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A Traitor's Peace that the Northern Copperhead Leaders Would Force Upon the Country

Election broadside printed by McGill & Witherow in Washington D.C. for the Congressional Union Committee, with an engraving by Thomas Nast, from Harper's Magazine. Very similar to GLC06032 - same image and text, but different title (although, this...

GLC05986

Confederate newspaper collection [decimalized]

Confederate newspapers collection. First-hand accounts of the war by Confederate journalists in the field and soldiers at the front, soldiers' and officers' letters written home, general orders and military directives issued by the commanders on the...

GLC05959

Daily federal union.

The collection contains five 1861 issues with particular attention to war news and minutes of the Georgia Legislature. Many of the same articles appear reprinted in each issue, namely lists of the members of the various standing committees of the...

GLC05959.01

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

Daily sun.

The first three issues have four pages and the last one has two pages. Each issue has at least one column of "Telegraphic" war dispatches. The back page (except the last two-page issue) always contains the Georgia State Constitution. The 29 March...

GLC05959.03

Macon daily telegraph. [no. 881 (December 10, 1862)]

Subjects include Confederate War Debt, Lincoln's Emancipation Policy, Article on Compensated Emancipation. Includes general advertisements and land sale advertisements.

GLC05959.04

The Daily morning news. (Savannah, Ga.)

4 pages each. Vol. 12 nos. 177-178. Coast invaded by the Lincolnites, Incidents after the Battle of Manassas, The Maryland Regiment in the Battle at Stone Bridge, The killing of Colonel T.E. Rawlings, New York Republican Press on the Battle of...

GLC05959.05

Savannah republican. [necessity newspaper]

Vol. 61 no. 671 and vol. 65 no. 85. Dated 11/20/1862 and 4/14/1865. The latter issue is printed on brown wastepaper. Topics include Fredericksburg, St. Alban's raiders, suffering in Petersburg, Jefferson Davis's flight.

GLC05959.06

Daily chronicle & sentinel.

Each issue contains telegraphic reports and Northern news, mostly covering battle reports and war news. Commercial reports indicate stock values in Augusta markets, including financial, cotton, dry goods, grain, groceries, country produce, and sale...

GLC05959.07

Daily constitutionalist. [Vol. 20, no. 109 (May 10, 1863)

Details of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Yankee Strength in the Field, Rebels Recapture Tupelo. Includes "An Act To provide for the funding, and further issue of Treasury Notes." There are several general advertisements as well as land sales.

GLC05959.08

Southern Confederacy.

Most issues 4 pages. Scattered issues 1861; most issues 1862 and 1863. Issue dated 12/8/1862 should be 12/9. Some issues with Tennessee Historical Society stamp (deaccessioned).

GLC05959.09

Southern cultivator.

The Southern Cultivator was published monthly (sometimes combined) with 32 pages at the first of this run, which reduced to 24 pages and then 16 by the end of the run. Each issue contains letters to the editor with detailed responses. Regular...

GLC05959.11

Louisville (Ky.) daily courier

Vol. 33 nos. 12, 24; and New Series no. 19. July 13, 27 and Nov. 4 1861. The November number issued a New Series at Bowling Green (due to Federal Troops). 11/4 issue with Tennessee Historical Society stamp. Written also at Bowling Green, Kentucky

GLC05959.12

Louisville (Kentucky) daily journal.

The bulk of the paper is taken up by ads, many for military supplies, railway lines, schools, and others for medical needs and retail supplies. Telegraphic news lists special dispatches of war news. A back page statement of assets lists stocks and...

GLC05959.14

Opelousas courier.

The paper was edited by Joel H. Sandoz and William H. Spencer during the first year of this run; by 1864, Sandoz had become chief editor. Sandoz had previously edited the Opelousas Gazette, the town's first paper. Each issue includes war...

GLC05959.15

Daily picayune. (New Orleans, La.)

Vol. 26, nos.199 and 272. 4 p. each. 1862/09/14 and 1862/12/09. Volume 272 is printed on darker paper.

GLC05959.16

True witness (New Orleans, La.)

