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to unknown
1861-1864
Simmonds, Seth J., 1820-?
"He states the movement will be made against Summerville or the Rail Road or both & that an attack will surely be made at Fayette at all hazard"
GLC02414.320
to Eliakim P Scammon
Dove, David, 1839-?
"I have Just Recd information . . . that there were near a hundred guerrillas at and near Clay CH this morning . . ." Dated Mch 17 186.
GLC02414.321
to James L. Botsford
Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863
Dated Mch 10 186. Written in Camp Piatt
GLC02414.322
Toland, John T., fl. 1863-1864
Dated Feb 5 186.
GLC02414.326
to Eliakim P. Scammon
15 September 1863
Whaley, K.V., fl. 1863
". . . a report that Imboden is coming to attack our forces in the valley some think it comes from secession sources probably on account of roads being blackaded in the upper part of the valley"
GLC02414.334
Ankram, fl. 1861-1864
"Lt [Ong?] & half of Capt Milards Co has been captured . . . the Reb force was reported to be such that our Calvary could not retard them at all. They pursued us twelve (12) miles . . ." Dated May 12 186.
GLC02414.335
Coates, Benjamin F., 1827-1899
Dated July 14 186.
GLC02414.349
11 September 1863
Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891
"Capt Harrison at Sutton Reports three or four hundred (400) of Jacksons men having passed through Braxton Co be on the alert your cavalry leaves today"
GLC02414.352
15 June 1865
Doby, C.E., fl. 1865
GLC02414.367
Ward, J.S., fl. 1865
GLC02414.369
Hubbell, James E., fl. 1865
GLC02414.370
19 June 1865
West, Charles T., fl. 1865
"I have participated in the following engagements, viz Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon R. R....my desire is...to remain service if found Capable...."
GLC02414.372
24 June 1865
Heath, H.L., fl. 1865
GLC02414.381
5 December 1863
"…the enemy in your direct front must be disposed of before it would be safe to make a flank movement towards Wytheville…"
GLC02414.258
Dated Mch 16 186 Written in Camp Piatt
GLC02414.293
10 July 1862
Groce, John H., fl. 1840
Groce, Captain commanding post at Camp Green Meadows, West Virginia writes to Colonel Scammon, commander of the 1st Ohio brigade to say that there is no news at the post today.
GLC02414.157
to Martin P. Avery
March 31, 1863
Marked copy. Captain Simmonds [possibly Seth J. Simmonds, captain in the Ohio 23rd Light Artillery] commanding the post at Gauley, West Virginia writes to Captain Avery, the Acting Assistant Adjutant General in the 23rd Ohio, about a scouting...
GLC02414.166
January 29, 1863
Botsford, James Lawrence, 1834-1898
Handwritten telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from Botsford, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of the 23rd Ohio Infantry. States that he will attend to Scammon's recent telegram. The Cavalry have returned. He cannot get information about...
GLC02414.191
to James L. Botsford [incomplete]
18 April 1863
Telegram to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Botsford of the 23rd Ohio Infantry. Author unknown. Possibly a second page missing. Reports that he is fairly sure the 22nd, a Confederate regiment, will attack about 60 miles east. Does not...
GLC02414.218
16 November 1863
Melvin, A., fl. 1863
Moving Department HQ to Cumberland
GLC02414.236
Dated March 13, no year.
GLC02414.265
20 April 1863
"…the nearest enemy to me is Dunn at Frankfort but I know I cannot get to him for water & I know he cannot get to me…" With [autograph signed note?] reply by Scammon on verso: "You may return to Piatt if you are satisfied that there is no immediate...
GLC02414.268
"…I know there is no enemy on my right worth marching for sixty miles for the last twenty (20) of that we will be bushwhacked then for the next thirty (3) it will be hot…." Dated Apl 1860
GLC02414.282
"My scouts have returned they were at Peytona no enemy that they could hear of I destroyed & broke up all the ferry boats for five miles each way . . . . " Dated Mch 29 186 Written in Camp Piatt
GLC02414.292
Melvin, Thayer, ?
dated July 14 186
GLC02414.299
"No news. Rebel scouts from Lewisburg and some of Thurmans men are reported as having been at Sewell on the 12th Cavalry have been coming in one at a time there now remains oout one Lt & seven (7) men missing It is reported two or three wounded..."...
