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Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Jany. 2nd 1863. Betwen the Union forces, under Genl. Rosecrans, and the Rebel Army under General Bragg.

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption under the title reads: "This was one of the greatest battles of the war, commencing on the 31st December 1862, and (after terrible losses)...

GLC02881.09

Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. May 31st 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption beneath the title reads: "General McClellan having advanced 'The Army of the Potomac' to near Richmond, the Rebels took advantage of a...

GLC02881.10

Battle of Pittsburg, Tenn. April 7th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Depicts the Battle of Shiloh. Caption under the title reads: "This plate represents the moment, when the heroic Genl. Grant rode to the left of the...

GLC02881.11

Bombardment & capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. Jany. 11th 1863.

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Full title: "The Bombardment and Capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. Jany. 11th 1863. By the Gun-boats, commanded by Rear Admiral D. D...

GLC02881.12

Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. View of Fort Sumter under heavy bombardment and returning fire. The United States flag stands tall in the center of the print. Fort Moultrie and...

GLC02881.15

Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 guns & "Merrimac" 10 guns

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Title continues: "in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers."...

GLC02881.16

Fort Pickens

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Full title: "Fort Pickens. Pensacola Harbor, Florida." Depiction of Fort Pickens in Pensacola Harbor, the only Southern fort to remain in Union...

GLC02881.17

Bombardment and capture of Fort Henry, Tenn.

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Full title: "Bombardment and Capture of Fort Henry, Tenn. By the Federal Gunboats, under command of Commodore Andrew H. Foote - Feby. 6th 1862."...

GLC02881.18

Fort Sumter. Charleston Harbor, S.C.

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Depicts Fort Sumter, seemingly before the Confederate bombardment on 12-13 April 1861, with the American flag flying above it. A sailing ship floats...

GLC02881.21

Storming of Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feby. 15th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption under the title says: "The attack on the Fort commenced on Tuesday Feby. 13th and was continued with varying success, until Saturday, when...

GLC02881.22

The gallant charge of the fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) Regiment. On the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston, July 18th, 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw.

Portrays African American soldiers carrying a United States flag which reads "54th Mass" on the stripes section of the flag as they meet a battle line of Confederate troops. There are 2 prints of this image, with different colorization, both are...

GLC02881.23

to Silas Stringham

Welles, Secretary of the Navy, congratulates Stringham, Flag Officer and Commander of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, for the Squadron's August 1861 capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, North Carolina. Declares "The successful result thus far of...

GLC03097.02

[Regarding African American troops in Missouri]

President Lincoln states that commissioners are "to appraise negroes in Missouri." Mentions that he was previously unaware of General Order No. 135 issued in mid-November 1863 by General John McAllister Schofield, in command of the Department of...

GLC03096

to Samuel Mercer

Written at Fortress Monroe. Stringham, Flag Officer and Commander of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, writes to Mercer, Captain of the Wabash, flagship of the Squadron. Reports, "It affords me pleasure to be the medium for forwarding to you a copy...

GLC03097.01

to Samuel Mercer

Bulkley, Captain's Clerk on board the Wabash, reports to Mercer, commander of the Wabash. Records details of the 28 and 29 August capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, located on the Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. Reports times when firing occurred...

GLC03097.03

Battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "Between the Corps d'armée of Genl. Banks, constituting a part of the Army of Virginia, under Genl. Pope and a vastly superior number of the...

GLC02881.24

Battle of Williamsburg, Va. May 5th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "Victorious charge of the gallant Soldiers of the North and East, under Genl. McClellan, the invincible leader of the Army of the Potomac."...

GLC02881.25

Battle of Five Forks Va. April 1st 1865

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under the title says: "This splendid Victory which led to the capture of the South side Railroad & the fall of Petersburg and Richmond was achieved by the...

GLC02881.26

Bombardment of Island "Number Ten" in the Mississippi River

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Subtitle is "By the Gunboat and Mortar fleet, under the command of Flag Officer A.H. Foote." Caption under the title says: "The Bombardment commenced on Saturday...

GLC02881.27

Battle of Corinth, Miss. Oct. 4th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "Between the Federal troops under Genl. Grant and the combined Rebel forces, under Genls. Van Dorn, Price, and Lovell; the Rebels were...

GLC02881.28

Battle of Chattanooga, Tenn. Novr. 24th & 25th 1863

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Subtitle is: "Between the Union forces under Genl. Grant, and the Rebel Army under Genl. Bragg." Caption under title says: "This great conflict began on Monday Novr...

