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G.O. no. 1 re: court martial of Union captain who attacked a freed woman

Countersignature is illegible.

GLC06727.05

Circular no. 6 re: law concerning captured plantations operated by former slaves

GLC06727.06

Circular to freed slaves, thanksgiving for victory at the Battle of Gettysburg

GLC06727.07

Blank form for plantation purchases

Regarding Negro wages etc.

GLC06727.08

Circular no. 7 re: shelter for colored refugees

GLC06727.09

Circular no. 3 re: distribution of property of newly freed slaves

GLC06727.10

Circular no. 4 re: regulations dealing with the labor of former slaves

GLC06727.11

[Collection of John F. Weeks, K company, 36th regiment, Illinois, infantry] [decimalized .001-.143]

The John F. Weeks collection consists of approximately seventy-five letters written by Weeks to his family during his service. These letters include accounts of the battles of Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone River, and Mission Ridge. Along with...

GLC06728

to Sarah [Mason]

Writes that she attended a New Year's Eve party. Reports that she has been employed as a second cook for the Newburg Asylum and is enjoying her employment.

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to his parents

Writes that seven confederate spies have been caught and are being held in the guardhouse. Reports that General Fremont has left to cut off reinforcements from Price and McCulloch at Lexington. Writes that he is at the location where Col. Franz...

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to his parents

Reports that some of the soldiers of the company are ill but not dangerously. Describes his uniform equipment, and food at camp. Writes that a prisoner, a lieutenant of Brig. General James McBride was brought in. Prisoners are often brought in and...

GLC06728.003

to his parents

Writes that there are fifty prisoners digging trenches to place cannons in. Also includes a letter written October 31st. Hs just returned from regimental review. Writes that he would like to become a member of the Free Masons; and would welcome...

GLC06728.004

to his sister Etta

Reports that fifteen prisoners were caught and sent to headquarters for examination. Describes how picket guard is done. Writes that it will cost one dollar to get his picture taken. Written at Camp Rolla

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to his parents

Writes that he is just recovering from the measles and is feeling "morbid". Reports that General Sigel is camped close by with six thousand men. Also reports that Major General Alexander Asboth is at Gasconade with many men. Written at Camp Rolla

GLC06728.006

to his family

Writes that he is feeling better, though he still can't speak aloud. Reports that three companies of infantry went to Salem to clear a band of rebels. There is rumor that General Price has been replaced but the rumor has not been confirmed. Writes...

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to his parents

Feels it will be impossible for him to get furlough or discharged. Reports that the colonel is under arrest for fraud and the chaplain for collecting two months wages more than was due to him. Two lieutenants and the Quarter Master are also under...

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to his brother Edgar Wright and sister Lydia Wright

Writes that General Wyman of the 14th Illinois has command of the post. Reports that Sigel and Asboth's divisions are also there. Describes how he spent New Year's Eve with lots of food sent to the soldiers from Illinois.Written at Camp Rolla

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to his parents

Writes that the regiment has received two six-mule teams per company, some of which are secesh property. Had a New Year's feast of courtesy of the friends of Illinois. Compares prices of produce in Illinois to produce prices in Rolla, Mo. Writes...

GLC06728.010

to his parents

Writes that he will be marching to Springfield, about 70 miles from his present location, to "bag old Price". Also includes a newspaper clipping reporting that the 36th Illinois has left for the West.

GLC06728.011

[Collection of Halleck Armstrong, field and staff, 50th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry]

Civil War date letters, including span during time of Lincoln's assassination

GLC06734

Diaries while serving in the Union Army Telegraph Corps [photos in .02 for cons] [decimalized .01-.09]

Diaries housed in Primary: Range 3B, Shelf 1-2.

GLC06738

Large albumen photographs taken by Memphis photographer Taft

Photographs taken from life by Memphis photographer Taft, beginning with Admiral Porter's flagship U.S.S. Blackhawk, also the U.S.S. Tyler, U.S. Navy gun Bat Brown, the Memphis & St. Louis packet boat "The City of Alton," the U.S.S. Fawn, the U.S...

GLC06739

Photograph album of British General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle

General U. S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac at Cold Harbor and City Point in 1864. Album of Large photographs all taken in the field by Mathew Brady's studio. The album was assembled by British General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, who was sent...

GLC06740

to Edwin M. Stanton, re: W.T. Sherman promotion to Major General

Requests that W.T. Sherman be promoted to Major General because he was "in the thickest of the fight both days, having three horses killed under him and being wounded twice" at the Battle of Shiloh

GLC06884

to Abraham Lincoln, re: seeking position of military governor of Arkansas

Asking Lincoln to be considered a candidate for military governor of Arkansas

GLC06886

Captains Jane and Clark

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. With tax stamp. Shows three soldiers and a civilian servant [?] in front of a tent.

