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to Nancy E. Jones
21 May 1864
Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865
They have fought two battles in this campaign and skirmished with the enemy every day from the 7th to the 19th. His company of 20 has lost half its men.
GLC02739.115
20 June 1864
Almost daily engagements with the enemy; list of corps commanders, citing Gen. "Howart" (Oliver Otis Howard) as his favorite; relates a story about Gen. Howard's exchange with a soldier about removing the body of a wounded man from the field.
GLC02739.121
1 July 1864
More description of the charge on June 27th, with 800 killed or wounded; assisting the wounded on the field and in the hospital; safekeeping his diary.
GLC02739.123
24 July 1864
Taking position outside Atlanta; heavy engagement by the 16th and 17th corps with heavy Confederate losses; battle at Peach Creek.
GLC02739.126
to my dear wife
February 7, 1865
Thompson, Wilmot, fl. 1864-1901
It is snowing. They are told they must protect City Point now as the Rebels are fighting to the front. All night long, the wagons have come through with the sick and wounded. He complains about his mother whom he says abused him as a child.
GLC02740.25
29 April 1865
He talks of wanting to come home. He speculates on when they may begin discharging soldiers. He also mentions seeing all the wounded from the last battle and how devastating it was.
GLC02740.41
Application for Disability from J.B. Cralle & Co.
1861-1877
GLC02740.56
Copy of GLC02740.56.
GLC02740.57
to Mother
10 April 1863
Thomson, George F., fl. 1862-1865
They are now near Berwicks. They suffered some losses with 6 killed, 91 wounded.
GLC02743.18
26 May 1863
They had two killed and one wounded the other day. Letter includes rough sketch of the Rebels' movements.He includes a whole catalogue of items he wants his mother to send including handkerchiefs and socks.
GLC02743.20
[Invoice of medicine for the artillery]
1777
Lists medicines such as calomel, opium, camphor, oxmel seillit, and many others.
GLC02437.09545
[Documentation of Captain McElhattan's injury]
February 20, 1783
Beatty, Reading, 1757-1831
Beatty, surgeon for the Pennsylvania Artillery, attests that McElhattan "received a hurt on his lame shoulder some time ago, & has not been able to join his regiment before this time." Written at the barracks of Philadelphia.
GLC02437.09652
Statement - troops
circa 1791
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Dated 18 September and 11 or 12 October, but no year provided. On 18 September there were 2,120 effective troops. Received an additional 242 troops on 11 or 12 October. Notes 600 killed and wounded, leaving 1,762 troops. After receiving...
GLC02437.08427
[Return]
4 October 1783
"Report of the Board appointed for examination of the invalids" of the army. Approximately 75 men listed by name, age, regiment, time of service and ailment. "Disease" column includes such ailments as dysentery, venereal disease, and lunacy....
GLC02437.10711
to Major Wilcox
31 October 1841
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
Assistant Adjutant General of the Army Cooper informs Wilcox that "We are all rejoiced to hear, from Col. Whiting of your convalescence... you must not permit your zeal to interfere with your recovery... " Mentions Colonel Worth (possibly William...
GLC02457.03
to Francis W. Pickens
June 1861
Boham, Milledge L., 1813-1890
Milledge L. Boham states officers "just from Richmond" related news that an approaching South Carolina regiment will be sent to the York River, Virginia. Hopes that South Carolina Governor Pickens may prevent this; writes to notify Pickens in the...
GLC02459.04
[Collection of letters written to Fannie Schoonmaker from Patrick Higgins, K company, 56th regiment, New York, infantry] [decimalized]
October 1859-January 1862
Higgins, Patrick, fl. 1859-1862
The collection consists of ten letters written to a young lady named Fannie Schoonmaker, and one letter to an unknown recipient. Nine of the eleven letters, some of which predate the Civil War, are from Patrick Higgins. One letter is from David Reese...
GLC02164
Knox's army diary [incomplete]
16 September 1777-16 October 1777
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Mostly deals with movements of the army around Philadelphia in September and October 1777, around the time of the Battle of Germantown. On September 19 says "Intelligence recd. of the enemys pushing for Philadelphia the army cross'd the Schylkill."...
GLC02437.08417
to Henry Knox
13 October 1782
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Suggesting stationary duty for an Invalid Regiment. Instructs Knox to "keep Van Schaick's Artificers," and fill the rest of his need for artificers with carpenters and Masons;. Also discusses movement of materials from Fishkill, condition of "the...
