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Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 48 (September 30, 1863)]

"An Essay" continues the previous issue's essay, promoting slavery as foundational to Christianity. A few letters to the editor on page 1 describe the condition of local Baptist denominations. An editorial describes the "Supply of Food" in the...

GLC05959.39.37

Camden Confederate. [Vol. 2, no. 15 (February 6, 1863)]

Rumors of Peace, Battle near Suffolk, Virginia, The Blockade.

GLC05959.41.10

Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 187 (June 27, 1861)]

Movement at Manassas Junction, The Record of the Spy Hurlbut, The Mississippi Blockade, Two Battles in Missouri.

GLC05959.44.05

Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, (August 17, 1864)]

Battle of the White Tavern, Mosby near Berryville, Starving out the South.

GLC05959.72.117

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Hutchins, the Deputy Aid of Revenue, writes to General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio asking if he will give a William Lowry permission to "peddle beyond our lines" near Hawks Nest. States that he has detained this man and asks if Scammon feels he is...

GLC02414.173

to parents

Requests that his parents collect his town bounty from the town treasury. Encourages them to move and open a store in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. Also includes a quote from David Crocket: "be sure you are right then go ahead." Comments on the...

GLC03523.18.06

to mother

Provides orderly duties and specific orders received from Captain Orville Bixby. Details work including the completion of muster rolls and vouchers. Mentions clothing, books and monthly returns. Inquires about town bounty, state pay, and the opening...

GLC03523.18.07

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 118, whole no. 3659 (May 17, 1861)]

Effects of the Blockade, Letter from Harper's Ferry.

GLC05959.74.01

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 197, whole no. 3738 (August 19, 1861)]

Lincoln issued a proclamtion that all commercial intercourse with the seceded states is unlawlful, all travel from North & South is interdicted.

GLC05959.74.12

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 229, whole no. 3770 (September 25, 1861)]

From Western Virginia - Lee gone to join Floyd, Lincoln's pilots killed, The blockade of the Potomac, letter from General Floyd's camp.

GLC05959.74.21

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Handwritten telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from Colonel Paxton. Talks of someone selling goods for Confederate money and states he told General George Crook about it but nothing was done. Informs that $50 worth of goods were sold to a Mr...

GLC02414.192

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Telegram from Colonel Paxton to Brigadier General Scammon. Reports on men that are supposedly heading bushwhacking companies around Clay Court House in West Virginia. States that he divided his men and they went searching for them house to house...

GLC02414.216

to father

Written to his father from a camp near Petersburg. Mentions receipt of a "family" letter from him. Says he is glad to hear his father's store is doing well. Mentions defeat of Confederate gunboats on their way to City Point to disrupt Union supply...

GLC03523.18.44

to Rueben Morey Jr.

Written from Camp near Balls Cross Roads, Virginia. Receipt of payment for $45.00 for the sale of Morey's jacket, pants and vest, "the property of the late Capt. CC Morey," sold to D. C. Dunham. On the verso a brief biography of Captain Ballou is...

GLC03523.18.58

Southern cultivator [Vol. 19, no. 6 (June 1861)]

Co-edited with C.W. Howard. Consists of 30 pages for the magazine with 32 pages of advertisements -- 16 pages before getting to the magazine and 16 pages after the magazine. This issue is paginated 170-200. Tagline below masthead says "Devoted...

GLC08496.02

New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 260 (January 3, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. In response to an article in the "Chicago Tribune," front page has an article mockingly titled "New Orleans Ruined!-Cotton Doomed!" that says the city's markets will survive if New Yorkers eliminate tolls on Erie Canal...

GLC05960.02.02

to mother

Mentions his work on muster rolls. Discusses general operations, including the landing of 19th army corps at City Point, Virginia and reinforcements from the 13th corps. Prays for the end of the rebellion, mentions inconsistency of mail, and...

GLC03523.18.17

to mother

Discusses his furlough home, his travels to New York to visit with family, and his stop in Brooklyn to hear "Mr. [Henry Ward] Beecher preach." Mentions that over 3,000 people came to hear Mr. Beecher preach. Comments on the importance of church, the...

GLC03523.18.26

to mother

Writes from camp near Newtown, Virginia. Discusses election results received in camp on the previous Tuesday. Says the 2nd Regiment gave General George McClellan & George H. Pendleton a majority of 32, but the brigade voted for Abraham Lincoln and...

GLC03523.18.31

[Pass for Eliza C. Skidmore and her agents]

Declares that Eliza C. Skidmore of Washington, D.C. has products of the "insurrectionary states" and has made arrangements to bring the products within Union military lines to sell them to agents authorized to purchase them on behalf of the United...

GLC02779.01

[Pass for C.D. Wallace]

Writes, "C.D. Wallace is authorized to act as agent to use or transfer the above permit." Written on similar paper, and likely on the same day, as GLC02779.01. The permit referred to allows Skidmore to transfer products across military lines from...

GLC02779.03

Measures in the War Department which it may be expedient to adopt

Hamilton outlines suggestions for improving the military. The first point describes organizing the militia into five classes divided up by age and marital status, beginning with unmarried men age 18-25, excepting certain apprentices and students...

GLC02437.09952

[Fragment]

Fragment of a larger document discussing a payment involving "Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson, Mr. Vaughan," and "D Cou[l]teaux," as well as an order of claret for Jefferson.

GLC02437.10365

[List]

List of goods ordered and bought by Henry Knox to be shipped to Boston. Consists of books on a variety of topics, including Bibles, grammar and spelling books, and dictionaries.

GLC02437.10367

[Invoices]

Invoices of goods ordered and bought by Henry Knox to be shipped to Boston. Consists of various types of stationery, sealing wax, brushes, toys, telescopes, chests, and others.

GLC02437.10370