Vol. 8 nos. 31 and 41. Presbyterian religious newspaper. The 12/7/1861 issue discusses slavery and religious readings for soldiers.

GLC05959.18

Vicksburg weekly Whig. [ Vol. 24 no. 10 (March 5, 1862)]

Battle of Fort Donelson; Fayetteville, Ark. Ordered burned.

GLC05959.19

Daily citizen. [July 2, 1863]

The famous wallpaper issue with the "Note" added by Grant's soldiers in the last column. This issue has the banner title spelled correctly. (See also GLC 6043, the variant issue with misspelled masthead.) Docketed on verso, signed by Lt. Tom Custer...

GLC05959.20

Weekly standard.

The paper gives regular reports of the latest war news. Advertisements include runaway slave notices and slaves for sale; retail, real estate, and other items for sale; conscription substitutes wanted; lost items; and market reports. Telegraphic...

GLC05959.22

Semi-weekly standard.

This selection focuses on congressional reports and state records and minutes, with repetitive lists of state governors, and political parties. Articles, editorials, and letters focus on the impending issue of secession and legislative action....

GLC05959.23

State journal. (Raleigh, NC)

Vol. 1 nos. 90 and 95; 10/9/1861 and 10/26/1861.

GLC05959.24

Weekly state journal.

A column titled "Latest News" gives war briefs and reports, as well as a column with "the very latest from the North," detailing war news. Notices from particular North Carolina troops are printed. Laws, minutes, and reports of the state of North...

GLC05959.25

Semi-weekly Raleigh register.

Correspondence includes news items from other locations and other newspapers. North Carolina State Convention minutes are often printed. Most articles are war-related, and often an article on coast defenses is present. Contributions to soldiers...

GLC05959.26

People's press. (Salem, North Carolina).

The "Latest News" column provides war updates and often includes information from Europe. Reports of battles and troops describe events and local people. Several issues contain proclamations from the North Carolina governor Z.B. Vance. Many issues...

GLC05959.27

Weekly Catawba journal. (Charlotte, NC)

"Devoted to news, agriculture, literature commerce and general intelligence." 4 p. each. 10/15/1861 and 1/7/1862.

GLC05959.28

Salisbury banner.

The masthead describes this paper as "a weekly Democratic newspaper, devoted to politics, agriculture, commerce, the mechanic arts, education, news, the markets, and miscellaneous reading."

This collection contains both weekly and semi-weekly...

GLC05959.29

Newbern progress. [Vol. 5, no. 94 (January 24, 1863)]

Official orders, including about alcohol, black soldiers, and travel. A poem for a new "Yankee Doodle." Articles include The Battle at Springfield, Fight at Blackwater, Official report of Major General Foster. A few reports on foreign news -- Russia...

GLC05959.31

Church intelligencer. (Charlotte, NC)

The Church Intelligencer is "the accredited organ of the Bishops of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and the University of the South."

At the time of this run, the paper was edited by F.M...

GLC05959.32

Spirit of the age (Raleigh, NC)

Weekly. Vol. 12, no. 47; vol. 13, nos. 50-51; vol. 14 nos. 2, 7, 13 and 17. One very worn issue from 1861. Issues from 1862 use a smaller format of 49 x 33 cm. 7/17/1861; 8/4/1862, 8/11/1862, 9/1/1862, 10/6/1862, 11/17/1862 and 12/15/1862. "A...

GLC05959.33

Fayetteville (NC) observer

Most issues contain 4 pp. One issue from 1861; 8 from 1862; 12 from 1863. Vol. 43 no. 2341, 2344-45, 2362, 2371-74, 2383, 2385-87, 2389, 2416-17, 2419, 2426-27, 2429-30, 2432-33, 2435, 2437-41, 2445-47, 2449 [...]

GLC05959.34

Hillsborough recorder. [Vol. 42, no. 2092 (May 15, 1861)]

Secretary Seward on the Union, Declaration of Independence of North Carolina.

GLC05959.35

North Carolina Presbyterian. [Vol. 6, no. 40 (October 3, 1863)]

Articles on the slave code, and Chickamauga. Whole no. 300.

