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Memoranda During the War [presentation copy to J.Q.A. Ward]

Inscribed on a printed "Remembrance Copy" notice. To Ward from "his friend the Author."

GLC03737

to Daniel Fisher re: acknowledging book on military tactics

Letter written in the third person, thanking Fisher for the book on military tactics, and noting "It would be great presumption in him [i.e., TJ] to hazard an opinion on a work the subject of which he has been less conversant in than any other."...

GLC03739

A mother to her soldier son

Poem sent to Union solider Asa Smith. This poem was written by Mary C. Stedman, a family friend of the Smiths who wrote the poem at the request of Asa Smith's mother. She references the request in GLC03742.02. In that letter she says: "When you left...

GLC03742.01

to Asa Smith

There are four separate notes from various family members to Asa Smith updating him on family and home life. One is from his sister "Maria," one from his sister "Carrie," another from his sister "Mary," and the last is from his mother. Maria's note...

GLC03742.02

A Treatise on field fortification

A copy of Dennis H. Mahan's "A Treatise on Field Fortification" signed by James B. McPherson. The full title of the book is"A treatise on field fortification : containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and...

GLC03746.02

[Poem, with a drawing of an officer]

A poem accompanied by a drawing of an officer sitting in a chair and reading. The poem reads "You are bewildered, and you want a guide, To one refer your choice and you shall find, The light break open to your darkened mind; For I will seek a lady...

GLC03746.03.10

The suppressed chapter of "life on the Mississippi"

Leaflet consisting of the suppressed chapter of Twain's book Life on the Mississippi, which was published in 1883. First edition. Marked as number 230 of 250 numbered copies of the first printing. Comparing Northern and Southern society, Twain...

GLC05847

to Alexander Hamilton Stephens

Ingrahm writes as a student at the University of Atlanta to Stephens, his former master. Saw Barner Shelgrin yesterday, as he promised Stephens he would, noting that Shelgrin is still on crutches and will be for seven or eight months. Of life as a...

GLC05850

Navigation note book

Lt. Simpson's navigational logbook aboard the U.S.F.S. Richmond in the South Pacific Ocean. Pages 156 - 180 are a series of question and answer exercises on the theory and practice of navigation. Page 181 contains a series of translation exercises...

GLC05911.19.02

French conjugation chart

Written from U.S. Marine Barracks, in Annapolis, Maryland. "Locality being a powerful aid to the Memory . . . to conjugate the verbs... and... the gender of French nouns." Red, blue and yellow "swirl" marbled boards.

GLC05911.23

The Countryman.

Magazine format. Literary digest with verse and wry comments. Vol. 3 nos. 1-3, 6-8, 11-12, and vol. 20 [sic] no. 2.

GLC05959.02

The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 1(September 29, 1862)]

Secretary Seward on the object of the war, Southern National Anthem (p.6)

GLC05959.02.01

The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 2 (October 6, 1862)]

McClellan's Strategic Move

GLC05959.02.02

The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 3 (October 13, 1862)]

Southern Pluck

GLC05959.02.03

The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 6 (November 3, 1862)]

Wry comment on a recent reference to "By Order of Gen. Beauregard," "Another Glorious Victory" - the establishment of a Southern publishing house in Georgia.

GLC05959.02.04

The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 7 (November 10, 1862)]

The Evil Effects of Dancing.

GLC05959.02.05

The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 8 (November 17, 1862)]

Article regarding the law against educating Negroes.

GLC05959.02.06

The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 11 (December 8, 1862)]

The Reign of Terror (criticizing Governor Brown), Seizure (opposing state seizure of public property), What Mr. Stephens Said on Raising New Crops.

GLC05959.02.07

The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 12 (December 15, 1862)]

Governments New Function, The Effects of Seizure, Confederate Constitution.

GLC05959.02.08

The Countryman. [Vol. 20, no. 2 (January 10, 1865)]

President Jefferson Davis & the Press.

GLC05959.02.09

Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 296 (September 13, 1863)]

Arrival of Grant in New Orleans, General Longstreet in North Carolina, Fort Sumter not yet Surrendered, Preparations to Shell Charleston, News from Charleston, Bombardment of Fort Moultrie, News from Richmond.
A letter from the Rebel Col. J.A...

GLC05959.14.13

Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 303 (September 20, 1863)]

Rebs Fleeing Towards Texas, Arkansas Will Soon be Redeemed, News From the Army of the Cumberland, General Thomas Punishes the Rebels.
An article reports Cumberland Gap since its Union takeover. Superstitious warnings are given. An editorial extols...

GLC05959.14.14

Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 310 (September 27, 1863)]

Official Dispatch from General Bragg - Report on Recent Battles, How the Late Battle was Lost, Union Movement in W. Tennessee, General Burnside's Disregard of Orders, Death of General Jos. Johnston, Capaign in Virginia, News from Bank's Expedition.
S...

GLC05959.14.16

Semi-weekly standard. [Vol. 11, no. 43 (May 1, 1861)]

Proclamation by Governor of Virginia, Interview with President Lincoln, Position of Judge Douglas. A gubernatorial proclamation repeals Virginia's ratification of the Constitution and proclaims allegiance to the Confederacy. Notes from an interview...

GLC05959.23.05

Semi-weekly standard. [Vol. 14, no. 47 (August 19, 1864)]

Official Report by Mosby, Shelling of Atlanta, Latest News from Richmond.
Missing front and back page. War news includes reports from various battle fronts. An editorial examines the local conservative paper in terms of recent election results and...

GLC05959.23.14