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Diary of drummer boy in 138th Pennsylvania Regt.

Refers to Brandywine, Shenandoah, siege of Petersburg, and Winchester.

GLC07007

Deserters!

Lists names, ages, occupations, home counties of 9th Congressional District, Pennsylvania for draftees who failed to report for duty. Offering $300 reward for arrest of "all delinquent men".

GLC07015

to Benson J. Lossing re: Colchester Monument; traveling to Rome

Writes of Colchester Monument and a planned trip to Rome where he will embrace "The atmosphere of art, which I suppose must make artists of all who inhale it".

GLC07025.03

In the Supreme Court of the United States [fugitive slaves]

Continued: "John Van Zandt, Ad Sectum Wharton Jones. Argument for the defendant." Unsuccessful defense by Seward and Salmon P. Chase of Ohio farmer Van Zandt, sued by slave owner for unwittingly picking up 9 fugitive slaves.

GLC07036

A letter to Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States...

by Junius Philaeneus. Denouces Jefferson.

GLC07037

Observations on the nature and use of paper credit

Includes proposals for a national bank. Ex-libris stamps.

GLC07038

Report of the Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason...

Printed by B. F. Moore. With errata. Bound in original marbled boards

GLC07041

Bull's Run [Confederate song about Battle of Bull Run]

Confederate imprint of lyrics to tune of "Wait for the wagon".

GLC07042

Regulations for the city of Franklin.

"For the City of Franklin and Persons within our Jurisdiction." Occupation orders printed by the Provost Marshal's office. Printed on cream floral pattern wallpaper.

GLC07046

to: his mother.

GLC07059.05

to Mother

One letter addressed to his mother dated "Sunday Afternoon."

GLC07059.06

[Maps of areas surrounding Staunton and Harrisonburg]

Hand-drawn maps in blue and red pencil of areas surrounding Staunton and Harrisonburg, Virginia.

GLC07059.17

[Hand-drawn map]

Hand-drawn map in red and blue pencil.

GLC07059.19

to:Lt. Col. J. Layton.

GLC07059.33

"In Memorian."

Poem composed in memory of her brother.

GLC07059.59

to Josephine Waud re: experiences with Army of the Potomac; Chancellorsville

A long letter to his sister concerning his experiences in the Army of the Potomac. "We fought for three days against Lee and 50,000, and owning to the stupidity of our General 'Fighting Joe Hooker' lost the Battle and between 30,000 and 40,000." He...

GLC07066

Gen. W.F. Barry [&] Gen. W.T. Sherman Before Atlanta

Image of Generals William Farquhar Barry and William Tecumseh Sherman and their staff gathered around an artillery piece at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia. The background is blurred and composed of rolling, empty fields. According to the...

GLC07067

[Photograph of General Robert E. Lee]

3/4 length bust portrait of Lee. Variant of Meredith p. 61 (which has full image). This photograph is one of the series which Brady took at Richmond after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.

GLC07075

to Alexander Robinson Boteler

Writes to Boteler, the representative of Virginia's 10th District to the Provisional and First Regular Confederate Congresses (who also would serve on his staff when Congress was not in session) and addresses him as "colonel." Discusses the issue of...

GLC07080

to George W. C. Lee

Addressed to "Boo" (his son's nickname), then a student at West Point. Comments on the construction of Fort Carroll in Baltimore, which Lee was supervising. Discusses the charge against his son of keeping alcohol in his room, for which George...

GLC07081.01

to William B. Hartley

Discusses financial matters related to an account for $12,953.95. Munford held a position in the office of the first auditor of the U.S. treasury and was Virginia's secretary of state. Hartley was business agent for Connecticut arms manufacturer...

GLC07082.01

to E. T. Lawsing

Beauregard replies to an inquiry about the origins of the name "Stonewall" for General Thomas J. Jackson after the 1st Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). He refers him to his article titled "Bull Run" and published in the Century. He remarks, "Most of us...

GLC07082.02

to John J. Pettus

Writes to the Governor of Mississippi about Rankin county, Mississippi, which is in very bad condition due to a lack of able bodied men. They fear a slave uprising. "In our county the able bodied men have been so reduced by volunteering and...

GLC07082.03

to Abraham Lincoln

Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army responds to President Lincoln's letter of 12 September (refer to GLC07084.01). Writes "It has been my intention for a week...to see Sheridan and arrange what was necessary to enable him to start...

GLC07084.02

to John

Gives an update on news near the end of the war to an unknown friend named John. Reports that Charleston, Georgetown, Fort Fisher, Wilmington and Confederate General Benjamin Butler have all fallen. Also writes about Union General Philip A...

GLC07085