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to George F. Morse

Morse's attendance at a Baptist Church

GLC02180.39

to Berdille

Many men have bowel complaints. He took off one day to have his picture taken and he will send a copy along. He hopes to go to Medford to see Abby soon. Fred Sanderson arrived and is now enlisted in his company. Written in Camp Lincoln

GLC02182.08

to dear wife

There was no military duty that day nd there are too many people in his tent. Sleeping is very uncomfortable. It has been boring lately. Je wishes he could see henry Paige. Written in Camp Lincoln

GLC02182.10

to dearly beloved

They were in Jersey city a brief period of time time before travelling to Philadelphia. They were there until one when they rode by cattle car to Havre de mall . At Jersey City Christopher came to see them. Written in Camp Lincoln

GLC02182.14

to Berdille

He mentions a Mrs. Hawkes's husband who has behaved cowardly and has not really been put to the test. He mentions various clothes that he's received and how they fit him.

GLC02182.24

to Isaac Cover

Unknown creator.

GLC02197.021

[Petition of a free black to become a slave of Jefferson S. Nash]

Petition to the District Court of Texas. "Charlotte Frazier...respectfully states and shows that she is a free person of African descent - that she is... mother of Six children under the age of Fourteen ... to wit ... Mack ... Betsey ...Luke...

GLC09123

Addresses delivered before the Virginia State Convention by Hon. Fulton Anderson...Hon. Henry L. Benning, ... and Hon. John S. Preston...February 1861.

Wyatt M. Elliott. Representatives of Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina work to persaude Virginia to join a slave-holding Confederacy.

GLC09125

Office of Board of Claims/For Slaves enlisted in U. S. service...

State of Maryland. Compensation claim by Joshua Johnson for a slave, Thomas Johnson, he manumitted and enlisted as a USCT, United States Colored Troops. Partially printed document.

GLC09130.01

Proof of slave ownership

Proof of ownership by Joshua Johnson for the slave Thomas Johnson.

GLC09130.02

Draft amending Alabama Constitution

"Ordinance / in relation to the Institution of Slavery and the abolition thereof. / Sep. 16 - Subst[itution]. Ordered 100 copies be printed. Sp. order Monday 11. / Be it ordained by the people of the state of Alabama, in convention assembled, That...

GLC09131

to Quartermaster General Hale

"All quiet in front! No enemy here to fight. Our transportation will not allow us to go into the interior of the state to hunt them up: we want to go to Richmond. In the grand review of our Corps de Armee by Genl. Burnside, the 51st was the largest...

GLC09137

to a family member

"[Nashville is] under the control of our guns from the forts and batteries...I saw 3 or 4 dead Rebs still lying on the ground unburied and some that had been buried with some parts still visible above the ground...the point B.F. is where the greatest...

GLC09139

to Secretary of War James Seddon and various Confederate generals

Seven retained telegrams to Union General John G. Foster's expedition towards Goldsboro, NC. "I have no cavalry with a view to the navigation of the Mississippi from New Orleans upwards, sails to-day from the North River, near the State Prison, to...

GLC09140

to John W. Frughs

Writes shortly after being nominated as Grant's Vice President. "I find your note and the Platform of 'The Young Men's Continental League' ...I have long hoped and believed that the people inhabiting the North American Continent will be united under...

GLC09142

to James M. Shute

"I almost despair of securing any financial legislation this season, thought we shall try to pass a bill legalizing Gold Contracts and also declaring the 5.20 Bonds and greenbacks are ultimately payable in Gold...The late decision of the Supreme...

GLC09143

Orders

About a Union rally by Baptists and Methodists. "The leaders of these two systems, are either designing demagogues, or ignorant enthusiasts...The President [Jefferson Davis] has proclaimed next Thursday as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer...

GLC09147

to David D. Porter

During Arkansas expedition. "admiral Porter As soon as General Steele reports in the Continental, will fire a Gun and run down the Gaines's Landing at the rate of ten miles the hour Sherman."

GLC09148

Civil War recruiting broadside

Partially printed recruiting poster for Captain Pierce's company of Monroe County Regiment, headed "War!" above an eagle bearing slogan, "Stand up for the Old flat, Now or Never!" A. Strong & Co., Rochester. 14 x 20 inches.

GLC09150

Escape of 'contrabands' from Col. Avery's estate near Petersburg Virginia

Pencil sketch signed "S.H.S." The siege of Petersburg lasted from 15 June 1864 to 25 March 1865.

GLC09153

to Robert E. Lee

"If a judicious appointment of Major General is not made, I fear that all this will be lost... Gen. Pender has fought with the Divisions in every battle, he has been four times wounded and never left the field, he has risen by death and wounds from...

GLC09154

to LaSalle Corbett Pickett

To "Sallie." "Does not your husband wish, pray and sigh to be with his Sallie, his only only love...You know...how much I detest outward show, and manifestations of religion...but to offer up you silent prayer with a truthful heart, and an entrusting...

GLC09155

to George Pickett

"Last Return of Pickett's Division as surrendered on April 9, 1865." Grid shows troops, listed by brigade, with officers and enlisted men counted separately. Just 987 men appear on the return. Also signed secretarially for his brother General George...

GLC09156

to Emily S.B. Brune

"I thank you for the box you and my other friends must not send me any more clothing...as I am taxing your genorosity too much. I am now well supplied with almost everything..." Emily S. B. Brune, "the Angel of Fort Delaware."

GLC09157

to Jubal Early

Writes of Jubal Early's arrest. "Your remarks upon the enclosed communication of Maj. Brown and G. are considered improper. They are therefore returned for withdrawal. Your attention is now called to the enclosed paper, marked A, showing the...

GLC09158.01