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to George Wortham
23 August 1864
A list of fourteen prisoners to be sent to Goldsboro, with their ranks and names listed. One is listed as a "Yankee deserter."
GLC02233.53
29 August 1864
A list of sixteen prisoners to be sent to Goldsboro, with their names, ranks and charges against them listed. Includes "Prisoners confined in jail & charges against them…."
GLC02233.54
Letter regarding arrest of traders, and list of confiscated goods [Decimalized .01-.02]
September 18, 1864
Williams, W.F., fl. 1863-1864
Williams informs George Wortham that he has captured men who were trading across the lines and encloses a list of the articles seized and men captured.
GLC02233.55
[Blank permit to pass through picket lines]
1864
Edmundson, Jesse Wright, 1845-1917
A pass granting permission to cross the picket lines, but with no name filled in. Signed by Edmundson.
Jesse Wright Edmundson was a Sergeant in the Fiftieth North Carolina Infantry, and was among the youngest to serve as an officer during the Civil...
GLC02233.56
to W.A. Hammond
2 May 1863
McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897
Informs General Hammond that he has sent "a brief narrative of the chief events of interest, medical & surgical, during the campaign of the Army of VA in the summer of 1862" (see GLC02649.01). Apologizes for its sloppy, non-technical presentation...
GLC02649.02
to A.L. Cox
10 August 1862
Writes to Dr. Cox, the Brigade Surgeon in charge of hospitals, to order him to arrange for the wounded soldiers from Culpepper to be sent "by Rail Road immediately" to Alexandria, Virginia by authorization of Genl. Pope. An autograph note signed by...
GLC02649.07
to Thomas McParlin
11 August 1862
Clary, Robert E., 1805-1890
Responds to McParlin's request to have wounded soldiers removed from Culpepper to Alexandria, Virginia (see GLC02649.07). Indicates that "Your note of yesterday relative to transportation for wounded did not reach me till after nine o'clock this...
GLC02649.08
List of names of Medical Officers of the Army of Virginia
July 1863
Names two dozen Army of Virginia medical officers "whose efficiency or capacity was observed or reported to me." Also identifies their military units and positions. Apparently compiled by McParlin.
GLC02649.09
Writes to Dr. Cox, the Brigade Surgeon in charge of hospitals, to order him to arrange for the wounded soldiers from Culpepper to be sent to Alexandria, Virginia. Written from the Headquarters of the Army of Virginia, "In the field beyond Culpepper...
GLC02649.10
to Mother and Brother
4 March 1862
Sends news home. Comments on food including having a "porter house steak" for "Carnivale," weather conditions, and his schedule. Discusses supplies and surgeons for Wisconsin Regiments, with autograph letter signed on verso from Alida McParlin.
GLC02649.11
7 May 1863
Simpson, Josiah, 1815-1874
Dr. Simpson, Army surgeon and Medical Director, sends word from the Surgeon General (not included) appointing Dr. McParlin Director of Hospitals at Camp Parole in Annapolis, Maryland and at the Junction. Provides some relevant instructions. Surgeons...
GLC02649.12
to William H. McParlin
March 17, 1864
Discusses the need for medical supplies, commenting that "The sickness at Camp Douglas is on the decline - but the prisoners of war at Camp Butler near Springfield are reported as having much sickness among them." Comments on his impression of...
GLC02649.13
to Alida McParlin
2 September 1864
A short letter to his wife, saying he will write more later. Indicates he will be going out to the 5th Corps in the morning. Notes his good health. On the verso is Dr. McParlin's title and office, indicating the stationery was for official...
GLC02649.14
16 September 1864
Acknowledges receiving his wife's letter. Comments on the return of the Naval Academy to Annapolis, and the government's ability to build hospitals. Discusses his department and military matters, taxes, and Alida's restlessness, and the brigadier...
GLC02649.15
McParlin expresses concern over his wife's health and discusses the possibility of going to California after the Civil War.
GLC02649.16
to Montgomery C. Meigs
1 September 1864
Ingalls, Rufus, 1818-1893
Copy of a letter written by Ingalls, Brigadier General and Chief Quartermaster of the Armies operating against Richmond, to Major General Meigs, U.S. Army Quartermaster General, to add to his annual report a commendation for the Medical Department...
