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"Butler's line on the Appomattox n[ea]r Pertersbg [Petersburg.]"
[1864/05 -1864/06]
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Shows cleared area behind a temporary fortification. Soldiers and log structures visible in the extreme background.
GLC03029.12
"Breast work on Left wing Round top Getezsburg [Gettysburg]."
[1861-1865]
Shows a lone man in a straw hat (perhaps Brady) amongst fallen trees and a crude stone fortification.
GLC03029.21
to Louis M. Goldsborough
March 27, 1862
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Mentions the receipt of dispatches from Goldsborough and Rowan, who had been involved in the capture of "rebel batteries upon the Neuse River." Writes about the "brilliant victory" at New Bern and requests that Goldsborough "convey to Commander...
GLC02254.03
to Richard T. Renshaw
2 April 1863
MacDiarmid, John, fl. 1862-1863
Writes from aboard the U.S.S. Ceres, having just traveled from New Bern "last evening at 11 PM." Discusses his plans "of passing the batteries and proceeding to Washington," and sends ammunition "by the Boats of the Ceres, Lockwood, and Granite."...
GLC02254.09
9 April 1863
McCann, William Penn, 1830-1906
Writes to say he is sending "to night three (3) Schooners, with ammunition for the Army and the Gunboats." Mentions that "Davenport thinks it is imprudent to send more boats past the batteries without silencing them." Assures Renshaw that "the...
GLC02254.10
11 April 1863
Writes to Renshaw about the plan to "attack Hills Point Battery at 5 Oclock tomorrow morning, and cover the 'Escort' as she passes through the obstructions." Notes that the Escort will be carrying ammunition.
The attack McCann references is the...
GLC02254.11
[General Orders]
14 April 1863
Hoffman, Southard, fl. 1863
Announces that Commanding General Foster "is about to leave for a brief time the Gallant Soldiers and Sailors comprising this Garrison; Brigadier General Potter will remain in command." Mentions that Foster will be leaving "for the purpose of...
GLC02254.13
to R. S. Jones
23 July 1861
Green, Wharton J., 1831-1910
Green assures Major Jones that the regiment will be completed despite the desertion of the Warren Company: "They left without a tangible pretext and as it happened upon the day after the great battle [possibly First Bull Run], under the imputation of...
GLC02233.08
[Petition asking George Wortham to resign his command]
1861
Landis, Augustus Jr., 1833-1892
Written by Landis, an officer under Wortham's command, and signed by over fifty members of the company. Docket, in Wortham's hand, states the petition was "Got up by Lieut Landis (who wished promotion) during my absence and disavowed by all but...
GLC02233.11
[General Order of commendation for efforts at Roanoke Island]
February 9, 1862
Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877
Congratulates his men for their work in the capture of Roanoke Island and urges them to continue to "crush the Hydra of rebellion."
Goldsborough was the commanding officer of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron from 1861 to 1862. He participated...
GLC02254.01
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