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Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 110 (June 24, 1862)]

Details the Narrow Escape of General Jackson From Capture. Also includes "Our Special Knoxville Correspondence," ""Personne" Leaving Memphis -- Escape of Commodore Montgomery." Advertisements for food, goods, book-binding, and other miscellaneous...

GLC05959.09.036

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 111 (June 25, 1862)]

Subjects include the Evacuation of Yorktown, The Destruction of the Virginia and Mississippi, and the Defeat of General Curtis by General Hindman at the Battle of Pea Ridge. Advertisements for food, goods, and other miscellaneous services. There are...

GLC05959.09.037

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 112 (June 26, 1862)]

Subjects include the Evacuation of Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, a Letter by Governor Brown on the Invasion, and a Guerrilla Raid on General J.E.B. Stuart. Advertisements for land, food, and other miscellaneous goods and services. Notice for a runaway...

GLC05959.09.038

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 113 (June 27, 1862)]

Subjects include the Abandonment of Chattanooga, and Stonewall's military instructions. Includes printed copy of New York Representative Ben Wood's speech in the United States House of Representatives about the state of the country. Advertisements...

GLC05959.09.039

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 114 (June 28, 1862)]

Subjects include the Federal Tricks in Kentucky, and the Longstreet Crossed Chickahominy by Mechanicsville Road Last night. Includes information about Mexican politics on second page. Advertisements for food, land, the Ladies' Soldiers' Relief...

GLC05959.09.040

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 115 (June 29, 1862)]

Subjects include the Flag of Truce between Beauregard & Halleck, and The Effort to Abolitionize Kentucky. Includes "A Patriotic Letter from Senator Hill," which discusses his views of the Conscript Act. Advertisements land, food, nurses, and other...

GLC05959.09.041

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 116 (July 1, 1862)]

Subjects include the Battle of Mechanicsville. Specifies the number of prisoners taken and the effect of various leaders including Stonewall Jackson and George B. McClellan. Runaway slave notice on first page. Advertisements for land, food, and other...

GLC05959.09.042

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 122 (July 8, 1862)]

Subject titles include The Great Battle, which describes Confederate advances against the Union, and the Continuation of the Enemy's Retreat. Lists the casualties of the 7th Georgia Regiment. Runaway slave notice on first page. Reward notices for...

GLC05959.09.044

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 123 (July 10, 1862)]

Subjects include a printed copy of President Davis' Congratulatory Address to Our Victorious Army, and The Masterly Strategy & Generalship of the Commander of the Confederate Army. Pages are ripped in the middle and are enclosed in mylar...

GLC05959.09.045

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 124 (July 11, 1862)]

Subjects include Driving McClellan Back, Horace Greeley & The War. Lists casualties from Company K in the 18th Georgia Regiment. Advertisements for pianos, food, land, bark, and other miscellaneous goods and services throughout the issue. Print is...

GLC05959.09.046

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 125 (July 12, 1862)]

Subjects include the Account of Naval Battle on the White River in Arkansas, and Butler's Infamous Orders to the Women of New Orleans. Details "A Bold Speech in the Lincoln Senate" and "A Signifigant Present from our Friends in Liverpool."...

GLC05959.09.047

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 127 (July 15, 1862)]

Topics include: "General Lee Has Sent a Congratulatory Address to the Army," "Special Correspondence From a Soldier," and a "Narrative of an Escaped Prisoner." Runaway slave notice posted on first page. Advertisements for food, clothing, pianos, shoe...

GLC05959.09.048

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 133 (July 22, 1862)]

An article, "Notorious Yankee Colonel Killed", reports the death of Colonel Wyman of the 16th Massachusetts regiment, and details a scandal involving the Colonel and a society lady of New York, Mrs. Captain James Brennan. "Morgan Forever" details...

GLC05959.09.053

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 139 (July 29, 1862)]

Prints a letter titled "Our Special Correspondence from General Humphrey Marshall's Command", in which Marshall describes the trajectory of the war and warns against the "syren song" of foreign intervention. "Gen. Bedford Forest" describes the...

GLC05959.09.059

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 149 (August 9, 1862)]

Prints a letter titled "Important Documents", written to General Robert E. Lee from Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, on July 31, 1862. Describes the "campaign of robbery and murder" practiced by the United States in response to a...

GLC05959.09.061

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 157 (August 19, 1862)]

Prints various articles including "Morgan's Escape from Kentucky" and "Voluntary Emancipation in Louisiana" by S.H. Stafford. Also prints "A Trip to Yankeedom and Back", an amusing story about Dr. F.H. Orme's travels to New York. Includes new...

GLC05959.09.064

to his family

Writes that they are still waiting to leave for battle. Believes that the higher-ups want to learn the outcome of the battle between [General Joseph] Hooker and [General Rovert E.] Lee before sending reinforcements.

GLC03603.245

to his family

Writes of commanding a picket line. Also, he writes of receiving word of the Rebel raid into Maryland and Pennsylvania. Says that he does not believe the rebellion will last much longer. Writes that he presumes that the camp they are in will soon be...

GLC03603.242

to his family

Writes of marching and arriving at Yorktown. Mentions that this was the site that General "McC's" troops were camped a year ago and describes an incident in which a black Rebel sharpshooter hid out in a tree and picked off the Union men until he...

GLC03603.244

to his family

Writes, "We are after Jackson. Burnside commands us and we are strong." They have heard a rumor that Jackson is in Pennsylvania with 100,000 troops.

GLC03603.142

to his family

Writes that they are camped very near to their old camp. Also mentions that they are camped just across the river from rebel troops and that some of the troops from both sides spoke across the river the night before. The conversation was based mostly...

GLC03603.165

[An agreement signed by Confederate officers and sailors]

Document guarantees the Union Navy that there will be no hostilities or political intrigue while the Confederates are confined to the Union ship. Has 18 signatures, including the Commander William A. Webb, William McBlair, etc. The "Atlanta,"...

GLC01007.01

to Thomas H. Patterson

Written on letterhead of the U.S. Flag Ship "Minnesota." Written by Acting Rear Admiral Lee as Commander of the North Atlantic Blockade Squadron to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Lee says he has been instructed by telegraph that Major...

GLC01007.02

to Mary Mayberry

References her letter of the 25th. Is sorry to hear she is in such bad health, but sends her encouraging words. Says "If you have seen me fourteen months ago you would not have given much for me as I dont believe I weighed 80 lbs. but I never...

GLC02829.09

To his wife

Sleeping on open ground, commending wife's economy, speculating that Jackson has been allowed to cross over into Maryland to cut him off.

GLC04558.042