GLC02649.17
8 January 1864
Parker, George B., 1826-?
Parker, signing as President of the Medical Officers of the U.S. Army General Hospital at Annapolis, offers three resolutions officially congratulating McParlin on his promotion to Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. George B. Parker (b. 1826?)...
GLC02649.19
September 1, 1864
Copy of GLC02649.17 with slight textual variations. Ingalls, Brigadier General and Chief Quartermaster of the Armies operating against Richmond, writes to Major General Meigs, U.S. Army Quartermaster General, to add to his annual report a...
GLC02649.20
to Benjamin William Brice
15 April 1865
Writes to Brice, the Acting Pay Master General, to request pay according to his brevet rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Heavily docketed; the request is denied across docket. With signed endorsements by Brice dated 18 April 1865 indicating McParlin...
GLC02649.21
Abraham Lincoln Foully Assassinated, April 14th 1865, from the London Punch
April 1865
Nineteen stanza poem, an anonymous tribute to the late President, McParlin copied from Punch magazine.
GLC02649.22
[Contemporary transcription of the Gettysburg Address]
1863
Written on stationery of the Murray Hill Hotel in New York.
GLC02649.23
to Thomas A. McParlin
December 6, 1864
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Partially printed letter transmitting McParlin's appointment (not included) to Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. Form letter offering congratulations. Issued on stationery of "Head-Quarters, Army of the Potomac."
GLC02649.25
Draft copy of GLC02649.25, probably written by a secretary. Letter transmitting McParlin's appointment (not included) to Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. Form letter offering congratulations. Signed as "official" by Brevet Major General...
GLC02649.26
30 June 1865
Ruggles, George D. (George David), ?-1904
Signed by Ruggles as AAG, by command of Major General Meade. A printed order relieving McParlin of his duty as the Colonel and Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac and ordering him to report to the Surgeon General, as a result of the break up...
GLC02649.28
16 April 1866
Major General Meade informs McParlin that he has complied with his request for a recommendation (see GLC02649.30): "I think if any medical officers are entitled to the Brevet of Brig Genl it [is] these who like yourself stuck it out in the field and...
GLC02649.29
to Charles Hale Morgan
Major General Meade strongly recommends Dr. Thomas A. McParlin to Colonel Morgan for advancement in rank. Discusses details about military actions in the Civil War, and McParlin's role in them as an Army Surgeon and Medical Director of the Army of...
GLC02649.30
to Andrew Jackson Smith
22 April 1866
Pope, John, 1822-1892
Pope recommends to Major General Smith that McParlin be brevetted to the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel for his service on 29-30 August 1862 (Second Battle of Manassas) and Brigadier General for his service as Medical Director of the Army of...
GLC02649.31
3 May 1866
A copy of GLC02649.31 (so marked), but with a different place of address and date. Pope recommends to Major General Smith that McParlin be brevetted to the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel for his service on 29-30 August 1862 (Second Battle...
GLC02649.32
to the Adjutant General, U.S.A. War Department
December 19, 1866
Rejects his appointment as Brevet Brigadier General dated 27 November. In part: "This is the Second Brevet of that grade, tendered to me for different services: one, with the army in the field - which I now hold - as Brigadier General by Brevet for...
GLC02649.35
to unknown
17 October 1885
McParlin asks that an original letter of introduction written by Ulysses S. Grant and sent to President Chester A. Arthur be returned to him (the original being deposited in White House files). McParlin transcribes in his own hand the text of the...
GLC02649.37
to Chester A. Arthur
19 October 1883
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Printed copy of Grant's letter of introduction for Thomas A. McParlin sent to President Arthur. Commends McParlin's service in the Civil War. McParlin quoted this letter in full in GLC02649.37, in a request to Arthur for the return of the original.
GLC02649.38
to Alida Roca McParlin
27 November 1864
McParlin sends news of himself and asks for more letters from his wife. Writes about life and work at the hospital in Annapolis, Maryland. Comments on religion, friends, and food. Has been so cold that he has been using his "buffalo robe." Troops...