GLC02414.337
2 July 1863
Powell, William Henry, 1823-1879
"Cook & Longdon have passes signed R Hastings...I regard them suspicious characters & upon close investigation am inclined to spies...." Written in Camp Piatt
GLC02414.343
5 July 1863
"Col Harris repulsed the Enemy at Beverly yesterday and is now pursuing him on the Huttonville road no particulars"
GLC02414.348
15 July 1863
"A man calling himself C Clark came into our lines this evening representing himself as a conscript rebel deserter but papers found on his person identify him as a Lieutenant of the 8th Va Cavalry. I believe him to be a spy of the most dangerous...
GLC02414.350
12 September 1863
White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871
GLC02414.353
21 June 1865
Conaur, Sherman, fl. 1865
GLC02414.377
Generals of Our Army 1861
1861
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893
One engraving entitled "Generals Of Our Army 1861" dated 1861. Portraits of Major General George B. McClellan, Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General John Adams Dix, Major General John Charles Frémont, Lieutenant General Winfield Scott...
GLC08878.0117
Officers of Our Navy, 1861
One engraving entitled "Officers Of Our Navy, 1861" dated 1861. Portraits of Commodore Samuel F. Dupont, Commander Daniel L. Braine (mispelled Brain), Captain W. H. Ward, Commodore Hiram Paulding, Silas Horton Stringham, Captain C. Ringold, Commodor...
GLC08878.0118
Port Hudson and its Defences: Constructed and Engraved to Illustrate the War with the South
1863
Shoel, Charles, fl. 1863-1865
One engraving entitled "Port Hudson and its Defences; Constructed and Engraved to Illustrate the War with the South" dated 1863. Depicts a topographical map of Port Hudson and its vicinity during the Battle of Port Hudson May 22-July 9, 1863....
GLC08878.0127
Attack on Port Hudson
1864
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
One engraving entitled "Attack on Port Hudson" dated 1864. Depicts battle between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Port Hudson, May 22-July 9, 1863. Engraved from the original painting by Nast, in the possession of the publishers at...
GLC08878.0128
The Capture of New Orleans; The Fleet Pasing Forts on the Mississippi
Parsons, Charles, 1821-1910
One engraving entitled "The Capture of New Orleans; The Fleet Passing Forts on the Mississippi" dated 1863. Depicts a naval battle on the Mississippi River. Caption notes [names and descriptions of ships featured in the painting], Fort St. Phillip...
GLC08878.0129
The Capture of New Orleans: Attack on Fort Phillips
1862
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887
One engraving entitled "The Capture of New Orleans; Attack on Fort Phillips" dated 1862. Depicts naval warfare between USS Fort Jackson and CSS St. Phillip, during the Battle of New Orleans, April 18-28, 1862. engraved after an original painting by...
GLC08878.0130
Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., Charge of General Grant
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
One engraving entitled "Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., Charge of General Grant" dated 1863. Depicts Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7,1862. In the center of the image two soliders on horsback clash swords. On the left, a...
GLC08878.0131
Battle of Shiloh
One engraving entitled "Battle of Shiloh" dated 1862. Depicts hand to hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. Caption notes "recapture of artillery by a portion of Gen. Rosseau's command."...
GLC08878.0132
Battle of Lookout Mountain, GA.
1865
Chapin, John Reuben, 1823-1894
One engraving entitled "Battle of Lookout Mountain, GA." dated 1865. Depicts Union soliders during the Battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863. In the forefront of the image one Union solider stands tall, next to him, another solider is winded...
GLC08878.0133
Battle of Lookout Mountain
One engraving entitled "Battle of Lookout Mountain" dated 1864. Depicts combat between Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863. Union soliders climb to the top of lookout Mountian towards an awaiting...
GLC08878.0134
Gen. Kearney's Charge at the Battle of Chantilly, VA
One engraving entitled "Gen. Kearney's Charge at the Battle of Chantilly, VA." dated 1865. Depicts Union General Stephen W. Kearney on horseback, leading his troops into battle against Confederate forces at the battle of Chantilly, VA, September 1...
GLC08878.0135
Attack at Chantilly-Death of General Stevens
One engraving entitled "Attack at Chantilly-Death of Gen. Stevens" dated 1863. Depicts the battle of Chantilly, September 1, 1862. In the forefront, a mortally wounded General Isaac Ingalls Stevens is caught by a comrade as he falls atop the body of...
