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The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies

Inscribed: "Lewis E. Harvie Esqe. from his friend Joseph Eggleston Johnston." The book was compiled by Robert N. Scott under the direction of the Secretary of War, with authorship attributed to the United States War Department. Published by the...

GLC00628

to Stilson Hutchins

Sherman writes a combative letter to the editor of the Washington Post justifying the service record of his staff officers against the charges in an article by a "City Editor." He states, "There is not an officer on my personal staff, who has not...

GLC01087

to Robert N. Johnson

Grant replies to Johnson's letter and encloses his version of an anecdote told by Abraham Lincoln about Alexander Stephens and his overcoat at the Hampton Roads, Virginia Peace Conference. State he will use the anecdote in his memoirs. The story...

GLC01305

to Edward Simpson

One letter from Charles Stewart to Edward Simpson dated February 5. 1906. Regarding the return of a civil war journal of Simpson's father.

GLC05911.05.02

Massachusetts in the army and navy during the war of 1861-65 vol 1

II Nevins 151, Union bookshelf 43.

GLC00267.264.01

Massachusetts in the army and navy during the war of 1861-65 vol 2

II Nevins 151, Union bookshelf 43.

GLC00267.264.02

to Captain Julius Walker Adams

Fitz-John Porter remarks that he recently traveled to Washington, D.C. for business. Discusses the board evaluating his conduct in the Battle of Second Manassas. Remarks that Major Gardiner plans to attempt to gain support from the Secretary of War...

GLC00214.02.03

to Captain Julius Walker Adams

Refers to his lawyers John C. Bullitt and Joseph Hodges Choate. Mentions General Irvin McDowell, dispatches pertaining to his case from 1862, and a letter he (Porter) sent to Adjutant General Edward Davis Townsend concerning the testimony McDowell...

GLC00214.02.07

to Robert Bruce Warden

General Porter, New York City Police Commissioner, writes to Warden, an author and associate judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He has given General Henry Jackson Hunt, Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C., an introduction card. He...

GLC00214.02.12

to Colonel Julius Walker Adams

The year for the date is inferred from the letter's content. The letter mentions Generals Irvin McDowell and David Hunter, in reference to an investigation called to reevaluate Porter's actions at the Battle of Second Manassas. He remarks, "There is...

GLC00214.02.13

to Edgar A. Hamilton

Sherman writes to Reverend Hamilton to eulogize General Hugh Judson Kirkpatrick shortly after his death, praising Kirkpatrick's merits as a soldier and a officer during both peace time and the Civil War. He writes, in part, "I never knew a more...

GLC00223

Rules of the court of commissioners of Alabama claims

Printed rules established for the court overseeing the "Alabama Claims," as well as the law that created this court. Also includes the treaty with Britain and subsequent arbitration that preceded this court. During the Civil War, British firms...

GLC00267.222

Letter from the Secretary of War

Title continues, "transmitting, in compliance with the law, certain information relative to the negotiation with the legal representatives of the late Confederate Generals Bragg and Polk for the purchase of certain papers relating to the late war."...

GLC00267.231

Dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Created by the Joint committee on dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga national military park and compiled by H.V. Boynton. Printed by the Government Printing Office by order of the Senate in the 54th Congress. The military park was created...

GLC00267.239

Argument of Asa Bird Gardner, counsel for government, after conclusion of the evidence in the case of Fitz-John Porter before the Board of Army officers at West Point, January, 1879.

Discusses the reevaluation of General Porter's conduct during the Battle of Second Manassas. Includes a fold-out "Letter-press descriptive of illustrative map no. 1 of counsel for the government." Fold-out has been partially detached from binding.

GLC00267.313

Speech of Honorable Theodore F. Randolph of New Jersey, in the Senate of the United States, Monday, March 1, 1880...

(title continues)... on the bill for the restoration of General Fitz John Porter to the United States Army. Argues in support of Porter. Signed by Randolph on the front cover.

GLC00267.314

Speech of Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, February 18, 1886.

Curtin praises Fitz John Porter.

GLC00267.316

The Battles of "Gravelly Run", "Dinwiddie Court-House", and "Five Forks", Va.

Defending Sheridan's behavior. See .338 on the Warren Court of inquiry

GLC00267.334

The Battle in Baltimore April 19th 1861

What Volck calls a "battle" has been more often been described as the Baltimore Riot. Shows the 6th Massachusetts Regiment travelling through Baltimore to Washington, answering Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers for ninety days' service to defend...

GLC00493.04

Marylanders crossing the Potomac to join the Southern Army

Depicts four Marylanders rowing south across the Potomac River into Virginia to join the army of Robert E. Lee. One man is standing in the boat in an echo of George Washington in Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's famous painting "George Washington Crossing...

GLC00493.08

Engraving of Jacob Thompson

Biographical note is adhered below the image. Photograph by J.E. M'Clees Washington D.C. Engraved by J.C. Buttre N.Y.

GLC02459.62

to Charles G. Slack

Miles affirms that he is the person mentioned in a letter signed by General Winfield Scott Hancock that Slack inquired about (GLC02462.09.01).

GLC02462.09.02

The Battle of Gettysburg

Headline reads "From the Original Picture painted for the State of Pennsylvania under award of Commission appointed by the Legislature." Caption reads "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by P. F. Rothermel in the office of the...

GLC02980.01

Index for Confederate War Etchings

A index listing all the etchings.

GLC00493.30

to Joseph W. Keifer

Complains of the inequities in pension payments between volunteer officers and officers in the regular army, and hopes to change the system. Informs Keifer, who also served as a General in the Volunteer Army, that any officer who received a...

GLC03215.01