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to Maj. O.V. Saucey re: account of a battle at Petersburg, Va.

Written by Brig. General of 2nd Brigade, 3rd division, 6th Corps.

GLC07625

to C.L. Pascal re: responding to autograph request

"I...shall deem my sacrifices light if my name be considered worthy of record with those of the heroes who now bear our flag in triumph, or the illustrious dead who have fallen beneath its folds."

Written at Fort Gaines

GLC07626

Purchase of land in Colorado

GLC03107.05416

Telegraphic Dispatch!

Signed in print by "D. Todd, Governor." This is a mispelling of Ohio Governor David Tod's name. Tod, in this recruiting broadside, asks for "A force of 200 men and [to] send them as fast as raised to Camp Chase" to help defend Washington. Below Tod...

GLC07312

[Pardon of Ezekiel D. Dyer for fraud].

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Dyer was convicted in December, 1859, and sentenced to the jail at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He remained in prison after completing his sentence because he was unable to pay his fine. He was...

GLC07314

[Farewell address to 2nd Army Corps]

One day after Lee's surrender, General Humphreys issues a circular letter congratulating his men on having "done your full share in the Grand Closing scene." Issued as major general commanding; verified as official by Adjutant General Daniel Hart...

GLC07307

to David Dixon Porter

Couthouy, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant commanding the U.S.S. Chillicothe, expresses his mortification at seeing the U.S.S. Osage, a ship formerly under his command, listed as having failed to comply with General Order No. 31, which required monthly...

GLC07308

Battery "G" Penna. Vols. Aug. 22, 1862. June 21, 1865.

Oval albumen prints of members of the Battery G, Pennsylvania Volunteers bound in an album. All unidentified group photos, one is of members of the band. Leather cover is severely deteriorated with red rot.

GLC07315

[1st Lieutenant James J. Lowell]

Oval photograph of Lowell, a 1st Lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteers. Shown in full-length in dress coat on crutches.

GLC07316

[Signatures of persons authorized to sign Confederate Treasury notes]

Confederate Treasurer Elmore sends a list of 19 signatures that appear on Confederate Treasury notes. Clerically signed by "Taylor" on behalf of Elmore; with actual signatures of R. L. Delaney, C. C. Thayer, E. L. Massie, R. McRae, Thomas J. Miller...

GLC07332

Reading manuscript of a presidential speech re: relations with Nicaragua

A manuscript written in large letters, welcoming Luis Molina, Minister of Nicaragua.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. IV 1860 - 1861,
p. 286

GLC07519.01

to Ginery Twichell re: accepting hospital supplies for wounded soldiers

The supplies came from the Boston area. Accepted 2 weeks before Antietam.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862,
p. 415 - 416.

GLC07520

to Edwin M. Stanton re: reversing paymaster appointment

Accompanied by Richard O'Neill, ALS, Washington, to Charles O'Neill, 2/19/1886.

GLC07521

to Edwin Stanton

Major General Halleck writes to Secretary of War Stanton, describing a problem of military rank: Brigadier Generals William Sherman, John Pope, U.S. Grant, Samuel Curtis, Stephen A. Hurlbut, and others refuse to serve under each other because they...

GLC07538

to unknown

Writes that he deeply regrets not having gone to the theatre with President Lincoln as he was asked to. Also feels that his habit of constant vigilance may have prevented Lincoln's murder. States that he will give a speech on President Lincoln in...

GLC07543

Copy of charge and specification against...

Title continues: "Charge and specification against David E. Herold, George A. Azerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael D. Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt, and Samuel A. Mudd". Holt signs as Judge Advocate General. Some manuscript...

GLC07544

To the President of the United States....

Broadside with pledge of 67 Philadelphians to uphold the Union, one day after the fall of Fort Sumter.

GLC07439

Engraving with original painted border showing Banks, Battle of Port Hudson, etc

Oval engraving, retouched, surrounded by a painted gouache border illustrating Banks's career as a politician and general. Possibly intended for reproduction. Signed lower right by "Wm Thomberger."

GLC07449

Pen and ink portrait of Chief Nurse of Ward J. Satterlee

Depicts a women in a religious habit, with rosary, and holding an open book. Attached to a ruled sheet with ink note identifying the person. She worked in the U.S. General Hospital (Philadelphia)

GLC07452

History of the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair [Sanitary Commission]

Printed by United States Sanitary Commission, with 5 color foldout lithographs. D. H. Gould signature, 1866.

GLC07455

Our Fallen Heroes [Woodcut print]

Large sheet consisting of colored woodcuts, intended for hanging, depicting Lincoln and deceased Union officers Elmer Ellsworth, E.D. Baker, J. McCook, Mitchill, Andrew H. Foote, J. Sedgwick, Lyon, Mansfield, Kearney, J.F. Reynolds, McPherson and...

GLC07456

Collection of Lysander Wheeler, C company, 105th regiment, Illinois, infantry [Decimalized .001-.123]

Lysander Wheeler, a farmer from Sycamore, Illinois, enlisted in the Union Army on August 7, 1862 as a private. He was mustered into Company C of the 105th Illinois infantry and later promoted to sergeant. Wheeler was mustered out on June 7, 1865.

GLC07460

to his son re: eyewitness account of surrender of Richmond, Lincoln's visit

He mentions Lincoln's tour: "(He) was cheered most lustily, some of the darkies were almost frantic with joy at seeing him."

GLC07461

to Adam G. De Gurowski

Apologizes for not acknowledging Count Gurowski's correspondence sooner. Mentions the Count's diary, which was published as a pamphlet and states he would love to see public opinion run in the same channels. States, "I am hard at work in the...

GLC07483.11

Pardon of T.N. Dawkins, a South Carolina Confederate (c/s Seward)

Printed pardon for rebellion.

GLC07513