GLC02437.09360
to Mary Grant Cramer
March 31, 1869
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Ulysses S. Grant writes to his sister about family matters and office seekers. He apologizes for not having replied at once to her letter. He mentions that "Father...left here(?) last Thursday after a visit..." His father evidently had some sort of...
GLC00655.13
to Edgar Cowan
August 4, 1863
Geary, John White, 1819-1873
Geary writes to Cowan, a United States Senator from Pennsylvania, in attempt to obtain a recommendation for his promotion to Major General. He cites his qualifications and the achievements of his brigades. He declares "I have received four honorable...
GLC00673
to James Wilson
September 26, 1863
Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892
Colonel Gibson writes from the Headquarters of General Daniel Weisiger Adams's Brigade. He informs Wilson, Assistant Adjutant General of John Cabell Breckinridge's Division, of the details of the recent Battle of Chickamauga. He reports that Adams's...
GLC00821
[Petition for promoting Colonel Andrew Wood Denison].
12 September 1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln submitted this petition to Secretary of War Stanton. Fifteen prominent men from Maryland signed the petition asking that Colonel Denison be promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers. The petition recounts Denison's service to the Union...
GLC01012
to Francis Barber
July 9, 1778
Letter addressed to Barber in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he was recovering from a wound received at the Battle of Monmouth. Washington instructs Barber to obtain intelligence on the British movements across the Hudson river in New York while in...
GLC01201
to Colonel John E. Tourtelotte
July 7, 1882
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Sherman writes to his former aide-de-camp about land ownership and taxes. He advises Tourtelotte to sell his land in Minnesota. Informs that he and his family have decided to settle down in St. Louis, Missouri. Talks of his retirement and remarks, "...
GLC01216
to Jane Brisbin
July 10, 1863
Brisbin, James S. (James Sanks), 1837-1892
Informs his wife that he arrived in Washington, D. C. the previous day. Referring to his introduction to Colonel Windham, an Englishman, he states "I hate foreigners particularly the dutch- Windham offered me a very nice place but I asked to be sent...
GLC01505.02
Official U.S. Bulletin. [Vol. 3, no.524 (January 29, 1919)]
January 29, 1919
Creel, George, 1876-1953
Newspaper published daily by order of the president by the United States Committee of Public Information. Contains the text of the eighteenth amendment, which established the prohibition of alcohol. Accompanied by a statement by acting Secretary of...
GLC01668
To Thomas Noyes
7 May 1792
Fenner, Arthur, 1745-1805
Letter from Arthur Fenner to Thomas Noyes appointing Noyes Second Major of the Senior Class Regiment of Washington County, Rhode Island. Includes the seal of Rhode Island. Co-signed by Henry Ward.
GLC02150.09
6 May 1793
Letter from Arthur Fenner to Thomas Noyes appointing Noyes First Major of the Senior Class Regiment of Washington County, Rhode Island. Includes the seal of Rhode Island. Co-signed by Henry Ward.
GLC02150.10
12 May 1794
Letter from Arthur Fenner to Thomas Noyes appointing Noyes Lieutenant Colonel Commander of the Senior Class Regiment of Washington County, Rhode Island. Includes the seal of Rhode Island. Co-signed by Henry Ward.
GLC02150.11
[Letter certifying the service of a Billings Burch in the Revolutionary War]
circa 1819
Noyes, Thomas, 1754-1819
Letter from Thomas Noyes and Nicholas Clark certifying that they were acquainted with a Billings Burch of Stonington, Connecticut during their Revolutionary War service. They say that Burch served under Colonel Lippet, Colonel Babcock, and General...
GLC02150.18
Declaration for Invalid Pension
23 November 1865
Loveland, George, fl. 1865
Form for a declaration of invalid pension that has been filled out by a Deputy County Clerk in Washington, Vermont. It says that William Noyes was wounded in action near St. Petersburg on April 2, 1865, when he was shot in his lower right leg. This...
GLC02150.41.02
War Department: Adjutant General's Office
25 June 1886
Ward, Thomas, fl. 1886
Letter from the War Department outlining the injuries William Noyes suffered during the war. It claims to have no record of the cause or nature of the injury that ultimately sent him home.
GLC02150.41.03
[Questionnaire from the Bureau of Pensions]
18 October 1897
Official form from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions. It is addressed to William Noyes and asks him to please answer several questions pertaining to his family. These questions include whether he is married, who his wife is and where...