GLC08878.0136
Battle of Malvern Hill
One engraving entitled "Battle of Malvern Hill" dated 1862. Depicts a view of the Battle of Malvern Hill, July 1 1862. Engraved after an original painting by Alonzo Chappel in possession of the publishers at time of engraving. Engraver unknown.
GLC08878.0137
One engraving entitled "Battle of Malvern Hill" dated 1863. Depicts U.S. Navy gunboats, The Monitor and The Galena on the James River. Caption notes, "U.S. gun boats on James River covering the retreat." Engraved after a drawing by Charles Parsons...
GLC08878.0138
Bombardment of island No. 10: Gun and Mortar Boats on the Mississippi
Parson, Charles, 1821-1910
One engraving entitled "Bombardment of Island No. 10: Gun and Mortar Boats on the Mississippi" dated 1863. Depicts the naval Battle of Island Number 10, February 28- April 8, 1862. Caption notes, "engaging the forts and batteries on the island and...
GLC08878.0139
Naval Conflict in Hampton Roads-Action Between the Monitor & Merrimac
One engraving entitled "Naval Conflict in Hampton Roads-Action Between The Monitor & Merrimac" dated 1862. Depicts a view of the Conflict in Hampton Roads, March 9. 1862, between iron-clad vessels the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimac. Engraved from...
GLC08878.0140
Naval Engagement in Hampton Roads-Merrimac and Monitor
One engraving entitled "Naval Engagement in Hampton Roads-Merrimac and Monitor" dated 1863. Depicts battle between the ironclad, USS Monitor and CSS Merrimac, March 9, 1862. Caption notes, [additional ships featured in painting] Sewalls Point, Rebel...
GLC08878.0141
The Capture of Roanoke Island, Charge of Zouaves
One engraving entitled "Capture of Roanoke Island; Charge of Zouaves" dated 1862. Depicts Confederate and Union (the 9th New York Voulunteer Infantry, aka Hawkins Zouaves) troops in hand to hand combat during the battle of Roanoke Island, February 8...
GLC08878.0143
Battle Near Mill Springs, KY-Death of Zollicoffer
One engraving entitled "Battle Near Mill Springs, KY-Death of Zollicoffer" dated 1862. Depicts the death of General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer during the Battle of Mill Springs, January 19, 1862. In the center of the painting a mortally wounded General...
GLC08878.0145
Capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.-Charge of General Smith's Division
One engraving entitled "Capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.-Charge of Gen. Smith's Division" dated 1863. Depicts Union soliders under command of General Smith, charging Fort Donnelson. On the left two Union soliders administer first aid to a wounded...
GLC08878.0146
Capture of Fort Donelson
1866
One engraving entitled "Capture of Fort Donelson" dated 1866. Depicts hand to hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Fort Donelson, February 11-16, 1862. Engraved after a painitng by Alonzo Chappel. Engraver unknown.
GLC08878.0147
Battle of Gettysburg
One engraving entitled "Battle of Gettysburg" dated 1862. Depicts a view of Union forces during the battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3 1863. In the foreground, wounded soliders rest, behind them officers on horseback deliberate as the battle carries on...
GLC08878.0148
Battle of Gettysburg, PA
One engraving entitled "Battle of Gettysburg, PA" dated 1865. Depicts a view of a Union field artillery battery, during the battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. In the foreground the bodies of two Union soliders lay on the ground, behind them an...
GLC08878.0149
Battle of Chancellorsville--Gen. Sickles' Division Covering the Retreat
One engraving entitled "Battle of Chancellorsville-Gen Sickles' Division Covering the Retreat" dated 1864. Depicts General Daniel Edgar Sickles covering the retreat during the Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30-May 6, 1863. Atop a hill, Union...
GLC08878.0150
Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore
1861-1877
One engraving entitled "Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore" circa 1861-1877. Depicts the Baltimore riot of April 19, 1861. Massachusetts militia passing through Baltimore are attacked by a seccessionist mob. In the center of the painting...
GLC08878.0151
Battle of Cedar Mountain
One engraving entitled "Battle of Cedar Mountain" dated 1863. Depicts a distant view of Union forces charging Confederates during the Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. Engraved from an original painting by Alonzo Chappel in possession of the...