GLC05959.36

Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 59, no. 18,835 (April 19, 1861)-v. 63, no. 19,915 (November 8, 1864)]

Previously bound. (Daily issue of the Daily Courier; see also Charleston tri-weekly Courier.) Size varies. Five measure 74 x 54.5 cm. while another 12 measure 60 x 42 cm.

GLC05959.37

Charleston tri-weekly courier.

Reported Retreat of Burnside, General Lee's Official Report on the Pennsylvania Campaign (Gettysburg), Yankees Fortifying at Cupepper, C.H.

GLC05959.38

Confederate Baptist. (Columbia, SC)

Religious newspaper. Articles include military, letters from regimental chaplains, Yankee atrocities against slaves, biblical view of slavery. Correspondence from various churches, soldiers, missionaries, and chaplains. Religious poetry, children...

GLC05959.39

Camden confederate. [Vol. 2, no. 1 (October 31, 1862)-v. 3, no. 33 (November 16, 1864)]

Biweekly. Vol. 1 nos. 1-3, 5-6, 8-9 (1862); nos. 11, 14, 16, 18, 23, 27-28, 44; vol. 3 no. 4.

GLC05959.41

Camden weekly confederate. [Vol. 3, no. 8 (May 25, 1864)-v. 3, no. 20 (August 17, 1864)]

Vol. 3, no.8, 10, 12, 14-17, 20, 23.

GLC05959.42

Charleston mercury.

Published daily except Sunday. Distinct title issued by same publisher of the Tri-weekly Mercury, the tri-weekly edition.

GLC05959.43

Tri-weekly mercury.

Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Triweekly edition of the Charleston Mercury; distinct title issued by same publisher of the Charleston Mercury.

GLC05959.44

The Guardian. [Vol. , no. (February 29, 1864)]

The Enemy are Pressing Upon Dalton in Force, Shelling of Charleston.

GLC05959.45

Tri-weekly South Carolinian. [Vol. 25, no. 6 (January 14, 1862)]

French Vessel Fired Into by Federals, From the Upper Potomac, Surrender of Vera Cruz.

GLC05959.46

New South.

Weekly. 11/1/1862; 3/14/1863, 2/28/1863, 4/4/1863, 4/18/1863; and 4/2/1864.

GLC05959.47

Daily Register. [July 2, 1862]

Handwritten note at top: Why McClellan failed to reach Richmond; Vicksburg Intelligence; Killed & Wounded at Chickahominy. Ads for fugitive soldiers. Printed on heavy brown necessity paper with faded ink.

GLC05959.48

Memphis tri-weekly appeal.

Vol. 17 nos. 111-112.

GLC05959.49

Brownlow's Knoxville whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (November 11, 1863)- v. 2, no. 15 (May 24, 1865)]

Weekly Unionist newspaper. 2 copies of vol. 1, no.1, 11/11/1863. Parson Brownlow added the subtitle (starting a new series) after his triumphant return to Tennessee; he had been expelled the previous year from the Confederacy. Vol. 1 nos. 1-12, 14...

GLC05959.50

The Tri-weekly telegraph.

Issues contain state legislative minutes and lists of representatives and committees with election returns, Texas news items, occasional death and marriage notices, and an occasional poem. Commercial reports may include prices in produce, cotton...

GLC05959.51

Galveston (TX) tri-weekly news

Vol. 23, nos. 30 and 44.

GLC05959.53

Houston (TX) tri-weekly telegraph

Many previously bound. Vol. 30 no. 164-168, 170, 172-182, 184-186, 188, 193-194, 196-197, 199, 201, 204-206, 208, 210, 211 [CONTINUES]. vol. 30 no. 168 misprinted as 198.

GLC05959.54

The Houston daily telegraph.

Supplement (November 16, 1863) ; 2 p. : 30 x 19 cm. Letter from the Indian Territory. General orders from Texas District Headquarters. News from Shreveport. List of legislative committees.

Vol. 29, no. 154 (February 24, 1864) ; 2 p. : 46.1 x 31...

