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to Henry Jackson Hunt

Writes from Gramercy Park. Informs Hunt of his upcoming European vacation. States "I am very sorry to hear that there are any intimations of retiring you next year- more on account of the good of the service than your own- except in the matter of...

GLC02382.070

The road to peace through Pennsylvania via Washington, As Engineered by Southern Rebels and their Democratic Allies.

Quotes the September 7, 1863 issue of the Richmond Enquirer in order to pillory the South and Jefferson Davis for their belief that the war could be ended by attacking Pennsylvania to get to Washington. Calls the Richmond Enquirer "Jeff. Davis' Organ...

GLC02421

to Mrs. Olive Crook Henderson

Discusses working for the common good during peacetime so they may be prepared in time of war. Concludes saying the national defense system is in dire need of revision. Written on War Department, Air Service, Office of the Assistant Chief...

GLC02431.01

to Harry New

Writes, "I cannot, under present conditions, make any arrangements to go out of town to make speeches. As you know, there are too many things pending here to warrant my being away from my own job. Just yesterday the House ordered an investigation...

GLC02431.02

The Defenders of Our Union.

Lithograph print with touches of white gouache added by hand. Five ovals in which there are portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Andrew Johnson, Naval officers David Porter, David G. Farragut (spelled Faragut), John A. B. Dahlgren...

GLC02434

Field where Gen. Reynolds fell, Gettysburg [published by Gardner]

Photograph, not showing Reynold's body, but showing corpses on the field after the battle.

GLC02435

Henry Knox papers, including retained and received correspondence, &c. [Decimalized .00001 - .10737]

Letters and documents, written to or by Knox, who served as chief of Artillery during the Revolution, and then as Secretary of War under the Articles of Confederation and in President Washington's first administration. The collection includes Knox's...

GLC02437

to John Adams

Later copy. Responds to a request from Adams' (see GLC02437.00) and comments on the character and abilities of several officers, although he directs Adams to a list of officers rather than composing one himself. Discusses the difficulties of...

GLC02437.00454

[Account of clothing pertaining to Lieutenant Colonel E. Cheever's company]

Possibly relates to Colonel Ezekiel Cheever, Commissary General of Artillery Stores. Includes account information from 28 December 1776-5 April 1777. Notes that clothing came from Fort Washington. Lists who ordered the clothes and to whom they...

GLC02437.10474

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Discusses a book by General Alexander Stewart Webb, published originally in May 1881, called The Peninsular; McClellan's Campaign of 1862. Writes that though he has not read the book, he has heard through others that "under the cloak of 'friendship'...

GLC02382.071

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Porter replies to a letter from Hunt. Mentions McClellan, and initials on verso of page one. Recalls his experience in the Mexican American War for Hunt, who was writing on the topic. Suggests Hunt attempt to publish his writings in a magazine....

GLC02382.074

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Porter thanks Hunt for offering his recollections on events during the war. Reflects on McClellan's tactics during the Peninsula Campaign. Notes that General Alexander Stewart Webb is writing a book on the topic, and it will be published by...

GLC02382.075

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Thanks Hunt for his recollections regarding Manassas. Mentions Generals John Fulton Reynolds, Robert Cumming Schenck, Irvin McDowell, John Alexander Logan, and John Pope, among others. Notes that another writer is tackling the topic of Manassas...

GLC02382.076

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Responds to Hunt's Gettysburg article as the "best" he has read and notes he is writing his own account. Long was a veteran artilleryman promoted from military secretary for Lee to the command of the 2nd Corps artillery. Promoted to 2nd Corps guns...

GLC02382.079

to M. S. Worth

Letter copied by "M.S.W" (possibly General William Worth's daughter, Margaret. Worth's wife, Margaret Stafford Worth, died in 1869). Describes events of the Mexican War, including General Winfield Scott's march toward Mexico City via Cerro Gordo...

GLC02382.080

[Indenture between Henry Jackson Hunt and John F. Lee regarding care of Hunt's filly]

Assures that Hunt's filly "was honestly come by, by the said Hunt, and was not captured, or taken as a prize of war, or as abandoned rebel property, or on any other customary and larcenous pretext, Now, therefore, said Lee out of Natural love and...

GLC02382.081

[Parole pass of A. J. Brane]

Document reads in full: "This is to certify that A. J. Brane of Rockingham County, and State of N. C. a Private of the Army of Northern Virginia, has this day given his parole in accordance with the terms agreed upon by Lieutenant General U. S. GRANT...

