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Engraving of Samuel Wragg Ferguson

GLC02459.43

Engraving of General Wade Hampton

C.B. Richardson Publisher, Engraved by O'Neill N.Y.

GLC02459.44

Engraving of General Daniel Harvey Hill

Biographical note is adhered below the image.

GLC02459.45

Engraving of Robert Frederick Hoke

GLC02459.46

Engraving of Theophilus Hunter Holmes

Handwritten biographical note is adhered below the image.

GLC02459.47

Engraving of Benjamin Huger

Handwritten biographical note is adhered below the image.

GLC02459.48

Engraving of David Rumph Jones

Biographical note is adhered below the image.

GLC02459.49

Engraving of Joseph Brevard Kershaw

GLC02459.50

Engraving of Erasmus Darwin Keyes

Biographical note is adhered to lower right. Photo by J.E. McClees. Published by J.C. Buttre 48 Franklin St. New York.

GLC02459.51

Engraving of Frederic West Lander

Biographical note is adhered to lower right. Print is black and white with gold highlights added to the buttons, buckle and epaulettes. Photograph by Brady. Published by J.C. Buttre 48 Franklin St. New York.

GLC02459.52

Engraving of Evander McIver Law

Includes handwritten biographical note that is no longer attached.

GLC02459.53

Engraving of Stephen D. Lee

A short biographical note is adhered to bottom.

GLC02459.54

Engraving of General James Longstreet

Biographical note is adhered to lower left.

GLC02459.55

Engraving of William Wing Loring

Two biographical notes are adhered below the image along with small portrait of Loring cut out from a book.

GLC02459.56

Engraving of Nelson Appleton Miles

Biographical note is adhered below the image.

GLC02459.57

Engraving of James Johnston Pettigrew

Biographical note is adhered below the image.

GLC02459.58

Engraving of Robert Ransom, Jr.

Handwritten biographical note is adhered to the lower left.

GLC02459.59

Engraving of Rufus Saxton

Engraving and biographical note are adhered to paper mount.

GLC02459.60

Engraving of Charles Pomeroy Stone

Biographical note is adhered below image.

GLC02459.61

Engraving of Louis T. Wigfall

Engraving is a torn out page from a book. Biographical note is adhered below the image.

GLC02459.63

Engraving of Nelson Appleton Miles

Engraving is a page torn from a book and mounted on paper.

GLC02459.64

Engraving of Edward Porter Alexander

Handwritten biographical note is adhered to the bottom.

GLC02460.22

Engraving of William Barksdale

Biographical note is adhered to the bottom.

GLC02460.23

Engraving of Benjamin Franklin Cheatham

Handwritten biographical note is adhered to lower right.

GLC02460.24

Engraving of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb

Biographical note is adhered to the bottom.

GLC02460.25

Engraving of Nathan Bedford Forrest

Engraving depicts Forrest as an older man. Engraved by H.B. Hall's Sons, NY. Engraved for Lindsley's Historical Series.

GLC02460.26

Engraving of Nathan Bedford Forrest

GLC02460.27

Engraving of John Brown Gordon

GLC02460.28

Engraving of William Joseph Hardee

C.B. Richardson, Publisher.

GLC02460.29

Engraving of Thomas Carmichael Hindman

Biographical note is adhered to the bottom.

GLC02460.30

Engraving of Lafayette McLaws

Biographical note is adhered to the bottom.

GLC02460.31

Engraving of John Hunt Morgan

Engraving and short biographical note are adhered to brown scrapbook mount. C.B. Richardson Publisher.

GLC02460.32

Engraving of Gideon Johnson Pillow

Engraved for Biographical Sketches of Eminent American Lawyers.

GLC02460.33

Engraving of Leonidas Polk

C.B. Richardson, Publisher

GLC02460.34

Engraving of Leonidas Polk

Rt. Rev. Bishop Polk of LA. From photograph by Brady. Published by New York G.P. Putnam.

GLC02460.35

Engraving of Alexander P. Stewart

GLC02460.36

Engraving of Commodore Josiah Tattnall

GLC02460.37

Engraving of Richard Taylor

Biographical note is adhered to the bottom.

GLC02460.38

Engraving of General Earl Van Dorn

Browning on right side caused by biographical note that is no longer present.