GLC02649.39
to John Clements
Scrap of paper on which McParlin presents a bill for $1.80 from July 1864 and indicates that he has received payment. With emendations in another hand confirming payment on 2 November 1864.
GLC02649.41
1 August 1864
Scrap of paper on which McParlin presents a bill for $3.85 and indicates that he has received payment.
GLC02649.42
to W. J. Babcock
Scrap of paper on which McParlin documents a payment to Babcock of $54.25 for room and board. Marked paid in the same hand. Written from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac.
GLC02649.43
1861-1865
Incomplete letter fragment discussing California and Europe, and McParlin's wish to see his wife.
GLC02649.44
[Nine envelopes mostly from Thomas McParlin to his wife, each without an accompanying letter]
1864-1865
Six envelopes and three partial letters, most from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Medical Director's Office, to Alida McParlin.
GLC02649.45
[Reproduction of a vignette bust portrait of Thomas A. McParlin]
Vignette bust portrait of McParlin by unknown photographer.
GLC02649.46
Photographed closer up and at a more advanced age than in GLC02649.46.
GLC02649.47
[View of an interior of a Civil War era hospital with patients]
Reproduced photograph of a hospital interior, possibly one that Dr. Thomas A. McParlin oversaw.
GLC02649.48
to James A. Washington
4 April 1863
Linthion, C.S., fl. 1863
General Richard B. Garnett has ordered that Wortham's battalion move its position and await further orders. At bottom is an autograph note signed by Washington, to Wortham, reading "I will wait for you here. Come as quickly as possible. No news."...
GLC02233.20
to James S. Wortham
17 May 1863
Wortham, George, fl. 1823-1883
Writes his father saying his regiment is leaving for Virginia, his application for a furlough was denied, and he is temporarily in command of the regiment. Informed by a General that he "cannot be spared from the field," but he expects to be granted...
GLC02233.22
[Blank permit to leave picket duty for one week]
13 May 1863
A blank permit, granting permission to pass the picket for one week from the date of this document. Written at "Headquarters of Richette on Moseley Creek."
GLC02233.21
[Court Martial proceedings in the case of Wiley Sullivan for being absent without leave]
26 May 1863
Ford, George B., 1828-1911
Details the trial and conviction of Sullivan for the charge of "absence without leave." Records specifics of the charge, testimony from the trial, and resulting sentence. Sullivan was sentenced to carry a twenty pound stick eight hours a day for...
GLC02233.23
[Court Martial proceedings in the case of John T. Jones for being absent without leave.]
Details court martial proceedings of John T. Jones, who pled guilty to the charge of "absence without leave." Jones was sentenced to carry a twenty pound stick eight hours a day for fourteen days. With the names of James Dalrymple as the Judge...
GLC02233.24
[Court Martial proceedings in the case of Haywood Sullivan for being absent without leave.]
27 May 1863
Details the trial and conviction of Haywood Sullivan for the charge of "absence without leave." Records specifics of the charge, testimony from the trial, and resulting sentence. With the name of Captain Thomas R. Youngblood as if signed, but likely...
GLC02233.25
[Court Martial proceedings in the case of W. H. Hutson for being absent without leave]
Details the trial and conviction of Hutson for the charge of "absence without leave." Records specifics of the charge, testimony from the trial, and resulting sentence. Hutson was sentenced to carry a twenty pound stick eight hours a day for sixteen...
GLC02233.26
to John B. Marchand
8 June 1862
Dupont, Samuel F., 1803-1865
Copy of a circular letter from the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography ordering captains to "instruct the officers commanding Prize vessels to deliver to the ordnance officer of the nearest Navy Yard, all arms belonging to the service, immediately on...
GLC02680.12
[Military discharge for Joseph Steele for disability]
December 21, 1862
Dorr, James Colby, ?-1880
Printed form filled out with the handwritten emendations of Dorr, discharging Steele from service due to a disability. Dorr was a surgeon on the United States Volunteers Medical Staff. Private Steele was a gunsmith with the 104th Rgt. NY Volunteers.
GLC02680.13
22 December 1863
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Printed circular from the Navy Department ordering officers to set up Boards to review all Assistant Engineers for possible promotion. Lays out the rules under which these review boards are to be conducted, and the requirements for promotion, such...
GLC02680.14
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