GLC08878.0152
Battle of Fair Oaks-Gallant Charge of Gen. Casey's Division to Save the Guns
One engraving entitled "Battle of Fair Oaks-Gallant Charge of Gen. Caseys's Division to Save the Guns" dated 1862. Dipicts General Silas Casey and his men valiantly recovering Union artillary behind Confederate lines. Two struggling horses pull gun...
GLC08878.0153
Battle of Williamsburg
One engraving entitled "Battle of Williamsburg" dated 1862. Depicts a distant view of the Battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. In the foreground a stray cannonball narrowly misses a solider and a officer on horseback. On the left a group of Union...
GLC08878.0154
Battle of Mill Creek
One engraving entitled "Battle of Mill Creek" dated 1862. Depicts combat between Confederate and Union forces during the Battle of Mill Creek, January 19, 1862. In the foreground a Union solider rips a confederate flag from the grasp of a wounded...
GLC08878.0155
Battle of the Wilderness--Attack at Spottsylvania Court House
One engraving entitled "Battle Of The Wilderness-Attack at Spottsylvania Court House" dated 1865. Depicts hand-to-hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864. In the center of the painting an...
GLC08878.0156
Battle of Antietam-Gallant Charge of Gen. Burnside's Division at the Bridge
1868
One engraving entitled "Battle of Antietam-Gallant Charge of Gen. Burnside's Division at the Bridge" dated 1868. Depicts a view of General Ambrose Everette Burnside's division charging a stone bridge over Antietam Creek, September 17, 1862. Engraved...
GLC08878.0157
Attack on Fredericksburgh-Dec. 1862
One engraving entitled "Attack on Fredericksburgh-Dec. 1862" dated 1863. Depicts a scene from the Battle of Fredericksburgh, December 11-15, 1862. In the forefront of the image, Union forces use boats and pontoon bridges to cross a river into...
GLC08878.0158
Seige of Vicksburg
One engraving entitled "Seige of Vicksburg" dated 1864. Depicts Union forces during the Battle of Vicksburg, May 18-July 4, 1863. At the bottom of the image Union soliders rest under cover of a small shelter, above them soliders continue to fire upon...
GLC08878.0161
Action of the Gunboats at Memphis
One engraving entitled "Action of Gunboats at Memphis" dated 1863. Depicts a naval battle between Union and Confederate gunboats on the Mississippi river, June 6, 1862. Engraved from an original painting by Alonzo Chappel in possession of the...
GLC08878.0162
Battle of Murfreesboro--Capture of a Confederate Flag
One engraving entitled "Battle of Murfreesboro - Capture of a Confederate Flag" dated 1863. Depicts hand to hand combat between Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Murfreesboro, July 13, 1862. On the left, a jeering solider straddles a...
GLC08878.0163
Battle of Chicamauga-Lt. Van Pelt Defending His Battery
One engraving entitled, "Battle of Chicamauga-Lt. Van Pelt Defending his battery" dated 1864. Depicts Lieutenant Van Pelt preparing to battle approaching Confederate forces at the Battle of Chicamauga, September 10-18, 1863. Engraved after an...
GLC08878.0165
Battle of Wilson's Creek--Fall of General Lyon
One engraving entitled "Battle of Wilson's Creek-Fall of General Lyon" circa 1861-1877. Depicts hand-to-hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861. In the center of the painting, a mortally...
GLC08878.0166
Attack at Kelly's Ford, VA
One engraving entitled "Attack at Kelly's Ford, VA" dated 1864. Depicts, Union soliders, wading through a stream, heading towards the Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA, March 17, 1863. Engraved after an original painting by Alonzo Chappel in possession of...
GLC08878.0167
Attack on Knoxville
One engraving entitled "Attack on Knoxville" dated 1865. Depicts a scene from the Battle of Knoxville, November 17- December 4, 1863. Union soliders defend Knoxville from a Confederate attack. In the center of the image a Union solider shoots a...
GLC08878.0168
Attack at Rocky Face Ridge, GA
One engraving entitled "Attack at Rocky Face Ridge, GA" dated 1864. Depicts Union Soliders Marching towards the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, May 7-13, 1864. In the forefront of the image three officers rest atop a large rock and direct soliders to...
GLC08878.0169
Action Between the Kearsarge & Alabama
One engraving entitled "Action Between the Kearsarge & Alabama" dated 1864. Depicts a naval battle between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama, June 19, 1864. Caption notes, "rescue of the crew of the Alabama by the Deerhound." Engraved from the...
