January 13, 1865

Casey, Silas, 1807-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Reuben E. Fenton

Recommending Hampden Waldron, a First Lieutenant on his staff, for promotion, with an autograph endorsement signed by Edwin D. Morgan, also supporting a promotion for Waldron.

GLC02462.02

6 September [1862?]

Gibbon, John, 1827-1896

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frank A. Haskell

Orders Haskell and his troops to rendezvous with Gibbon and his men inside Washington. Dated to 9:30 PM. Signed as Brigadier General. Also mentions Sixth Wisconsin and General Hooker. Day and month given, but no year. Written some time between 1861 and 1863, most likely 1861.

GLC02462.07

22 April 1862

Hays, Alexander, 1819-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John W. Werell

Explaining why the muster rolls for his regiment have yet to reach Washington, and says he will now keep the rolls on him until Werell can reach him.

GLC02462.10

10 December 1862

Heintzelman, Samuel P., 1805-1880

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John C. Kelton

Has received an order requesting reports from all commanders under General Pope in the Army of Virginia, and states he will send his report soon.

GLC02462.11

25 March 1864

Morgan, George Washington, 1820-1893

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate of service for Edwin Saunders]

Certifying that Captain Edwin Dean Saunders served on his staff.

GLC02462.14

11 August 1862

Sherman, Thomas W. (Thomas West), 1813-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Adam Badeau

Orders Badeau, an attache on Sherman's staff, to New Orleans.

GLC02462.20

18 November 1874

Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874

Document signed

Title: [Naval pass]

Issued from the Navy Yard. Pass for one ton of coal, private property of R. T. Hieston. Cushing signs as commander, one month before his death. Two names appear on verso (possibly signatures): John P. Cahill, watchman, and John O'Neill.

GLC02463.04

24 June 1864

McCook, Edward M., 1833-1909

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Washington Lafayette Elliott

General McCook, commander of 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, transmits a communication from a surgeon in charge of an unspecified Confederate hospital. Indicates he intends "to send it through by a bye road in rear of their pickets so as to find their main camp. I can do it without difficulty unless the General Commanding sees some impropriety in it; or probably he would prefer sending it from his front." Requests that Elliot, Chief of Cavalry, respond that evening, and that he indicate whether McCook should send the letter through by flag of truce. Written on Headquarters,…

GLC02463.12

January 22, 1862

Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant Colonel Cummings

Orders Cummings' regiment to focus all their work "on the breast work in front of my quarters." The works have been taking too long to finish, and Early demands that "the whole of your regiment fit for duty except the guard...get all the axes spades shovels and picks...and put them to work under your personal superintendence." Docket in pencil. Addressed to "Lt Col Cummings." Written at "Head Quarters 2nd Brigade 1st Division 1st Corps Army Potomac." One bust engraving of Early included as collateral.

GLC02461.05

22 March 1853

Floyd, John Buchanan, 1806-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert McClelland

Floyd, a member of the Virginia state legislature, writes to McClelland, United States Secretary of the Interior. Recommends the appointment of General Douglas B. Layne for the post of Marshall of the Western District of Virginia. Writes, "He is at present in the senate of Va & a most efficient member, enjoying the confidence of his party..." One bust engraving of Floyd included as collateral.

GLC02461.06

13 March 1865

Fry, Birkett Davenport, 1822-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. M. Otey

General Fry, in command of the Augusta District, writes to Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Otey (possibly John M. Otey), Assistant Adjutant General. Has just received a dispatch directing the extension of a courier line from Columbia to Winnsboro, South Carolina. Sends a duplicate of his communication. Reports that the pontoon bridge at Lisbon, Georgia is finished. Docket notes that this letter was received 20 March 1865.

GLC02461.07

29 April 1861

Heth, Henry, 1825-1899

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: to John Letcher

Randolph Harrison applies to Virginia Governor John Letcher for the position of Captain in the Quartermaster's Department of the State of Virginia. Lieutenant Colonel Heth endorses Harrison's request, from the Quartermaster General's Office in Richmond. Signature on docket is illegible. One bust engraving of Heth included as collateral.

GLC02461.08

8 June 1862

Hill, Ambrose P., 1825-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Hall Chilton

General Hill writes to Colonel Chilton, Assistant Adjutant General serving under Robert E. Lee, to discuss an endorsement on an enclosed application [not present]. Hill desires a detail for the applicant as a clerk in the adjutant general's office of Hill's division; says he cannot assign his nephew to the post, as they are not in the same division. On verso, is an autograph endorsement signed by Chilton, referring this request to General Henry Alexander Wise. There is also an autograph endorsement signed by Wise in pencil, 9 June 1862, remarking that Hill's request should be complied with "…

GLC02461.09

8 May 1861

Hunton, Eppa, 1822-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel Ruggles

Hunton informs General Ruggles: "I resigned my position of Brig Genl of Ma. and obtained the place of Col of active volunteers." Notes that General Robert E. Lee ordered him to report to General Cocke (possibly Philip St. George Cocke). Remarks, "I assure you it gave me no pleasure to be transferred from your command." One bust engraving of Hunton included as collateral.

