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to Peter B. Rathbone
13 June 1863
Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863
He is in the hospital with jaundice. He had been sick for a week, but put off getting medical attention because he felt an engagement was immanent.
GLC04703.09
23 June 1863
He is still in the hospital. Reassures his family that he is getting better. Acknowledges receipt of a package (the cheese was spoiled but he appreciated the brandy). General Banks orders Dederer and two other captains to report for duty or tender...
GLC04703.10
14 July 1863
Writing from the Marine Hospital, Dederer, with the New York Volunteer Regiment notes the success of Grant at Vicksburg. His opinion of pardoning rebel soldiers: "Gen'l Butler is the damned'st Scoundrel in the whole Federal Army, but it needs such...
GLC04703.11
to Almira Winchell
23 July 1864
Remington, William, fl. 1864-1873
Writes from Harris Hospital. Expects to be home in two weeks. He went to see the "old dutch woman that tells fortunes and well never mind."
GLC04706.20
20 November 1864
Newman, William, fl. 1864
Writes from a hospital. Describes his leg amputation six months ago, which still gives him trouble.
GLC04706.21
13 December 1864
Writes while on his way home via ambulance. Relates that he is still having problems with his leg. Thinks that he should not have left Nashville but the Confederates were too close to the city and could be seen from the hospital. Is sorry to hear...
GLC04706.22
December 27, 1864
Relates that his leg is infected and he needs another operation. Writes about Sherman's capture of Savannah, Georgia, with "150 pieces of artillery, 130 locomotives, and lots of other stuff."
GLC04706.23
14 April 1865
Writes from the General Hospital. Expects to come home on furlough next month. Does not know what he will do for a living once the war is over.
GLC04706.24
Petition to P.J.D. Irwin
11 March 1864
Chaplain Association of Memphis
Petition to Army Surgeon P.J.D. Irwin re: attesting to church's Confederate leanings. With endorsement of surgeons in charge of U.S. general military hospitals (11 March 1864) and AES of P.J.D. Irwin (14 March 1864).
GLC04813.02
to his mother
29 October 1864
Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
He writes that he has been wounded in the shoulder and is in the hospital. The bullet is still lodged in his side. He requests his mother's presence and says the wound prevents him from writing.
GLC03603.329
to Mrs. Charles Coit
28 October 1864
Smith, fl. 1684
The Chaplain writes to Mrs. Coit to inform her that Charles has been wounded with a shrapnel shot. Smith reports the wound is severe and that he was being transported to Chesapeake Hospital. He requested that the Chaplin write to his mother...
GLC03603.331
to Charles Morgan Coit
31 October 1864
Chillan, E.W., fl. 1864
This bill from the U.S. General Hospital charges Coit for $3 for 3 days stay at the hospital.
GLC03603.332
[Certificate to allow Ellen Coit to travel]
2 November 1864
Clarke, P.W., fl. 1864
This letter was written by the Headquarters Provost Marshal to certify that Ellen Coit was allowed to travel to visit her brother at Chesapeake Hospital.
GLC03603.333
[Bill for Coit family board]
December 31, 1864
Chillan, E.W., fl. 1864-1865
Bill for the board of Charles, Ellen, George and Mrs. Coit for 30 days. The total is $124.00 for the month of December. Signed by the Assistant Surgeon General or the U.S. Army.
GLC03603.334
January 31, 1865
Bill for the board of Charles, Ellen, George and Mrs. Coit for 30 days. The total is $95.00 for the month of January. Signed by the Assistant Surgeon General or the U.S. Army.
GLC03603.335
February 28, 1865
Bill for the board of Charles, Ellen, George and Mrs. Coit for 14 days. The total is $105.00 for the first two weeks of February. Signed by the Assistant Surgeon General or the U.S. Army.
GLC03603.337
[Map of Fredericksburg]
circa December 1862
Bush, George, fl. 1862
A fairly complete and accurate map of the Union position at Fredericksburg. Shows federal positions, pontoon bridges, geographic features, roads and houses used as hospitals. The position held by Gibbon's Division is slightly exaggerated.
GLC03607.08
[to a former Civil War Colonel]
February 2, 1899
Allen, Benjamin F., fl. 1864-1899
Allen updates a Colonel, whose name is not specified, whom he previously served under regarding his post-war activities. Reports that he worked as a school teacher in Texas before his ill health required him to move to the National Soldier's Home in...
