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[Collection of George A. Spencer] [Decimalized .01-.10]

Spencer served with the 7th Rhode Island Volunteer infantry, in I Company. He includes in his letters to his parents a sketched map (entrenchments before Petersburg) and diagrams of tents, and artillery. Spencer was captured at Fredericksburg and...

GLC00653.21

[Diary of Joseph Leslie 18th regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company D]

Several pages in the diary have names and regiments of different officers from New York, Ohio, Michigan, etc., who were prisoners with him. Includes several pages of Libby Prison expenses/accounting of what he paid for crackers, paper, tobacco...

GLC01185

Sherman's in Savannah!

Four stanza poem glorifying General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea." Was originally three stanzas and then the date and the word "Postscript" was crossed out and a fourth stanza added. Makes a correction in pencil in the second line of the...

GLC01218

to John Trumbull

Mentions Trumbull's M'Fingal, a poem styled on Hudibras, the great poem by Butler concerning the English Civil Wars. Also discusses the desire for a national poem.

GLC01228

Brief Appeals for the Loyal Cause

Published by John W. Amerman. Includes two addresses given in New York City, resolutions and a poem. The first address, given at Union Square, was delivered at a war meeting which was called by various committees in response to an appeal of President...

GLC01265.14

[Collection of two Bromfield family books] [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC01450.030

[Composition and sentiment book]

Mostly contains poetry. Eliza was the daughter of Henry Bromfield from his second marraige to Hannah Clarke.

GLC01450.030.02

[Poem honoring Colonel Moses Parker of Chelmsford]

Poem in 22 stanzas honoring Colonel Moses Parker, killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775. First stanza says: "Come all who have skill and Lament / and let your hearts and eyes have vent / While you to memory do call / The Valient Colonel...

GLC01450.050

to his parents, brother-in-law, and sister

Writes that he is very grateful to be able to see his family once again and looks forward to being reunited with them. He hopes that the war is over for good and that they will be able to return home soon. Writes that the government is working hard...

GLC07460.121

[Black soldiers]

"God save the republic. Never in field or tent scorn a black regiment." Issued "in commemoration of emancipation in Maryland." With George Boker's Poem 'The Black Regiment', and vignettes of colored troops in battle, slaves on the auction block...

GLC08358

Soldier's Dream of Peace

Civil War print of a soldier sleeping with a image of his dream above him. A poem is written below the print describing the dream. Labeled as a "presentation plate to the patrons of the Philadelphia Enquirer, 1865."

GLC08442.12

The Fence that Uncle Abe Built

features B&W picture of Abraham Lincoln and poem beneath

GLC08482.4

Jeff Davis Boasts that Cotton's King...

features color picture of man holding flag and standing by sign that reads To Washington Through Baltimore.

Rhyme about Jefferson Davis beneath.

GLC08482.5

The south. [Vol.1, no. 18 (May 11, 1861)]

A pro-South newspaper published at 74 Baltimore Street, near Gay Street, in Baltimore. Front page has a column of vignettes about underdogs in history - making an analogy to the seemingly tough situation of the South at this early part of the war...

GLC08725.07

The Gentleman's Magazine [Vol. 66, No. 2 (December 1796)]

Contains a poem praising George Washington entitled "On General Washington, and his farewell letter to the United States." Includes various articles covering a broad range of topics. Appears to have been disbound from a larger volume, pages are...

GLC08729

Aurora general advertiser. [No. 2735 (December 30, 1799)]

Contains a fifteen-verse poem written in commemoration of George Washington, who died 14 December 1799. The poem is entitled "On the decease of his excellency, George Washington" and is followed by the initials R. N. Includes two statements issued...

GLC08789

Field Flowers

Poem of several stanzas written by Bell and his wife but signed only by John Bell. According to pencil note on page two, the first half of the poem is in the hand of Mrs. Bell and the second half in the hand of John Bell. Poem begins, "Flowers of...

GLC09009

Robins and Robbins

Poem on two typed pages. The type is green instead of black. Size in the extent is for the larger sheet. The smaller sheet is 13.8 x 21.6 cm. Two stanzas on the smaller sheet and two longer stanzas on the the bigger sheet. Pencil note says the poem...

GLC00686.31

to Mine ver mooch freu

He reports the work of the past month is building guns for the war. He would like a copy of the Journal with her poem, and he encloses a program of an event he attended (not extant). As the men await an impending battle, Major McCrea commented at...

GLC00687.004

to William Tudor

Adams, in retirement, writes to Tudor, who was clerk of Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts. Says he wants to make Tudor laugh. Sends Tudor a copy of Jemmibullero's (probably Samuel Waterhouse) "The Song of the Drunkard," which is not included...

GLC00693.04

[Collection of 2 documents pertaining to Herman Melville.] [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC00768

Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.

First edition of Melville's only book of poetry. Inscribed on inital blank facing the titlepage: "Major Edward Y. Lansing from H. Melville. As a souvenir of his soldier hospitality at the cavalry camp in the Virginia woods, April 1864." Also...

GLC00768.01

The Negro forget-me-not songster, the only work published, containing all the Negro songs, that have ever appeared.

Signed on free front endpaper by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "H. W. Longfellow." Original cloth spine laid onto modern leather. Title on spine: "Nigga forget-me-not songster." Published by Turner & Fisher. Songs written in "dialect," and some are...

GLC00796

The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 23 (April 24, 1863)]

Union occupation newspaper published by Opelousa. Telegrams describe changing conditions of who is winning the battle in Jackson. Poem dedicated to the Union Army and Navy. Fugitive slave ad. Gray floral and tile pattern on wallpaper verso.

GLC00899

North Carolina times [Vol. 1, no. 44 (June 22, 1864)]

Union occupation newspaper. Contains a stories called "The Miser's Bequest" and "A Man Who Works Without Pay." Also comments on Ulysses S. Grant crossing a river to Covington and Harriet Beecher Stowe's "panegyric on President Lincoln." Includes...

GLC00900.02