GLC02881.29

Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title reads: "By the Federal Forces, under command of Genl. Ambrose E. Burnside, and Gunboats under Commodore L.M. Goldsborough." Shows Union soldiers...

GLC02881.30

The Battle of Antietam, Md. September 17th 1862

Color print depicts Union Army "utterly routing" Confederates at Antietam. Caption under title reads: "This splendid victory was achieved by the "Army of the Potomac," commanded by their Great General, Geo. B. McClellan, over the Rebel Army under Lee...

GLC02881.31

Battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9th 1862

Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street in New York (for a similar version see GLC02881.24). Subtitle says: "Between the Corps d'armée of Genl. Banks, constituting a part of the Army of Virginia, under Genl. Pope and the vastly superior...

GLC02881.32

Battle of Bull Run Va. July 21st 1861

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title reads: "Gallant charge of the Zouaves and defeat of the rebel Black Horse Calvary." J.E.B. Stuart's 1st Virginia Calvary was known as the Black...

GLC02881.33

Genl. Shields at the battle of Winchester, Va. 1862

Hand colored print published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "The Battle was commenced on the afternoon of March 22nd at which time Genl. Shields while in the act of leading forward his men, was struck by...

GLC02881.34

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "This battle shows what undaunted courage, the Lion-hearted Army of the Potomac always meets its foes. After forcing the passage of the...

GLC02881.35

Battle of Malvern Hill, Va. July 1st 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Mounted in folder. Caption under title says: "Charge of the 36th New York Volunteers, at the Battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st 1862, and Capture of the Colors of the...

GLC02881.36

The Siege of Charleston

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "Bombardment of Fort Sumter, and batteries Wagner and Gregg, by the Union Batteries on Morris Island, under the command of General Gilmore...

GLC02881.37

Appointment of Stephen Decatur, Jr. as commander on the Naval Reserve List

Partially printed manuscript with handwritten insertions. Signed as U.S. Secretary of the Navy.

GLC02794.170

Appointment of Stephen Decatur, Jr. as captain on the Naval Reserve List

Partially printed manuscript with handwritten insertions.

GLC02794.171

to Quincy A. Gilmore

On a small card, President Lincoln writes to Captain Gilmore, the chief engineer on the Port Royal Expedition to South Carolina, regarding General Thomas W. Sherman's attack on Port Royal: "I feel great interest in Gen. Sherman's expedition; and...

GLC02798.01

[Lincoln endorsement for release of Union prisoner of war]

Written on verso of a 28 April 1864 autograph letter signed from Missouri Representative Austin King. King seeks release for E. M. Brashear of Lafayette County, Missouri. Writes " While I know but little of this youth, I know his relations to be...

GLC02805

to George B. McClellan

Discusses gun boats being used by Grant in attack on Fort Henry. Informs McClellan "Gun boats supplied with temporary crews and in the the field. Mortar boats of no use at present. Enlistments for regular crews going on rapidly. Bombardment of...

GLC02832

to Simon Cameron re: recommending Edward Ellsworth cousin of Elmer Ellsworth

Written as President to Secretary of War Cameron, asking for a commission for Ellsworth, first cousin of Col. Elmer Ellsworth. The Colonel was the first officer killed in the war.

Basler, Roy, P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New...

GLC02840

to Philip Kearny

Ripley, Chief of the Ordnance Office, writes to General Kearny (Ripley spells "Kearney"). Reports that 95 Enfield rifles for the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd New Jersey Volunteers were transmitted to the Head Quarters of the Army of the Potomac and were returned...

GLC02850

to Elihu B. Washburne

Thanks Congressman Washburne deeply for defending her husband, Ulysses Grant, against attacks in Congress after the Battle of Shiloh. In a postscript, she asks him to send her a few copies of the speech he made before the House of Representatives.

GLC02811

to Professor Etooever

Considers Gettysburg as the "turning point of the war" due to the accidents of the enemy rather than their own abilities.

GLC02817

to Samuel Jones

Writes as Brigadier General commanding the Confederate military prisons to Major General Samuel Jones as commander of the District of Florida regarding exchanging his brother, F.M. Imboden for a Union soldier, Captain Wilson French of the 17th...

GLC02824

[Oath of allegiance to the United States for Alfred Jones, with Richard Johnson endorsement]

Jones signs partially printed document, pledging his allegiance to the United States of America. Also signed by Jonathan Sargent, Assistant Provost Marshall, Department of the Cumberland. Endorsement on verso, authorizing Jones to practice medicine...

