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Jamestown journal extra

Announces the deaths of Capt. Willard, Lieut. Bailey of Co. B and Capt. Barrett of Dunkirk at Williamsburg battle. Also includes a partial list of killed and wounded in Hooker's division and a call to a citizens public meeting.

GLC06107.49

[Statement of belief].

Condemns those who defend the perpetuation of slavery on the grounds that it was not proscribed by the Constitution and who wish for a return to the Union as it was. Includes poem lamenting the failure of the Founders to address slavery.

GLC06142

Collection of eight Union imprints [decimalized]

GLC06157

[Wanted poster for saboteurs of Union military stations and vessels in the New Orleans area]

Issued by Christensen as Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Union Major General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby. Lists the names of "persons belonging to parties organized for the purpose of burning depots, store houses, &c., and destroying...

GLC06157.02

[General Order No. 7, Congratulatory message following Alfred Pleasonton's victory over Sterling Price]

Signed by Lieutenant Murphy as aide-de-camp to Union General Pleasonton. Serves as a congratulatory message from General William S. Rosecrans after Pleasonton forced the retreat of General Price during Price's Raid. Rosecrans declares "The pursuit...

GLC06157.03

Smith's Expedition Battle of Tupelo

Letter written by "F.H." (possibly Frederick Humphrey, chaplain of the 12th Iowa Regiment who was mustered into the regiment on 23 June 1864). "Letter from an Eye-Witness" details the victory of Union General Andrew Smith over Confederate Cavalry...

GLC06157.07

[President's Message from Jefferson Davis to the Confederate Congress]

After recounting various successes and failures, including comments on the capitulation of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, the fighting in Mississippi, and the Battle of Gettysburg, Davis discusses foreign relations at length. Other topics covered...

GLC06158.01

The School of the Guides, for Use of the Army of the Confederate States, with Questions

Drill and marching manual. Printed by Brawner & Putnam in Griffin, Georgia and John M. Cooper & Co. in Savannah, Georgia. Engraving and printing by H.P. Hill & Co. in Griffin, Georgia. Original green muslin wrapper with patriotic label featuring the...

GLC06158.05

Correspondence between the mayor and federal authorities relative to the occupation of New Orleans, together with the proceedings of the common council

Correspondence of Monroe, mayor of New Orleans, with Butler and Farragut, relating to the surrender and early occupation of New Orleans. Accounts of the meetings of the Common Council of New Orleans also included. Printed at the Bulletin Book and...

GLC06158.10

Fort Sumpter

Printed text of patriotic Confederate song celebrating the taking of Fort Sumter. Details events of the bombardment, including the death of two Union soldiers during Anderson's final salute to the United States flag. Illustrated with the first...

GLC06158.13

to Fanny P. Clark

Discusses the possibility of Grant as next president and whether [General] Butler is fit to manage rebels.

GLC06475

[Commission of Henry Hunt as Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Artillery Regiment]

Countersigned by Edwin McMasters Stanton, Secretary of War, and Edward Davis Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. Official seal has been ripped and is partially missing. Partially printed on vellum. Contains an image of an eagle, a knight's...

GLC06415.01

[Frederick Jackson]

Signed on mount as Lieutenant of the 1st regiment, 1st Army Corps. He was a medal of honor recipient for James Island, South Carolina and one of Abraham Lincoln's guards. Addis Gallery, Washington. P.B. Marvin, photographer.

GLC06444

General M'Clellan's dream

Relates a dream McClellan supposedly had, in which George Washington reveals Confederate plans to him. Story claims that McClellan, shortly after taking command, had a dream where George Washington revealed to him that there was a traitor in his...

GLC06452.01

to John B. Turner re: fall of Boggy Depot to the Union troops

Anderson was on the staff of E.K. Smith and at one point was ordered to procure arms for Cherokee Indian troops fighting for the Confederacy. Details the fall of Boggy Depot to Union troops the previous day, and faces the reality of the fall of the...

