19 December 1862

Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gross

Discussing the "terrible battle" of Fredericksburg, which had occurred six days earlier. States that "Our troops behaved well." Also "My old Division true to prestige drove back the enemy and retook the lost ground & held it under Artillery & rifles." Encloses a map (GLC02630.02) of the battle. Reports his "loss was 982 kill & missing," and has now returned to "same camps" as before the battle. Wishes to know if the division he now commands "Sustained Chantilly reputation." This refers to Chantilly, the last battle the division fought under its previous commander, General…

GLC02630.01

19 December 1862

Briscoe, James C., ?-1869

Map signed

Title: Position held by the 1st Divn. 3rd Corps After Having Repulsed the Enemy Decb. 13th 1862

Map sent with a letter written by Union General David B. Birney (see GLC02630.01). Shows the Union position on the battlefield at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Various picket lines, topographical features, and the locations of troops under generals Doubleday, Birney, and Sickles appear. Shows General William B. Franklin's headquarters and pontoon bridges over the Rappahannock River at "The Folly." Fredericksburg is at the far right. Signed by Briscoe as First Lieutenant, acting engineer under Birney. Drawn at a scale of 500 yards to the inch. Date from letter.

GLC02630.02

30 March 1866

Stone, William M., 1827-1893

Document signed

Title: Joint resolution, ratifying the amendment to the consitution of the United States abolishing slavery

Document of the eleventh General Assembly of the State of Iowa ratifying the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States which abolished slavery. The 13th Amendment resolution is quoted at the center of the document. Signed in ink by Iowa's Governor, William M. Stone, Iowa's Speaker of the House, Ed Wright, Iowa's President of the Senate, B. J. Lee, and Iowa's Secretary of State, James Wright. The names of the members of the House and Senate who voted in affirmative are printed at left. Printed by F. W. Palmer, state printer, register office, Des Moines. With a few small…

GLC02631

8 August 1780

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Conclusion of letter to Brigadier General Henry Knox ] [incomplete]

Concluding portion of the letter including only the close and signature, stating, "Please to present my best respects to Mrs. Knox ... " With initialed postscript by Arnold, "A line from you at any time when you are at leisure will be very acceptable." Date from docket.

GLC02633

1776/07/03

Danielson, Timothy, fl. 1776

Letter signed

Title: to John Hancock re: supporting a declaration of Independence

GLC02635

1779/11/09

Hunter, Samuel, ?-1784

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Reed

Outlines the best positions for troops to defend the area, reports on Indian attack and scalping, and fears another attack.

GLC02636

18 April 1864

Ingalls, Rufus, 1818-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Pitt Fessenden

General Ingalls writes to Fessenden, a United States Senator from Maine. Writes, "In my letter of today I probably should not have referred to the President at all, and beg you will excuse me- It is certain that Generals Hooker, Burnside and Meade wished to have me remain in the Qr. Mrs Dept" (referring to Generals Joseph Hooker, Ambrose Everett Burnside, and George Gordon Meade).

GLC02464.09

6 May 1861

Mansfield, Joseph K.F., 1803-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lorenzo Thomas

Mansfield informs Thomas, Adjutant General for the United States, that he accepts the appointment of Brevet Brigadier General conferred upon him from the United States President (Abraham Lincoln). Accepts the title "with the hope that in so doing I can better serve my country in the trying circumstances in which it is placed."

GLC02464.11

22 March 1864

Washburn, Cadwallader Colden, 1818-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to H. M. Benedict, Esq.

General Washburn replies to a note from Benedict, a lawyer in Albany, New York. Writes, "I regret that I had not sooner received it that I might have concentrated even in a very small way to the great charity with which you are connected. As you mention that the purchasers of Albums have been promised autographs which might arrive after the fair, I enclosed you a few of mine."

GLC02464.19

December 31, 1863

Wright, Horatio Gouverneur, 1820-1899

Autograph letter signed

Title: Statement concerning the service of Lieutenants Hayden and Hubbell

Major General Wright confirms that Lieutenants T.L. Hayden (possibly Thomas Lloyd Hayden), 7th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, and Henry Wilson Hubbell, 40th Regiment, New York Volunteers served as Wright's aides-de-camp from January 1862 to August 1863, and "are entitled to pay as such during that period."

GLC02464.21

1 May 1865

Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Barnes

Augur, commander of the Department of Washington, Twenty-second Army Corps, writes to General Barnes, commander of the prisoner-of-war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland. Authorizes Barnes to allow a Major from the 28th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, to travel to an unspecified city to attend to business. Written on Headquarters, Department of Washington, 22nd Army Corps stationery. Marked as a telegram at the top.

GLC02465.01

29 November 1861

Berdan, Hiram, fl. 1823-1893

Letter signed

Title: to A. T. Goodman

Berdan, Colonel of the First Regiment United States Sharpshooters, informs Goodman that he is busy organizing companies already raised, and cannot issue any additional commissions. Writes "...I would be glad to have you confer with Mr. Milton P. Pierce of your city & Mr. H. Gilbert Robinson of Sandusky (to whom I have this day written on the subject) for the purpose of raising in your State a Regt. of Sharp Shooters, which as soon as ready, I shall be glad to receive into my command." Written on Headquarters, First Regiment Berdan's U.S. Sharpshooters, camp of instruction stationery.…

GLC02465.04

4 May 1861

Cullum, George Washington, 1809-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John F. Cullum, Esq.

