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New York times. [Vol. 12, no. 3514 (December 28, 1862)]

This prints Davis' retaliatory policy against Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's New Orleans policy. (This policy is mentioned in Jefferson Davis' speech, GLC# 699.)

GLC08752

New York times. [Vol. 13, no. 3988 (July 6, 1864)]

Vol. 13 no. 3988. Describes sinking of the CSS Alabama p.1, the suspension of habeas corpus in Kentucky, etc.

GLC08755

Public ledger. [Vol. 59, no. 44 (May 15, 1865)]

One newspaper issue of Public ledger, dated May 15, 1865. Reports the capture of Jefferson Davis on 10 May 1865 in Georgia. Also contains an article on the Abraham Lincoln assassination trial, local news, financial news, and stories from New York...

GLC08831

Opinion on the constitutional power of the military to try and execute the assassins of the President by James Speed

Published by the Government Printing Office. Argues that the Lincoln conspirators should be tried before a miltary court because they committed the crime as public enemies.

GLC05255.03

to unknown

Has heard a report that the recipient has received a letter from Doctor Griffith stating that Lee, following his court martial, was persuaded "by some members of Congress to embarrass General Washington." Wishes to know if any such letter really...

GLC05264.03

to William Alexander re: use of terror tactics

To "Lord" Stirling. Use of terror tactics against those "furnishing the enemy with provisions."

GLC05286

to Margaret McClelland

Discusses the significance of their correspondence. Describes his daily activities. Reports accompanying rioters from the New York Draft Riots to the old capitol prison to await court martial. Writes that after they see their new quarters, the...

GLC05522.03

to W. Kalenski

Signed "HJH." Date range inferred from Hunt's location. Mentions [Kalenski's?] application for the Ordnance Department. Finds fault with the conclusions, not the facts, of an article on the Peninsula campaign. Defends McClellan's strategy in that...

GLC05561

to Andrew Johnson

Letter draft written in prison by the former commander the CSS "Alabama" to the President defending himself against all charges. Discusses the surrender agreement at Greensboro, the definition of treason, the United States Constitution, and his...

GLC05590

Resolution in Congress 27th Dec. 1776 investing Genl Washington with certain powers [fragment]

Final page of document conferring extraordinary power on Washington. For six months he is granted the power "to fill up all Vacancies in every other Department in the American Armies; to take wherever he may be, whatever he may want for the Use of...

GLC05611

[Presidential pardon and U.S. Army discharge pouch of George W. Peters [Decimalized]

GLC05653

[Presidential pardon of George W. Peters, who deserted the navy on 27 March 1897 by Theodore Roosevelt]

Deserted the vessel the "Puritan" who re-enlisted twice--28 March 1898 and 5 September 1901 aboard the Richmond--as George W. Rogers, and served normally until discharged. Pardoned based on service to country and recommendation of the Acting...

GLC05653.01

Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 14, no. 178 (September 24, 1861)]

Shooting of 400 mutineers in Washington, Arrest of Maryland senators.

GLC05959.72.010

to Benjamin Franklin Butler

United States General-In-Chief Scott relates orders received from President Abraham Lincoln to General Butler, Brigadier General of Militia, regarding the Legislature of Maryland scheduled to assemble at Annapolis. Hoping to prevent further uprising...

GLC05996

General Orders No. 141

Signed as official by Assistant Adjutant General, E.D. Townsend. States that "all persons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty of any disloyal practice, affording aid and comfort to rebels against the authority of...

GLC06099

to Joseph Blunt

Discusses an example of a British sailor executed for serving on an American ship during the war of 1812. Also discusses Andrew Jackson's election, de-emphasizing its importance, and comments that "the real difficulties of the Country are in another...

GLC06312

to George G. Meade re: hold off execution of Christopher Delker

Also requesting a meeting to discuss death penalty cases.

GLC06578

[Civil War diary of Calvin S. Mixter]

Signed diary including printed almanac and eclipse calendar in the opening pages. Mixter, a member of the 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, begins his 1863 diary as his corps returns to Stafford County, Virginia, from a reconnaissance to Ellis...

GLC06583.02

G.O. no. 3 re: Fort Duncan, Texas court marshall

Disbound.

GLC06601

"'Leave Pope to Get out of His Scrape.' McClellan's Dispatches"

GLC06762.001

to U.S. Grant

Printed with reply from Grant, 1874/05/09. Unsigned copies. 1 page printed on folded leaf. Re: Request that Grant view both side before reopening trial of Fitz John Porter.

GLC06762.002

G. O. no. 11 re: Capt. John R. Cutler Court Martial

GLC06783.04

G. O. no. 173 re: court martial for Pvt. C. Zachringer for striking officer

GLC06783.06

Andersonville Prison archive of A.A.G. of Commandant Wirz [Decimalized .01- .12]

1. Nichols, A.A. ADS: San Antonio, Tex. Special order no. 34 re: instructions for Col. Chandler. 26 February 1861. 2 p.
2. Nichols, A.A. MDS: San Antonio Tex. List of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores [two duplicate copies.] 29 April 1861. 2 p...

GLC06979

Special order no. 34

Re: instructions for Col. Chandler to procede with all hast and deliver the dispatches in his care to Washington.

GLC06979.01

Commission of Chandler to the rank of Major

Commission of Chandler to the rank of Major of the 5th infantry

GLC06979.03

Special orders no. 34

A report of soldiers held prisioner by the confederate troops, that have been exchanged for prisoners held by the US Army. Only one exchange which is D. T. Chandler for A. J. Bradford.

