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to R. West

Says he arrived at Charleston on 11 July and that the attack on the city started on the 10th. Reports Union forces have taken all of Morris Island except Fort Wagner. Describes the situation around Fort Wagner. Says the navy might have to land some...

GLC03836.52

to Mary West [incomplete]

Written by Lewis to his sister Mary. References receiving her and Weir's joint letter. Says he will "not be altogether satisfied" if Lee is allowed to escape across the Potomac. Wants to know who General Meade is. Hopes to add Charleston to the...

GLC03836.53

to Mary West

References receiving her latest letter. Says "For the first time since I have been in the service I feel thoroughly discontented. I fancied in coming here I was at length going to see active service but find just the reverse." Says they witnessed the...

GLC03836.60

to Mary West

References her letter of 4 July 1864. Says he collected money for a fair for the sailors in the squadron. Says he has collected 85 dollars thus far. Says he is glad that Confederate Captain Raphael Semmes was finally captured. Gives grudging respect...

GLC03836.70

to Harriet Moore

References her previous letter. Says he has been busy surveying St. Catherine's bar. Says he has found a channel. Praises Farragut's recent victories around Mobile. In reference to the 1864 presidential election says "I should certainly go for 'Old...

GLC03836.73

to sister

Henry has been on the march since he last wrote and expects to be for some time to come. There are about 40,000 troops there and more are always arriving. They killed fourteen men in a skirmish with Morgan's Cavalry.

GLC03858.02.03

to sister

They have had some very difficult marches and battles and have advanced through the Cumberland Mountains "driving the rebels before us." He reports that "Bragg with the rebel army has gone to Chattanooga and will make ready there for another big...

GLC03858.02.12

to sister

General Buckner is about three miles from their picket lines "and we must be on the watch for him for he is a cunning old cuss and keeps our Pickets in constant terror." Their lines "extend East & West for fifteen miles" and "they are slowly moving...

GLC03858.02.22

[Braxton Bragg letter and counterfeit Confederate currency he transmitted] [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC05006

to Sterling Price

General Maury informs General Price he was disappointed that Price recently failed to visit Vicksburg. Reports on marching with General Lee (possibly Stephen Dill Lee). Relates that due to a railroad accident, the 35th Mississippi lost an estimated...

GLC05012.01

[Print of General Dabney Herndon Maury]

Etched by Hall. Circa dates inferred based on the dates of some of Hall's other etchings. Depicts Herndon, a Confederate General, in military uniform.

GLC05012.02

[Summary of the military service of Confederate Generals John Horace Forney and Dabney Herndon Maury]

A page removed from a biographical work.

GLC05012.03

Red wood heart of Dighton Goddard

Small, carved wooden heart painted red with writings in pencil, "Appomattox April 9th, 1865."

GLC03608.02

Wooden heart of Dighton Goddard

Small unpainted wooden carved heart with writing in pencil, "Lee surr. at App., Apr. 9, a time of rejoy and shouting."

GLC03608.03

[Message from Confederate President Jefferson Davis]

Asks the Confederate Congress for an appropriation of one million dollars, "to be expended for floating defence on the Western Rivers" and the authority to appoint steamboat men for the necessary service.

GLC03619.02.02

Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 19 (November 29, 1861)]

Subjects include Lord Lyons and the capture of the Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell, admission of Missouri to the Confederacy, 11 November 1861 proclamation from the governor to the volunteer militia companies of the state. This issue...

GLC05959.01.01

The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 6 (November 3, 1862)]

Wry comment on a recent reference to "By Order of Gen. Beauregard," "Another Glorious Victory" - the establishment of a Southern publishing house in Georgia.

GLC05959.02.04

The Countryman. [Vol. 20, no. 2 (January 10, 1865)]

President Jefferson Davis & the Press.

GLC05959.02.09

Daily sun. [Vol. 6, no. 297 (July 11, 1861)]

Governor Moore issues a Proclamation calling for 3,000 Volunteers, Secession in California, The Reinforcement of Ft. Pickens, The Engagement near Martinsburg, The Skirmish Near Newport News, Adjutant-Gen. of Virginia Issues Orders to Commanders to...

GLC05959.03.01

Daily sun. [Vol. 7, no. 89 (November 4, 1861)]

Subjects include Georgia Constitution, Beauregard's General Orders, Death of Sam Houston Reported. In an effort to dispel fiction from fact, this issue includes a very detailed account of the battles of Leesburg and Manassas. A list of cotton...

GLC05959.03.03

Savannah republican. [Vol. 65, no. 85 (April 14, 1865)]

The St. Alban's Raiders, Sufferings in Petersburg, Jefferson Davis Gone to Georgia, Capture of Fort Mahone.

GLC05959.06.02

Daily chronicle & sentinel. [Vol. 28, no.19 (January 13, 1864)]

General Morgan's Escape From Prison, The Siege of Charleston, Attack on Wilmington. Confederate congressional reports fill the front page. A lengthy account details General Morgan's escape from the Ohio Penitentiary. A city ordinance prohibits Black...

GLC05959.07.06

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 1, no. 100, (June 9, 1861)]

Speech of Honorable Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia in reply to Lewis D. Cambell of Ohio. This speech was delivered on January 15, 1855 in the United States House of Representatives. Includes general advertisements,

GLC05959.09.001

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 1, No. 225, (November 6, 1861)]

Victory at Leesburg, Article on General W.H.T. Walker, Election Ticket for Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice-President. Miscellaneous advertisements throughout issue.

GLC05959.09.004

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 18, (March 6, 1862)]

Correspondence Between Governor Brown & General Toombs, A Call for Editors of Newspapers in the Confederate States. "The Monopoly and Extortion Bill," which is "An Act to present, during the existing War, Monopolies, Extortions and Speculation in...

GLC05959.09.006