GLC08878.0170
Bombardment of Fort Fisher (Landing of the Troops)
One engraving entitled "Bombardment of Fort Fisher (Landing of the Troops)" dated 1865. Depicts Union troops landing, unopposed, on the beach outside Fort Fisher, January 13, 1865. Union soliders on the beach appear patient as they wait for fellow...
GLC08878.0173
Capture of the Works at Petersburg
One engraving entitled "Capture of the Works at Petersburg" dated 1865. Depicts Union troops triumphantly climbing uphill. In the background Union soliders stand atop a hill raising the Union Flag. In the Foreground a solider lies wounded in branches...
GLC08878.0174
General Grant at Mount MacGregor
20 May 1906
Clarke, O.P., fl. 1906
sermon given in King's Chapel, Boston
GLC08880.007
Increasing Importance of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
1950
Luhrs, Henry, fl. 1950
Address given before Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania
GLC08880.010
Pinkerton and the Baltimore Scare
1939
Tilton, Clint Clay, fl. 1939
GLC08880.031
The Dixon Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Tradition
Stevens, Frank Everett, 1856-?
GLC08880.032
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, An Evaluation
Warren, Louis A., fl. 1950
GLC08880.040
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, An Evaluation for America's New Dedication Day (2 copies)
Warren, Louis A., fl. 1861-1877
another version of GLC08880.040
GLC08880.041
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 2 New York
1961
New York Public Library
GLC08880.053
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 3, New England States
GLC08880.054
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 4, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
1962
GLC08880.055
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 5, Indiana and Ohio
GLC08880.056
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 6, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin
GLC08880.057
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 7, Index of Names
GLC08880.058
1861-1865 The Adventure of the Civil War Told with Pictures
1960
Werstein, Irving, fl. 1960
GLC08880.059
Lincoln Pardons Conspirator on Plea of an English Statesman
March 1939
Bullard, F. Lauriston, 1866-1952
GLC08880.088
The Battle of Gettysburg
GLC08880.089
The Civil War Collection of the Illinois State Historical Library
1949
Berthrong, Donalld J., fl. 1949
GLC08880.116
The Story of the Monitor and the Merrimac
Bushnell, Samuel C., fl. 1940
GLC08880.118
The Medieval Art of Illumination as Applied to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
GLC08880.120
The Gettysburg Address on one side and a picture of Lincoln on the other
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
GLC08880.140
The Gettysburg Address as an illuminated manuscript
19 November 1863
picture of Lincoln on first page
GLC08880.141
President Lincoln's Blockade and the Defense of Mobile
1954
Fitzgerald, W. Norman Jr., fl. 1954
GLC08880.151
Substitute for the report of the Committee on Federal Relations, presented by Mr. Harvie, March 9, 1861.
9 March 1861
Harvie, Lewis E., 1809-1887
Presented by Harvie, Robert L. Montague, and Samuel Croudson Williams, delegates at Virginia's secession convention. The Committee on Federal Relations dissents from the reports of the majority and recommends the adoption of the following resolution...
GLC08886.01
Collection related to Captain James Ingersoll Grafton [Decimalized .01- .05]
1865-1895
Collection also includes three collateral newspaper obituaries pertaining to Grafton. One clipping states "He was a strong, clear-headed man, hopeful and courageous. He enjoyed the comforts and luxuries of life as much as any man; but the...
GLC08895
to Joseph Grafton
9 April 1865
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
General Slocum replies to a letter from Grafton regarding the body of his brother, Captain James Ingersoll Grafton. Writes "I think the body of your brother can be recovered and forwarded to you as soon as the campaign on which we are about to enter...
GLC08895.01
to Frederick Schuckhardt
20 April 1865
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
General Sherman replies to a previous letter from Schuckhardt. Discusses assisting their mutual friend Joseph Grafton with recovering the body of his brother Captain James Ingersoll Grafton, who was killed the previous month in the Battle of...
GLC08895.02
to Horace James
28 April 1865
Leigh, Charles C., ?-1895
Leigh writes from the National Freedmen's Relief Association to Reverend James. Introduces the bearer of this note, William Hughes, Esq., (spelled Hughs) as "a gentleman worthy your confidence & kind regards." Writes that Hughs is traveling south...
GLC08895.03
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