GLC05959.55

Daily dispatch (Richmond, VA)

Many issues have been previously bound. vol. 19 nos. 60, 114, 135-143, 146-153; vol. 20 nos. 6-15, 21, 24-25, 27-44, 46-62, 64-66, 68-69 [TO CONTINUE] Vol. 20 no. 38, 39, 53___ repeated.

GLC05959.56

Sentinel.

All issues are 2 pp. Inconsistent volume numbering. Issues: 1863: 5/7, 6/22, 12/19; 1864: 3/3, 3/4, 3/9, 3/10, 3/29, 5/3, 5/30, 6/1, 6/3, 6/24, 7/7, 7/12, 7/20, 7/22, 8/8, 8/12, 10/10, 11/21, 11/22, 11/24, 11/26 [... to finish]

GLC05959.57

The Record.

Weekly. All issues are 8 pp. Vol. 1 nos. 2, 10-11, 18-23, 25-26. Dates: 6/25/1863, 8/20/1863, 8/27/1863, 10/15/1863, 10/22/1863, 10/29/1863, 11/5/1863, 11/12/1863, 11/19/1863, 12/3/1863 and 12/10/1863.

GLC05959.58

Daily Republican.

4 pp. each. Vol. 5 nos. 145 and 146. Discusses Benjamin Franklin Butler's "women around town" order in New Orleans.

GLC05959.59

Southern churchman.

Religious newspaper. Vol. 30 #32 (8/26/1864; Prison camp), vol. 30 no. 46 (11/23/1864) and vol. 31 no. 8 (2/22/1865). Measures vary: First issue is 61 x 46.5 cm. while the two other issues measure 30.5 x 44 cm.

GLC05959.60

Magnolia weekly.

GLC05959.61

Central Presbyterian. [Vol. 8, no. 47, whole no. 412 (November 19, 1863)]

The South Sea Slaves, Things our Soldiers do not know, Religion in the Army, Chaplain of the 12th South Carolina Regiment.

GLC05959.62

Daily Virginia state journal. [Vol. 2, no. 829 (November 30, 1864)]

Peace proposal by Abraham Lincoln, Drinking and Battle of Piedmont, West Virginia, Confederate Blockade Runners, Halifax, Novia Scotia.

GLC05959.63

Christian Observer & Presbyterian Witness. [Vol. 41, no. 42 (October 16, 1862)]

The Second Battle at Corinth, Great Victory at Perryville.

GLC05959.64

Staunton spectator and general advertiser

4/1/1862, 12/9/1862; 2/3/1863, 12/15/1863; and 2/2/1864.

GLC05959.65

The Daily register. [Vol. 2, no. 25 (October 20, 1864)]

Prints a speech of New York Governor Horatio Seymour in Philadelphia to the democratic meeting about why Abraham Lincoln should not be re-elected in the 1864 presidential election. Prints the democratic ticket of General George B. McClellan. This...

GLC05959.66

Marion ensign. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (September 16, 1864)]

Major General George B. McClellan accepts nomination by Democratic party for President of the United States.

GLC05959.67

Old dominion. [Vol. 1, no. 35 (November 21, 1863)]

Sever Fighting in East Tennessee - General Longstreet Attacked by Gneral Burnside - A Battle Expected at Knoxville.

GLC05959.68

Norfolk union. [Vol. 2, no. 24 (May 1, 1863)]

Another Attack on Charleston, General Bragg shot by General Breckenridge in a recontre at Tullahoma, Official Confirmation of the Defeat of the Rebels in Missouri.

GLC05959.69

Wheeling daily register. [Vol. 2, no. 103 (January 25, 1865)]

The Smithsonian Institute in Flames.

GLC05959.70

Richmond Whig & public advertiser.

Some without volume or issue numbers. 7/11/1862, 10/3/1862, 10/28/1862; 1/10/1865. (Note that 3/7/1862 and 10/27/1864 are distinct titles: 5959.78 and 5959.79).

GLC05959.71

Daily Richmond examiner.

Some are Ex-Flowers, or Duke University. Also includes Semi-weekly Examiner.

GLC05959.72

Richmond weekly enquirer

GLC05959.73

Daily express.

