6 June 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 35, whole no. 3530 (June 6, 1862)]

Battle of Vicksburg, with 1700 prisoners taken. Newspaper war in New York. General orders from Texas headquarters regarding enrollment of recruits. Campaign in New Mexico. Sending provisions to New Orleans. Fugitive slave ad. Letter from Judge Munger.

GLC05959.51.046

9 June 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 36, whole no. 3531 (June 9, 1862)]

Defenses of the peninsula. War in Virginia. Letter from Arkansas. Battle of James River. News from Europe.

GLC05959.51.047

11 June 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 37, whole no. 3532 (June 11, 1862)]

Letters from Camp Burnett, Camp Pleasant at Niblett's Bluff. War news from Arkansas, Fort Jackson, New Orleans, Galveston. The River battle. Effect of the cotton famine in Europe.

GLC05959.51.048

30 June 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 45, whole no. 3540 (June 30, 1862)]

Northern views of the Southern navy. News from Savannah. City council proceedings. Editorial on state defenses. Army at Richmond. Memoir of General T.J. Jackson. Affairs at Boonville.

GLC05959.51.049

7 July 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 48, whole no. 3543 (July 7, 1862)]

Vicksburg holding out. Donations of the C.S. General Hospital. Letters from Rangers, Chattanooga, Louisiana. Editorial on hospital fund. Serious effects of the conscription law, Bastrop, Texas destroyed.

GLC05959.51.050

29 August 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 71, whole no. 3566 (August 29, 1862)]

Battle of Culpepper. Confederate operations on the Mississippi. Account by a man in Col. J.H. Morgan's late Kentucky expedition. Editorial on conscripting Negroes. Surrender of the Bayou Sara.

GLC05959.51.051

3 September 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 73, whole no. 3568 (September 3, 1862)]

Evacuation of Baton Rouge. Battle of Cedar Run. Appeal to the ladies of Texas to support aid societies. Editorial on well-drilled soldiers. Heroic incidents in New Orleans.

GLC05959.51.052

24 September 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 82, whole no. 3577 (September 24, 1862)]

Williamsburg recaptured. Army correspondence with Mobile Tribune. News from Mississippi coast. Request for clothes and horses for the Rangers. Battle of Richmond, KY.

GLC05959.51.053

29 October 1862

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 97, whole no. 3592 (October 29, 1862)]

Report of Jack Hamilton. Battle of Manassas. News from the Potomac. Editorial on the signs of the times. Fugitive slave ad.

GLC05959.51.054

January 28, 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 136 (January 28, 1863)]

Reports from Missouri, Vicksburg, Mobile, Nashville, and Richmond. Editorial encourages corn crop. Letters from "Rebel," Alexandria, and Austin.

GLC05959.51.055

February 2, 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 138 (February 2, 1863)]

Battle of the Teche. Execution of Mexican bandit. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Naval fight off of Sabine. Editorial on recent reverses in the war.

GLC05959.51.056

16 March 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 156 (March 16, 1863)]

Fight with the Indianola. Albert Pikes letter addressed to General Holmes. Naval warfare. Letters from Galveston and Louisiana. On necessity paper.

GLC05959.51.057

27 March 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 5 (March 27, 1863)]

Letters from Havana and Galveston. Editorial on the army in Arkansas, and another editorial on northern designs for Texas.

GLC05959.51.058

30 March 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 6, whole no. 3659 (March 30, 1863)]

Letters from the Rangers and Richmond. Editorial on the geographical argument with the western states. Maffitt the pirate.

GLC05959.51.059

3 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 8 (April 3, 1863)]

Plea for farmers to plant corn instead of cotton. Letters from Alexandria, Galveston. Editorial on England's policy.

GLC05959.51.060

10 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 11 (April 10, 1863)]

Taxable patriotism. Editorial on the situation in Tennessee and Kentucky, questioning federal sources. Letter from Brownville.

GLC05959.51.061

15 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 13, whole no. 3666 (April 15, 1863)]

Letters from Alexandria and Galveston. The Yankee conscript law.

GLC05959.51.062

17 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 14, whole no. 3667 (April 17, 1863)]

Battle at Franklin. The danger for the Constitution. Editorial on the situation at Charleston.

GLC05959.51.063

20 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 15, whole no. 3668 (April 20, 1863)]

News from Alexandria. City council proceedings. Confederate states bonds. Hospital donations. Ordinance concerning carriages and other vehicles.

GLC05959.51.064

December 1861

Printed document

Title: [United States Army Volunteer enlistment form]

Blank enlistment form

GLC03619.02.05

December 1861

Printed document

Title: [United States Army Volunteer enlistment form]

Blank enlistment form

GLC03619.02.06

15 March 1860

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert G. White

Discusses the upcoming Republican Presidential Convention in Chicago. Doubts he will be nominated, but is attempting to control the votes of delegates from his home state of Pennsylvania, in hopes of increasing both his chances of nomination and his importance at the convention.

GLC05891.10

January 30, 1860

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert G. White

Discusses the upcoming Republican Presidential Convention in Chicago, at which he is a delegate. Worries that the plan to have the delegates vote by district, and not as a coalition, will greatly weaken his power and reduce his support among the delegates from his home state of Pennsylvania. Marked "Confidential." Cameron served as Secretary of War under Lincoln from 1861-1862. He also served a number of terms as a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1845-1849; 1857-1861; 1867-1877). Cameron remained a power broker in national and Pennsylvania politics throughout his life. White, a district…

GLC05891.11

15 October 1861

Britton, Edward H., fl. 1861-1862

Newspaper

Title: Weekly Catawba journal. [Vol. 3, no. 114 (October 15, 1861)]

Accounts of battles and some minor engagements, including Naval Engagement at New Orleans, Confederates Victorious; Battle at Santa Rosa Island, A Confederate Victory; Battle Imminent at Pensacola; engagement at Columbus. Telegraph items from Kentucky, Missouri, Washington, Richmond, the West, and Norfolk. Miscellaneous ads, including for iron work and hides.

GLC05959.28.01

circa 1865

Ephemera

Title: Radical Union Ticket.

For William G. Brownlow for Governor of Tennessee. Lists John Eaton Jr. for Superintendent of Public Instruction, R.R. Butler for Congress and for State Senate, PPC Nelson. Also has blank space for Representative, and Floater.

GLC01919.02