GLC06369

to Milledge Luke Bonham

DeSaussure, possibly a member of the South Carolina General Assembly, discusses a proposed Assembly meeting. Informs Bonham, Governor of South Carolina, "The command under me is of such a character that were I to leave here... I believe they could...

GLC06373

to James Alexander Seddon

Crenshaw, a surgeon, requests that Seddon allow James Bolling, a free African American from Charles City, Virginia, to remain in Crenshaw's employment as a fisherman. Informs Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War, that "Fish are necessary to the...

GLC06374

[Captain R.W. Crockett, of the 81st U.S. Colored Troops]

Signed on mount. Crockett commanded the 81st U.S. Colored Troops, who principally guarded Port Hudson, La. After the 81st USCT was combined with the 88th and 89th to form the 77th USCT.

GLC06378

[Orders for U.S. Colored Troops in the campaign on Cole, Battery, and James Islands]

Orders indicating the role of Union African American troops during the campaign leading to the 18 February 1865 Union occupation of Charleston, South Carolina. Issued by the command of Colonel A. S. Hartwell. Walton, Assistant Adjutant General at...

GLC06379

[Manuscript Civil War map of the Confederate defenses around Sea Island, South Carolina]

Shows defenses between Secessionville and Fort Pringle, and down towards Forts Mahan and Delafield on Folly Island. James Island also appears. Shows the obstacles facing the Union's approach to Charleston, South Carolina in early 1865, including...

GLC06380

[Diary from private in 3rd New Hampshire Volunteers]

Gove enlisted as a musician 20 Aug 1861. He served in Company E. He was mustered out 20 July 1865. Diary includes siege of Charleston, South Carolina, and capture of Fort Wagner. With ownership stamp at the end of the diary "C. H Gove, Co. E 3d...

GLC06381

Documents pertaining to Chaplain R. S. Howard's service in the Battle of Vicksburg [Decimalized .01- .03]

Howard, Chaplain of the 124th Illinois Infantry, writes extremely detailed and descriptive letters regarding the Battle of Vicksburg. Includes a map of Vicksburg drawn in black and red ink.

GLC06382

to brother [George]

Written to "Geo" or "Gro." Howard, Chaplain of the 124th Illinois Infantry, writes as the Union organized operations against Vicksburg, Mississippi. Discusses mutual acquaintances, family, and his recent sickness. Describes Lake Providence...

GLC06382.01

to Brother Grover and Bird

Howard, Chaplain of the 124th Illinois Infantry, writes an enormous and colorful letter on a Confederate muster sheet he refers to as "a secesh sheet." One on side, writes to Brother Grover. Mentions Clara. Writing after the fall of Vicksburg...

GLC06382.02

[Map of the front view of Vicksburg]

Howard, Chaplain of the 124th Illinois Infantry, depicts Vicksburg, Mississippi and the surrounding area in black and red ink. Illustrates the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers, a cottonwood forest, the Vicksburg and Texas Railroad line (destroyed)...

GLC06382.03

to his parents

Discusses the battle of Port Hudson: "Our works [19 gun battery] are 330 yards from the rebel's principal works." Writes of their improved situation: "A week ago I gave up hope, now I'm sanguine of the result." Written on the back of a blank...

GLC06383

Ordnance report of the siege train commanded by Colonel R.O. Tyler 1st Conn Arty

Reports on the performance of Tyler's artillerymen during the siege of Yorktown. States that "The guns placed in position before York Town exceeded by 50 percent any guns that had ever before been placed in Siege batteries" ever in world history...

GLC06386

Duc de Chartres, Prince de Joinville, Louis-Phillippe-Albert d'Orleans, comte de Paris

By the Brady album gallery. Photographs taken during the battle of Yorktown. Two cartes inserted into a detached album page with identifying notes adhered next to the photographs. The first photograph has five people; the second photograph has...