GLC02385.01

Collection related to Confederate soldier George P. Hodges [Decimalized .01- .07]

Collection of George P. Hodges, Sergeant, Company B., 37th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry. Includes a parole pass for Hodges, who was a prisoner of war at Vicksburg, a document related to Hodges's participation in a United Confederate Veteran's...

GLC02386

[Poster for quota meeting to procure volunteers for the draft in Ward Six of Lynn, Massachusetts]

Printed by Stevenson & Nichols at No. 22 & 24 Healey's Arcade. Calls "The Citizens of Ward Six who are Liable to a Draft" for a public meeting to get sufficient volunteers to avoid a draft. Meeting being called in anticipation of another call for...

GLC02388.01

One More Rally! Ward 6 in Advance!

Printed by Stevenson & Nichols at Nos. 22 & 24 Healey's Arcade. Broadside announces a meeting scheduled at "Volunteer Hall" to hear the report of the Committee on organizing the Mutual Draft-Preventing Association. This was a pro-quota meeting to...

GLC02388.02

2 letters to Francis Bassett concerning Mexico

1. ALS. Solomon Lincoln to Francis Bassett re: Congressional elections, Texas, Gen.s. Taylor & Scott . Hingham, Mass. 3 p. (29x30 cm) Mentions Governor Young pardoning 18 anti-rent (riot) convicts as well as Generals Taylor and Scott....

GLC02390.01

to William Edwin Baldwin

Hamilton, aide-de-camp to General Baldwin, relates information pertaining to "roads leading from this point, Resaca, to the Etowah river, also to examine the conditions and crossing of different kinds over that stream." Lists distances between...

GLC02395

Endorsement on petition requesting that Scout E. Walker be held

Endorsement on verso of a 2 September petition written in Pitch County. In the petition, twelve men request that Colonel George Wortham allow Elijah M. Walker, Company F., 49th North Carolina Infantry, to remain as a scout for Bertie County....

GLC02396

to Elliott and Williams

Explains that while he had suggested a certain level of meat rations for the recipients troops, the Secretary of War has chosen a different amount. Though he disagrees with the Secretary, he advises the recipients to follow this higher authority...

GLC02397

to Albert S. Johnston re: preparing for attack on San Antonio

Signed as General. Commanding Johnston to have all militia in readiness for a possible attack, and giving permission to organize a military court. Houston also asks that Johnston inform the Comanche Indians and, if possible, to allow their chiefs...

GLC02401

to Samuel Houston re: attempts to restore order on Rio Grande

Retained copy of correspondence. Written at Camp Ronsano on the Rio Grande

GLC02404

[Carte de visite of Edmind K. Smith]

Signed on mount as commander of the Trans-Mississippi Dept.

GLC02406

to Texas Confederate Cotton Office re: trading 1000 bales for $70,000

Signed as Governor of Lousiana. Colonel Hutchins was Chairman of the Texas (Confederate) Cotton Office. Mentions that the deal has been approved by Gen. Smith (E.K. Smith)

GLC02407

to Charles Clark

Trenholm, Secretary of the Confederate Treasury, discusses the preparation and transmission of bonds from the Register. Informs Clark, Governor of Mississippi, that it will be impossible to furnish bonds smaller than $500. Written on Confederate...

GLC02408

[General Bragg discusses military matters in the Pensacola area]

Bragg (Confederate) states "Our truce remains in force, 'They are not to reinforce, We are not to attack.' It is being carried out by both parties so far. All kinds of supplies ... were being furnished the enemy when I got here. I have stopped...

GLC02409

to Major General Lewis

General Lovell, in charge of Confederate defenses at New Orleans, writes to General Lewis (possibly John Lawson Lewis, of the Louisiana militia). Reports that he has placed two heavy guns in Lafayette Square, and hopes to place two more in the...

GLC02410.01

to Emily J. Semmes

Cleveland, Emily and Paul Semmes's nephew, describes in detail Semmes's death. General Semmes was mortally wounded in Longstreet's charge at Gettysburg and died in the retreat. Sends the letter care of Captain Cody. Emily Semmes wrote a note on the...

GLC02411

[General orders regarding military strategy after the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi]

Instructs the 13th, 15th, and 9th Army Corp in the route each should take to reach Clinton in an attempt to capture Confederate forces retreating from Vicksburg. Sherman orders, "All commanders will hold their troops in perfect order for Battle at...

