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[Gardner Civil War photographs: Meade, Grand Review, etc]
circa 1864-1865
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Group portrait. Photograph 6, neg. number 696.
GLC05508.012.06
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Group portrait at dinner table. Photograph 7, neg. number 791.
GLC05508.012.07
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Individual portrait. Photograph 8, neg. number 1041.
GLC05508.012.08
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Picture of the Grand Review of the Army of Tennessee, May 24, 1865. Photograph 9, neg. number 1249.
GLC05508.012.09
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Picture of the Grand Review of the Army of the Tennessee, May 24, 1865. Photograph 10, neg. number 1253.
GLC05508.012.10
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Picture of the Grand Review of the Army of the Tennessee, May 24, 1865. Photograph 11, neg. number 1254.
GLC05508.012.11
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Picture of the Grand Review of the Army of the Tennessee, May 24, 1865. Photograph 12, neg. number 1257.
GLC05508.012.12
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Picture of the Grand Review of the Army of the Tennessee, May 24, 1865. Photograph 13, neg. number 1258.
GLC05508.012.13
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Picture of the Grand Review of the Army of the Tennessee, May 24, 1865. Photograph 14, neg. number 1259.
GLC05508.012.14
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Picture of the Grand Review of the Army of the Tennessee, May 24, 1865. Photograph 15, neg. number covered by a mount.
GLC05508.012.15
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Picture of the Grand Review of the Army of the Tennessee, May 24, 1865. Photograph 16, neg. number 1268.
GLC05508.012.16
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Picture of the Grand Review of the Army of the Tennessee, May 24, 1865. Photograph 17, neg. number 1282.
GLC05508.012.17
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Unknown photographer, "Wilderness #70. Charles City Va. View of Court House." Photograph 18, neg. number 778.
GLC05508.012.18
Gardner-Ordway Collection. Image of a bomb-proof with a man standing in the doorway. Photograph 19, neg. number 43.
GLC05508.012.19
to Henry W. Halleck
01 November 1863
Foster, John Gray, 1823-1874
Union Major General, proposing a raid on Richmond
GLC08139
Satirical Union Broadside
2 October 1863 circa
"Chattanooga Sentinel-Extra...the Ladies of Selma are respectfully requested to preserve all their chamber lye..."
GLC08140
"Corps d'Afrique"
04 September 1863
Plumly, B. Rush (Benjamin Rush), 1816-1887
"Corps d'Afrique" recruiting letter, and card from Plumly's Brigade, 16th Regiment, New Orleans. [Plumly was former underground railroad operator]
GLC08147
Proclimation by the Governor
12 April 1864
Murrah, P., fl. 1864
Governor of Texas proclaiming "The Major General commanding the District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona has refused to receive state troops. The enemy, is in force, upon the very borders of our state."
GLC08164
Election of 1864
16 October 1864
Election of 1864 "The degrading compromise that the Northern Copperhead leaders would force upon the country rebel terms of peace!!" Illustration of Jefferson Davis shaking hands with Union soldier who has lost a leg, over an image of a tombstone...
GLC08166
to [Roberta Jeffery]
May 23, 1865
Farragut, Virginia L., fl. 1860-1865
The release of Roberta's brother, William, who is being detained as a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware. Virginia informs Roberta that, upon receiving a letter from William, Admiral Farragut addressed a letter to the commanding officer at Fort...
GLC01896.075
to W.W. Dungan
1865/07/14
Archer, Edward R., fl. 1830-1917
Letter seeking to renew friendship with W. W. Dungan, one of Archer's friends from his service in the U. S. Navy before the war. "Now since the war is ended and the South has returned her allegiance to the United States, are feelings of wrath, envy...
GLC01896.078
to Mary Epperly
8 April 1864
Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904
Writes that reports indicate that four Corps. of Yankees are in front of their position. Says that they are down to very small rations.
GLC02715.088
20 May 1864
Reports that 1,119 men were killed and wounded within ten minutes at the Battle of Resaca. Says that they are now forty miles from Atlanta, Georgia. Notes that the Yankees are close behind them and have possession of the railroad. Written from Ash...
GLC02715.092
3 June 1864
Informs her about friends and family members who have been wounded. Notes that he thinks they should fall back to Atlanta, Georgia. The Yankees may be trying to flank them out of their current position.
GLC02715.095
15 June 1864
Notes from camp near Marietta that he has not received any mail in a long time. Knows the mail is irregular and believes it will be cut off before too long. Writes: "There was one of our Companeys went to the Yankees the other Night off of Picket....
GLC02715.097
4 July 1864
Writes that they fell back six miles. Says that he does not think the Yankees will fight as long as they can keep flanking the Confederates and forcing them from their positions. Notes that they lost 30 men through straggling. State was not...
GLC02715.099
to his family
12 July 1864
Two letters written to his family. In the first letter to his mother, Harvey, and George, Epperly writes to let them know he is well. In the second letter to his wife Mary, Epperly writes that he does not understand why there is such a problem with...
