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[Scammon endorsement on a telegram to J. C. Paxton]

Telegram to Colonel Paxton from an unknown soldier tells of some cavalry men shot by guerillas at Birch River. States the other camp said they cannot send ammunition because they too are expecting an attack. With autograph endorsement signed in...

GLC02414.135

[Field return, artillery park, Army of the Potomac]

Written near Petersburg. Captain Shaffer lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve...

GLC02382.158

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Thanks Hunt for the memorial he wrote after the death of her father, Harvey Brown. Writes "... we, Father's nearest and dearest, feel that full justice has been done... and that your writing his record has given additional honor to his memory. The...

GLC02382.206

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Possibly a copy in General Scammon's hand of a decoded cypher telegram to Scammon from Colonel Carr Bailey White of the 12th Ohio Infantry. Reports on Lieutenant Blazer's letter of 4 December where he informed that he infiltrated the Confederate...

GLC02414.113

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Telegram from Captain Johnson to General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio. Reports being attacked this morning by Confederate General Albert Gallatin Jenkins but that they were able to repulse him after four hours of fighting. States that losses are slight...

GLC02414.208

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Report of the rout of the rebels
by Averell at Droop Mountain. "…he encountered Genl Echols, Pattons & Jacksons forces entrenched on the summit of Droop Mountain…after a severe action the rebels were routed completely all of his wounded falling into...

GLC02414.248

to James L. Botsford

"Citizens brought word…severe fighting commenced at 3 oclock Wednesday 10 miles east or the north east of Lewisburg supposed by informant near Frankfort heavy commanding kept up until ten oclock at night & resumed next morning…our forces drove them...

GLC02414.269

Decatur's Conflict with the Algerine at Tripoli

One engraving entitled "Decatur's Conflict with the Algerine at Tripoli" dated 1857. The caption notes "Reuben James interposing his head to save the life of his commander." Depicts the conflict of August 3, 1804, when Stephen Decatur Jr. Boarded a...

GLC08878.0034

Battle at Lexington

One engraving entitled, "Battle at Lexington" circa 1861-1877. Depicts combat between British forces and American minute-men. On the left an unkown man sits in shock holding the lifeless body of his comrade with another fallen American at his feet...

GLC08878.0052

Valley Forge

One engraving entitled "Valley Forge" circa 1861-1877. Depicts the harsh conditions experienced by the American Continental Army soliders stationed at the Valley Forge Military camp in Pennsylvania over the winter of 1777-1778. Published by the...

GLC08878.0060

Incident in Cherry Valley-Fate of Jane Wells

One engraving entitled "Incident in Cherry Valley-Fate of Jane Wells" dated 1856. Depicts the Cherry Valley massacre, November 11, 1778. Jane Wells pleads for her life as a unknown man tries in vain to protect her from the axe of a Native American...

GLC08878.0070

Battle of Camden--Death of De Kalb

One engraving entitled "Battle of Camden-Death of De Kalb" dated 1857. Depicts the death of Revolutionary War hero Johann DeKalb during the Battle of Camden, August 16, 1780. DeKalb was mortally wounded after his horse was shot from under him...

GLC08878.0071

Death of Wolf

One engraving entitled "Death of Wolfe (misspelled Wolf)" circa 1861-1877. Depicts the death of General Wolfe at the Battle of Quebec, September 13, 1759. An unsteady James Wolfe is held upright by two soliders, behind them soliders march forward...

GLC08878.0087

Death of General Wolfe

One engraving entitled "Death of General Wolfe" dated 1857. Depicts the death of General James Wolfe at the Battle of Quebec, September 13, 1759. General James Wolfe is held upright by two comrades while surrounded by concerned soliders and Native...

GLC08878.0088

unknown

One untitled engraving, circa 1861-1877. Depicts an unknown battle scene. In the center of the painting a solider with outstretched arms stands amongst the scattered bodies of fallen soliders. Engraver and artist unknown.

GLC08878.0091

Attack on Port Hudson

One engraving entitled "Attack on Port Hudson" dated 1864. Depicts battle between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Port Hudson, May 22-July 9, 1863. Engraved from the original painting by Nast, in the possession of the publishers at...

GLC08878.0128

The Capture of New Orleans; The Fleet Pasing Forts on the Mississippi

One engraving entitled "The Capture of New Orleans; The Fleet Passing Forts on the Mississippi" dated 1863. Depicts a naval battle on the Mississippi River. Caption notes [names and descriptions of ships featured in the painting], Fort St. Phillip...

GLC08878.0129

Battle of Shiloh

One engraving entitled "Battle of Shiloh" dated 1862. Depicts hand to hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. Caption notes "recapture of artillery by a portion of Gen. Rosseau's command."...

GLC08878.0132

Attack at Chantilly-Death of General Stevens

One engraving entitled "Attack at Chantilly-Death of Gen. Stevens" dated 1863. Depicts the battle of Chantilly, September 1, 1862. In the forefront, a mortally wounded General Isaac Ingalls Stevens is caught by a comrade as he falls atop the body of...

GLC08878.0136

The Capture of Roanoke Island, Charge of Zouaves

One engraving entitled "Capture of Roanoke Island; Charge of Zouaves" dated 1862. Depicts Confederate and Union (the 9th New York Voulunteer Infantry, aka Hawkins Zouaves) troops in hand to hand combat during the battle of Roanoke Island, February 8...

GLC08878.0143

Battle Near Mill Springs, KY-Death of Zollicoffer

One engraving entitled "Battle Near Mill Springs, KY-Death of Zollicoffer" dated 1862. Depicts the death of General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer during the Battle of Mill Springs, January 19, 1862. In the center of the painting a mortally wounded General...

GLC08878.0145

Capture of Fort Donelson

One engraving entitled "Capture of Fort Donelson" dated 1866. Depicts hand to hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Fort Donelson, February 11-16, 1862. Engraved after a painitng by Alonzo Chappel. Engraver unknown.

GLC08878.0147

Battle of Gettysburg, PA

One engraving entitled "Battle of Gettysburg, PA" dated 1865. Depicts a view of a Union field artillery battery, during the battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. In the foreground the bodies of two Union soliders lay on the ground, behind them an...

GLC08878.0149

Battle of Murfreesboro--Capture of a Confederate Flag

One engraving entitled "Battle of Murfreesboro - Capture of a Confederate Flag" dated 1863. Depicts hand to hand combat between Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Murfreesboro, July 13, 1862. On the left, a jeering solider straddles a...

GLC08878.0163

Battle of Wilson's Creek--Fall of General Lyon

One engraving entitled "Battle of Wilson's Creek-Fall of General Lyon" circa 1861-1877. Depicts hand-to-hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861. In the center of the painting, a mortally...

GLC08878.0166