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to Frederick Locke
27 July 1863
Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914
Asks for a 20 day leave of absence to recover his health following Gettysburg.
GLC03801.05
[John Grimes Walker's naval correspondence] [decimalized .01-.50]
1862-1920
Walker, John G., 1835-1907
49 items plus disbound orderly book and 2 collateral newsclippings on the launching of the USS "Walker" in 1918. Consists of his official naval correspondence. Walker's biography: Originally from New Hampshire, after his mother's death in 1846...
GLC03804
General Order
28 September 1864
Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891
Printed general order from Rear Admiral Porter as Commander of the Mississippi Squadron. Porter was taking the leave of his officers and men as he assumed command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Praises their actions and says their efforts...
GLC03810
A Brief sketch of the war with the U.S. and of Battles in which I have been engaged or which I visited before the Dead Were Buried.
January 23, 1864
Allen, Littleberry W., fl. 1864
Signed by Allen as a Confederate prisoner of war and dated Johnsons Island, Ohio January 23rd, 1864. Allen signs as a captain in the Independent Cavalry of Virginia. He writes in the preface, "It is very hastily and therefore very imperfectly...
GLC03811
[Endorsement on parole for Confederate Prisoner of War captured at Vicksburg]
7 July 1863
Vaughn, John Crawford, 1824-1875
Partially printed document created at Vicksburg, indicating that Confederate Daniel C. Staley vows not to take up arms against the United States. Signed 8 July by Captain and paroling officer William [Demean?]. Confederate General Vaughn's...
GLC03822
[General order congratulating officers and soldiers of the 15th Army Corps after the fall of Vicksburg]
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Major General Sherman issues General Orders from the Department of the Tennessee, camped on the Black River. Declares "Your Commander, in thus briefly reciting the events of the past seven months, thinks, in them, every officer and man has good...
GLC03828
Carte de visite of Frank K Brownell
circa 1861
Silsbee, Case & Co.
Brownell holding saber and wearing Medal of Honor. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on June 20, 1877 for killing the murderer of Col. Elmer Ellsworth.
GLC03830
to Edwin M. Stanton
March 30, 1862
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872
Halleck writes to Stanton to report on Union troop strength in the western theater. Llists the number of troops under Generals Grant, Pope, Curtis, Strong, Steele, and Schofield, and the numbers in several state militia. Written on stationery of the...
GLC03831
to Horatio G. Wright.
10 May 1864
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac, informs General Wright that General Gershom Mott "taken position on your left will be under your direction." Instructs Wright to General Ambrose Burnside's relief if Wright hears heavy firing at Burnside...
GLC03832
[Carte de visite of Irvin McDowell]
1861-1865 ca.
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Signed on mount. Published by E. Anthony.
GLC03833
to Irvin McDowell
4 May 1863
Steele, Frederick, 1819-1868
Written at 2:00 am on Headquarters of the Army of the South West stationery, but Army of the South West has been crossed out, and 1st Division written in its place. General Steele writes to McDowell, who served as president of the court for...
GLC03835
Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina [decimalized .01-.90]
1856-1865
West, Lewis H., 1829-?
West was a Union naval officer in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, mostly serving off South Carolina and Georgia. This collection begins with three documents from West's service on a merchant marine ship off China. He served on the USS "Perry"...
GLC03836
[Three volumes of letterpress copy books of G. F. Tindall]
November 2, 1861 - February 20, 1865
Tindall, Gideon F., fl. 1834-1865
Three volumes of letterpress copies of letters written by Tindall. First volume contains mostly letters written as assistant superintendent for the railroad in Dunkirk, New York, from November 1861 until May 1864, though many of these were written...
GLC03837
Maine at Gettysburg.
1898
Title continues, Report of Maine Commissioners, Prepared by the Executive Committee. Chamberlain's presentation notice pasted onto the front flyleaf. Includes maps, photographs, narrative reports, rosters, monument dedications, and casualty reports...
GLC03852
Soldier's diary, Co. I, 7th Regt. Vermont Vols. re: Mobile, with photograph
January 1865 - December 1865
Vaughn, Charles E., fl. 1865
The diary is about 65 pp. Includes a postwar cabinet photograph of an elderly Vaughn in uniform.
GLC03856
[Collection of George M. Eveleth, H company, 25th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry]
17 November 1861 - 1866
Eveleth, George M., 1837-1879
The correspondence concerns Roanoke Island, the Union advance on Richmond, joining Sherman's army. Also includes non-wartime letters.
GLC03857
[Collection of John A. Parrot, B company, 34th regiment, Illinois, infantry] [decimalized]
1862-1864
Parrott, John A., fl. 1861-1877
This is a collection of the Civil War letters of John A. Parrott to his family at home. 34th Illinois. Father is C Parrot Esqr. Emma? Wife Sarah. William? Most of John's letters are addressed to one of his sisters, though it is often unclear...
GLC03858.01
Lieut. in 75th Illinois Vols. [decimalized]
Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877
GLC03858.02
Letters, some wardate with post-war collateral, 15th Mich. Vols.
1862-1865
Parrott, Family, fl. 1862-1865
Collection includes 29 letters, 5 receipts, 1 drawing, 1 carte-de-visite, 3 news clippings and 10 envelopes.
GLC03858.03
[Collection of Byron E. Churchill, A company, 15th regiment, Michigan, infantry] [decimalized]
Churchill, Byron, 1846-?
Sometimes signs as "Biron." Churchill's mother was Drazilla of St. Joseph Co., Burr Oak, Mich. His regiment served at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg and in the Atlanta campaign. His last letter in the field is dated Atlanta 8/24/1864 (#25); he was...
GLC03859
Petition of inhabitants of Scipio and Venice to the Congress of the U. States
January 23, 1862
Fitch, Alvah, 1828-?
Inhabitants of Cayuga County, New York, ask Congress to pass a law "reducing all the rebellious States to Territories declare all the slaves free and as soon as the rebels can be drove out of a State or subdued give each resident of the State without...
GLC03860
to John Angel James Creswell
December 27, 1863
Birney, William, 1819-1907
General Birney discusses the recruitment of African American troops with Creswell, a United States Representative from Maryland. Expresses his hope to "enable the First District to meet its full quota in colored troops," with Creswell's support....
GLC03428.02
[Recommendation for the muster of Lieutenant Carl Ludwig Berlin]
2 November 1863
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Two of Hunt's autograph endorsements are found on verso of a letter written 2 November by Joseph M. Kennedy, a commissary of musters. Kennedy informs Lieutenant Berlin (possibly Carl Ludwig Berlin) that he cannot be mustered as second lieutenant in...
GLC03469.05
to Edwin D. Morgan
4 March 1862
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885
Requests that the "81st, 92d, 93d, 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, 100th, 101st, 102nd and 103d Regiments of New York Volunteers, may be forwarded to this city as rapidly as possible." These regiments were needed for the Peninsula campaign, which was...
GLC03471
to John T. Sprague
11 June 1864
Howe, Albion Parris, 1818-1897
Recommending Lieutenant Marcus P. Miller for command of New York Regiment.
GLC03474.05
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