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Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 248 (September 7, 1861)]

The Capture of Fort Hatteras, The Battle of Bull Run - Official Report of General Bonham.

GLC05959.44.13

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 112, whole no. 1409 (December 11, 1861)]

Narrative by Gen. Beauregard about the battle of Manassas. Letters to the editor from various people. A letter describes the activities of the ladies of Bellville in supporting the local hospital, and another letter is addressed to the patriotic...

GLC05959.51.009

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 21 (July 25, 1861)]

The Battle of Stone Bridge.

GLC05959.56.030

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 24 (July 29, 1861)]

Edward Everett's letter accepting his nomination for the Vice-Presidency by the Union Convention, The Rich Mountain Fight, The Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.56.031

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 28 (August 2, 1861)]

The Battle of Manassas - 1st Major Land Battle of the War.

GLC05959.56.034

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 29 (August 3, 1861)]

Battle of Manassas, Strict Discipline Inaugurated by General McClellan, Reported Battle in Missouri, Battle of Bull Run.

GLC05959.56.035

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 31 (August 6, 1861)]

Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.56.037

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 38 (August 14, 1861)]

Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.56.044

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 39 (August 16, 1861)]

The Fifth Virginia Regiment in the Battle of Manassas, Proclamation of President Jefferson Davis requiring every male citizen over 14 years of age within the Confederate States not being a citizen of the Confederate States to leave.

GLC05959.56.046

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 42 (August 21, 1861)]

The Battle of Manassas, Finances of the Confederate Government.

GLC05959.56.050

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 48 (August 28, 1861)]

Effect of the Manassas Battle Abroad, More Arrests - The Lincolnites Seizing Correspondence from Ladies - The Mutinous Soldiers.

GLC05959.56.055

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 52 (September 2, 1861)]

Battle of Manassas, Battle of Bull Run, Invasion of North Carolina.

GLC05959.56.059

Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 2, no. 18 (January 30, 1864)]

Letter by General James Longstreet, Negro Troops in the Mississippi Valley, Victory of the First Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.61.05

Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 14, no. 137 (August 7, 1861)]

The Evacuation of Hampton, The Battle Field at Manassas, The Attack at Aquia Creek, Proclamation of General Pillow.

GLC05959.72.002

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 180, whole no. 3721 (June 30, 1861)]

Battle of Manassas, Northern accounts, some of them reporting victory.

GLC05959.74.03

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 182, whole no. 3723 (August 1, 1861)]

Effect of the Battle in Maryland, Account of Manassas.

GLC05959.74.04

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 185, whole no. 3726 (August 5, 1861)]

Particulars of the Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.74.06

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 191, whole no. 3732 (August 12, 1861)]

The Battle of Bull Run, Burning of Hampton by Confederate Troops.

GLC05959.74.09

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 193, whole no. 3734 (August 14, 1861)]

General McDowell's official report of the Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.74.10

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 210, whole no. 3751 (September 3, 1861)]

Senator Wilson on the Battle of Stone Bridge, General Beauregard's official report on the Bull Run engagement on July 18, Report of the capture of Hatteras by Butler.

GLC05959.74.15

Herald extra. [August 3, 1861]

Describes battle of Bull Run. Sunday edition.

GLC06107.47

[Authorization for Senator John Sherman to visit General McDowell's headquarters]

Winfield Scott authorizes Ohio Senator John Sherman to visit the headquarters of General Irvin McDowell during the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas). Also authorized and signed by Edward Davis Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.

GLC00593

[Collection of Henry S. Figures, F company, 4th regiment, Alabama, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .33]

Figures was a member of Law's Brigade, Longstreet Division, of the 4th Alabama Infantry. Letters mention prisoners from the "Star of the West," the Battles of Manassas, Yorktown, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, enslaved people, etc. Figures was...

GLC00653.01

to Jane Brisbin

Informs his wife, Jane, of his travels from Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., through Alexandria with a company of 120 men, supported by artillery men from Rhode Island Governor William Sprague's "celebrated Rhode Island Battery." States...

GLC01505.01

Conduct of the war

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 John H. Hawes

Page, writing from the Treasury Department, Fifth Auditor's Office, comments on personal matters and mutual acquaintances, mentions attending "the Inauguration," says he.intends to watch the Battle of First Bull Run, and weighs in on Lincoln and...

GLC04088

to Willis and Sallie

Nathaniel R. Davison writes to his brother, Willie, and his sister, Sallie, having heard from Ella Wat that they had heard nothing from him. He describes the defeat of 3000 troops at Annandale and the loss of 300 troops to death or imprisonment. He...