GLC02825.03

[Letters written by George A. Tittle while cruising the North Atlantic aboard the USS Kearsarge] [decimalized .01-.19]

Surgeon steward Tittle details the "Kearsarge's" 1862-1864 cruise, including her engagement with the CSS "Alabama." The USS "Kearsarge" eventually fought and sank the Confederate raider off the French coast on 19 June 1864. 19 letters divided into 2...

GLC02828

[Letters, including five while on U.S. gunboats off South America] [decimalized .01-.18]

Written by the Allen brothers (Union naval officers) -- Joseph H., George D., and William B. -- to their sister Mary Mayberry with letters of William Oves and Frank McIntire. GLC02829.06 mentions the USS "Monitor." The Allen family was from...

GLC02829

[Collection of John D. O'Connell, 14th regiment, US army, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .58.03]

Letters cover 1861-63, and are primarily written to Mary H. Perkins. Collection includes 57 letters, 4 color printed cards, and 1 color print portrait.

GLC02830

[Civil War diaries of John D. O'Connell]

Three autograph manuscript diaries, two of which are signed. The first volume, covering 1865, is approximately 86 pages, totally written in ink; also features additional printed pages with calendars, stamp rates, and other information. Signed "O...

GLC02830.58

Photographic Views of Sherman's campaign [photograph album]

Mounted in a slightly later album book, rebacked.

GLC02833

to Perley P. Pitkin

General order instructs Pitkin to send "a competent person" to meet "five hundred contrabands" and bring them rations. "Contrabands" were freed enslaved people employed by the Union army. Written as Captain. Written at Harrison's Landing, Virginia...

GLC02849

to [Edward Davis Townsend]

Addressed to "the Adjutant General of the United States." Encloses letters and report [not included] of Provost Marshal Major Beard of the New York Volunteers. Beard delivered the letters to Sherman's headquarters while Sherman was absent on a...

GLC02851

Map of the Battle Ground of Greenbrier River

Wood and copper engraving of a battle in the Cheat Mountain Campaign, Robert E. Lee's first field command of the Civil War. This document is of Confederate origin and shows Camp Bartow, the Confederate position, in great detail, marking buildings...

GLC02875

to Samuel Hooper

Written from camp near Damstown. Banks, commanding a division, Army of the Potomac, replies to a note from Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Relates that he has been busy organizing his staff, and will soon make...

GLC02944.01

to Samuel Hooper

Banks, commander of the Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac, writes to Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Discusses the court martial of Lt. Goodrich (possibly the son of John Goodrich, former Representative...

GLC02944.02

Items related to the creation of the Robert Gould Shaw Monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens [Decimalized .01-.06]

GLC02928

to James H. Wilson

Celebratory discussion of union victories in the South. Sherman writes that he "knocked the daylight through Georgia," that General Wilson and General George H. Thomas gave confederate Generals "Hood & Forest a taste of what they have to Expect by...

GLC02947

Civil War Collection of 49 photographs [decimalized]

Various stereocard and other smaller photograph prints, most unmounted, relating to the Civil War in Virginia. The images come from Thomas G. Knight, who worked in Brady's studios (it is said) as a teenager. Included are images of Gettysburg...

GLC03029

To Arms!

Recruitment broadside, printed by woodblock, dated from Head Quarters, Jefferson, Ohio by Brigadier General Cadwell as a member of the 3rd Brigade, 9th Division of the Ohio Volunteer Militia. Says the President and the Governor of Ohio are calling...

GLC03081

Brady's Incidents of the War (General McClellan)

One undated image entitled "Brady's Incidents of the War (General McClellan)," was taken by Mathew Brady. Image is of General Morrell's Brigade at Miner's Hill, Virginia. The men are gathered around a tree trunk. Those pictured include the aide-de...

GLC03087

The President, General McClellan and Suite, On the Battlefield of Antietam

One image entitled, "The President, General McClellan and Suite, On the Battlefield of Antietam" taken by Alexander Gardner dated October 3, 1862. Image is of President Lincoln standing with General George B. McClellan, other generals, and their...

GLC03091

to Joseph Wheeler

Requests a leave of absence to be with his family. Requested the leave because he wished to move his pregnant wife to her aunt's home in Augusta, Georgia. The request was denied at the insistence of Braxton Bragg, who felt that an advance from...

GLC03023

Portrait of Black soldier Private Co. I, 54th Mass. Infantry [ambrotype image]

Unidentified soldier. (Identification based on insignia pinned on hat: "I 54".) Full length standing portrait of man sporting a moustache and carrying a bayonet and ammunition pouch on his belt. Paper and wood (floral design) case lacking cover...

GLC03027

Albumen Print of Battery A, 2nd U.S. Colored Light Artillery Reg

Dramatic oval photograph showing seven black soldiers attending a cannon.