GLC02150.41.05
Drop Order and Report
2 August 1910
Patterson, J.H., fl. 1910
Form from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions order the Bureau to drop William Wallace Noyes frin their registry, because he is deceased. The top is crossed out with an X, and the word "Accrued" is scribbled above it.
GLC02150.41.09
[Letter regarding a final financial settlement]
15 June 1866
Letter from an executor whose name is unclear but may have been B. T. Spaulding. It is regarding a final financial settlement with a woman named Eliza Kendall. It includes a $.02 stamp with George Washington's picture on it.
GLC02150.43
20 September 1868
Letter indicating the receipt of funds totaling one dollar and eighty three cents. The letter is signed, but the name is difficult to distinguish. It includes a $.02 stamp with George Washington on it.
GLC02150.44
[Envelope addressed to Henry B. Noyes and Mr. Phelps]
11 September
Envelope addressed to Henry B. Noyes and Mr. Phelps, Esquire. The address is in Chicago, Illinois, and a $.02 stamp of Washington's profile is included on the envelope.
GLC02150.46
[Presidential pardon of Daniel Barry who, in the District of Columbia in March 1860, had been convicted of arson].
05 November 1862
Pardoned by Abraham Lincoln because he is an old soldier who has lost a leg in the service of the United States, because he was previously a law-abiding person, because he has served out most of his sentence, and because Judge James Dunlop, who...
GLC00187
Speech of Hon. Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, on the resolutions of the Massachusetts legislature concerning the assault on Mr. Sumner.
1856
Hunter, R.M.T., 1809-1887
Signed by Hunter on a a piece of paper pasted to the title page. Delivered in the senate of the United States, 24 June 1856. Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, Washington, D.C. Hunter was a senator from Virginia.
GLC00267.003
Conduct of the war
1862
Wade, B.F., 1800-1878
Senate report from the "joint committee on the conduct of the present war" regarding Confederate indiscretions at Manassas. Committee was directed to "Collect evidence with regard to the barbarous treatment by the rebels, at Manassas, of the remains...
GLC00267.234
to William Barton
June 20, 1778
Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
Henry Laurens writes as President of Continental Congress to Colonel Barton. He asks him about his wound and his general health. Encloses gazettes (not included). Mentions that the British have abandoned Philadelphia but that 3000 of their troops...
GLC00302
to John B. Stonehouse Jr.
April 16, 1865
Stonehouse, John B., 1813-1885
Writing to his son, John B. Stonehouse describes the interruption of the Washington, D.C. celebration of Lee's surrender by the assassination of President Lincoln and stabbing of Secretary of State William Seward. He then continues to give a detailed...
GLC00368.01
Robert H. Stafford Collection [Decimalized .01- .98]
1837-1908
Stafford, Robert H., fl. 1837-1866
Stafford enlisted as a sergeant in the 12th Alabama infantry. Contains letters and newsclippings about the Peninsula Campaign, advance into Maryland, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Early's raid on Washington, D.C....
GLC02618
[Report of Service as Medical Director of the Army of Virginia during the summer of 1862]
2 May 1863
McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897
The report sent to General William A. Hammond on 2 May 1863 (see GLC02649.02). Written mostly in a narrative form the report, with some charts, maps and other media included, provides a detailed and dramatic history of medical procedures and services...
GLC02649.01
to Medical Director of Reserve Army Corps
5 July 1862
Requests information on "the condition of the Medical, Hospital, and transport, departments, in order to fulfill job as successor as the Surgeon & Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. Asks for frequent inspections and monthly reports on...
GLC02649.05
to George B. McClellan
10 March 1862
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872
Celebrates Union victory at the Battle of Pea Ridge, a major battle in the Trans-Mississippi. Relates that "The Army of the Southwest, under Genl Curtis, after three days hard fighting near Sugar Creek, Ark, has gained a most glorious victory over...
GLC02655
[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
Augustus R. & Miller Wright archive: Confederate turncoat [partially decimalized .01-.12]
1858-1900
Wright, Family, fl. 1858-1900
This collection comprises personal and military correspondence relating to U.S., and later Confederate, congressman Augustus Wright and his son Miller, both Southerners with Unionist sympathies. Topics include battles (including First Manassas)...
GLC02691
to Miller A. Wright
3 August 1861
Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891
Further problems getting troops there, because of the "difficulty between the Pres [Davis] & Genl [Brown]. It is to be hoped however, the country will not be permitted to suffer by a disagreement between these two distinguished gentlemen, both worthy...
GLC02691.11.013
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