery from a captured soldier from the 20th Maine Volunteers. Discusses hospital duty, and mentions General Jubal Early's campaign in the Washington, D.C. area.

GLC02082.56

to Francis P. Blair Jr.

Telegraph draft to his brother, regarding the quarrel between Francis Blair and John C. Frémont. Blair writes, "Fremont requests your letter from President & I sent it, It will do to stand by - Caution friends against controversy with the Provost...

GLC02089

to Alfred Howe Terry

Lengthy letter describing the war-time sacrifices of Erhandz Richter, a Richmond brewer, presumably of German origin, who sacrificed his fortune and risked his family to serve in the Union Army. Schurz pleads Richter's cause with the commander of the...

GLC02094

to Mary

Discusses camp news, Yankee shelling picketts & skirmishing, and fortifying a camp. Written from Camp 5th Alabama near Monetons ford on the Rapperdan.

GLC02082.45

to Mary

Written from Camp 5th Alabama near Monetons ford on the Rapperdan. Discusses fighting & skirmishing with Yankees.

GLC02082.46

to Mary

Comments on camp news, picket duty & drilling. Written from Camp Co. H 5th Alabama Regiment, twelve months volunteers near Orange C.H., Virginia.

GLC02082.47

to Mary

Discusses his return to old winter quarters. Mentions marching in the cold weather. Reports that the Yanks seized Tuscaloosa. Also Tate also worries about the seizure of Tuscaloosa and wishes for a furlough to "bush whack them." Also describes an...

GLC02082.50

to his mother

The first page is overwritten. Mentions various engagements with Yankees including the Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina.

GLC02082.53

to Mary

Discusses battle action in the Wilderness Campaign, and mentions Yankee losses.

GLC02082.54

to his sister

Written in pencil. Provides more information on the Wilderness Campaign and reports heavy losses in own company.

GLC02082.55

to Mary

Written in pencil on a large legal sheet. Provides news about skirmishing. Mentions boys suffering from sore feet.

GLC02082.59

to Mary

Written in pencil. Mentions that little mail has arrived from Alabama since Sherman captured that city.

GLC02082.62

[to Elihu B. Washburne]

Souvenir document presented by Grant to loyal supporter and fellow Galena townsman, Elihu B. Washburne, who served as Secretary of State and Ambassador to France during Grant's presidency. Informs that Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia on...

GLC02084.01

[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

[Diary of a Union soldier in the 7th Iowa Vols.]

GLC02088

to Benjamin F. Butler

Written by Flag Officer Farragut to Major General Butler as commander of the Department of the Gulf. Farragut says he has just returned from an official visit with the Spanish commander of a steamer of war who had been detained for lack of proper...

GLC02092

to Munn & Company

Written by Ericsson, the Swedish immigrant inventor responsible for building the first Union ironclad ship, to the Munn & Company as proprietors of the magazine "Scientific American." Writes that he is returning their article "on the subject of my...

GLC02106

to Leonard Ross

Discusses an exaggerated news report regarding the battle of Antietam. Writes "The substance of the news is that 'Genl McClellan has driven the Rebels out of Maryland with great slaughter and has bagged Genl Lee.' The bagging part I think is...

GLC02063.01

[Delevan Bates]

Cabinet portrait of Delavan Bates in uniform by the Snyder Studio. Inscription on verso reads: "Brig. Gen. Delavan Bates/MOH [Medal of Honor] at Crater/121st NY Infantry/Cabinet/Signed $125.00." Bates was Union Brevet Brig. Gen., 30th U.S. Colored...

GLC02068

to Henry A. Walke

Written in a clerical hand but signed by Acting Rear Admiral Porter to Captain Walke. Porter was commander of the Mississippi River Squadron while Walke was commander of the USS "Lafayette." Walke seems to have been in Hellena, Arkansas. Tells Walke...

GLC02069

to Thomas H. Patterson

Written by Captain Green to Captain Patterson as the commanding officer of the USS "James Adger" on blockade duty. Says he has sent the captain of the USS "Geranium" to report to Patterson for blockade duty. Is transmitting despatches for Rear...

GLC02070

to John Walker

Written as Confederate Brigadier General to Confederate Major General Walker. Talks of trying to procure brass musical instruments so that his men can form a band. Discusses war matters including mention of the failure of Union General Ulysses S...

GLC02073

List of names of members co. 'H' 39th Mo. Vol. lost Sept 27th 1864 near Centralia by Andersons Bushwackers

Lists the names and ranks of the fifty-six Union men killed by Confederate bushwhackers under the command of William "Bloody Bill" Anderson. Anderson, under whose tutelage Jesse James fought, was killed and decapitated less than a month later....

GLC02074

Collection of Jeremiah M. Tate, H company, 5th regiment, Alabama, infantry [decimalized .01-.63]

Private Tate served for a time with Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah; he appears to have come from Pickensville, Alabama. Tate's letters, written to his mother and sister Mary Jane at Jenna Point (Tuscaloosa County, Alabama), concern First Bull...

GLC02082