GLC06979.04

[Orders to Report]

Orders Chandler to report to Provost Marshal's office prepared to go to Washington

GLC06979.08

[Reporters outside courthouse where Capt. Wirz was tried]

Group of men (probably reporters, as evidenced by their pads of paper and pens) most likely gathered outside the courthouse where Capt. Wirz was tried. With various inscriptions on verso.

GLC06999.32

[Gallows in Washington D.C.]

View of the gallows just after the drop of Capt. Wirz; with rotunda of the Capitol visible in background. Several people in the background are seen high in the trees trying to get a view of the hanging. With various graphite inscriptions on verso and...

GLC06999.33

Execution of Wirtz of Andersonville

View of the gallows as the noose is placed around Capt. Wirz's neck. Union soldiers with bayonets surround the platform. With graphite inscriptions on verso.

GLC06999.34

Warren Court of Inquiry. Argument of... counsel for General Warren

I Nevins 45, who finds this defense of Warren's conduct at Five Forks convincing. See .334

GLC00267.338

Fourteen months in American Bastiles.

Published by Kelly, Hedian & Piet, Baltimore. Howard writes of his experience in prison. In the preface, Howard criticizes President Abraham Lincoln's policies during the Civil War, "The unlawful and oppressive acts of Mr. Lincoln ... " Francis...

GLC00267.356

Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1877

Discusses the provisional government and conditions at the end of the Civil War under military occupation and control. Chapters cover the administration of each governor, including James Lawrence Orr, Robert Kingston Scott, Franklin J. Moses, and...

GLC00267.390

Letter from Charles H. Olmstead to Edwin M. Stanton with transmittal letter concerning prisoners of war after Confederate surrender of Fort Pulaski [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC00319

to Edwin M. Stanton

Olmstead, a Confederate officer who surrendered Fort Pulaski and was taken as a prisoner of war at Fort Columbus, writes to Union Secretary of War Stanton. Olmstead is concerned that the Union is violating the prisoner of war terms signed by General...

GLC00319.01

to John G. Walker

The letter discusses the stay of execution of a soldier. Writes that he has applied to Confederate General Kirby Smith to send an engineer to assist with building defensive works on the rivers. Mentions the affair of Brigadier General Jean J. A. A...

GLC00444

to Mrs. John D. Townsend

Febiger, who served as major and paymaster in the United States Army during the Civil War, informs Mrs. Townsend: "I regret exceedingly that it will not be in my power to accept your kind invitation for the evening of the 22d instant. With my best...

GLC00468.05

Army regulations, adopted for the use of the Army of the Confederate States, in accordance with late acts of congress

Signed "Wm H C Whiting" on title page with note "Brig Genl C.S.A." Also a autograph note signed "Jas H Hill" by James Hill, Whiting's staff officer and Assistant Adjutant General. Published by West & Johnston. This book of regulations revised from...

GLC00480

to Jethro Sumner

Written by Penn, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a Continental Congressman to Brigadier General Sumner in North Carolina. Informs Sumner that the militia must serve three months from the time they were at headquarters, not counting...

GLC00621

to Joseph Curtis and his wife, Mary Gorsuch Curtis

Written in camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi (possibly in Louisiana). Gorsuch, Captain of the 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, informs his aunt and uncle "I write to you quite frequently, and hear from you but rarely." Transmits a box of things...

GLC00653.09.06

to Joseph Curtis and his wife, Mary Gorsuch Curtis

Written in camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi (possibly in Louisiana). Gorsuch, Captain of the 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, replies to a letter from his aunt and uncle. Relates that two men from his company, Daniel D. Avey and Hillrick G...

GLC00653.09.07

to mother

He is well; hopes she is too. He has joined company E of the 42nd regiment. "I just got [here] in time to see a man shot… It was Fred Lammer's brother. He deserted and went to the [Yankee] lines." Another man deserted last night. Two more deserters...

GLC00653.22.01

to family

This letter is printed on half of a regimental attendance sheet, perhaps demonstrating the lack of paper in the Confederate camp. He is well and hopes these lines find them in a similar condition. "We are having some very [cold] weather here." It...

GLC00653.22.08

to Mary Kell

John McIntosh Kell writes to his sister while suspended from duty and awaiting Court Martial aboard the Albany. He describes surrounding islands of Santo Domingo and Navarro with stories of landscape and native islanders. He arrives at Aux Cayes...

GLC00684.02

to Julia Blanche Kell

John McIntosh Kell writes to his wife while commandant at Warrington Navy Yard. He discusses a month long leave of absence to visit his family. He mentions that he is a member of a court investigating the grounding of the Fulton, and that his cousin...

GLC00684.04

to James B. McPherson

Confederate General Adams sends two men, under a flag of truce, to visit their brother, who was being held in Vicksburg as a spy. Asks Union Major General McPherson for permission for them to attempt to obtain proof of their brother's innocence.

GLC01051

Major General Meade's report on the Ashburn murder

Inscribed by Meade to Spencer Miller on a blue bound-in title page: "Spencer Miller Esq compliments of Gen. Meade." Contains an errata slip opposite the title page. Report on the murder of George W. Ashburn, a prominent white supporter of...

GLC01113

Civil war loyalty pamphlets [41] (Bulk, 1861-1869)

Disbound pamphlets including Loyal Publ. Society Tracts nos. 7, 27, 29, 34, 36, 37 and 40, arguments of E. Pierrepont at Surratt's trial (1867), etc.

GLC01265

President Lincoln's views

May 16, 1863 resolutions from a group of New York Democrats led by Erastus Corning, along with Lincoln's response. The committee argues that the arrest of Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio for treason had violated the latter's rights under the...

GLC01265.19