1861/11/05 ca.

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Header Record

Title: Six items re: prisoner exchanges after battle of Springfield [Decimalized .01- .07]

1. John C. Fremont. DS: Springfield, Mo. 5 November 1861. 4 p. "Proclamation to all peacably disposed citizens of the State of Missouri..." Cosigned by Sterling Price. 2. Little, Henry. DS: Cassville, [Mo.] 5 November 1861. 1 p. + docket. List of prisoners captured at Springfield, Mo., and released on oath. 3. Eaton, J. H. DS: Springfield, Mo. 2 November 1861. 3 p. "Agreement for Exchange of Prisoners." 4. Little, Henry. ALS: Cassville, [Mo.], to Henry P. Williams and D. Robert Barclay. 5 November 1861. 1 p. re: transmitting list of prisoners. 5. Little, Henry. DS…

GLC06821

1862/05/10

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emily J. Semmes re: action and retreat at Williamsburg

With a continuation on verso, dated 12 May 1862 in pencil.

GLC06822

1863/07/09

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emily J. Semmes re: deathbed description of Gettysburg, Wheatfield

Also discusses severe injuries that he incurred (written one day prior to his death).

GLC06823

1865/05/01 ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Broadside

Title: Chicago broadside printed in white ink on black silk for Lincoln funeral

"Order of Procession" printed in 3 columns. Worn.

GLC06825

1865/11/13

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document

Title: Pardon of Charles W. Dorrance with stamped signature

Stamped Signature of President Johnson (sole example in GLC). Countersigned by William H. Seward

GLC06850

1866/12

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Magazine

Title: Atlantic Monthly. [Vol. 18, no. 110 (December 1866)]

First part, published by Ticknor & Fields. First and only printing prior to the collected works. McFeely p. 255.

GLC06830.01

1867/01

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Magazine

Title: Atlantic Monthly. [Vol. 19, no.111 (January 1867)]

GLC06830.02

1863/01/02

Newspaper

Title: Nashville daily union. [Vol. 1, no. 226 (January 2, 1863)]

Union-occupied Tennessee newspaper printing the Emancipation Proclamation for the first time in Nashville. The proclamation printed in a full column article on the last page. Also includes news about Robert Hendershott, the "Michigan Drummer Boy" who went to war with the 7th Michigan, battle of Murfreesboro.

GLC06842

1863/06/18-186312/10

Newspaper

Title: Record of news, history and literature, vol. 1 nos. 1-26

Complete set of 26 issues and 7 supplements containing news and other related articles concerning Southern life and culture. The Record was published for six months (the latter half of 1863) and was published by West and Johnson. The masthead was engraved by Julius Baumgarten and depicts the seal of the Confederacy between two Confederate flags. Topics include battle reports, casualties, laws, political news, poems, short stories, etc. There is even a "Black List" of southern-born soldiers who betrayed their home to serve in the federal army.

GLC06844

1863/02/25

Newspaper

Title: Weekly gazette and comet. [Vol. 45, no. 20 (February 25, 1863)]

Accounts of Union occupied Baton Rouge. Articles include the battle for Island no. 10, passage of a Negro Soldiers Bill by the U.S. House and the Confederacy receiving a minister from France.

GLC06845

1863/06

Millet, Charles, fl. 1863

Diary

Title: Diary of Sergeant in Company E, 11th New York Cavalry

A member of the cavalry unit known as "Scott's nine hundred." Millet kept as a record for his family in case he did not survive. It details his activities in Virginia and Maryland before, during and after the Gettysburg campaign. It contains a detailed account of the evacuation of Harpers Ferry and the pursuit of J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry. There are also occasional descriptions of encounters with civilians, North and South. Begins June 1863. Rebound in paper, boxed with original cover.

GLC06847

1863 ca.