GLC02715.100
17 July 1864
Reports that the Yankees are still on the other side of the river. Notes that he does not expect any major fighting in the near future. Both the army and the civilians are moving stuff out of Atlanta, Georgia. Text loss.
GLC02715.101
2 August 1864
Reports that he just returned from escorting Federal prisoners to Andersonville, Georgia. Mentions battles fought on 22 July and 28 July.
GLC02715.102
12 August 1864
Reports that the Yankees are shelling the town. Says that the shelling has killed many women and children and caused great hardship. The soldiers took all the food from people's gardens. Writes that he believes the Yankees will try to flank them...
GLC02715.103
16 September 1864
Writes that Governor Brown has furloughed the Georgia militia for 30 days. Reports that [General William T.] Sherman has ordered all the citizens out of Atlanta. Notes they are half way through a ten day armistice.
GLC02715.107
21 October 1864
Writes that they are going to strike at the railroads near Bridge Port, Tennessee, unless they run into Yankees along the way. Reports that Jefferson Davis visited camp and told the Colonel of the 63rd Virginia that they would be coming back to...
GLC02715.108
2 November 1864
Writes from Florrans, Alabama (possibly referring to Florence, Alabama). Notes that they have spent two days putting up a pontoon bridge. Writes extensively about God's will, his hopes for peace, and his desire to see his family. Also mentions...
GLC02715.109
Reports that the Confederate army has destroyed part of the railroad between Atlanta, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee. They captured "600 whitemen an[d] 800 Negroes." Writes that he believes the Yankee army is retreating toward Chattanooga.
GLC02715.111
8 March 1865
Writes that he has not heard from her since December 1864. Reports that the whole army is heading through North Carolina to Virginia. Notes Shaman's [General William T. Sherman] Army has destroyed all the railroads between Augusta, [Georgia] and...
GLC02715.119
to C. M. Epperly
March 24, 1865
Epperly, Mary M., fl. 1859-1865
Writes that she thinks the Yankees have stopped the mail and that is why he has not received her letters. Notes that she believes the Federal Army will soon occupy Richmond and Lynchburg, Virginia. Comments that she does not believe the Yankees...
GLC02715.122
[Two Beauregard related items].
1861-1869
Reporting that Union troops were between him and General Jones. Countersigned by General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, who adds a pencil note that forces were sent against the Union troops, who unfortunately already were retreating (GLC08238.01)...
GLC08238
to Pierre G. T. Beauregard
25 October 1869
Smith, Robert H., fl. 1869
Regarding a conversation with Jefferson Davis on the possibility of capturing Washington, D.C.
GLC08238.02
to James Harlan
20 June 1864
Carr, Andrew J., fl. 1864
Carr asks Senator Harlan for help in securing Lieutenant Frank Williams' release, a parolee captured at Gettysburg of the 13th North Carolina. He notes that prison authorities are making a similar request to Washington, because Williams gave...
GLC08247.02
to Henry Jackson
19 October 1861
Stevenson, C. L. (Carter Littlepage), 1817-1888
Union troop movements near Monterey, Virginia. The Batlle of Bull's Bluff (30 miles away) was fought four days later.
GLC08212
[Civil War correspondence of Peter Franklin Jones, a Baptist pastor who was an officer in Griswold Light Cavalry, 21st New York Cavalry].
circa 1850-1880
Jones, Peter Franklin, fl. 1850-1880
Covers the march to Winchester, Virginia, near Mechanicsburg Gap.
GLC08213
to unknown
11 September 1864
Gordon, H.D., fl. 1864
Efforts to avoid draft riots in Rochester, New York, by paying bounties and the nomination of George McClellan.
GLC08214
to Turlow Weed
20 August 1862
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Explaining the anti-American bias of the English press during the Trent Affair.
GLC08216
[Wartime excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation].
circa 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Possibly used for dissemination by the United States military.
GLC08217
to Luin K. Thacher and Henry Flesher
09 October 1863
Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
Two dispatches alerting Union officers of Confederate General Joseph Shelby's raids into Missouri: "I haven just received information that the rebels took Warsaw... & marched out from there on the Sedalia Road..."
GLC08222
to John M. Schofield
Alerting him about Confederate Joseph Shelby's raids in Missouri.
GLC08223
to Egbert Brown
11 October 1863
Update on Shelby's raid in Missouri.
GLC08224
to George Hall
13 October 1863
Mentions writing both to Brigadier General Egbert Brown and to himself to request an update on any further information they might have on Shelby's Missouri raid, but has not heard from either.
GLC08225
Carte de visite [Portrait of Frances Clalin].
circa 1862
GLC08233
Carte de visite [Portrait of Richard Yates].
circa 1861-1865
Inscribed on verso: "to W. H. H. Alden from the Governor".
GLC08235
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