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to "my darling"

re: delighted, have told everybody (unknown reason) Written at Fort Omaha

GLC05201.028

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes to Estelle the day that he has spent on the firing range. He also expresses frustration about the rumors circulating concerning when they are to get married.

GLC09120.064

to Estelle Spero

Diamond explains that the weekend pass that he had been granted for the coming weekend may be retracted as the corporal has threatened to "knife" him, meaning being given a gig or some other punishment. Sidney describes his day which has consisted...

GLC09120.106

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes attending a bull fight in El Paso.

GLC09120.147

to Estelle Spero

Diamond congratulates Estelle on her "junior phi-beta Kappa appointment". He tells her that his expert gunner exam is the following day.

GLC09120.156

to Estelle Spero

Diamond expresses his distress at having been asked to chaperone the soldiers' Christmas Eve party. He again describes his attempts at learning how to drive a jeep.

GLC09120.157

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes to Estelle the ways in which he celebrated Christmas.

GLC09120.160

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes having conducted a military investigation

GLC09120.161

to Estelle Spero

Diamond promises Estelle that he is not having sex with his "women". Instead, he just practices old jokes, eats and dances with them. Sidney continues to describe his journey down South and the types of homes and scenes that he has passed.

GLC09120.201

to Estelle Spero

Diamond tells Estelle that he is "desperately in love".

GLC09120.202

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes the East Texan scenery that he is surrounded by.

GLC09120.203

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes the company mascot, Mabel the dog, digging a slit trench for herself to sleep in.

GLC09120.204

to Mary "Mollie" McLean

One day he ran into a Doctor Coventry who persuaded him to stay with him. They went to a church now used as a hospital. He met Will in Alexandria.

GLC02161.018

Albumen print of McKinney.

Albumen print of McKinney in uniform.

GLC02179.01.045

Calendar. Monday, December 28, 1863.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.176

Memorial…To the Congress of the Confederate States….

GLC06745.200

Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

White mount with gold border on recto; Anthony imprint on verso. "Grant" penciled on lower third of image. "#134" penciled on verso. Vignette bust portrait in uniform, facing proper left.

GLC07808.011

Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

White mount with Winder stamp and cancelled green three-cent tax stamp on verso. Oval bust portrait in uniform. Similar to images #13 and 14.

GLC07808.012

Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

White mount with gold border. Verso contains imprint of Fredericks, and pencil notations: "U.S. Grant," "60.00," and "104." Vignette bust portrait in uniform. Similar to images #12 and 14.

GLC07808.013

Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

White mount with gold border. Verso contains imprint of Fredericks and pencil notation "Grant." Vignette bust portrait in uniform. Similar to images #12 and 13.

GLC07808.014

[Oval bust portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in civilian dress]

Oval seated portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States. White mount with pencil inscription on verso: "Genl. U.S. Grant, Dec 9 1872, with his autograph written on face of photograph." Date and autograph below image are severely...

GLC07808.041

[Albumen of Ulysses S. Grant]

White mount with gold edges. Vignette bust portrait of Grant in civilian dress. Retouching visible on hair, beard, and clothing.

GLC07808.042

[record from Mount Pleasant General Hospital]

GLC02750.133

[hospital record]

A surgeon informs the Commander of the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers, that Private J. Geary was discharged from military service on 18 February 1863

GLC02750.140

to the commander of the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers

GLC02750.141