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to Brig. Gen. John W. Sprague re: promotion for several soldiers

Written at Head Quarters 121 N.Y. Vols.

GLC02465.26

to Capt. Harcall [?]

Brig. General Viele asks for horse teams that are "good," because the ones he has are not up to the standard required

GLC02465.27

to unknown "General"

Wadsworth writes to an unidentified general supporting the truth of a statement by Colonel Pintt[?] and advising that the local character of the troops should be perpetuated to preserve their "temper & spirit."

GLC02465.28

to Adjutant General of New York John T. Sprague. Headquarters, 2nd Brig

General Ward recommends promotion of Lieutenant Thomas J. Leigh of the 71st Regiment of New York Volunteer Infantry to Lieutenant Colonel.

GLC02465.29

to Adjutant General of New York Volunteers Thomas Hillhouse.

Warren sends William Partridge, his assistant adjutant general, with recommendations for appointments in the 5th New York Regiment.

GLC02465.30

to Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield re: troop movements

Informs Mansfield that he should keep the six companies of the 16th Massachusetts that are with him and that the rest of the regiment will be coming. He also requests the return of Colonel Weber's 20th New York Regiment

GLC02465.32

to Adjutant General of New York Thomas Hillhouse

Hillhouse was A.G. of NY

GLC02465.33

to Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield re: a reconnaissance

GLC02465.34

to unknown re: Grant, Mexican War

Doubleday writes a brief tribute to General Grant on the "Anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sumter." Writes "...General Grant and myself were comrades during the Mexican War. Even at that early day he was distinguished for his soldierly qualities and...

GLC02465.35

Civil War naval officers: 17 letters & docs [decimalized .01-.17]

[decimalized 02466.01-02466.17]

GLC02466

to Montgomery Blair

Written by Captain Bailey to Postmaster General Montgomery Blair. Says he is the bearer of despatches from New Orleans, "which with its defences are ours." Says Lee (Samuel Phillips Lee), his relative serving on the "Oneida," is safe and well...

GLC02466.01

re: books

GLC02466.02

to Edward Bates

Written by Rear Admiral DuPont to U.S. Attorney General Bates. Says he perceives by a return made by the Navy Department to the House of Representatives on prizes that many cases have been appealed to the Supreme Court. Says many officers and himself...

GLC02466.03

to David G. Farragut

Written by Captain Engle as the governor of the naval asylum in Philadelphia to Admiral Farragut as commander of the blockading squadron off Mobile, Alabama. Congratulating Farragut for his victory at Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864. Says "The world on...

GLC02466.04

re: dinner invitation

GLC02466.05

to George B. McClellan

Written on stationery of the Flag Ship USS "Minnesota." Written by Flag Officer Goldsborough as commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron to Major General McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac. Letter most likely making...

GLC02466.06

to Abel P. Upshur

Recommends W. Palmer to Secretary of the Navy A.P. Upshur. States W. Palmer is "a son of one of [Baltimore's] most respectable families" and that he would be pleased if Palmer were placed under his command.

GLC02466.07

to unknown

Written on stationary of "160 West Eighty Sixth Street." Written by Mahan, who had resigned his naval commission in 1895 and who was a well-known author on naval theory and strategy in 1900. Appears to be written to a magazine or newspaper editor...

GLC02466.08

[to White, Esqr.]

Maury, serving as a Confederate naval agent in Britain, asks the recipient (possibly Mr. "White") in London to forward the enclosed (not included) to Dr. Miller "of the [illegible] Committee." Matthew Fontaine Maury was a naval officer known as the...

GLC02466.09

to J. P. Robertson

Written on stationery of the "North Atlantic Squadron, U.S. Flag-Ship 'Malvern.'" Signed by Rear Admiral Porter to Lieutenant Commander Robertson as commander fo the USS "Monticello" at New London, Connecticut. Tells him to "follow of course." Tells...

GLC02466.12

to George B. McClellan

Written aboard the USS "Galena" by Commander Rodgers to Major General McClellan. Says he thinks the flag officer has written to McClellan. The flag officer does not like to answer official questions sent to an officer under his command. Reports that...

GLC02466.13

to unknown

Written by Captain Winslow as the commander of the "Kearsarge." References previous two notes from recipient. Says prior leaving for Flushing, Holland he sent an officer to Paris to communicate with Mr. Dayton who was trying to discover the meaning...

GLC02466.16

to Abraham Lincoln

Written by Captain Worden to President Lincoln. Says the Reverend Alfred C. Roe wishes to make himself useful to the suppression of the rebellion and that he seeks an appointment as a chaplain in the army. Claims to have known Roe for some time and...

GLC02466.17

to John Miller

Possibly created 4 December. General Breckinridge writes, "I know several gentlemen named Lyle in Bourbon and Fayette Counties Ky, but I do not know which is the person to whom you refer, nor do I know the inclinations of any of them in this...

GLC02467.06

to Captain Blount

Plans to leave for Cincinnati on the following Saturday. Referring to Confederate General James Longstreet, writes "Longstreet is retreating up the country. Our forces started ten thousand strong after him on yesterday, and were preceded the day...

GLC02467.08

to D. R. Wright

Buckingham, Governor of Connecticut, writes to Colonel Wright (possibly Dexter R. Wright) of the 15th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. Notes that a surgeon [L. Apirt?] of the 1st Regiment Artillery has been transferred to the Regiment under Wright...