GLC03028

to Wade Hampton re: activities of union cavalry and defense of Richmond

GLC03033

to Mary Carpenter

Written from Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

GLC03041

to Al Hileman

Discusses battle preparations on the eve of Bull Run. Also included is a fragment of another letter, in a different hand, with no date, signature or addressee.

GLC03042

to my dear brother and sister

Hopkins, a sailor on board a Union ship, replies to a letter from his brother and sister [N. N. and Lacey Hopkins?], of Ashtabula County, Ohio. Discusses problems with the mail. Notes that he feels better than he has in years, despite a persistent...

GLC03043

to his brother

Discusses drilling in Maryland with the 6th regiment of U.S. Cavalry.

GLC03044

to his parents

Tripp writes, "I am well and hope you are enjoying the same blessing we hav marched from alizabeth town to camp nevins 13 miles when ther was 16 thousand marched from this plase on tords [sic] old Buckner [General Simon Buckner]..." Discusses sending...

GLC03045

[Collection of Frank J. Tracy, C company, 21st regiment, Maine, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .08]

Letters written during the battles of Port Hudson & Baton Rouge.

GLC03047

Collection of Lucius E. Bidwell, B company, 14th regiment, Connecticut, infantry [Decimalized .01 and .02]

Bidwell writes to his mother regarding his recent fighting experiences, most likely in the Battle of Chancellorsville. Discusses the strength of rebel army in Virginia.

GLC03048

[Collection of Frank G. Crowell, B company, 92nd regiment, Illinois, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .03]

Includes three letters to his parents regarding the Battles of Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge.

GLC03049

[Manuscript drawing of the camp of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment]

Shows the various buildings and structures in camp, including barracks, a sawmill, barns, and a steam furnace. The buildings are numbered and there is a corresponding legend on the verso.
Drawn in pencil with a colored flag. The regiment operated...

GLC03050

to Jane

Expresses disappointment that Jane, probably his wife, does not write him often enough. Apologizes for not leaving more money to provide for Jane, and reports that he sent his most recent paycheck. Writes "You Cant scold worth a darn and had better...

GLC03052

[Collection of William H. McRae, I company, 101st regiment, Indiana, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .06]

Collection includes letters to his wife Mary McRae regarding his experiences in Kentucky and Tennessee.

GLC03054

[Collection of John H. Hester, F company, 12th regiment, Kentucky, cavalry] [decimalized]

Collection includes the diary of Union soldier John H. Hester of the 12th Kentucky Cavalry, 1863-1864, as well as one autograph letter signed to Margaret Hester dated 27 May 1863.

GLC03056

[Collection of George W. Ladd, B company, 2nd regiment, New Hampshire, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .08]

Collection of 7 letters including commander's letter regarding his death at the Second Battle of Manassas.

GLC03057

[Collection of Miles W. Paul, H company, 131st regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry] [decimalized]

By a soldier in the 131st Pennsylvania regiment written to his wife Cecilia Paul.

GLC03058

to George Wortham

Gives the names of six individuals they believe to be spies for the Union. Lists the reasons he believes these men are spies, and what they have done against the Confederate government. The letter is addressed to "Colonel Pit" but the envelope is...

GLC03066

[Petition to George Wortham to provide a scout for the county]

Petition signed by thirty-seven citizens of Tyrrell County, requesting that James Ludford be allowed to remain in the county as a scout. He is needed because of the nearby presence of Union troops, and the fear that some citizens have begun to spy...

GLC03067

to Mary N. Pendleton

To his sister, discussing family and military matters. Says of the fighting "We hardly know what to expect here. They say at Genl. Lee's that Hooker intends to cross, that the small part which landed at Port Royal on Friday was his advance guard...

GLC03075.02

to Rose P. Pendleton

Discusses recent engagements in northern Virginia between 9 October and 8 November, expresses his anger at recent Confederate loses, for which he feels "disgraced." Of Stonewall Jackson says "Oh, how each day is proving the inestimable value of Gen...

GLC03075.03

to Anzolette Pendleton

Writes to his mother discussing military matters. Speaks about General Lee's success in checking Union General Meade's planned offensive in northern Virginia, relates widespread Union destruction of Southern property, and notes that he and most...

GLC03075.04

to unknown

Says he "will not object to any enterprise" of the recipients, so long as it is based on solid knowledge of the enemy. As long as a move is based on "precise information" he will approve it and support an offensive action. Also asks a question...

GLC03082

Charleston, South Carolina 1865.