GLC03619.01.04
to Asa Smith
20 July1862
Smith, Ann, fl. 1862
Written by Ann Smith to her brother Asa Smith in the Union Army. Says she is glad he is doing well. Says "I try & try to imagine how you look but don't succeed very well - If I could only see you for a little while." Goes on to say that "I tell...
GLC03742.08
2 March 1862
Smith, William Wallace, fl. 1861-1862
Written by William Wallace Smith to his brother Asa Smith. Mentions high winds that blew through camp recently. Says in less than a half hour half the tents in camp were down, and by evening there were only 10 left standing. Says they were ordered to...
GLC03742.09
Daily chronicle & sentinel. [Vol. 28, no.19 (January 13, 1864)]
January 13,1864
Morse, N.S., fl. 1862-1864
General Morgan's Escape From Prison, The Siege of Charleston, Attack on Wilmington. Confederate congressional reports fill the front page. A lengthy account details General Morgan's escape from the Ohio Penitentiary. A city ordinance prohibits Black...
GLC05959.07.06
Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 289 (September 6, 1863)]
6 September 1863
Prentice, George Dennison, 1802-1870
John Morgan and His Followers, Latest from Charleston, Monitors Engage Fort Moultrie, Another Attack to be made on Fort Wagner, Secretary Chase's Proposition Accepted, General Carr in Command at Corinth.
War events in Tennessee are outlined in a...
GLC05959.14.07
Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 296 (September 13, 1863)]
13 September 1863
Arrival of Grant in New Orleans, General Longstreet in North Carolina, Fort Sumter not yet Surrendered, Preparations to Shell Charleston, News from Charleston, Bombardment of Fort Moultrie, News from Richmond. A letter from the Rebel Col. J.A...
GLC05959.14.13
Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 320 (October 7, 1863)]
7 October 1863
Price's Army Retreating, Skirmishing near Murfreesboro, Official News From Admiral Dahlgren, News From Burnside's Army, Evacuation of Morris Island, Enlistment of Slaves in Maryland Stopped. Minutes of the Louisville Annual Conference of the...
GLC05959.14.19
Semi-weekly Raleigh register. [Vol. 61, no. 72 (September 7, 1861)]
7 September 1861
Syme, John W., fl. 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
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 3 (October 15, 1862)]
15 October 1862
Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877
"Mrs. Sallie Swope" describes the woman who served in army hospitals in Alabama, while another article titled "Woman in the Hospital" defines women in hospitals in general. An editorial titled "Slavery" examines the institution as the "wisest and...
GLC05959.39.03
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 21 (March 18, 1863)]
18 March 1863
An editorial examines the difference between "Heavenly Ignorance versus Heavenly Recognition," with connections to Lincoln and the war. Another editorial titled "Heavenly Recognition" deals with the same topic. A letter to the editor explains the...
GLC05959.39.16
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 26 (April 22, 1863)]
22 April 1863
An untitled discourse by Rev. J.F. Morrall includes his views on the needs of the armies. "To the Poor Boys" laments the difficulties faced by poor boys in a world where wealth is value. "Hospital for Women" advertises a new hospital for women in...
GLC05959.39.21
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 46 (September 16, 1863)]
16 September 1863
Page 1 contains several letters to the editor describing mournful wartime conditions on the front, including from McGowan's Brigade and the 5th South Carolina Cavalry amongst others. One from Isle Hope bemoans their loss of a minister and asks for...
GLC05959.39.35
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 5 (November 4, 1863)]
4 November 1863
Soldiers' letters on page 1 describe their situations on the front line and in hospitals. An exchange between the Confederate Baptist and the Baptist Banner detailed in "Church and State" indicates different views on common religious topics. "Notes...
GLC05959.39.39
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 31 (May 4, 1864)]
4 May 1864
An editorial titled "To the Wicked Men of the Nation" contrasts evil with good in terms of war. "In the Hospital, at Midnight" gives a personal account of dying soldiers. An article examines "Marriage," while another defines "Minister's Salaries."...
GLC05959.39.52
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 112, whole no. 1409 (December 11, 1861)]
December 11, 1861
Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879
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
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 115, whole no. 3496 (January 10, 1862)]
January 10,1862
Federals repulsed in South Carolina. Letters from Brownville, Virginia Point, Camp Kirby, and Parsons's regiment. New York Bank. Reenlistment. Defects in the new military law. Fugitive slave ad. Editorial on death of Judge Hemphill. Report of Mrs. M...
