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To his wife

Continued on separate sheet. Wish to come home, regular inspections and drills, farm business, late pay, cost of food.

GLC04558.016

A Slave Cabin

Marked "Plate 10." Contains 3 images. Upper left image is titled "A Slave Cabin," and shows a shabby wooden shack with a makeshift canopy for a porch. Upper right image is titled "The Old Grist Mill," and shows a large clapboard mill with a very tall...

GLC02199.10

A Watched Pot Never Boils

Marked "Plate 29." Contains 4 images. Upper left is titled "A Watched Pot Never Boils," and shows a black soldier sleeping next to a coffeepot that had been sitting on a fire and that is now knocked over. Upper right image is titled "A Hearty Supper...

GLC02199.29

[Proclamation to the inhabitants of Clarksville, Tennessee]

Proclamation under the name of Rear Admiral Foote after the capture of Forts Donelson and Henry and the city of Clarksville. Written to the inhabitants of the city, at the suggestion of former Congressman Cave Johnson, after the town dignitaries...

GLC02227

to his sister

Complains that letters from family in Memphis are few. Writes about his experience during a scouting expedition. Also mentions that the soldiers have been getting very good food because they are paying a nearby plantation cook to prepare food for...

GLC02232.02

to his sister

He writes that they are encamped on the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Expresses his hatred for the war and writes "if ever I get into another I want somebody to have me put in the lunatic asylum". Writes that he often wishes he were a negro with a good...

GLC02232.07

to his sister

Writes that their brother Marshall has returned from the hospital. As Ward had no immediate occupation to assign to his brother, he sent his brother back to the hospital and put him in the charge of one of the surgeons. He writes that Marshall is...

GLC02232.32

Victualing return for two army prisoners

Countersigned by [illegible] Betts and by John Doughty as Fort Major of West Point. Return of rations given to two prisoners for 3 days: 4 March to 7 March. Notes that there were 8 total rations issued. With endorsement on verso signed by Asa Fox.

GLC02437.01980

[Extra rations for Major Sauvant]

Requests six days of rations for Major Sauvant, a member of the sappers and engineers. Signed by Captain Joseph C. Dellezenn and countersigned by Major General Knox's aide-de-camp, Major Samuel Shaw. A note made by Shaw says the rations are "To be...

GLC02437.01997

[Army Rations issued to Artificers and Prisoners]

Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and Captain [S. Butts] with a note from Matthew Geesen on verso. Date and place writ from note.

GLC02437.02002