Vol. 11= 1861, vol. 12=1862, vol. 13=1863. One issue from 1862.

GLC05959.74

Southern literary messenger.

Monthy magazine. 7/1861 (war a contest for racial supremacy); 11-12/1862 (combined; a new literature); 2/1863-6/1863 (2 copies of March); 11-12/1863.

GLC05959.75

Southern illustrated news

Weekly. Most issues 8 pages. Not published July 18, 1863 and Jan. 9, 1864. Issues include: Vol. 1 (1862-63) nos. 4-5, 9-15, 17-23, 25-35, 37-42; vol. 2 (1863) nos. 1-3, 6, 8-11, 13-14, 16, 20, 23, 25, vol. 3 (1863) nos. 2, 4, 7-17.

GLC05959.76

The weekly express.

Vol. 12 nos. 28, 43 and 45. See related but distinct title Richmond Daily express, GLC 5959.74

GLC05959.77

Daily Richmond whig. [Vol. 67, no. 56 (March 7, 1862)]

Page 1 and 2 have an image of the Viriginia state seal. Piece of 19th century paper adhered to the front page has the name "W. H. DeWitt." List of the acts passed by the Confederate Congress on front page. Page 2 has several columns of news from the...

GLC05959.78

Daily Richmond whig [no volume and number (October 27, 1864)]

Contains an image of the Virginia state seal. Not a complete copy, missing pages 1 and 2. Copy of General Jubal Early's address to his troops and an editoral lauding its contents. From Northern newspapers, reports on Ulysses Grant's campaign against...

GLC05959.79

The daily richmond enquirer

Vol. 36 nos. 201 [sic?], 100, 96 [sic?]; vol. 37 nos. 27, 30, 158 and 179. Last issue has no volume/issue. 11/29/1862, 11/30/1863, 3/24/1864, 6/28/1864, 7/1/1864, 12/10/1864, 1/11/1865 and 1/27/1865. See also Richmond Weekly Enquirer, GLC 5959.73...

GLC05959.80

Richmond (VA) Enquirer. Extra edition

Vol. 57, no. 97. Appears to be distinct (bibliographically) from the Daily and Weekly Enquirers, with an independent numbering system.

GLC05959.81

Confederate newspapers from Louisiana [decimalized]

"The New Orleans Daily Crescent" and "The Daily True Delta. Other Louisiana newspapers are contained in GLC 5959.

GLC05960

Daily true delta.

Amongst the typical foreign and local news and advertisements, the front page of this paper contains two very interesting secession-related items. A women in Charleston Owned the table used for signing the Declaration of Independence of the United...

GLC05960.01

New Orleans daily crescent [mixed with Daily true delta]

14 issues, decimalized. Includes some issues of the "Daily True Delta." See GLC05960.02.01-.14

GLC05960.02

Hood's Texas Brigade

Honors the 1st, 4th, 5th Texas and the 18th Georgia, Hampton Legion for their bravery in battle. The broadside prints a portion of a letter by Texas Governor Gustavus W. Smith and Lee's letter of 21 September 1862, praising the brigade. Lists...

GLC05961

to William Fitzhugh (Rooney) Lee

General Lee offers condolence to his son Rooney on the death of his wife, Charlotte Wickham, from tuberculosis. Although Lee mourns her death, he maintains that "we cannot indulge in grief however mournful yet pleasing." Lee experienced a series of...

GLC05979

to Mark Alexander

Cooper, Adjutant General and Inspector General of the Confederate Army, writes to his friend Alexander. Mentions that his son recently travelled with Mrs. Captain Lee of the Confederate Navy. Complains that he is overworked, and fears he will not...

GLC05980

[Collection of John Jones, Company F, 45th regiment, Illinois, infantry] [decimalized]

Contains vivid battle descriptions and political content. On 13 March 1863, he writes of his opposition to a $300 fee to avoid draft "based precisely on the same principle with the conscription of the 'Southern Confederacy' which exempts a man...

GLC05981

Defence of the city of Philadelphia

Printed by Baird & King at 607 Samson Street in Philadelphia. Large pictorial broadside, with large woodcut of city seal, quoting from proclamation of Mayor Alexander Henry and from Brigadier General and Commander of Philadelphia A. J. Pleasanton and...