One photograph entitled, "Charleston, South Carolina, 1865" taken by Mathew Brady. Image shows the interior of Fort Sumter prior to the ceremony for the fourth anniversary of its bombardment.

GLC03089.01

Charleston, South Carolina. 1865.

One photograph entitled, "Charleston, South Carolina. 1865" taken by Mathew Brady. Image shows Union troops lounging on the front steps of Charleston City Hall. The building appears to have suffered minor damage.

GLC03089.02

Dead soldier on a battlefield

GLC03090.01

Carte de visite portrait of George Wynkoop

Standing portrait of Lt. Colonel of George Wynkoop of the 98th PA Volunteers.

GLC03090.02

[James A. Garfield]

Carte de visite portrait of Garfield in uniform, 3/4 sitting.

GLC03090.03

3 portraits of Civil War soldiers in uniform: 1 quarter type, 2 sixth type

3 tintype images accompanied by a "Union" military case with cannon.

GLC03090.04

Front of Arlington House

Image of Robert E. Lee's estate at Arlington, Virginia. Union soldiers sit on the front steps of the portico, dwarfed by the immense columns they lean on. The estate was used by Union soldiers as a hospital and later turned into Arlington National...

GLC03092.01

[Photograph of the effect of a shell explosion near Fredericksburg, Va.]

One undated photograph was taken by Andrew J. Russell. The image shows General Herman Haupt leaning against a stump and surveying the damage to artillery caissons caused by a shell. The caissons lie in wreckage next to the dead mules who had hauled...

GLC03093

Albumen of Ulysses S. Grant at time of Lincoln funeral

Portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant. Grant wears a black mourning armband, his left hand tucked in his coat in a "Napoleonic" pose. Probably taken while Lincoln's courtege traveled through Philadelphia. (See GLC01270, carte de visite).

GLC03094

Directing Secretary of War to release records. On verso of ALS from Wm. Reid

Intended to exonerate President Buchanan from the charge of colluding with Gen. David Twiggs in surrendering Federal posts in Texas.

GLC03178

Union soldiers diaries [decimalized .02-.16]

GLC03131

[Diaries of Charles T. Widdifield, K company, 12th regiment, Pennsylvania, cavalry]

Autograph manuscripts signed. The 1863 and 1865 diaries (approximately 150 and 122 pages, respectively) contain entries written under printed dates, while the 1864 diary (approximately 71 pages) is in a notebook with days and months written by...

GLC03131.02

[Diary of Isaac H. Moore, B company, 138th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry]

Autograph manuscript signed of Isaac H. Moore, a sergeant in 138th regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps. Diary is written largely in pen. Discusses the campaign of the Army of the Potomac from May to August 1864...

GLC03131.03

[Diary of Milo B. Stiles, F battery, 11th regiment, Vermont, 1st heavy artillery]

Autograph manuscript signed. Written mostly in pencil, with some entries in pen. Stiles served in a 3-month regiment, in the 11th Vermont until December 1862, and joined again for service in the 11th Vermont heavy artillery. His unit served in...

GLC03131.04

[Diary of George T. Tosh, Iowa,1st light battery]

Autograph manuscript signed. Diary written by George T. Tosh, a soldier in lst Iowa Battery.

GLC03131.05

[Collection of Frank C. Stout, D company, 34th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .11]

Collection of Frank C. Stout (full name Benjamin Franklin Christian Stout) of the 129th Pennsylvania Volunteers, a nine month regiment. Collection includes two diaries, both of which are signed and primarily written in pencil. The first diary is...

GLC03131.07

[Collection of William O. Rome] [Decimalized .01- .03]

Diary in pen, tintype, and two letters of William O. Rome, soldier in Co. K, 56th New York. The two letters (21 December 1862 and 24 December 1862) are written from Yorktown, Virginia and one contains a list of all the men in Company K and whether...

GLC03131.09

[Diary of William W. Pratz]

Autograph manuscript signed. Diary in pencil. Writes about camp life and the weather. Notes the number of letters he writes and receives in a day. Approximately 112 pages.

GLC03131.11

[History of 157th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers]

Autograph manuscript. Noted as a copy and signed "Thomas E. Carter" on page one. Not really a diary, although first three pages contain information that Richie received the book on 5 September 1864, the day Private Joseph Richie Co. C, 157th...

GLC03131.13

[Collection of Hiram C. Wells]

The collection includes his 1863 diary, military papers and personal and legal papers (mostly pre and post-war). Gives good view of life in cavalry with skirmishes, scouts, etc. Regiment took part in siege of Knoxville. Wells was later captured...

GLC03131.15