GLC06388

1st Wisconsin posing with artillery on 4th street, Chattanooga, TN

Unmounted photograph, accompanied by a latter laid sheet of paper with note "Union Forces - Chattanooga"

GLC06389

Camp of the 45th Ill. Vols. before Vicksburg, near the Shirley

Dugouts and caves, below a white plantation house, used by 45th Illinois near Vicksburg. Blind stamp of photographer C.D. Finch at center bottom. With signature on verso, and later ballpoint pen note "Melancthon Smith 45 Ill."

GLC06390

to Edward Otho Cresap Ord

Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army, instructs General Ord to "Please telegraph any news from Sherman the Richmond papers of to-day may contain." Written on Head-Quarters, Armies of the United States stationery. Contains a...

GLC06394

to Mrs. O. W. Lebert

General Beauregard, Commander of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, writes to Mrs. Lebert in Alabama, on "the 158th day of the siege" (referring to military activity in Charleston Harbor). He relates that he transmits photographs...

GLC06395

to William Sherman

Hunt's analysis of artillery at Gettysburg, written as part of his long, ongoing feud with Winfield Scott Hancock. The first part of the manuscript explains and defends the organization artillery and the post of Commander in Chief of the Artillery...

GLC06415.02

Rebecca, An emancipated slave from New Orleans

Typed inscription on verso reads: "Proceeds from photograph sales go to the "Education of Colored people in the Dept. of the Gulf, now under the command of Major General [Nathaniel] Banks." Photo by Kimball, New Orleans. Depicts a very light-skinned...

GLC06438

[Carte de visite of cadet]

With 2-cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC06440

[Benson's battery of horse artillery near Fair Oaks]

No. 433 in series.

GLC06441

Salt print, full-length portrait, Nathaniel Lyon in uniform, by A. A. Turner, with carte

Signed on mount. Handsome image. Accompanied by a carte de visite of the same image, retouched to remove the posing stand (near Lyons' right foot). A. A. Turner, photographer. Carte by D. Appleton.

GLC06447

Letters from members of the Morris family in Co. A, 63 Penn. Vols.
[decimalized: .001-.104]

This collection consists of the compelling correspondence between four brothers serving in the Union Army and their family at home in Pennsylvania from early 1861 to late 1864. The bulk of the collection is Wilmor Morris' correspondence with his...

GLC06451

to Mrs. Maury

Writes that the Yankees have not yet made an atack against Mobile. Living in fear of an attack. Remarks that others have felt the effects of "Yankee clemency" by which Union troops stripped the home of food and all possessions. In part: "And this...

GLC06452.04

to E. Jackson

Written by Admiral DuPont to E. Jackson. Thanks Jackson for his letter of 15 September. Letter concerns his removal from office. Believes it was done because of his statement that a naval attack could not take Charleston. Says he has no anger toward...

GLC06453

[Recommendation for the promotion of Lieutenant Col. Nelson A. Gesner]

Brigadier Generals David Bell Birney and Samuel P. Heintzelman, and Major General Kearny recommend Gesner for promotion to Colonel of the 101st Regiment, New York Volunteers. Major General Kearny supports Gesner's promotion, commending his service...

GLC06459

to Leander H. Riddle

Praises a fallen comrade and expresses the need for "care and protection of the widows and orphans of those who have offered up their lives in saving the nation." Comments on the death of General Thomas A. Smythe and Brigadier General Thomas....

GLC06460

to unknown

Marked Confidential at top of first page. Addressed only to Major. Detailed instructions for a secret cavalry movement in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. "The enemy has a force of... not more than two hundred men... picketing across the valley...

GLC06461

to Leonard Fulton Ross

General Quinby, Commander of the 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, writes from the steamer Superior. Encloses an extract from a letter (not included) in which General Ulysses S. Grant informs General James Birdseye McPherson of...

GLC06462

[Lincoln endorsement on Edwin M. Stanton letter to Lincoln]

Stanton asks Lincoln to provide a citation to an Act of Congress that excluded improper applicants from seats in House of Representatives which Lincoln has mentioned to him previously. Lincoln's note on the verso gives the citation for the act and...