GLC02460.39

Engraving of Joseph Wheeler

GLC02460.40

Engraving of William Henry Chase Whiting

GLC02460.41

Engraving of Marcus Joseph Wright

GLC02460.42

Engraving of Felix Zollicoffer

Biographical note is adhered to the bottom.

GLC02460.43

Engraving of Orlando Metcalfe Poe.

Carte de visite style print of Col. O.M. Poe 2nd Michigan Rg.

GLC02463.28

Engraving of William Starke Rosecrans

Engraved by W. Wellstood. Photo by Bogardus. Dick & Fitzgerald, New York.

GLC02463.29

Engraving of William Starke Rosecrans

Engraving is adhered to scrapbook mount along with a biographical note.

GLC02463.30

Engraving of Robert Cumming Schenck

Biographical note is adhered to lower right. Photo by Brady. Engd by J.C. Buttre.

GLC02463.31

Engraving of David S. Stanley

Biographical note is adhered to lower right. Photo by Mora N.Y. Engd by J.C. Buttre.

GLC02463.32

Engraving of Lewis "Lew" Wallace

Major General Lewis Wallace. Engraved by J.C. Buttre. Published by J.C. Buttre 48 Franklin St. New York.

GLC02463.33

Engraving of William Harvey Lamb Wallace

Biographical note is adhered below the image. Engd by J.C. Buttre.

GLC02463.34

Engraving of Godfrey (Gottfried) Weitzel

Engd by A.H. Ritchie. Maj. Gen. G. Weitzel.

GLC02463.35

Engraving of Orlando Bolivar Wilcox

Biographical note is adhered to lower right. Severe foxing is present throughout.

GLC02463.36

Engraving of James Grant Wilson

Biographical note is adhered to lower right. Williams, Eng. appears below and to the right of the image. No other information about the creator is present. Sarony, Photo appears below and to the left of the image.

GLC02463.37

Engraving of James Harrison Wilson

Biographical note is adhered to lower right.

GLC02463.38

Engraving of William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks

Biographical note is adhered to the lower right.

GLC02463.39

Engraving of Samuel Ryan Curtis

Biographical note is adhered to lower left. Photo by Anthony. Engd by J.C. Buttre. Published by J.C. Buttre 48 Franklin St. New York.

GLC02463.40

Engraving of Quincy Adams Gillmore

Engd by H.B. Hall & Sons, New York.

GLC02463.41

Engraving of Quincy Adams Gillmore

Biographical note is adhered to lower right. Photo by Howell appears below and to the left of the image and Wm. Murray, N.Y. is on the right. No other information is present regarding the creator of this engraver.

GLC02463.42

Engraving of Charles Griffin

Biographical note is adhered to lower right.

GLC02463.43

Engraving of Henry Jackson Hunt

Handwritten biographical note is adhered to the lower right.

GLC02463.44

Engraving of John Alexander Logan

Biographical note is adhered to lower right. Engraved expressly for "Patriotism of Illinois" Clarke & Co. Publishers.

GLC02463.45

Engraving of Alexander McDowell McCook

Biographical note is adhered to the bottom.

GLC02463.46

Engraving of Edward Moody McCook

Handwritten biographical note is adhered to lower left.

GLC02463.47

Engraving of Irvin McDowell

Biographical notes are adhered to the lower left and lower right.

GLC02463.48

Engraving of Robert Huston Milroy

GLC02463.49

Engraving of John Pope

Biographical note adhered to left.

GLC02463.50

Engraving of John Pope

GLC02463.51

Engraving of John Aaron Rawlins

C.B. Richardson, Publisher.

GLC02463.52

Image reproduction of painting, A group of the "Fighting McCooks," Representing Major Daniel McCook and his nine sons, all of whom served in the Army or Navy of the United States.

Image torn from a book.

GLC02463.53

Image reproduction of engraving of William Passmore Carlin

GLC02463.54

Newspaper engraving of William Barker Cushing

This is a newspaper clipping of an engraving reproduction of Cushing with a separate biographical note attached to upper left. Also there is another smaller engraving of Cushing attached the upper right.

GLC02463.55

Engraving of James Birdseye McPherson

C.B. Richardson, Publisher,

GLC02463.56

[Letter and lyrics of Root's song "Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are marching"]

Root, an American songwriter, thanks Mr. Massett for poems, and transmits the lyrics of "Tramp," a song that became popular during the Civil War.

