1863/08

Tyson Brothers, fl. 1863

Photograph

Title: Granite Hill [Little Round Top], Near [Big] Round Top. [August 1863]

Little Round Top taken from the Wheatfield Road. Text on recto continues: "The stronghold occupied by the extreme left of the Union Army." Graphite inscription on verso: "Compliments of Chas. J. Tyson." Additional graphite inscription on verso "117."

GLC05111.01.0304

1863/08

Tyson Brothers, fl. 1863

Photograph

Title: Cemetery Hill, Showing the Gateway and a portion of the [Evergreen] Cemetery. [August 1863]

Title taken from accompanying text on recto. Taken by the Tyson brothers. Evergreen Cemetery and gate house on East Cemetery Hill. Note damaged window panes from fighting. Graphite inscription on verso "117." A very similar photograph was taken by Gutekunst just following the battle in July. See GLC 5111.01.0225 Also see GLC 5111.01.0523

GLC05111.01.0305

1861-1866 ca.

Upson, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Portrait of Capt. Champlin of Ship "Scorpion" by J.T. Upson, Buffalo [salt print] [1861-1866 ca.]

Title taken from inscription on recto. Commanded the schooner "Scorpion" in the War of 1812, as well.

GLC05111.01.0306

1861 ca.

Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861

Photograph

Title: Portrait of 2nd Lt. William Lowell Putnam, 20th Mass. Infty. [oval, salt print] by John Adams Whipple. [1861 ca.]

Ex-Charles G. Loring collection, note dates Putnam's service dates as 07/09/60 to 10/22/61, when he died from a gunshot wound at the Battle of Ball's Bluff the day before.

GLC05111.01.0307

1858 ca.

Whitehurst, fl. 1858

Photograph

Title: Oval portrait of William H. Seward by Whitehurst [salt print] [1858 ca.]

Shows a slightly younger and less "craggy" Seward than people are used to. There is some loss of image (esp. in the hair) from artist's halo effect.

GLC05111.01.0308

1865 ca.?

Browne, John C., fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: Gen. Ambrose Burnside, Col. Robert Anderson, et al. [1865 ca.?]

On mount. Shows Burnside and Anderson together on front steps of a house with two other men, both in civilian clothing.

GLC05111.01.0309

1864-1865 ca.

Fawx, Egbert Guy, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: View of sailors posed on the deck of the Monitor "Mahopac." [1864-1865 ca.]

Graphite inscriptions on recto: "James River below Confed. battery Howell," "register 6" under x 21/2 high," and "Faux." Graphite inscription "3046" on recto is circled with blue crayon. Stamp of Century Company on verso. Graphite inscription "VI 145" on verso.

GLC05111.01.0310

1862-1865 ca.

Fawx, Egbert Guy, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Sailors posed on deck and in turret of a Monitor class ship. [1862-1865 ca.]

"Sangamon" inscribed on front. Two officers pose on the deck and four other are on top of the turret. Two cannons and two lifeboats adorn the deck. Large mass of chains are on the deck in the foreground.

GLC05111.01.0311

1864/08

Photograph

Title: Officers of the 114th Pa. Infantry at Petersburg [red mount] [August 1864]

Title inscribed on recto. Decorative red mount. Graphite inscription on recto: "7602." Also inscribed: "summer 1864 to summer 1865"

GLC05111.01.0312

1862 ca.?

Photograph

Title: Brig. Gen. Rutherford B. Hayes and other officers, in front of tents, near flag pole. [1862 ca.?]

Hayes is seated in the right foreground, accompanied by a slew of Federal officers and a white horse. A canopy of tree branches and brush stands behind the men.

GLC05111.01.0313

1863/06

Photograph

Title: Officers of the 17th, New York Battery, June 1863 [red mount]

Title taken from inscription on recto. Also reads: "Cat. Page 13-" A box on the ground in the bottom right corner of the tent has the name "G.T. Anthony" painted on to it. This would be George Tobey Anthony, a captain in the 17th N.Y.

GLC05111.01.0314

1864/11/06

Photograph

Title: Co. D 149th Pa. Infantry, Nov. 6, 1864. [red mount]

Title from inscription on recto. Also inscribed on recto "7047"; "Page 13"; "152" and "20".

GLC05111.01.0315

1863/09

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Provost Marshal General Marsena R. Patrick and staff, Culpeper, VA. [September 1863] by Gardner [red mount]

Nearly the identical photo can be seen by Gardner, the exception being the banner above the portico is missing in this image. See GLC 5111.01.0209, .0415.

GLC05111.01.0316

1 August 1862

Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lorenzo Thomas

Badeau, captain and aide-de-camp, writes to Thomas, United States Adjutant General. Writes, "I have the honor to report my continued presence in Washington City, awaiting orders for the field, with Brig Gen T. W. Sherman, to whom I was reassigned by the Secretary of War. Includes his address. Includes a note written by Edward Davis Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, 11 August 1862. Townsend states that Badeau will report to General Thomas Sherman, from whose staff he has not been properly relieved.

GLC05022

25 April 1863

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Marked "unofficial" at the top. General Benham writes to a general whose name is not included. Discusses complaints leveled against him. Encloses a letter pertaining to such complaints (not included). Recently sent one of his best officers to Belle Plain, Virginia to address matters pertaining to pontoon bridges there. Mentions Generals Reynolds and Wadsworth (possibly John F. Reynolds and James Wadsworth).

