December 31, 1861

Schouler, William, 1814-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Annual report of the Adjutant-General, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with reports from the Quartermaster-General, Surgeon-General, Commissary-General, and Master of Ordnance

Adjutant General Schouler submitted his report along with the reports of the Quartermaster General, Surgeon General, Commissary General, and Master of Ordnance to Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew. All the reports contain an update on the department, sometimes with pertinent correspondence, and various financial statements. Pages 1-91 contains the report of Schouler. Next is the report of Surgeon General William J. Dale, which is paginated 1-15 (with charts and tables on page 8-15). Next is the report of the Master of Ordinance Charles Amory, which is paginated 1-21 (with charts and…

GLC00267.285

04 July 1863

McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

Printed document

Title: [General orders number 20, congratulating soldiers for their performance in the Battle of Vicksburg]

McPherson, Commander of the 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, declares: "With tireless energy, with sleepless vigilance, by night and by day, with battery and with rifle pit, with trench and mine, you made your sure approaches, until overcome by fatigue, and driven to despair in the attempt to oppose your irresistible progress, the whole garrison of over thirty thousand men with all their arms and munitions of war, have, on this, the anniversary of our NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE surrendered to the invincible troops of the ARMY of the TENNESSEE."

GLC00267.286

1899

Book

Title: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865. Volume II Official reports...

Second edition.

GLC00267.288

4 January 1876

Peyster, John Watts de, 1821-1907

Pamphlet

Title: Nashville. The decisive battle of the rebellion

Address delivered before the annual meeting of the New-York Historical Society by Major General dePeyster. Part of a paragraph on page 4 is crossed out, but still legible. Also a sentence on page 6 is crossed out, but still legible. Gives an account of the build-up to the Battle of Nashville, as well as the battle itself. Originally wrappers and stab stich binding. Speaks positively about Union Major General George H. Thomas.

GLC00267.290

1895

O., Edward, fl. 1895

Book

Title: History of the ninth regiment New Hampshire volunteers in the war...

I Nevins 123, Dornbusch 36.

GLC00267.291

1904

Livermore, Thomas L., 1844-1918

Book

Title: History of the eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, 1864-5

I Nevins 121, Dornbusch 76

GLC00267.292

1888

Toombs, Samuel, 1844-1889

Book

Title: New Jersey troops in the Gettysburg campaign

Title continues, "from June 5 to July 31, 1863." "To the memory of the gallant Jerseymen who sacrificed their lives at the battle of Gettysburg for the maintenance of the Union this book is reverently dedicated." Inscription inside cover: "Butler Post, 35. Compliments of Ye Olde Booke Store, 95 Van Houten St., Jan. 6--92." Published in Orange, NJ. Illustrated with wood engravings, with battlefield maps, monuments erected by the state of New Jersey, and portraits of brigade and regimental commanders.

GLC00267.293

1864

Eddy, Richard, 1828-1906

Book

Title: History of the sixtieth regiment New York State volunteers

Full title is: "History of the Sixtieth Regiment New York state volunteers, From the Commencement of its Organization in July, 1861, to its Public Reception at Ogdensburgh as a Veteran Command, January 7th, 1864." Written by Eddy, the chaplain of the regiment. Published by Eddy himself in Philadelphia at 133 Congress Street. Stereotyping by J. Fagan and Son. Printed by Crissy & Markley. A former owner signed the front twice, once in pen and once in pencil. The name is illegible, but it is dated "Phil 1880." On inside front cover there is a glued paper advertisement for the…

GLC00267.295

1867

Stevens, George Thomas., fl. 1832-1921

Book

Title: Three years in the Sixth Corps

Full title is: "Three years in the Sixth Corps. A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April 1865." Published by D. Van Nostrand in New York. Printed by Weed, Parsons and Company at 18 North Pearl Street in Albany, New York. Written by Stevens as the surgeon of the 77th Regiment of New York Volunteers. Says the book is written mostly from extensive notes he took "amid the scenes described." Says engravings in the book are all from sketches taken by the author and the artist Captain J. Hope, who submitted finishing touches all…

GLC00267.297

1900

New York, Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Ch

Header Record

Title: Final report on the battlefield of Gettysburg

Spine title: New York at Gettysburg. Monuments commission report for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Albany: J.B. Lyon Company. Written in accordance with a New York state act "to provide for designating the positions and movements of the troops of the State of New York on the battlefield of Gettysburg." Contains itineraries, rosters, and casualty lists of the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia, and reports of monument dedication ceremonies. Contains maps in each volume related to the Battle of Gettysburg.

GLC00267.298

1910

Harrill, Lawson, fl. 1910

Book

Title: Reminiscences 1861-1865: Lawson Harrill, Captain Company I, 56th Regiment N.C.

Dornbusch 834. Rare North Carolina regimental history with action in WV, NC and Va.