GLC02467.22

to John Trumbull

Whitney, noted for his invention of the cotton gin, writes to Colonel John Trumbull, an established artist residing in New York City. Introduces Trumbull to Lucius Manson, a young, self-taught artist from New Haven, Connecticut, who will soon visit...

GLC02480.19

[Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC02484

[Words and music for the song "John Brown's Body"]

Transcription of the verses and the chorus for the song "John Brown's Body," with music. Also lists three Civil War regiments in which Jenkins served. One of these, the Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, was the unit that invented the song....

GLC02484.01

to Charles G. Stack

Promises that as soon as his health improves he will comply with the request to send a photograph. Some text lost on the right side of the letter.

GLC02484.02

The story of a song

Jenkins account of the origins of the song "John Brown's Body." Credits Jenkins as "the author of 'John Brown's Body.'" Says the song was created spontaneously by a group of Union Soldiers, inspired partly by a soldier named John Brown.

GLC02484.03

to Mr. Holbrook

Brooks, an influential American Episcopal bishop, informs Holbrook "I have received your note of kind appreciation & acknowledgement of my small help at St. Paul's during Lent. I am sure you will believe that it was a great pleasure to come & that I...

GLC02504.03

Theater and Entertainment: 8 Letters and Documents [decimalized]

GLC02508

to Col. Adam Badeau

Writes that the only spare room he has is for the Clarkes and the spare bed for John Wilkes. Remarks that Badeau is a bit sensitive. States that he will go downtown to visit Badeau soon.
Includes a card with Edwin Booth's signature and is dated...

GLC02508.01

Andrew Jackson

An engraving of President Andrew Jackson. The engraving is not dated, but Walter was a well known engraver from the 1840's until his death in 1875.

GLC02526.02

[Receipt for two prints]

Partially printed receipt for "Two Prints, one representing the Battle of Bunker's-Hill, and the other the Death of General Montgomery." States that Rufus G. Amory paid three guineas, half the price of these prints. Verso signed by Amory, stating...

GLC02542.32.16

The Honble Saml Barrington

An engraving of Samuel Barrington, famed British Admiral.

GLC02542.32.19

[Engraving of Samuel Barrington]

An engraving of Samuel Barrington, famed British Admiral.

GLC02542.32.20

The Hon. Samuel Barrington

An engraving of Samuel Barrington, famed British Admiral.

GLC02542.32.21

Myrtleville Island from the Strand road to []

Sketch of Myrtleville Bay and the surrounding area in County Cork, Ireland. Croker was a famous Irish folklorist.

GLC02542.32.26

[Sketch of a small town]

Watercolor drawing of a small town, most likely in Ireland or England. Croker was a famous Irish folklorist.

GLC02542.32.27

[Print of Peter V. Daniel]

Print of Peter V. Daniel, Supreme Court Judge.

GLC02546.02

to James Dundas

Mentions the marriage of D. Erskine and the parliamentary elections. Describes his first visit to the opera, which he detested. Compares listening to songs in foreign languages (he does not understand) to "those poor bigots who say their prayers in...

GLC02549.17

to James Dundas

Hopes that James will visit "Now that the convulsion of Politicks is over." Mentions "contested elections" and commends "Mr. Pitt, for his Wisdom & discretion in dissolving the last Parliament." Discusses British politics, mentioning Charles Fox...

GLC02549.28

to James Dundas

Asks for correspondence and news about their father's health. Makes a very cryptic comment: "I think the Young Ladies should erect a Pillar in honor of Dr Willis...He has at last out generalled the London Doctors. but as it is a delicate subject to...

GLC02549.31

to Eliza Cook

Cook writes that he has been very sick but is getting better. Critiques Eliza's last letter in which she doubts his love and truthfulness. He writes, "You speak of "Annie Laurie" as being sung in the house I 'used to love so much.' Was this kind?...

GLC02570.58

to sister

mentions he has joined a society in college. also speaks of wanting to improve his letter writing.

GLC02618.001

to sister

mentions a cousin who was recently wounded and may lose his hand

GLC02618.002

to Ma

Stafford describes a prayer meeting.

GLC02618.003

to sister

talks about sophomore year and roommate troubles

GLC02618.004

to sister

complains that he receives hardly any letters, talks about war in general

GLC02618.005

to father

talks about the war spirit and the company that they started at school "Ogletree Guards."

GLC02618.006

to sisters

describes initial days as a soldier, camping grounds, food, the company

GLC02618.007