Cullum, Lieutenant Colonel and Aide-de-Camp to General Winfield Scott, writes "General Scott directs me to return his thanks for the valuable compilation of 'Naval Terms' presented to him by you."

GLC02465.06

1863/02/20

Hatch, John Porter, 1822-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. John T. Sprague re: an appointment

Sprague was Adjutant General.

GLC02465.15

1861/12/17

Patrick, Marsena R., 1811-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to S. N. Burt re: investigating and commissioning soldiers

Regarding a case of fraud practiced on two officers, and querying re seniority of two captains. "Onderdonk has raised the Squadron...to a very efficient state, working as it for the last 5 months steadily...."

GLC02465.18

1861/12/28

Webb, Alexander S., 1835-1911

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. E. E. Mausah re: paperwork

GLC02465.31

3 July 1865

Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Orville Nelson Hartshorn

Thankful for his election as a Trustee of Mount Union College, and promises to do a good job.

GLC02467.04

20 July 1863

Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: to my dear Colonel

A pencil note on verso suggests that this document was intended for Colonel John Wilder. Rosecrans, Commander of the Army of the Cumberland, writes after the Tullahoma Campaign. Informs Wilder, "It would please me and your brigade if I could say My dear General. Be please to present my thanks to the Brigade for the beautiful testimonial of their confidence and respect. Tell that noble brigade that I hold in high esteem their past service, and confide in their spirit courage and good discipline for a future of increasing usefulness and honor. Accept for your self personally my thanks for…

GLC02463.19

10 October 1861

Schenck, Robert Cumming, 1809-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward D. Townsend

Brigadier General Schenck writes to Assistant Adjutant General Townsend from Camp Ewing, to request a duplicate of an order he had misplaced. A note at the top indicates that there were originally two orders, one no. 139 and the other an endorsement on a letter. The note is written and initialed by Townsend. Says "The order issued to me from the Head Quarters of the Army on the 7th Sep. last, to proceed immediately to report in person to Genl. Rosecrans, has been mislaid. I want it as a voucher in the settlement of a question of transportation with the Quarter Master." Written at Camp Ewing.

GLC02463.20

circa 20 March 1863

Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Ray

Year previously inferred from content. Stanley, Chief of Cavalry in the Army of the Cumberland, writes to Colonel D. M. Ray, commander of a cavalry brigade (possibly Daniel Mack Ray). Instructs Ray to send half of his command to Salem (Virginia) at daylight the following morning to report to General Jefferson Columbus Davis. Remarks, "Rebel Cavalry in considerable force is reported at that place- Keep up your patrols on the Middleton Pike." Written on Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland stationery.

GLC02463.21

21 October 1864

Wallace, Lewis, 1827-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Major Simpson or Dr. Hassan

Major General Wallace encloses "a list [not present] of wounded officers first arrived from the front. They are now at the depot in a sleeping car. Some of them will probably come here tonight. The rest ought by all means to be removed to the Hospital tonight..." Includes two endorsements by Surgeon J. Simpson on verso. In the first, written October 21, 1864, Simpson notes that Wallace's list of wounded officers was referred to Surgeon C. F. Campbell "for a full report in the case of the arrival of officers from Winchester Va." His second note, written October 23, 1864, indicates this letter…

GLC02463.22

26 August 1861

Wallace, William Hervy Lamme, 1821-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas S. Mather

Wallace, Colonel of the 11th Illinois Infantry Regiment, writes to Mather, Adjutant General at Springfield, Illinois. Recommends Wesley B. Casey for promotion, noting that in a previous recommendation he made for Casey, he misspelled his name. Requests that Mather also transmit commissions for Thomas E. G. Ransom as Lieutenant Colonel and Garrett Nevius as Major of the 11th Regiment. Reports that he will promptly send the names of other officers to be commissioned.

GLC02463.23

circa 4 December 1863

Weitzel, Godfrey, 1835-1884

Autograph document signed

Title: [Recommendation for Captain Vandenbergh]

Brigadier General Weitzel writes: "I do not formally know Capt. Vandenbergh. But I am told by reliable officers that he is a very good man, and would make a first rate commanding officer for this regiment. I therefore hope he will be appointed, and ordered to rejoin his regiment."

GLC02463.24

24 May 1861

Willcox, Orlando Bolivar, 1823-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General Mansfield

Willcox announces the Union capture of Alexandria: "Alexandria is ours. One Company. Captain Ball, mounted, thirty five men and thirty five horses (Captured) I regret to say Colonel Ellsworth has been shot by a person in a house." Directs bottom portion of the note to General Mansfield (possibly Joseph K. F. Mansfield): "I understand there are troops of the enemy at Junction." "Junction" possibly refers to Manassas Junction. Marked as a true copy.

GLC02463.25

26 February 1863

Wilson, James G., 1832-1914

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Stephens

A major commanding the 15th Illinois Cavalry writes to his brigade commander, requesting permission to rescue his servant's children.

GLC02463.26