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"No. 12."

Caption label on verso: "…Ending of Solders' [sic] Barracks seen in No. 11, and commencing and continuing with Officers' Quarters up to Gateway on the right. This completes the whole circuit in sections."

GLC03919.04

"[No.] 14."

View of a group of Confederate dignitaries in front of the shot furnace on the parade ground at Fort Sumter. The group is gathered beside a large mounted cannon, and is purported to contain both Wade Hampton and Gov. Francis Pickens.

GLC03919.05

"[No.] 15."

View of the cannons from inside Fort Sumter, probably on the parapet.

GLC03919.06

"No. 17."

View of the rear of Fort Sumter's parapet.

GLC03919.07

"[No.] 18."

View of the sally-port inside Fort Sumter, with Confederate soldiers gathered in the entrance.

GLC03919.08

"[No.] 19."

Purported to be the only known photograph of the interior of Fort Sumter's casemate, this view shows a row of guns mounted beneath brick archways.

GLC03919.09

[Manuscript map, Military Reconnaissance Dept. Va]

Title continues: "Major Genl. Wool Comdg. Drawn by Sergt. Worret & Compiled Under the Direction of Colonel T.J. Cram Chief Topl. Engr. Dept. Va."
"Copy." Shows the Yorktown Peninsula and contains a description of the area in terms of its potential...

GLC04355.01

Grant, Ulysses S. Carte de visite

White mount with imprint of Dunn and printed caption "Major-General Ulysses S. Grant" on verso. Verso also contains pencil inscription: "Earlier uniform and long beard when he was a BRIG. GEN." Vignette bust portrait in uniform. Photograph from...

GLC07808.001

Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

White mount with purple border. Imprint of Anthony on verso. Vignette bust portrait in uniform, wearing hat.

GLC07808.002

to: [Robert] Allen. (Louisville, [Ky.])

secretarial copy of a telegram requesting a special passenger train to carry Jefferson Davis to Washington, D.C: "Keep quiet about the object of engaging the special train but it must be at Parkersburg on Friday next…." Note at upper right reads "By...

GLC07642.03

to: A[lba] M. Tucker

instructions for Tucker to proceed to Parkersburg, where he should arrange for transportation for Jefferson Davis from there to Washington, D.C. Allen encloses a copy of Gen. Thomas's 15 May 1865 dispatch (item #3 in this collection).

GLC07642.04

[Civil War reminiscence]

War reminiscence containing full text of seven telegrams regarding transportation of Jefferson Davis from Nashville to Washington, D.C. (These telegrams appear as items 3-9 in this collection.)

GLC07642.10

[Daguerrotypes of mother and baby]

Daguerrotypes depicting a mother and baby

GLC03136.121

Carte de visite [Unidentified]

New Orleans Photographic Co. imprint and orange two-cent tax stamp on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "May 12 1865." Pencil inscription on verso: "16369." Bust portrait in uniform.

GLC06358.09

Carte de visite of [Arman Martin]

Washburn imprint on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "Arman[?] R. Martin, 1st Lieut. 20th U.S.C.I." Bust portrait in uniform.

GLC06358.10

Carte de visite of [William] Greeley

Moses & Piffet imprint and orange two-cent tax stamp on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "Wm. Gerrley, Capt. 20th U.S.C.I." Bust portrait in uniform.

GLC06358.11

Carte de visite of [H.H. Rowe]

Moses & Piffet imprint on recto. Ink inscription on verso: "Yours truly, H. H[?]. Rowe[?], Capt. 20th U.S.C.I." Bust portrait in uniform.

GLC06358.12

Appointment of Alba M Tucker as Second Lieutenant in the 100th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers.

Signed by Noble as Adjutant General of Indiana, and by Tucker as a Volunteer. General Orders No. 56 on stationery of Adjutant General's Office, Indiana Volunteer Militia.

GLC07642.01

Annual Report to the Quartermaster General,

Hull & Brother, Printers,Annual Report to the Quartermaster General, Complied Pursuant to Gen. Order No. 29, Q.M. Gen's Office, 6 July 1864. Capt. A.M. Tucker, A.Q.M. Vols, Louisville, Ky. Tucker's activities as Assistant Quartermaster for the...

GLC07642.02

to: Rob[er]t Allen (Louisville, Ky.)

missed connection with train.

GLC07642.05

to: A[lba] M. Tucker,

instructions to remain at Parkersburg until further notice.

GLC07642.06

to: A[lba] M. Tucker [Parkersburg, W.Va.]

reiterating instructions to remain at Parkersburg until further notice.

GLC07642.07

to: R[obert] Allen, (Louisville, Ky.)

acknowledging receipt of Allen's messages of the 17 and 18 May 1865.

GLC07642.08

to: A[lba] M. Tucker [Parkersburg, W.Va.]

In entirety: "The route has changed. Return."

GLC07642.09

[Unidentified newspaper.]

Newspaper clipping reprinting the telegrams described above in items 3-9. Reprints are followed by brief criticism of the extreme secrecy surrounding the transportation of Davis.

GLC07642.11