GLC02461.10

10 March 1864

Imboden, John D., 1823-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Smith

General Imboden writes from Headquarters of the Valley District. Imboden's friend, [Aylette?] B. Coleman of Nelson County, Virginia, was a volunteer aid on his staff, "but the promulgation of an order prohibiting men liable under the Conscript Act from holding that position deprived him of it." Requests that Smith, Governor of Virginia, appoint Coleman as an officer to a battalion which is to be organized for guard duty. Docket notes that this recommendation was received 22 March 1864.

GLC02461.11

28 April 1863

Jenkins, Albert Gallatin, 1830-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Letcher

General Jenkins requests arms from Letcher, Governor of Virginia. Reports that many of his men are not armed. Writes, "My command being made up of a lot of Refugees who have lost everything- We stand but little chance in the... competition for arms from other [struck: & men] Commands." Docket from 9 May 1863 notes that Jenkins's application has been declined.

GLC02461.12

May 25, 1863

Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Zebulon Baird Vance

General Jordan thanks Vance, Governor of North Carolina, for a letter intercepted from a clerk on the U.S.S. Huron, off of the Charleston Harbor. Thanks Vance in the absence of General P.G.T. Beauregard. Written on Headquarters, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida stationery.

GLC02461.15

22 April 1861

Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Letcher

Colonel Kemper, General in the Provisional army of Virginia, informs Letcher, Governor of Virginia: "Ambrose P. Hill of this state, late a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and of long experience in the service, is now on his way to Virginia from the West- with the view of tendering his services to the State. I humbly hope that the State will secure the benefit of his valuable services."

GLC02461.16

18 August 1862

Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Ould

Brigadier General Lee writes to Colonel Robert Ould, Eastern Confederate agent for the exchange of prisoners. Requests that Ould examine the case of William Meade, a Bugler, Co. L, 1st Virginia, and to evaluate the case for the possibility Meade's exchange. Reports that Meade was taken prisoner December 1861, and was released on parole. Writes, "He is quite young and perhaps hardly understands the nature or obligation of parole- he is such a fine soldier I should like him to be released if possible in any way from his obligation."

GLC02461.17

December 11, 1862

Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses troop movements in preparation for the Battle of Fredericksburg. Discusses Confederate plans if they are attacked and relates enemy troop movements. Written at 9:25 p.m., less than two days before the battle began. Written to an unknown General.

GLC02461.18

30 September 1861

Magrunder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Letcher

General Magruder requests that Captain Jeff Phillips (possibly Jefferson C. Phillips), of the 'Old Dominion Dragoons,' be promoted to the position of Lieutenant Colonel of a cavalry regiment. Relates that Phillips has been recommended by Colonels Hood and Johnson (possibly referring to John Bell Hood). Informs Letcher, Governor of Virginia, "If his signal services be not recognized by promotion it will have an injurious effect on all those who are heroic & properly ambitious."

GLC02461.19

28 May 1861

Mahone, William, 1826-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Possibly created in Norfolk, Virginia. Mahone notes that Colonel Butt (possibly Alexander Bruce Butt), who bears this letter, will visit Richmond seeking a commission in the Provisional Army of Virginia. Notes that Butt is Commandant of the 7th Regiment of Militia and a bank clerk. Writes, "He feels the Common Patriotic impulse of our people and is unwilling to with hold his services from the conflict before us, for the more agreeable occupation which shields him from service."

GLC02461.20

January 22, 1865

Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Pierre G. T. Beauregard

Confederate Major General Maury writes to General Beauregard requesting that he make known what work the engineers should focus on first. Asks if the work above the city should be put off until the work at Bay Shore is completed. Informs, "At present we have but few negroes - ...There are two or three hundred negroes on Eastern Shore who will be over here tomorrow." Written on stationary from Headquarters, District of the Gulf.

GLC02461.21

circa 14 October 1885-1886

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marcus Joseph Wright

Mosby, who led partisan ranger bands during the Civil War, writes to Wright, a Civil War General and author/biographer. Mentions that while reading Hall's International Law, he found a reference to "Instructions issued during the war to the Army in reference to the treatment of guerilla, or partisan troops." Asks Wright to acquire the instructions and send them to him (Mosby). Also requests that Wright send any proof sheets that contain information about Mosby's command during the Civil War. Notes that his daughters live in Alexandria, Virginia, and that he hopes Wright will visit them.…

GLC02461.22

19 May 1863

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph note signed

Title: [John S. Mosby's safe conduct pass for William L. Yurk, 5th Michigan Cavalry].

An undated safe conduct pass, signed by Mosby as "Major, CSA." "This prisoner captured by my command in Loudon Co VA. has been sent to the Federal lines." On the verso is the certified promise of William L. Yurk (5th Michigan Cavalry) not to take up arms against the Confederate States until exchanged. The oath, dated 19 May 1863, is witnessed by John R. Carter, Captain of the 8th Virginia Infantry.

GLC02461.23