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Gen. George Stoneman and staff near Fair Oaks, June 1862 [stereocard]
1864 ca.
Stoneman, George B., 1822-1894
From Photographic History series of reproduction, ca. 1890.
GLC00242.15
President Lincoln and Gen. McClellan in McClellan's tent [Antietam] [stereocard]
September 1862 ca.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
From Photographic History series no. 602. M-104.
GLC00242.16
General Wright, commander of the "Bloody Sixth Corps" [stereocard]
Wright, Horatio G., 1820-1899
Wright took command of the Sixth Corps in 1864 with the death of Sedgewick.
GLC00242.18
[Orderly book of Peleg Simmons]
1776
Simmons, Peleg, fl. 1776
Daily orders for troops at Middletown and Newport, Rhode Island. Reports on soldiers' and officers' duties, troop movements, court martials, provisions, uniforms, armaments, soldiers' appearance, and general announcements to the troops at camp....
GLC01450.003
[Diary of Ezra Tilden]
July 1776 - December 9,1777
Tilden, Ezra, 1751-1819
Provides a detailed day by day account of Tilden's march through New York during the Revolutionary War. Writes extensively about daily duties, poor rations, hunger, hardships along the march, sickness and death amongst the soldiers, and the...
GLC01450.004
[Castle Island orderly book]
19 July 1776 - circa 1830
Marshall, Thomas, fl. 1776
Entries also written by Gamaliel Bradford as Lieutenant Colonel, and Jonathan Carver. Reports on daily orders for the Boston Regiment of Militia stationed at Castle Island, in the Boston Harbor, commanded by Colonel Marshall. Mentions everyday life...
GLC01450.005.01
[1781 military orderly book]
October 20, 1781-December 19, 1781
Mentions regiments from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. Entries relate to daily orders, court martials, troop duties and movement, equipment and supplies, arms, and clothing. Assigns the officers for each day. Entry on...
GLC01450.015
["Stonewall" Jackson
1863 ca.
Shows Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall" (1824-1863) standing near a tent while cavalry are in formation.
GLC01442.05
[Diary of Henry Vanderslice, wagon master in the Continental Army]
1777-1778
Vanderslice, Henry, 1726-1797
Daily entries detail Vanderslice's duties as wagon master and his travels with the army through Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Vanderslice reached encampment at Morristown, New Jersey in late March 1777. He writes about wagons and carters under his...
GLC01450.018
Letter of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, relative to the purchase of extracts of coffee for the use of the troops
January 16,1862
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Report submitted to the Senate by Secretary of War Cameron extols the advantages of Professor H.A. Tilden's coffee extract, apparently a synthetic or ersatz coffee and condensed milk mixture. Claims "[t]he coffee and sugar ration for 100,000 men for...
GLC00267.255
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