GLC06553

to Sarah Ogden

Writes his appreciation of how Ogden has "faithfully ministered to the wants of the sick and wounded." Sends news concerning past patients from the "Broad and Cherry [Streets Hospital]" in Philadelphia. He is still at the "Pencote Battery," enjoying...

GLC06559.002

Journal of a recruit in the 7th regiment

Unbound sheets (possibly a transcript?) detailing the defense of Washington D.C.

GLC06563

Maj. Gen. Wm. T. Sherman's Farewell Address to his Army.

Special field order no. 76. Printed broadside announcing Sherman's farewell to the armies of Tennessee and Georgia. With decorative border.

GLC06564

[Notes on division in President Lincoln's cabinet over the issue of emancipation]

Appears to be part of a draft to Welles' book, "Lincoln and Seward: Remarks Upon the Memorial Address of Chas. Francis Adams, on the Late William H. Seward..." first published in 1874. In the notes, Welles quotes Secretary of State William H. Seward...

GLC06577

to George G. Meade re: hold off execution of Christopher Delker

Also requesting a meeting to discuss death penalty cases.

GLC06578

[General orders no. 2 placing Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside in command of the Department of North Carolina]

Apparently unbound from a larger volume. Townsend, United States Assistant Adjutant General, signs general orders no. 2, issued by Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General, by command of Major General George B. McClellan.

GLC06600

G.O. no. 3 re: Fort Duncan, Texas court marshall

Disbound.

GLC06601

G.O. no. 15 re: regulating trade with the Indians

Disbound.

GLC06602

[Soldier's collection] [Decimalized .01- .43]

Collection includes 25 signed letters, most accompanied by envelopes. Also a Roll of Company B, 1st NY Cavalry. Crans discusses his experience in battle, and Washington D.C. Includes reports from Toliver (Taliaferro) Heights and Middleton, Virginia...

GLC06627.01

[Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden] [decimalized]

Collection includes 153 letters and envelopes, a photograph album with 27 cartes-de-visite, three objects, ephemera, one book, and one marriage certificate.

The first section includes 137 letters, 84 accompanying envelopes, and 10 unaccompanied...

GLC06559

to Sarah Ogden

Encloses a certificate (not included) to thank Ogden for "the interest you have taken in this mans faith." The man, a neighbor of Anderson's, was a soldier who "felt unable to return" to the war and "believes that he will not be able to perform...

GLC06559.001

to Sarah Ogden

States he was recently in two major battles where his company suffered several casualties. Expresses his opinions on the 1864 election. Notes he hopes that Fremont will not run, because he fears that if he does, General George McClellan will be...

GLC06559.004

Photograph album, with cartes de visite [word processed inventory available]

The album contains 27 photographs of the military patients and staff of the U. S. Hospital in Philadelphia. Includes 20 identified patients (one of whom is John Walker, a 13 year old drummer boy), 4 male nurses and stewards. All of the patients are...

GLC06559.154

to Jefferson Davis

Page one consists of a letter from Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri, introducing Judge Samuel Treat of St. Louis to Davis, Secretary of War. Describes Treat as "a politician of the Nullification, Secession, & High Treason School, to...

GLC06569

[William Averell Civil War diary]

One of three of Union General Averell's Civil War-era diaries (see GLC06581.02-.03). The entries are highly detailed with a great deal of battle content, particularly cavalry actions. Also contains content related to his conversations with military...

GLC06581.01

Materials pertaining to Mixter, a Civil War soldier. [Decimalized .01-.05]

GLC06583

[Endorsement of the creation of Berdan's sharpshooters]

Wadsworth endorses s clerical copy of a letter from Major General Nathaniel P. Banks to Secretary of War Simon Cameron, with his own approval of the establishment of "Berdan's Sharpshooters." Banks recommends that "the Rifle shooters what Mr. Berdan...

GLC06585

[Petition to New York Governor Edwin D. Morgan seeking military policy changes]

Signed by several New York officers and endorsed by prominent Union generals Joseph Bartlett, John Newton, Winfield S. Hancock, and Henry W. Slocum, among others. Seeks to institute policy changes in order to fill the ranks for New York regiments....