GLC02467.09

to Thomas John Wood and others

Clem, Lieutenant of the 24th Infantry, writes to General Wood and other members of an executive committee organizing a reunion in Dayton, Ohio. Regretfully declines an invitation to attend a reunion 20 and 21 November, 1872. Writes, "I would rather...

GLC02467.10

to Major E. W. Rice

Kirkwood, Governor of Iowa 1860-1864, writes to Major Rice (possibly to Elliot Warren Rice of the 7th Regiment, Iowa Infantry). Relates, "I had heard before receiving your letter that some persons in your regiment had made difficulty in regard to...

GLC02467.16

to A. H. H. Dawson

General Logan replies to a note from Dawson. Invites Dawson to his home in Carbondale, Illinois, as soon as Dawson is finished lecturing in Ohio. Writes, "I think I can help you to do something that will be of service to you."

GLC02467.17

to Egbert L. Viele

Pierpont writes to General Viele (spelled "Velie"), military governor of Norfolk, Virginia. Encloses a letter for Colonel Watson of Portsmouth, Virginia, "who is engaged in raising a Virginia regiment for U.S. Service" (letter not included)....

GLC02467.19

[Letter and lyrics of Root's song "Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are marching"]

Root, an American songwriter, thanks Mr. Massett for poems, and transmits the lyrics of "Tramp," a song that became popular during the Civil War.

GLC02467.22

to James Brooks

Two notes written in pencil (one beneath docket) indicate that this letter was written to Brooks, a U.S. Representative from New York and fellow Copperhead. Vallandigham, a former United States Senator from Ohio, had recently been arrested for...

GLC02467.28

to A. A. Harwood

Written by Chief Clerk Faxon to Commodore Harwood. Tells Harwood that the "'Monitor' was launched January 30th, 1862 - Contest with the 'Merrimac,' March 9th - Foundered on the night of 30th Decr. 1862." (The "Merrimac" sank on 11 May 1862; the...

GLC05331.03

John B. Moore

Carte de visite as Surg. Gen. & Brig. Gen. under Sherman (in civilian dress. Imprint on verso: "Joslyn & Co., Washington Gallery, Vicksburg, Miss."

GLC05332

Quarterly return of deceased soldiers of company

Reports that African American soliders John Jackson, Shadrick Ham, Benjamin Dobson, George Washington [II] and Anderson West died from disease at Fort Smith, Arkansas. States that Henry Whittle died from an accident at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, that...

GLC05336.04

to Frank H. Alfriend

Noted at top "Strictly Confidential." Discusses events of 1850, 1857-8-9 and 1860-61. He argues that repeal of the Missouri Compromise logically allowed nullification of other things as well. Blames abolitionism. Argues that the South had to...

GLC05344.01

[Presidential pardon of John G. English for rebellion].

Signed by Andrew Johnson as President. Countersigned by William H. Seward as Secretary of State. English's plantation was in Aberdeen, Mississippi. White seal on second page. Document was originally folded into sixths.

GLC05460

to Sam Chapman

Refers to Gettysburg. Contrasts differing reports of Henry Heth and Ambrose Powell Hill about going to Gettysburg after some shoes.

GLC05470

to William P. Fessenden

Countersigned by E. D. Morgan, Joseph Hoxie, L. Draper, George Opdyke, Shepherd Knapp, Waldo Hutchins, and C.A. Marshall. Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed a government agent "for the...

GLC05316

to William P. Fessenden

Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed agent for purchase and sale of cotton and other commodities from the Confederate states. Written on "Office of the Tribune" stationery.

GLC05317.01

to William P. Fessenden

Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed agent for purchase and sale of cotton and other commodities from the Confederate states. With a supporting autograph note signed and dated 7 December 1864...

GLC05317.02

[Report on condition of the CSS "Merrimac"]

Reports that a William West, a rigger "who made his escape from Norfolk," said the "Merrimac" was still in dock on 10 February. Claims the ship draws 17 feet of water, has 10 gun (8 of which are 9 inch smooth bore broadside gun and 2 heavy rifled...

GLC05331.01

to A. A. Harwood

Marked "Private." Sends a report on the CSS "Merrimac" to Captain Harwood, the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, based on his examination of William West, a rigger who had been aboard the vessel and later "made his escape from Norfolk." Van Brunt...

GLC05331.02

to officers and soldiers of the Virginia colored guards

An unknown female author presents a flag to African American troops stationed in the vicinity. States "it has often been remarked how much better this company has behaved than others previously encamped on this ground_ the ladies have spoken highly...

GLC05335

Items pertaining to the 11th Regiment, United States Colored Troops and to Major Milton Wells [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC05336

Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan [Decimalized .01-.12]

Written mostly to Charles P. Leverich, a financial agent active in New York and New Orleans. Discusses accounts, supplies, secession, and slavery.

GLC05339

Items related to John Slidell [Decimalized .01-.02]

Letter by Slidell and print of him, clipped from a newspaper.

GLC05342

to Frank H. Alfriend

Marked "Private" at the top. Davis has not been able to obtain a copy of the biography which Alfriend wrote. The book is available only through subscription. He heard the book was "the best work on the subject which had been produced." He...

GLC05344.02

to Frank H. Alfriend

Enclosing a letter from an author name Spruce [?], who wrote a history of the "War between the Northern and Southern States." Davis notes the book is widely circulated in America. [Enclosure is not included in the collection.]

GLC05344.03

[extracts from the President of William and Mary College]

Two extracts from the President of William and Mary College. Also signed by the Secretary of the Faculty. The first extract bestows a Bachelor of Arts degree on Frank H. Alfriend of Richmond. The document notes that Alfriend would have received...

GLC05344.05.01