circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Blindfolded figure surrounded by other figures]

Pale graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.197

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Female nude standing with grapes]

Black ink with graphite grid; glassine paper.

GLC06343.198

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Five sketches of busts resting on crafted stands]

Pale graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.199

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Fountain design with stag and doe mounted on top]

Graphite, black ink, tracing paper.

GLC06343.200

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Cavalier-looking man [European explorer] armed with a musket and sword with Native Americans]

A ship appears anchored in the background. Template; graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.202

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Male nude wrestling with ram]

Black ink; wove paper.

GLC06343.203

2 March 1862

Williams, Seth, 1822-1866

Printed document

Title: General orders, no. 86

General order reporting the death of Frederick W. Lander.

GLC02459.19.02

24 July 1864

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to parents

Describes traveling from City Point, Virginia to Fort Stevens, and mentions an event involving President Lincoln. Discusses his promotion to 1st Lieutenant of Company 'C.' "…[we] marched through the city to Fort Stevens in front of which we found the rebels in force but our brigade was not engaged with them, the 3d Brigade came up the next day and had quite a little fight, President Lincoln and wife and several other distinguished persons were out to see the fight. A surgeon standing beside Mr. Lincoln and conversing with him was wounded in the leg but this did not drive him away…"

GLC03523.18.19

2 November 1864-6 November 1864

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Two letters. First letter apologizes for delay in communication as a result of the Battle of Cedar Creek. In his second letter he mentions that he received orders from General Ulysses S.Grant to be ready for an attack from "Mr. [Jubal] Early." Is working on muster and pay rolls every night until 11:00, and reports that he sent rolls to Washington, D.C. Mentions picket duty near a grist mill and his relationship with the mill's owners. References poor treatment of Union soldiers in Southern camps, and tells story of a Seargeant Freelove who was captured and taken prisoner by the Confederates…

GLC03523.18.30

3 January 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 260 (January 3, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. In response to an article in the "Chicago Tribune," front page has an article mockingly titled "New Orleans Ruined!-Cotton Doomed!" that says the city's markets will survive if New Yorkers eliminate tolls on Erie Canal. Front page reference to the Henry Winter Davis proposal to keep the peace between North and South. The Daily Crescent rejects it out of hand. Front page essay titled "Secession vs. Co-Operation" by "A Citizen" rejects cooperation, i.e. talks, with the North and says "Redress for past injuries and security for the future are all that the people of…

GLC05960.02.02

4 January 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 261 (January 4, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Only has first 2 pages of a usual full 8 page issue. Front page article titled "No Compromise," rejects the compromise efforts of Henry Winter Davis in Washington. Article titled "The State Conventions," gives updates on the secession efforts in the Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia state legislatures and predicts Florida will secede the next day. Short update on situation at Charleston. Says Fort Moultrie repaired and manned by South Carolinians. Short article says the Governor of Missouri is not in favor of secession. Long front page article on "The…

GLC05960.02.03

February 25, 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 305 (February 25, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Article on University of Louisiana. Description of the New Orleans celebration of George Washington's birthday takes up three quarters of the front page. Describes an "Imposing Military Display." Short item on arrival of Mrs. Jefferson Davis in New Orleans to visit her father. Reference to the safe arrival of James Redpath and John Brown Jr. in Haiti with a group of "colored emigrants" -- the former news of their capture off the coast of Georgia was false. Printing of the "Official Journal of the Convention of the State of Louisiana" on page 2 and part of…

GLC05960.02.06

25 April 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 45 (April 25, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Front page is filled with military notices and advertisements for men to volunteer for various units. Copy of Robert Anderson's dispatch to Secretary of War Simon Cameron after the fall of Fort Sumter. Telegraphed updates from throughout the country, including one blurb referring to Northern troops as abolitionists: "Abolition Troops at Cairo." Reprint of report from "Charleston Mercury" that describes how the news of the fall of Fort Sumter was received by abolitionists in Washington D.C. Several slave advertisements.

GLC05960.02.12

1806

Pamphlet

Title: The Constitutional articles of the independent company of cadets, as revised and ratified, May, 1806.