GLC06587

[Collection of Bruce Elmore, C company, 143rd regiment, New York, infantry] [decimalized]

Over 200 letters from Sergeant Elmore to his wife, with an additional 60 from his wife. Highlights include pursuit of Lee's army after Gettysburg, the siege of Atlanta, Sherman's march to the sea, and other campaigns. Also includes several loose...

GLC06588

News-letter extra.

Rare newspaper extra from Ship Island containing two letters by Admiral Farragut to the Mayor of New Orleans. On verso is an autograph letter signed (undated) from Union soldier S. S. Eastman to a friend. Severe ink bleed-through throughout.

GLC06589

[Diary of an African American soldier in 8th Regiment United States Colored Troops, Company G]

Woodlin's brief entries describe camp life, his service with the regimental band as a horn player, several battles, the weather, equal pay with white soldiers, and the famous 54th Massachusetts Regiment, among many other topics. He describes his...

GLC06599

[Union autograph and sentiment album]

Includes thirty-five autographed quotations and sentiments, and ten signatures. This collection was possibly prepared for sale by the United States Sanitary Commission at the April 1864 Metropolitan Fair, held in New York City. The sentiments and...

GLC06620

Collection of letters between a Union soldier and family in New York and New Jersey [decimalized .01-.03]

Collection includes 48 letters and envelopes; also includes 4 photos and 124 envelopes with patriotic covers.

GLC06627

to Adolphus Crans [Decimalized .01- .22]

Collection includes 22 signed letters and envelopes.

GLC06627.02

Album of patriotic covers and envelopes

Envelopes (patriotic covers) with various Union cartoons. Some unusual images.

GLC06627.03

to Gideon Welles re: on Stephen Logan's request for Navy job for young man

A note, written as an endorsement on Logan's letter to Lincoln, supporting Stephen Logan's appeal on behalf of a young man for a navy clerkship. "The writer of this is almost a father to me...."

GLC06646

to Edwin McMasters Stanton

President Lincoln states that Judge William Darrah Kelley, a United States Representative from Pennsylvania, is attempting to raise African American regiments in Philadelphia. Informs Stanton, Secretary of War, that Milton [M. Herpert?] is a friend...

GLC06678

to Edwin M. Stanton

Lincoln writes to Secretary of War Stanton concerning the promotion of Colonel Charles H. Tompkins to Brigadier General. The Rhode Island Delegation and General Horatio G. Wright called upon Lincoln to make the appointment, and brought a favorable...

GLC06679

to Mrs. Judge White

Discusses some confusion over Nathaniel Banks getting a cabinet post. States that President Lincoln said William Seward and Thurlow Weed never mentioned the subject. She remarks, "This all appears, as a strange dream, and if the information did not...

GLC06681

[Collection of William C. Alberger, 49th regiment, New York, infantry] [word processed inventory available] [Decimalized .01- .08]

Collection features a bound scrapbook and various documents relating to the military and civilian life of William C. Alberger. An inventory exists for the documents separated from the scrapbook, which are housed in a folder with the scrapbook....

GLC06628

Custer and Rosecrans items from the Alberger Collection

Visiting card of G. A. Custer / U.S.C.C. An army circular issued by Major General Rosecrans to the Army of Cumberland re: congratulations for victory over rebels of Tennessee.

GLC06628.01

to his brother

Discusses camp life and playing baseball.

GLC06630

Nominal Lists Casualties, Company Orders, Detailed officers and enlisted men, officers absent and present not on duty

Roster of 120th regiment New York Volunteer Infantry. Written on inside cover, in pencil, "The Regiment enlisted 2000 men but returned home unable to muster more than 350 - such had been the work of bullet and desease." First thirteen pages list...

GLC06638

The Blue and Gray of 1867.

A song opposed to reconciliation with the South, praising the loyalty, honor and bravery of Northern soldiers, while condemning the treason of Confederate soldiers. The song was originally written the same year that the Reconstruction Acts passed...