GLC05023

20 October 1863

Casey, Silas, 1807-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Cullen Bryant

General Casey, who served as president of the Board for the Examination of Candidates for Officers of African American troops, encloses an article which he cut from the New York Evening Post (not included). Informs Bryant, editor of the Post, that assertions made by the newspaper regarding the Board were false. States that Colonel Bowman, in charge of the Board during Casey's absence, also attests that the Post's allegations were false. Reports "The objectionable part of the article, will I fear have a tendency to keep persons of true merit from presenting themselves for Examination."…

GLC05027

1 November 1865

Eaton, Joseph Horace, 1815-1896

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frank M. Etting

Brevet Brigadier General Eaton, paymaster, writes to Colonel Etting, Chief Paymaster in Baltimore, Maryland. Discusses the question of bounty due to loyal owners of slaves. Marked "Confidential" at top. Written on War Department, Paymaster General's Office stationery.

GLC05031

1 March 1864

Gibbs, Alfred, 1823-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F. S. Cozzens

Written from camp near Culpeper. Missed Cozzens on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. On the train to Washington, sat beside a Presbyterian parson. Told the parson he was a brevet Bishop in the Army of the Potomac. Notes that the parson was respectful in consequence, but drank a large amount from Gibbs's canteen. Writes, "I can't be funny under any circumstances... They have just sent the best part of my brigade, and left me here to watch the [river?]." Requests tacks. Wishes he had "redeye" instead of "'certain death' suttler whiskey."

GLC05033

14 December 1863

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888

Letter signed

Title: to Henry W. Halleck

Gillmore, commanding the Department of the South, discusses the measures for improving the condition of African Americans in his department with Halleck, United States General-in-Chief. States "The wisdom of the course pursued, (under my uniform rule to treat the white and the colored soldier alike,) has been fully vindicated upon the field of battle and in the trenches. Every vestige of the prejudice and ill feeling, which existed, between the white and the colored troops ... has disappeared under the excitement of an active campaign ... " States that the troops in the Department of the…

GLC05034

3 September 1862

Mansfield, Joseph K.F., 1803-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry W. Halleck

Marked "Confidential." Advises Halleck "You want the best troops in the line of Washington" and not scattered over the Peninsula, since he expects Washington will be the focus of Confederate plans. Thinks the regiments in Washington should be sent to Norfolk to be trained, and battle-tested men from Norfolk should be sent to join the Army of the Potomac for the climactic campaign. Also offers his services, if wanted, in the Army of the Potomac. 1 black and white bust engraving of Mansfield included.

GLC05043

circa 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: Letter and carte de visite [Decimalized .01-.02]

Letter from George Washington Morgan to Andrew Johnson and carte de visite of Morgan.

GLC05045

20 October 1863

Pelouze, Louis Henry, 1831-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Adam Badeau

Pelouze, major and aide-de-camp, writes to Captain Badeau, also an aide-de-camp. Pelouze reports that when reading the Army and Navy Official Gazette, he discovered that Badeau will be recommended for dismissal unless he appears before a military commission in Washington, headed by General James Ricketts, within seven days. Offers his services to Badeau, asking if he may present his case to the board. Reminisces about old times spent at the "E.C." Feels confident that Badeau can defend his case in person. Notes that he will write to General Richard Busteed and his wife. Remarks, "I want…

GLC05047

2 April 1862

Wool, John E., 1784-1869

Letter signed

Title: to Preston King, Erastus Corning, and Abram B. Olin

Defends his actions, questions why McClellan should rank above him, and advocates a more aggressive military policy. States that he has done everything within his power to prepare his army, and any failings are the fault of others. Also claims that his actions saved Washington, even though he has not been given proper credit for this. Is angry that McClellan, a much younger officer, is being given command over him. Asserts that the Union could have already taken Richmond if they had listened to him and been more aggressive. Also states that he warned about the Civil War before it began,…

GLC05056

circa 12 February 1864

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written by Rear Admiral Dahlgren to an unknown recipient. Dahlgren notes that "The Gunners perpendiculars & Levels you speak of must be some recently invented and highly skientific [sic] tools not generally known, as yet they are certainly beyond our limited ken here." Says "We are doing well as you say, and the Navy are just the ones to Foote the bill." ("are" and "Foote"are underscored; latter may be a humorous reference to Admiral Andrew Hull Foote ). Says last December he tried to get iron vessels, but was brushed off and claims "If they had heeded my prayer, the matter would have…

GLC05058

1863-1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Header Record

Title: [General orders, 1863, no. 1-400 (3 vols), and 1864 no. 1-380 (3 vols)]

Bound copies of general orders for 1863 and 1864 printed by the Government Printing Office. Includes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863 #1), "Regulations for the care of field works, and the government of their garrisons" (1863 #45), Lincoln's proclamation "Respecting soldiers absent without leave" (1863 #58), orders "In respect to the regulating of intercourse with the insurrectionary states..." (1863 #100). Finally, concerning Black military troops, some of them recently freemen, "A Bureau is established... relating to the organization of colored troops" (1863 # 143). Volume 1, 2,…

GLC05061