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to William R. Lee

Written by Heath as commander of the Convention Army, which consisted of British prisoners of war from the Saratoga campaign to Lee as commandant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where many of the troops were located. Complains to Lee that many British...

GLC04788

to his family

Writes that the regiment is getting ready to march. Supplies have been consolidated and rations for five days have been prepared. He passes on rumors of different destinations. Writes of sending his possessions to be stored and sending money to be...

GLC03603.274

to his family

Writes of commanding the regiment in place of Colonel Ward and of embarking to join [General Ulysses] Grant's army. Notes that four of the companies lost all of their baggage when the rebels captured it. Says that he found and sent home Alfred's...

GLC03603.285

to his family

Writes that he has been in the rear trenches for a day and will be moving to the front at night. Reports that the regiment consistently loses men in the battle. Writes of leaving the trenches to track down the regiment's luggage. Says that the...

GLC03603.289

to his family

Writes that his personal conditions have improved and that he has been reunited with his luggage and his wall tent. The 8th Regiment, along with Burnside's other regiments will be transferred to the 9th Corps. Mentions the leadership implications of...

GLC03603.293

to his family

Requests a valise to be sent from home. Says a sutler, who is supplied by Smith and Co. in Norwich, has joined the troops. Notes that Captain Henry C. Hall was killed when he "exposed himself needlessly." Mentions two books or magazines "Atlantic"...

GLC03603.299

to his family

Requests more "light reading" and remarks on having read Uncle Tom's Cabin. Writes that he has received his new horse. Notes that 56 of the 100 recruits sent from New Haven have arrived and are about to begin training. Writes about the condition of...

GLC03603.308

to his family

Writes from camp Bermuda thanking his family for the valise and shoes that they have sent to him. He writes that Captain Hoyt's most pressing duty has been "guzzling whiskey." He writes that Captain Foss calls the headquarters "a public bar." Coit...

GLC03603.318

[Group of 21 Civil War letters, documents, and envelopes] [Decimalized]

Includes lists of supplies, President Jefferson Davis's message, prints of General Halleck, blank enlistment papers, provost marshal and quartermaster papers, military issues receipts, envelopes, and cards.

GLC03619.02

[Receipt of horse]

Indicates he received "One brown mare branded U.S. saddle & bridle" from Major John H. Bills on 24 December 1862. Stephani signs as "Provost Marshal." Docketed twice. Bills was a founder of Bolivar, Tennessee.

GLC03619.02.08

List of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage, transferred

Partially printed document listing items transferred by "Lieut. E.L. Walker Regt Quartermaster United States Army to, Lieut AB Frame," both of the 186th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

GLC03619.02.12

Quarterly Return of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage received and issued at Cleveland Town

Account for the month of April for items received and issued by Adjutant Frame of the 186th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

GLC03619.02.13

to McKinstry Griffith

Writing as a cadet at West Point, Grant offers self-consciously romantic comments to his cousin about the Hudson Highlands. He also complains about "a few of the drawbacks," such as insufficient blankets and money, difficult lessons, the lack of...

GLC03632

to James Birdseye McPherson

Written near Vicksburg, Mississippi at Headquarters of the Department of the Tennessee. Grant, Commander of the Army and Department of the Tennessee, writes to General McPherson, commanding the 17th Corps one day after Vicksburg was seized by the...

GLC03633

[Pay order to John Smith for salt petre]

Signed by Ellsworth as member of the Connecticut Committee for the Pay Table and countersigned by Treasurer John Lawrence. A note on the verso signed by Jonathan Bird confirms receipt of monies from Lawrence.

GLC03662.02

[Pay order for selectmen of Preston, Connecticut]

Financial document signed by Seymour as a member of the Pay Table Committee in Connecticut. The committee was responsible for the finances of Connecticut during the Revolution. To Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Document says to pay the...

GLC03662.04

[Pay order for Simeon Brooks and Giles Cone]

Financial document signed by Ellsworth as a member of the Connecticut Pay Table Committee. The committee was responsible for Connecticut's finances during the Revolution. To Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Payment of four pounds, 18 shillings...