GLC02412

to M. S. Worth

General Banks informs Miss Worth of Albany, New York that "The Ladies of the North were gratefully and enthusiastically remembered by the soldiers in the Hospitals of this Department on Christmas Day ... The sweetest earthly solace that a stricken...

GLC02413

[Collection of Eliakim P. Scammon, 23rd regiment, Ohio, infantry] [decimalized]

Documents pertaining to the Civil War in West Virginia consisting of letters, telegrams, documents, drafts, notes, etc. Scammon saw duty in West Virginia (and briefly captured Feb. 1864-Aug. 1864) and, after the war, was assigned duty in South...

GLC02414

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Reports cavalry attacks on Confederates after Gettysburg.

GLC02414.001

Telegraph to Eliakim P. Scammon

Written by the Assistant Superintendent of Military Telegraphs to Union Brigadier General Scammon. Informs Scammon that the news from Gettysburg is that General Robert E. Lee has sent in the flag of truce. "Lee sent in Flag of Truce, asking...

GLC02414.002

[Copy of report to William P. Fessenden about the first Federal income tax Florida]

Reports the results of his inquiry into the "practices & procedures & acts of the Tax Commissioners of the Insurrectionary Districts..." Informs that the Florida Direct Tax Commissioners were appointed in October 1862, and that since then, they have...

GLC02414.003

[Scammon endorsement on an autograph letter signed from John H. Groce]

Writes to Scammon, Colonel commanding the 1st Prov. Brigade in Camp Jones, West Virginia, about Confederate informers. Informs Scammon of "a suspicious looking man skulking along the road" whom they brought with them into camp but escaped on route....

GLC02414.004

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Union Major General Cox writes to Brigadier General Scammon commanding the 2nd Kanawha Division in Fayette County, West Virginia. Discusses a disagreement about the detailing of medical officers to batteries.

GLC02414.005

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Ewing writes to Scammon, Brigadier General commanding the 2nd Division, Kanawha in Fayette, Virginia, to state that he saw Scammon's family in Cincinnati, Ohio. Encloses a letter from them (not present). Says he urged Mrs. Scammon to come with them...

GLC02414.006

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Writes to Brigadier General Scammon, commanding 2nd Division Kanawha. Introduces an informant named Henry McGlaughlin, a citizen of Virginia and a former scout for the 30th Regiment O.V.I. [Ohio Volunteer Infantry?]. There is an autograph...

GLC02414.007

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Writes to Brigadier General Scammon commanding Kanawha division in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Transmits the private papers of General Beckley [possibly Alfred Beckley]. By command of Major General Jacob Dolson Cox. Bascom signs as Major and...

GLC02414.008

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Discusses the deployment of three companies to Gauley Mount, West Virginia. Gives his ideas on what the troops should do and comments, "I mention this because I doubt the safety and the utility of posting a small force at Gauley Mountain." Mentions...

GLC02414.009

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Encloses a dispatch from Captain Simmonds (not present) and calls it "sensational." Hopes Scammon finds it amusing. Mentions General Jacob Dolan Cox and G.M. Bascom, a major and assistant adjutant general. Marked private. Written at Camp White also...

GLC02414.010

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Hayes writes as Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers to Scammon, his superior, as commander of the 1st Brigade. Reports that the water supply is inefficient after an inspection of the springs and wells in the area. The...

GLC02414.011

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Clerical telegram to General Scammon expressing his ironic sympathies over Scammon's loss of a cook. "We deeply sympathize with you one of our few good cooks is at Col Ewing's Head Quarters - Shall we send for him?" On U. S. Military Telegraph...

GLC02414.012

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Clerical copy. George W. Edgar, Lieutenant Colonel commanding the outpost in West Virginia writes to Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio to report that he is sending a Mrs. Dr. Lucker with a flag of truce to Scammon's lines. She is to pass...

GLC02414.013

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Clerical copy. Reports that Lieutenant De Laney returned from a scouting trip of the road near Tazewell and did not learn of any enemy movements.

GLC02414.014

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Colonel Hayes replies to General Scammon that he knows nothing of a Mr. Taylor and his reports but he will check into it. Year is inferred as 1863 because of the locations and the correspondents's military rank. Telegram on stationary of the U.S...

GLC02414.015