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to Daniel Butterfield

Commander Military Division of the Mississippi Sherman writes to General Butterfield to discuss preparations for the campaign against Atlanta and problems with rail transportation. He also comments on the high quality of General Thomas Hooker's...

GLC03779

to George C. Pullman

Written as Vice President of the Pullman Company to the President. Discusses revenues through the previous day. Mentions that night travel has remained unchanged and daytime usage has fallen off due to the warm weather. Reports on fuel usage and...

GLC02879

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

[Photograph album of Major Schuyler Colfax]

Album belonging to Schuyler Colfax with over one hundred cartes des visite of New York, Washington, famous policians and other sights. Includes forty outdoor cartes of New York City by E & H.T. Anthony; 16 of Washington and environs by Gardner and...

GLC04689

[Telegram message for Samuel Morse's coachman]

Note to be relayed to Morse's coachman informing that he will be arriving on the five o'clock train tonight. Written on stationery of the New York, Albany & Buffalo Telegraph Co. Gold envelope is printed with "Morse's American Telegraph, New-York...

GLC04650.01

Bull Run [rail road] Bridge. [1862-1865 ca.]

Title taken from inscription on recto. The Orange and Alexandria railroad bridge on the right is of military construction and was constructed using prefabricated segments known as "shad-belly" trusses. A soldier stands on the left bank and another...

GLC05111.01.0514

Federal soldiers and officers stand around the "Dictator," a massive rail mortar, Petersburg, Va. [October 1864 ca.]

The guns crew and officers stand around the "Dictator," mounted on a rail car. The two officers in the foreground are Colonel H.L. Abbot, First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, and General H.J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery of the Army of the Potomac....

GLC05111.01.0534

Provost guard, Manassas Junction, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

There is a large pile of planks in the center of the image lying next to the railroad tracks that lead to several cars on the left in the distance. A small group of men is seated on some of the planks on the left while a larger group stands to the...

GLC05111.01.0561

Abandoned Confederate trains at Manassas Junction, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

Four Federal cavalrymen are sitting or leaning on posts in the foreground on the right of the image. On the left, multiple railroad tracks lead off to the horizon. There are train cars on the leftmost track which were abandoned by the Confederates...

GLC05111.01.0563

Dalton, Ga. looking towards Mill Creek Gap. [1860's ca.]

A line of trains and railroad tracks cuts across the center of the image. The town lies behind the railroad and it is possible to make out the sign of the "National Hotel" on the left side of the image. Inscription on recto: "Dalton Ga - looking...

GLC05111.01.0571

Mill Creek Gap rocky face ridge in Dalton, Ga. [variant] [1860's ca.]

Very similar to #571, but probably at a different time of day. A line of trains and railroad tracks cut across the center of the image. The town lies behind the railroad and there are hills in the background. Inscription on recto: "Mill Creek gap -...

GLC05111.01.0572

Rail bridge across the Tennessee River at Bridgeport, Ala. [1864 ca.]

Railroad bridge on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. This was the fourth bridge constructed at this spot, the previous three being destroyed by the Confederates. The broad wagon-way below the railroad trestles can be seen.

GLC05111.01.0339

Lieut. Col. Herman Haupt and three staff members. [1862 ca.]

Assigned to work on the Military Rail Roads by the army in 1862,

GLC05111.01.0356

Rappahannock Station with railroad tracks, tents, and soldiers.

Inscription on verso: "Rapahannock Station." Numeric notation on back: "6."

GLC05111.01.0738

Railroad depot, Culpepper, Va.

Inscription on verso: "Railroad Station, Culpepper, Va." Railroad tracks, with two trains in background, run between a street of buildings and a large brick house. Two men stand at far left. Numeric Notation on verso: "54."

GLC05111.01.0741

Railroad depot, Culpepper, Va.

Inscription on verso: "Railroad Depot Culpepper, Va." Culpeper railroad depot, with fence in foreground and covered wagons surrounded by buildings and train in background. Numeric Notation on verso: "149."

GLC05111.01.0742

[Manuscript Civil War map of Atlanta and vicinity]

Detailed map on blue lined paper of Atlanta and environs from General Sherman's Atlanta campaign. Shows roads, railroads, forests, and rivers. Directions and latitude not given.

GLC01924

Panorama of the Seat of War. Birds Eye View Of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama And Part Of Florida.

One of Bachman's six lithographic views of the Confederate States in the series: "Panorama of the Seat of War." Shows the American Gulf Coast from Vermillion Bay, Louisiana, east to Santa Rosa Sound, Florida, and inland as far as Vicksburg...

GLC01856

[Telegram to New York Times]

Telegram sent to the New York Times during the second week of the Civil War. Says "News bad Norfolk All Vessels & Part Navy Yard Destroyed." Reports that the ships "Pennsylvania," "Delaware," "Plymouth," "Columbia," and "Merrimac" were destroyed as...

GLC01867.03

Address of W.G. Harding, Before Railway Business Association

Draft of a speech in which Harding reflects on the history of the railroad and his personal connection with it. He extols its benefits and its role in developing modern life, and argues the importance of maintaining it to the United States. He does...

GLC01968

to John Letcher re: building railroad between Strasburg & Wincester

Jackson recommends building the railroad for military purposes.

GLC01979

Maps Showing the Campaign of the 20th Corps from Atlanta to Savannah with the Dates

Disbound booklet of ten chronological watercolor maps documenting the towns and cities General William T. Sherman passed through on his march to the sea, from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. At the end is a large manuscript account of the march...

GLC01888

to Eliakim P. Scammon

States that Union General Henry W. Halleck reported that the captured dispatches between Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. Lee shows that there is no rebel force left between Lee's Army and Richmond, Virginia. Orders that...

GLC01903

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Spy report regarding reconnaissance against Confederate forces led by Confederate General Alfred Eugene Jackson (1807-1889), whom he refers to as "Mudwall." Describes his journey with 30 men of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry Volunteers across Virginia and...

GLC01904

to Jacob Cox

Writes to General Cox in Charleston, Virginia to report that the enemy is in front of Raleigh and gives details of their locations and the number of men. States, "Lieut Col. Rutherford B. Hayes from this information thinks our force with that of...

GLC01906