GLC03662.05

[Pay order for John Spencer, for carting salt petre to Wyndham, Connecticut]

Countersigned by five other selectmen of Norwich: Azanich Luthrop, Nathaniel Backus, Elijah Brewster, Silas Hyde, John Gager. Asks the Committee of the Paytable of the Colony of Connecticut to pay Spencer forty shillings. A note signed by Spencer on...

GLC03662.07

[Pay order to Josiah Blacksley for salt petre]

Countersigned by T. Seymour to Treasurer John Lawrence. Orders Blacksley be paid fifty five pounds, thirteen shillings. A document signed on the verso signed by Blacksley indicates the money was received.

GLC03662.08

to Emily Corbin [Incomplete]

Lists some of the men and their injuries, all of which came from the 1st Regiment, Light Artillery, N. Y. S. Volunteers (Pettit's Battery). Also lists supplies lost, repairs made, patching up a Lieutenant Sheldon, and being left there "in care of...

GLC03685

to mother

to mother [Ann Smith] He is bored, as "There is nothing stirring here now, it is the dullest time that I have seen since I have been here," and talks about a recent storm and requests a blanket be sent to him. The regiment may soon receive a Sibley...

GLC03696.08

to Joseph Reed

Discusses difficulties obtaining clothing and related supplies. Wonders where French support is, but is unconcerned. "Our patience is fairly exhausted and we begin to doubt the Existence of the Count D'Estaing his Fleet and even Georgia or Carolina...

GLC03720

to Thomas Scott

Reports on capture of Clarksville, Curtis' defeat of Price, desire for stores and steamboats, and the need for Buell to move urgently. States "have taken Clarksville," Tennessee, as well as "large supplies." General Samuel Curtis "has again...

GLC03736

to William Pitt

Notes the retreat from Peninsular Campaign, Richmond. Also mentions the destruction of Federal supplies when retreating.

GLC03754

to James Abeel

Circular letter written to Abeel, the Deputy Quartermaster General of the Continental Army, about changes in the quartermaster's department. Indicates that the arrangement of financial business by Congress makes it necessary for them (as well as...

GLC05871

Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Portsmouth on the East Indian station. A. H. Foote Esq. commander book I.

Calf cover. As part of the East Indian Squadron, the U.S.S. Portsmouth, under the command of Andrew Hull Foote, was ordered to observe British operations against Canton, China during the Second Opium War (1856-60) and to protect American interests...

GLC05911.02.01

Daily chronicle & sentinel.

Each issue contains telegraphic reports and Northern news, mostly covering battle reports and war news. Commercial reports indicate stock values in Augusta markets, including financial, cotton, dry goods, grain, groceries, country produce, and sale...

GLC05959.07

Louisville (Kentucky) daily journal.

The bulk of the paper is taken up by ads, many for military supplies, railway lines, schools, and others for medical needs and retail supplies. Telegraphic news lists special dispatches of war news. A back page statement of assets lists stocks and...

GLC05959.14

Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 327 (October 14, 1863)]

News From Virginia, Fighting Near Culpepper, Federals Evacuate Culpepper, Rebel Army Crosses Rapidan, General Meade Falling Back, Federal Cavalry in Pursuit of Wheeler, News From the Potomac.
A report of the destruction of a supply train in Tennessee...

GLC05959.14.20

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 36 (February 4, 1865)]

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Confederate Change in Command, Militia General Orders.
A notice announces the need to raise taxes to put local impassable streets in order. An editorial from the London Times questions...

GLC05959.15.06

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 43 (March 25, 1865)]

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. General Order by General E. Kirby Smith, Notice to Confederate Tax Payers, Schedule of Prices for Confederate Army Quartermaster on Food and Livestock the Requisition from Local Citizens. A...

GLC05959.15.07

Semi-weekly Raleigh register. [Vol. 61, no. 72 (September 7, 1861)]

Federal Account of the Capture of Fort Clark & Hatteras, General Butler's Report to General Wool, The Fight at Cross Lanes.

General G.T. Beauregard's official report of the Battle of Bull Run is printed here. An article complains of the poor quality...

