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to Godfrey Weitzel

Grant telegraphs instructions for what he thought might be the final assault on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. "You need not assault in the morning unless you have good reason for believing the enemy are leaving. We have a good...

GLC03868

[draft account of cavalry operations of Army of Northern Virginia]

Draft account of cavalry operations sent to Robert E. Lee, detailing actions of Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry division during May through June 1864, from Grant's crossing of the Rapidan River through the death of General J.E.B. Stuart. Details movement of...

GLC03917

to Edward Davis Townsend

Major General Meade requests information regarding "the organization of the Division of Colored troops formerly belonging to the 28th Corps" from Townsend, the Assistant Adjutant General. Inquires regarding the status of the command of Brigadier...

GLC03946

[Collection of Eleazer L. Sarsons, C company, 4th regiment, New Hampshire, infantry] [decimalized]

Contains account of his capture and release from Andersonville; his exchange; Lee's surrender. Includes description and drawing of Fort Marion.

GLC03953

to C.W. Foster

Writes to Colonel Foster, the assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, to request that he be allowed to remain in the service in a "colored organization." Recounts his history of service in the Union Army since 1861, which included a period as a...

GLC03953.02

[Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to 1st Sergeant in Company C of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment]

Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons as 1st Sergeant in Company C of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment. Printed document signed by Gilman E. Sleeper as lieutenant colonel of the regiment and Harvey F. Wiggin as lieutenant and acting adjutant...

GLC03953.14

[Recommendation for an appointment for Eleazer L. Sarsons and certification of his service in the New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry]

On the right hand side of the page, Lieutenant Colonel Parker recommends Sarsons for a lieutenancy in the colored regiment. On the right side Adjutant General Nathaniel Head, written from Concord, New Hampshire and dated 18 October 1765, recounts...

GLC03953.15

[Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to 1st Lieutenant in Company A of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment]

Partially printed document signed by New Hampshire Governor Gilmore and Secretary of State Allen Tenney. Alfred Marland, Justice of the Peace, attests to Sarsons' taking of the oaths of allegience on 23 May 1865. With a red seal intact. Printed state...

GLC03953.16

[Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to Captain in Company F of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment]

Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to Captain in Company F of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment. Partially printed document signed by New Hampshire Governor Joseph Gilmore and Secretary of State Benjamin Gerrish. Indicates that Sarsons took the...

GLC03953.17

Stereocard view of Johnsonville, TN before evacuation when threatened by Forrest

Published by Taylor & Huntington, Hatford, Conn. As per printed notice on verso, this image was taken the day before it was evacuated by Federal troops. The First Tennessee colored battery is visible in the mid-ground.

GLC04976