GLC06640.02

[General Order No. 18]

Announces that by the terms of the surrender of 26 April 1865 between Union General William T. Sherman, and Confederate General Johnston, the officers and men of the army must not take up arms against the United States. Reports that duplicate muster...

GLC06654.01

to Pierre T. Beauregard

Telegram instructing Beauregard to notify the commander of the 6th corps which camped 18 miles from Danville last night that the truce between Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston has resumed. On verso is an...

GLC06654.02

to John P. Nicholson

Possibly to John Page Nicholson, who published many essays on Civil War related topics. Discusses an article published by a Colonel Chesney in the "Fortnightly." Defends himself against Chesney's accusation that he (Johnston) exaggerated Federal...

GLC06656

Journal of the U.S. ship Shepherd Knapp

Written by Hudson as Acting Master on the USS "Shepherd Knapp." Signed at least five times by Hudson, including once on the cover. A note on the inside cover says he lived on Franklin Avenue at East Brooklyn, New York (the second house on the right...

GLC06664

to Elvira Winegar

They picked out a camp ground today and are busy organizing everything. He sent the box to Bill because there were things in there meant for others as well.

GLC01014.161

to Elvira Winegar

There was one brigade of Rebel troops at Corinth but they got up and left when they found they were coming. He hopes to get some mail.

GLC01014.162

to Elvira Winegar

He may not have to carry a gun for the remainder of his time in the service. He is the tool master for the P. Corps. He has seven more months to serve and then he can finally come home.

GLC01014.163

to Elvira Winegar

He doesn't know where they are going yet. There has been much talk of the draft lately. They are offering 800 dollar bounties to volunteers and he thinks most of those volunteers aren't worth it to put in the army.

GLC01014.164

to Elvira Winegar

He is sending his overcoat and a double blanket home. They are heading up the Mississippi and he thinks they are bound for Mobile.

GLC01014.165

to Elvira Winegar

He thinks the Pioneer Corps is just as safe being in the regiment, maybe even too safe. His friend Millers joined the ambulance corps. He tells her not to worry about him and to only look after herself.

GLC01014.166

to Elvira Winegar

He sent another box for her with Charles Webb. He wants to hear from Bill. The may go back on the boats.

GLC01014.167

to Elvira Winegar

He thinks it is not likely there would be much fighting in this part of the South. Miller is very sick and had to go to the hospital. They will be back on the boats in a few days.

GLC01014.168

to Elvira Winegar

Miller died of pneumonia. It is his job to write his folks and tell them the sad news. The Mississippi river is higher than the land.

GLC01014.169

to Elvira Winegar

He is healthy and fat. They will be getting on the boats in a few days and will either go to Texas or Mobile. He hopes to be home in six months. Bill wrote about the division of land.

GLC01014.170

to Elvira Winegar

They are six miles below new Orleans. George is well. They have nothing to do right now except eat hard tack and wait to see how long they will be there.

GLC01014.171

to Elvira Winegar

He has had a bad cold for the last few days. He has not received a letter from her in a while. In a day or two, he expects to go to Mobile.

GLC01014.172

to Elvira Winegar

They are on the island at the entrance of Mobile Bay. He has been troubled with rheumatism. George was sick and left behind at New Orleans.

GLC01014.173

to Elvira Winegar

They left Dauphin Island yesterday morning. He hasn't received a letter from her since she left New Orleans. In a little over five months he hopes to make an advance on Mobile.

GLC01014.174

to Elvira Winegar

They have been fighting for three days. They have the Rebels surrounded on all sides except the bay. They have been building fortifications. Many have been wounded but few have been killed.

GLC01014.175

to Elvira Winegar

He describes the fort and where their gun boats are situated. George is in the hospital and he hopes George will stay there until the siege is over.

GLC01014.176

to Elvira Winegar

They took the Spanish fort last night. He wishes she could get someone to stay with her until he gets back since Monty is not coming to stay with her this summer.

GLC01014.177