GLC03135.07.01

to J. Mora Gross

Sherman discusses cadet appointments to West Point for Mora's nephew (the Military Academy did not fill the slots left by seceding states with candidates from loyal states) and how his influence has lessened since commanding a defeated brigade at the...

GLC01686

[Diary of Sergeant in 2nd Vermont Vols.]

Mentions first Bull Run.

GLC01921.01

to General Nathan G. Evans

Report on combat near Stone Bridge during battle of First Manassas, including capture of Col. Corcoran.

GLC08377

[Depicts the First Battle of Bull Run, or Manassas Plains, fought 21 July 1861]

Sketched in pencil and ink, with a later note describing Paris as a Mississippi soldier. Includes locations, camps, and positioning of troops. Inscribed on verso to George's mother Mary C. Paris.

GLC08432

to Elizabeth Smith

A description of the old Bull Run battlefield. He describes trees cut in half and open graves. "We passed over an old Battle Field they say it was one of Bull Run Battles. I saw a number of Graves Some with legs out. Some with arms out & Some...

GLC04189.48

Report of Light Battery M, Second Artillery,…Battle of Bull Run, July 21st 1861.

Inscribed by John R. Meigs.

GLC07059.08

to Mary Blackman

Writes to his mother. "...I never knew what it was to go hungy till I come here...I was on the sick list when we got here but I shouldered my gun and marched with the Regiment...we have had one meal of bull soup, we slept in the sand 3 nights all I...

GLC02159.01

to L. J. Cist

Written in Grafton, possibly West Virginia. Brigadier General Averell replies to a note from Cist, collector of autographs for United States Sanitary Fairs. Recalls his Civil War service, including 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd U.S. Cavalry; Acting Assistant...

GLC02465.02

to Thomas Jordan

One week after commanding the fifth brigade at the Battle of First Manassas, Colonel Cocke writes to Jordan, Assistant Adjutant General of the forces at Manassas Junction. States "Capt Langhorne's troop, the only cavalry with my command- leaves this...

GLC02457.02

Sherman's Battery as it appeared on its return from the Battle of Bull Run

E. Anthony, publisher. [Title continued] "The defect in the left hand picture is unfortunate, but does not mar the interesting part of the picture."

GLC05137.006

The Daily morning news. (Savannah, Ga.)

4 pages each. Vol. 12 nos. 177-178. Coast invaded by the Lincolnites, Incidents after the Battle of Manassas, The Maryland Regiment in the Battle at Stone Bridge, The killing of Colonel T.E. Rawlings, New York Republican Press on the Battle of...

GLC05959.05

to George Eldridge

Regarding: Hardships and suffering of military life, poor mail delivery as he does not receive letters sent from home very often and vice versa, and an anecdote about a young boy originally a Yankee [from New Jersey] who joined the regiment after the...

GLC01896.048

to Anne [Jeffery]

Promises Anne that he will repay his overdue debt to her, and then goes on to muse on the fortunes of the war in the wake of Gen. Braxton Bragg's victory [Battle of Chickamauga]. He points out early Confederate victories at Mannassas and Big Bethel...

GLC01896.060

to: sister.

Describes how the regiment was marched through Washington, and realizes the harshness of being part of a non-commissioned unit. Talks of the fight at Manassas (First Battle of Bull Run) in which 11000 union soldiers lost their lives. As letter was...

GLC07164.10

to Miller A. Wright

Augustus did not send Asa, an enslaved person, to Miller, as he did not want Miller to be "better off in attendants than the other soldiers." Rather, he sold him to Dr. Colb, along with Asa's wife and Martha. Augustus gives Miller a word of advice:...

GLC02691.11.011

A congratulatory address from Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Confederate soldiers following the Battle of First Bull Run

Confederate general Samuel Jones has written "For the 8th Rgt. Ga. Volunteers" on the verso of a copy of a congratulatory address from Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Confederate soldiers following the Battle of...

GLC02691.07

Battle of Bull Run Va. July 21st 1861

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title reads: "Gallant charge of the Zouaves and defeat of the rebel Black Horse Calvary." J.E.B. Stuart's 1st Virginia Calvary was known as the Black...

GLC02881.33

to Al Hileman

Discusses battle preparations on the eve of Bull Run. Also included is a fragment of another letter, in a different hand, with no date, signature or addressee.

GLC03042

Quit claim deed

Cosigned by Harding's wife Florence. Countersigned by Charles F. Pace and Eugene Colwell as witnesses. Pace signs twice as Notary Public of the United States Senate. Also signed by Auditor Harry E. Mason, citing the 6 April 1918 transfer of this...

GLC00477.04