Broadside

Title: Seventh N. Hampshire Regiment. Stand by the Flag! [Recruiting broadside]

Large and vigorous recruitment broadside printed on thin bright yellow paper with large woodcut of American flag, with streaming ribbon reading "Stand by the Flag." Captain Jesse E. George. Lists bounties and army pay. Printed at the Tri-Weekly Publisher Office, Haverhill. The recruiting office is written in pencil (and partially overwritten in crayon for legibility) "A. C. Clemonts Store, Plaistow, N. H." Also written in Haverhill

GLC06848

1864/03/25

Rivers, William J., fl. 1864

Broadside

Title: To the Youth of Alabama: We are calling to arms! [recruitment broadside]

Recruiting "Cavalry to be composed of those under [age] 18" to fight under Gen. Pillow. Once mounted in an album or scrapbook. On verso were adhered four undated newsclippings: two poems, one news story describing the positions of former Confederate leaders, and one 3-line joke.

GLC06851

1862/10/21

Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883

Pamphlet

Title: A letter from Peter Cooper to ....Abraham Lincoln

Addressing opposition to slavery and duty of govt to induce slaves to fight for the Union. Printed with "what they have to do who stay at home" regarding the Sanitary Commission by F.L. Olmstead. Loyal Publication Society, No. 28-Part II. Disbound

GLC06853

1868/05/21

Newspaper

Title: Revolution. [Vol. 1, no. 20 (May 21, 1868)]

Disbound. Paginated [305]-320. Edited by E.C. Stanton and Parker Pillsbury. Includes editorial by Stanton "The Last Republican Lamp has Gone out" and articles. This issue records the annual meeting of the American Equal Rights Association. Although it survived only for two years, the weekly "made a contribution to the women's cause out of proportion to either its size, brief lifespan, or modest circulation" (Griffith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton).

GLC06855

1864 ca.

Object

Title: Red, white and blue, "Union" patriotic folding paper lantern

Lantern made from corrugated wove paper with cardboard top and base, hanging loop and internal metal candle holder. The paper is printed with blue horizontal stripes (on upper) and red-white vertical stripes (on bottom). The word "Union" (hard to read) is printed at top in the blue as part of the design, with printed Eagles. Too fragile for exhibtion (per SLD 10/9/01).

GLC06864

1865/04/15

Newspaper

Title: Chicago tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 280 (April 15, 1865)]

"The Terrible end." "The news reaches us just as we are going to press, and we hold our forms open to the last moment." The central column has "Postscript. 4 o'clock A.M. Terrible News." Lincoln assassination issue. Foxed.

GLC06869

1864/01/04

Newspaper

Title: Spirit of the age. [Vol. 15, no. 20 (January 4, 1864)]

A scene in the life of General Stonewall Jackson, negro troops

GLC06871

1864/04/27

Newspaper

Title: Camden weekly confederate. [Vol. 3, no. 4 (April 27, 1864)]

Reprinting of official Yankee account of storming of Ft. Pillow by Genl. Forrest; Battle of Bull Run; Battle of Derussy

GLC06873

1864/09/23

Walker, Mary, fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Col. James Hardie

Seeking Presidential confirmation of Walker's rank as Major. "I told the President of the risks I encountered in being taken prisoner on purpose and preventing their attacking our army which we were hardly able to act."

GLC06882

1862/04/13

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton, re: W.T. Sherman promotion to Major General

Requests that W.T. Sherman be promoted to Major General because he was "in the thickest of the fight both days, having three horses killed under him and being wounded twice" at the Battle of Shiloh

GLC06884

1862/09/03

Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Abraham Lincoln, re: recommending Capt. David A. Demmeritt of the CA Vols.

GLC06885

1863/02/19

Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Abraham Lincoln, re: seeking position of military governor of Arkansas

Asking Lincoln to be considered a candidate for military governor of Arkansas

GLC06886

1861/07/08-1861/12/27

Pitcher, Henry, fl. 1862-1891

Diary

Title: Diary of member of 33rd New York Regimental Band

Diary of musician, includes descriptions of 2 photos taken by Mathew Brady, on field near Bull Run (included as .02 and .03), as well as review by Lincoln and McClellan, Professor Lowe warning of enemy's advance from his balloon, etc.

GLC06889.01

August 9, 1862 - February 9,1891

Pitcher, Henry, fl. 1862-1891

Header Record

Title: Collateral of Henry Pitcher. [Decimalized .01- .03]

Includes one discharge certificate from the service for Henry Pitcher, dated 9 August 1862; one general affidavit signed by James Henry, dated 18 April 1890; one envelope addressed to Henry Pitcher from the Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions, dated 9 February 1891.

GLC06889.04