GLC05959.26.04

Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 60, no. 19,051 (January 1, 1862)]

Release of Mason & Slidell (Trent Affair), President Jefferson Davis' Message in England, Queen Victoria's Proclamation against the Export of War Material.

GLC05959.37.06

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 3 (January 9, 1864)]

General Grant & Foster, Teaching the slaves to rebel, Compensating the rebels, Effects of war upon the South. Brig. General Averill has destroyed Longstreet's winter supplies, General Burnside's speech, Andrew Jackson on coercing a state.

GLC05959.50.03

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 39 (October 12, 1864)]

The new McClellan ticket, Proclamation of the Governor, Fight at Big Shanty, General Rosecrans victorious in Missouri, Where Hooker Stands, General Burnside in Salem, Lee's supplies destroyed, Sheridan lays waste to Shenandoah Valley, Sherman whips...

GLC05959.50.34

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 29, whole no. 3524 (May 23, 1862)]

Battle of West Point with 560 prisoners. Returning to Galveston. War in New Mexico. Yankee operations in North Alabama. Military commission notice. General Grant's official report. Battle of Shiloh. Federal Congressional minutes. Report from Houston...

GLC05959.51.040

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 82, whole no. 3577 (September 24, 1862)]

Williamsburg recaptured. Army correspondence with Mobile Tribune. News from Mississippi coast. Request for clothes and horses for the Rangers. Battle of Richmond, KY.

GLC05959.51.053

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 83 (September 30, 1863)]

Circular, office of quartermaster. Fugitive slave ad. The Russio-Lincoln alliance. Letter from the Rangers. General Wharton and his officers. Some of the beauties of subjugation. On necessity paper.

GLC05959.51.088

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 97, whole no. 3752 (November 3, 1863)]

Notice of search for stolen army goods. General orders from Texas State Headquarters. Interview between Rosecrans and a Confederate captain. On necessity paper.

GLC05959.51.092

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 132, 3787 (January 22, 1864)]

News from Alexandria, Beaumont, the front, Bonham. To Texas citizens from Thomas Lockett, Capt. P.A.C.S. Soda, potash, soap. Contrast of Revolutionary War with Civil War.

GLC05959.51.107

to Robert Lawson

Written by Jefferson as Governor of Virginia to Brigadier General Lawson of the Virginia Militia concerning a possible raid. Expects the raid to be south and says General Nathanael Greene would like troops sent in that direction. Reports that Baron...

GLC05272

[Statement of clothing camp and garrison equipage pertaining to Company B, 11th Regiment U. S. Colored Troops]

Lists numbers of knapsacks, canteens, mess pans, pins, and other items distributed to the 11th Regiment, United States Colored Troops.

GLC05336.03

to unknown

General Stark requests as much flour and corn meal for his brigade as can be collected, provisions needed for the upcoming winter. Mentions that General Enoch Poor's brigade would be stationed there for the winter also.

GLC05548

to Stephen Hopkins

Addressed to Governor Hopkins "& Compy of Rhode Island." Relays requests and information on a planned invasion of Canada during the French and Indian War. Describes the rationale for the invasion to carry "War into the heart of the enemy's...

GLC05562

to: Brigadier General William T. Sherman, Benton Barracks

"Send third Iowa Cavalry to arsenal tomorrow morning for arms & equipment."

GLC05601.009

to: Brigadier General William T. Sherman, Benton Barracks.

"Send an Infantry Regiment to Arsenal tomorrow for Arms & equipment."

GLC05601.012

to: Col. H. T. Reid, Des Moines, Iowa.

"Complete your regiment as rapidly as possible. Don't want them till properly organized. Can give them arms, clothing & camp equipage here. They are much needed."

GLC05601.027

to: Col. Carlin, Pilot Knob.

"The Q[uarte]r master will fill your requisitions as soon as possible. Transportation is very short, & the cavalry cannot be sent for some days."

GLC05601.036

to: Col. Callender, St. Louis Arsenal.

"Arsenal at [struck: St Lou] Pahucah short of ammunition. Send supply of sixty-nine, fifty-eight & fifty-four immediately."

GLC05601.045

to: Adjt. General S. Noble, Indianapolis.

"They will be shipped as soon as the Quartermaster can supply them."

GLC05601.086