GLC05959.51.016
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 123, whole no. 3503 (January 29, 1862)]
January 29, 1862
General Van Dorn gone West, Newbern to be attacked, women & children leaving 125 Federal vessels at Hatteras, Letter from Rev. R.F. Bunting. War news form Mexico. General hospital fund. City Council minutes. Alamosa taken by Colonel Baylor.
GLC05959.51.020
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 142, whole no. 3522 (March 14, 1862)]
14 March 1862
List of donations to the Ladies' Hospital Association. Confederate prisoners in Chicago. Editorial on disloyalty in Travis County. Letter from a high private. Aid for families of volunteers.
GLC05959.51.028
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 48, whole no. 3543 (July 7, 1862)]
7 July 1862
Vicksburg holding out. Donations of the C.S. General Hospital. Letters from Rangers, Chattanooga, Louisiana. Editorial on hospital fund. Serious effects of the conscription law, Bastrop, Texas destroyed.
GLC05959.51.050
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 15, whole no. 3668 (April 20, 1863)]
20 April 1863
News from Alexandria. City council proceedings. Confederate states bonds. Hospital donations. Ordinance concerning carriages and other vehicles.
GLC05959.51.064
[Engraved photograph of Mary Ann Bickerdyke].
1877-1900
Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, fl. 1898
Collateral to Bickerdyke quotation (GLC05508.037.01).
GLC05508.037.02
to John E. Boos
22 September 1915
Smith, Francis Marion, 1842-1917
States he has not replied until now because of a serious illness. Has attached his signature to a statement for the National Tribune giving his impressions of April 2, 1865, a day Abraham Lincoln came to visit City Point hospital and so impressed a...
GLC05603.01.17
[Anecdote about Lincoln's kindness towards a wounded Confederate soldier]
1861-1865
Signed as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 1st Maryland Volunteer Infantry. Relates an incident at City Point hospital on 2 April 1865, where President Abraham Lincoln met a Confederate soldier and treated him with great kindness. After Lincoln left...
GLC05603.01.18
Southern churchman. [Vol. 30, no. 34 (August 26, 1864)]
26 August 1864
The Care of Soldiers Children, Reverand Quintard Addressing South Carolina Troops, Prison Camp at Point Lookout, Visit of General Lee and Gneral Beauregard to the Hospital in Richmond.
GLC05959.60.01
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 16, no. 100 (July 1, 1862)]
1 July 1862
William Lloyd and Co. (Richmond, Va.), fl. 1861-1865
Richmond Lines, The retreat of McClellan towards James River, List of dead & wounded at Chimborazo Hospital after yesterdays battle
GLC05959.72.022
[Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Chancellorsville]
May 1863
Baum, A. Clark, 1832-?
Shows the U.S. Mine Ford. Also shows three pontoon bridges over the Rappahannock River, various Confederate batteries and rifle pits, hospital locations, and the location of Fitzhugh House. References to a skirmish on a Sunday night and a shelling...
GLC06013.01
[Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Fredericksburg]
December 1862
Shows bridges, batteries, hospitals, positions of Confederate sharpshooters, the railroad and Falmouth Station, and various buildings, including Lacy House. Also shows the movement across a bridge of Captain Wesley Brainerd. There are photographs...
GLC06013.02
14th annual report NAACP for the year 1923
January 1924
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Contains a list of NAACP officers for 1924, including President Moorfield Storey. An introductory letter from Storey asks for financial support from readers of the pamphlet. Foreword states that the NAACP "is striving; it is striving to vindicate...
GLC06135.02
The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 23 (December 13, 1862)]
13 December 1862
Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863
Reports havoc by the 290 steamer off the cape of the Delaware. Notices about extortionists, military hospitals, firewood. Faded gray and white design with blue dotted outline.
GLC06208.11
(House bill, no. [blank].) . . . A bill regulating the granting of furloughs and discharges in hospitals
1863
Confederate States of America. Congress
stamp of record division
GLC06745.045
(House bill no. 6.) . . . A bill to regulate furloughs and discharges to soldiers in hospitals.
4 April 1863
GLC06745.055
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1567 (January 4, 1759)]
4 January 1759
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Letter to the editors discusses the latest improvements to Pennsylvania Hospital and extends thanks for the community's...
GLC06670.150
to Lt. Holden
12 October 1862
Weeks, Thomas, fl. 1860
Weeks' father, Thomas, inquires about the condition of John after the battle of Perryville. He writes: "so please answer and oblige a fraternal brother." Also included is a response from C.L. Hozl on behalf of Lt. Holden. He writes that John was...
GLC06728.027
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