GLC05985

Collection of Confederate broadsides & imprints [decimalized]

Collection of Confederate broadsides, flyers, leaflets, books and pamphlets relating to military and civil matters during the Civil War. Each of the 55 records has its own description.
[decimalized 05987.01-05987.55]

GLC05987

[Resolution to continue to fight passed at meeting of Ninth Virginia Infantry]

Signed in print by Williams as President and J.S. Gilliam, Jr. as Secretary. Williams and Gilliam were members of the Ninth Virginia Infantry, Stewart's Brigade, Pickett's Division. Resolution sent to the Confederate House of Representatives. It was...

GLC05987.01

[Message to the Army of Tennessee from Confederate President Jefferson Davis]

Printed by John H. Seals & Co.'s Power Press Print in Atlanta. Congratulates soldiers on the 18-20 September Battle of Chickamauga. States "A grateful country has recognized your arduous service, and rejoiced over your glorious victory on the field...

GLC05987.02

Address of Maj. Gen. N.B. Forrest to His Troops.

Congratulations to troops for all their victorious battles. Issued by Union Major General Forrest to his troops during the last year of the war. Forrest signs in print as Commanding District of Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana. Pencil inscription...

GLC05987.03

Circular address to the absentees from the Tenn. calvary of Forrest's command

From the headquarters of Brigadier General Jackson's calvary division. Jackson says he was recently put in charge of the Tennessee calvary "in this Department" and asks for their return to the colors. Says he feels identified with the troops and...

GLC05987.04

[General Orders No. 83, Declaring 21 August 1863 a Day of Fasting, Humiliation,
and Prayer]

General Lee issues orders on behalf of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Declares "All military duties, except such as are absolutely necessary, will be suspended ... Soldiers! we have sinned against Almighty God."

GLC05987.05

Sketch of the Country Occupied by the Federal & Confederate Armies on the 18th & 21st July 1861

Detailed map of the Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) showing roads, topographical features, troop positions, batteries, bridges, and railroads. Also has a legend of "Explanations." Pictures the battle field to the north of Manassas, with the Bull Run...

GLC05987.25

Seat of War Manassas and its Vicinity

Printed map detailing the battleground of 18 and 21 July 1861 at the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run). Includes major roads and railroads, showing Washington D.C. on the right side. Contains descriptive text beneath the map. At the bottom is a...

GLC05987.26

The Whig and Observer

Headline states "Glorious News! From Virginia! The Battle of Manassas. Our Arm Victorious." The first excerpt, from the Columbus Republic Extra 21 July 1861, reports that General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard's horse was shot from underneath him...

GLC05987.31

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 Order No. 65 concerning day of worship proclaimed by President Jefferson Davis]

Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, announces that President Jefferson Davis proclaimed 16 November as a day of worship. Printed document says "all military duties, except such as are necessary for the safety of the Army, will be...

GLC05987.06

[Last Confederate printing of the Civil War in Texas]

Printed general orders stating that every officer and soldier must be ready to meet the enemy at a moment's notice. States that the Brigadier General Commanding is determined to fight and if possible, ". . .drive back the insolent foe who advances...

GLC05987.07

[General Order assuring the public that Confederate money is secure]

Confederate Major General Loring asserts that "The money issued by the Confederate government is secure, and is receivable in payment of public dues, and convertible into 8 per cent bonds. Citizens owe it to the country to receive it in trade."

GLC05987.08

[Collection of three documents related to the surrender of E. K. Smith] Decimalized

GLC05987.09

[Circular letter announcing Confederate post office policy]

Printed Circular Letter marked "No. 2." Issued from the first Confederate Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama by Reagan, the first (and only) Confederate Postmaster General. Dealing with issues of transition from the Federal postal service to the...

GLC05987.10

[General Order No. 78 concerning war correspondence and rations]

Cooper was Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General. The printed order has 6 parts. First part directs all military officers how to create correspondence with the War Department. Says any failure to follow orders will be subject to a court martial...

GLC05987.11