GLC05137.206

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac -- Warrior's Rest

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Group of soldiers posing in frame of a wooden structure.

GLC05137.210

Tent Life of the 31st Pennsylvania Regiment

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Famous photograph of a woman holding a basket, her soldier husband and three children posed in front of tent. Cooking utensils, stool and other amenities are visible.

GLC05137.220

Maj. Gen Burnside and His Staff

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Maj. Gen. Burnside and Staff at his Headquarters in the field near Richmond, Va."

GLC05137.239

General Mulford, Agent of Exchange, Richmond, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Gen'l Mulford, Ageny of Exchange, Richmond, Va." Shows Mulford leaning on a tree outside a mansion. Two men standing on left side of photograph, large house...

GLC05137.240

General Ord, at Jeff Davis's Mansion

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Col. [sic] Ord, at the mansion formerly occupied by Jeff Davis, Richmond, Va. In the doorway is the table upon which the surrender of Gen. lee was signed."

GLC05137.241

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac -- Gen. Neal Dowd's Tent

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Gen. Dowd and two officers in side a tent.

GLC05137.242

Generals Hancock, Gibbon, Bartlett and Birney

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Group of Generals: Hancock, Gibbon, Barton [sic], Birney, in the field, near Richmond, Va." With tax stamp. Handwritten: "Emma G. Griggs, From my Husband"

GLC05137.243

The old Stone House in Richmond

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "The old Stone House in Main st., Richmond, Va. This is the first dwelling erected in the city and was at one time occupied by Gen. Washington." Shows a group of...

GLC05137.245

Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Reviewing stand

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. The stand in front of the President's House occupied by the President...

GLC05137.253

Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Maj. Gen. Humphrey and Staff

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. Looking up Pennsylvania Avenue from the Treaury Buildings. Maj. Gen...

GLC05137.254

Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Maj. Gen. Humphrey and Staff

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Same as GLC 5137.254. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. Looking...

GLC05137.255

Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Maj. Gen. Frank Blair and Staf

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. Looking up Pennsylvania Avenue...

GLC05137.256

Return of the New York 69th Regiment

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "The Return of the New York 69th Regiment, N.Y.S.N.G."

GLC05137.258

Scene in the Hospital (leg amputation)

No identification. Label on front: "Scene in the Hospital." Zouave soldiers helping a doctor with a leg amputation. Handwritten on verso: "Hospital Scene at Fortress Monroe, Va." Not the same as 5137.201

GLC05137.200

Scene in the Hospital. (arm amputation)

No identification. Label on front: "Scene in the Hospital." Zouaves soldiers helping a doctor prepare for amputate an arm. Doctors kit visible ion a table in the foreground. Handwritten on verso: "Hospital Scene at Fortress Monroe, Va." Not the...

GLC05137.201

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac. Taking it Easy

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. "Taking it Easy." Large number of men sitting around posing for the camera. Some have climbed on top of buildings and sit in trees in order to be in the photograph.

GLC05137.202

Camp Life [militia musicians in camp?]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. A group of soldiers, possibly musicians, with several men in top hats and suits standing in front of a tent. Uniforms on soldiers are light with dark strips on seams of pants and dark accenting on jacket.
Two...

GLC05137.203

Camp Life [militia unit?]

No identification. Label on front. "1668 War Scenes. Camp Life." A regiment of soldiers in a field in marching formation. Officers wear dark uniforms and the soldiers wear light uniforms with dark stripes on the seams of the pants, white gloves and...

GLC05137.204

Camp Scene, 44th Regt. Halls Hill, Virginia, Butterfield's headquarters....

C. A. Palmer. A group of soldiers among their tents. Label on back: "Camp Scene, 44th Regt. Halls Hill, Virginia, Butterfield's headquarters in distance." Label on back includes information for the developing of the negative.

GLC05137.205

The Battlefield of Bull Run

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Soldiers and part of a Battery, on the Battlefield of 'Bull Run.'" One cannon in place and it appear

GLC05137.207

Soldiers posing in front of building

Nineteen soldiers in an empty building, possibly a train station. Soldiers are wearing light pants with light stripes on seams and waist coats.

GLC05137.208

Soldiers posing for group portrait in a field

A group of soldiers in a field posing with guns and knapsacks.

GLC05137.209

Large group of soldiers lined up in a curve, one man wearing a medal

Twenty-eight soldiers visable in the photograph. The men are lined up single file with a gradual curve so that the men at the left hand side of the photograph is very close to the camera and the men on the right is far away. The soldier fifth from...

GLC05137.211

Soldiers in camp, debris in foreground

Group of soldiers in camp. Debris in the foreground. Many of the men are not wearing jackets.

GLC05137.212