GLC00267.299

1895

James, Frank B., fl. 1895-1903

Pamphlet

Title: McCook's brigade at the assault upon Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864

Written by James, the former Captain of the 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and later Brevet Major United States Volunteers. The 52nd Ohio was in the 14th Corps. Fold out black and white map of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia on 27 June 1864, which marks where each unit was. Contains an account of the battle and pertinent correspondence at the end. Seems like original paper wrappers, with tape on spine.

GLC00267.300

1906

Book

Title: History of the one hundred and twenty-fifth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers...

I Nevins 144, Dornbusch 304, Nicholson 409. Written by The Regimental Committee. Illustrated.

GLC00267.302

1908

Book

Title: The Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania at Shiloh. History of the regiment

Dornbusch 216. Second edition, enlarged with chapter on escapes from Confederate prisons

GLC00267.303

1888

Smith, John L., fl. 1888

Book

Title: History of the corn exchange regiment, 118th Pennsylvania volunteers....

I Nevins 144, Dornbusch (Penn) 289, Union bookshelf 200, Nicholson 408, Wilkinson 9104

GLC00267.304

1913

Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927

Book

Title: Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865

I Nevins 166, Dornbusch (reference)

GLC00267.305

1909

Clark, William, fl. 1909

Book

Title: History of the Hampton Battery F. Independent Pennsylvania light artillery

I Nevins 70, Dornbusch 24

GLC00267.306

1866

Pollard, Edward A., 1831-1872

Book

Title: The lost cause; a new southern history of the war of the confederates

Written by Pollard, the former editor of the "Richmond Examiner," which supported the Confederacy but was hostile to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. First edition copy published by E.B. Treat & Co. in New York. Sticker at bottom of title page shows this copy to have been printed by Kelly & Piet, Printers & Importers at 174 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Title page says "Sold Only By Subscription." Numerous portrait illustrations throughout. Covers the entire war from Fort Sumter to Appomattox, with a Southern bias. Book is an example of how Southerners coped with…

GLC00267.307

1863

Pollard, Edward A., 1831-1872

Book

Title: The first year of the war

Written by Pollard, the editor of the "Richmond Examiner," which supported the Confederacy but was hostile to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Second edition copy printed in New York by Charles B. Richardson at 594 and 596 Broadway. Title page says "reprinted from the Richmond corrected edition." There is also a title page for the 1862 edition, which was printed in Richmond, Virginia by West & Johnson at 145 Main Street. In preface acknowledges assistance from B.M. DeWitt. Preface to second edition of 1863 is also a response to the critics of the book when it was first published…

GLC00267.308

1863

Pollard, Edward A., 1831-1872

Book

Title: The second year of the war

Written by Pollard, the editor of the "Richmond Examiner," which supported the Confederacy but was hostile to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. First edition copy printed by Charles B. Richardson in New York at 596 Broadway. This book, along with three other companion volumes (see GLC00267.308), is said to comprise the first popular history of the war from the Confederate view. Several portrait illustrations throughout. Pull-out map of the Battle of Fredericksburg is between pages 192 and 193. Looks at the war from the fall of New Orleans to Lee's retreat from Gettysburg. The book…

GLC00267.309

1869

Pollard, Edward A., 1831-1872

Book

Title: Life of Jefferson Davis, with a seceret history of the Southern Confederacy, ...

Title continues: "gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond." Containing curous and extraordinary information of the principal southern characters in the late war, in connection with President Davis, and in relation to the various intrigues of his administration." First edition, published by the National Publishing Co. Bound in half calf.

GLC00267.310

1864

Quint, Alonzo Hall, 1828-1896

Book

Title: The Potomac and the Rapidan. Army notes, from the failure at Winchester to the reënforcement of Rosecrans. 1861-3

Written by Quint as the chaplain of the Second Massachusetts Infantry. Published in Boston by Crosby and Nichols and in New York by O.S. Felt. Electrotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry at 4 Spring Lane. Quint says the book came about from his correspondence to the newspaper "The Congregationalist." Says it is more than a reprint because he has omitted some things and added others from private notes. Says "[i]n no sense do these pages assume to be a history. They contain merely the frankest record of impressions received by an eye witness, or places and scenes in our eventful…

GLC00267.317

1858

Foster, Lafayette Sabine, 1806-1880

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. L. F. S. Foster, of Connecticut, on the Lecompton Consitution; delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 8 and 19, 1858.

Untrimmed and unopened. Foster opposed the Lecompton Constitution.

GLC00267.170

1858

Walton, E.P., 1812-1890

Pamphlet

Title: Revolution in the law of the land. Speech of Hon. E. P. Walton of Vermont, on the bill for the admission of Kansas; delivered in the House of Representatives, March 31, 1858.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Most pages uncut. Walton argues for the defeat of the Lecompton Constitution.

GLC00267.171

1858

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883

Pamphlet

Title: [House report no. 377 regarding the Lecompton Constitution, and the admission of Kansas into the Union]

35th Congress, 1st session. Opens with a report of Representative Stephens, from the Select Committee. Also includes a message from President James Buchanan, and other documents related to the admission of Kansas to the Union under the Lecompton Constitution. Cover is missing. Stephens went on to serve as vice president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

GLC00267.172