Printed by Greenough & Stebbins.

GLC01450.448.07

circa 1863-1864

Manuscript letter

Title: [Fragment of a letter to Eliakim P. Scammon]

One half of letter is missing. A civilian women named Laura (last name missing) solicits help from General Scammon on a matter. Dated on 18 March, no year.

GLC02414.186

circa 1863-1864

Manuscript document

Title: to unknown Colonel

Undated, unsigned letter addressed only to "Col." Refers to a Father Park who aided Colonel Fitzhugh by sending money to Baltimore. The writer states by doing so, Park helped the Confederates and states "...by this act not only sympathized with our Enemies but to the extent of his ability gave them aid and comfort."

GLC02414.187

30 November 1861

Anderson, C.E., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Starke Rosecrans

Requests that General Rosecrans approve pay for a Mrs. Shart, who worked in the hospital with two doctors of the 23rd Ohio Regiment. Informs that the doctors were called away before they could submit the correct vouchers for her. With endorsement by Joseph Dank, Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant General referring this matter to Colonel Eliakim P. Scammon, commanding the 3rd Provisional Brigade.

GLC02414.188

25 November 1862

David, T. B. A., fl. 1862-1863

Manuscript telegram

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Handwritten telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from David, the Assistant Superintendent of Military Telegraphs. Advises that the telegraph line to Fayette, West Virginia is completed. States that Major General Jacob Dolson Cox wants the line extended to Raleigh, West Virginia and asks when Scammon will be advancing there so he can start planning the extension. Written on stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

GLC02414.189

January 27, 1863

Botsford, James Lawrence, 1834-1898

Manuscript telegram

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Handwritten telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from Botsford, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of the 23rd Ohio Infantry. Writes that all is ready to leave and that Colonel Carr Bailey White is with him. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

GLC02414.190

January 29, 1863

Botsford, James Lawrence, 1834-1898

Manuscript telegram

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Handwritten telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from Botsford, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of the 23rd Ohio Infantry. States that he will attend to Scammon's recent telegram. The Cavalry have returned. He cannot get information about the Confederates movements and feels the bad weather probably delayed them. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

GLC02414.191

January 29, 1863

Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863

Manuscript telegram

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Handwritten telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from Colonel Paxton. Talks of someone selling goods for Confederate money and states he told General George Crook about it but nothing was done. Informs that $50 worth of goods were sold to a Mr. Rucker for $200 in Confederate money. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Water damaged. Written in Camp Piatt

GLC02414.192

February 2, 1863

Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863

Manuscript telegram

Title: to James M. Botsford

Handwritten telegram to Botsford, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of the 23rd Ohio Infantry from Colonel Paxton. Asks what to do with eight prisoners and some witnesses he has at the camp. Informs that 21 of Godfrey's loyal men came in almost naked and asks if he can supply them with clothing. Has heard that some Confederates are about 45 miles away and states that the refugees feel they can be captured. With pencil endorsement on verso telling Paxton to two Captains about the prisoners. Possibly the hand of Brigadier General Eliakim P. Scammon. On stationary of the U.S. Military…

GLC02414.193

February 3, 1863

Taylor, William, fl. 1863

Manuscript telegram

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Handwritten telegram to General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio. Informs that he has heard that the Confederates just held a council and have decided to attack in the valley soon as they are short on provisions. Reports that there were guerillas between Piney and Fayette, West Virginia last Friday. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

GLC02414.194

February 3, 1863

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Scammon endorsement on a telegram to James L. Botsford]

Handwritten telegram to Captain Botsford, Assistant Adjutant General, from Colonel Toland. Asks where between Piney and Fayette, West Virginia someone named Thurman (possibly a Confederate) is supposed to be. With autograph endorsement signed in initials by General Eliakim Scammon of the 23rd Ohio saying received. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

GLC02414.195

February 4, 1863

Manuscript telegram

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Handwritten telegram to General Scammon. Reports on scouting information about Confederate movements. States that Harrison's cavalry will go to Summerville, West Virginia. Informs that the Confederates are determined to move into the Kanawha Valley if possible. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

GLC02414.196