circa 1863

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: Union counter attack during Pickett's charge, Gettysburg. July 3, 1863

Pencil and watercolor sketch. Landscape of battlefield from above showing men during Pickett's charge. Unfinished with vivid blues and greens. Title is written in pencil on verso. Possibly cut from sketchbook GLC02670.01.

GLC02670.03

1874

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketchbook

Title: [Postwar sketchbook: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad] [word processed inventory available]

Postwar sketchbook of scenery along the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad. Mostly nature scenes like Scranton Gorge, Seneca Lake in Watkins NY, and Paupack Falls in Hawley, Pennsylvania. One pre-war sketch of Gilmanton, New Hampshire Academy, dated 1857 where Bachelder probably went to school. Some sketches are signed, titled, and dated. Some are unfinished. Pencil with watercolor, gray/black wash or ink. Blank pages at the end. Bound in a purple stamped cloth case style binding.

GLC02672

22 March 1866

Tate, Jerry M., fl. 1866

Manuscript document

Title: Agreement hiring a freeman

Signed '"J.M. Tate and B.F. Wells." Also signed by "George." Tate and Wells agree to to pay George, a freedman, $35.00 for his services. Possibly a clerical copy.

GLC02674.01

6 May 1865

Upchurch, Burton, fl. 1865

Document signed

Title: C.S.A. soldier parole for Jerry Tate

GLC02674.02

9 September 1865

Wells, Benjamin, fl. 1783

Document signed

Title: Oath of allegiance

A partially printed legal document. Wells signs his allegiance to the "STATE OF ALABAMA" of the United States of America.

GLC02674.03

1861

Evans & Cogswell, fl. 1860-1864

Pamphlet

Title: Articles of War, for the Government of the Armies of the Confederate States

Published by Evans and Cogswell on "Steam-Power Presses" at No. 3 Broad and 103 East Bay Street, Charleston, South Carolina. The paper cover has correct title, but title page misspells "hte" before "Confederate States." Document establishes the rules "for the government of the armies of the Confederate States." Divided into 3 sections. Section 1 has 101separate articles. Sections 2 and 3 are each only one sentence. These articles are the same rules as that the Union armies used, only with the use of the word "Confederate" instead of "United." Some tears to front cover, mostly at the…

GLC02675

1869

Header Record

Title: Book and note pertaining to Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound Company claims against the United States [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC02682

1861

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: Inaugural address of President Davis: delivered at the capitol, Monday, February 18, 1861, at 1 o'clock, P.M.

Printed by Shorter & Reid. First Printing. Uncut.

GLC02691.01

1861

Confederate States of America. Congress

Pamphlet

Title: Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America

Printed by Shorter & Reid in the first capital of the Confederate States, Montgomery, Alabama. Divided into 5 articles. Pages not cut.

GLC02691.05

July 25, 1861

Jones, Samuel, 1819-1887

Autograph note

Title: A congratulatory address from Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Confederate soldiers following the Battle of First Bull Run

Confederate general Samuel Jones has written "For the 8th Rgt. Ga. Volunteers" on the verso of a copy of a congratulatory address from Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Confederate soldiers following the Battle of First Bull Run, actually requesting this to be read to the troops. The address has been secretarially signed by Johnston and Beauregard, and by Thomas G. Rhett as assistant adjutant general. Beauregard declares "One week ago a countless host of men organized into an Army with all the appointments which modern art and practiced skill could devise…

GLC02691.07

22 July 1861

Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

Augustus did not send Asa, an enslaved person, to Miller, as he did not want Miller to be "better off in attendants than the other soldiers." Rather, he sold him to Dr. Colb, along with Asa's wife and Martha. Augustus gives Miller a word of advice: "The humble shall be exalted-don't think of yourself more highly than you ought to think." He gives Miller information about other soldiers from Rome, and promises that he will do everything in his power to improve Miller's own situation. Discusses the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run), which took place the previous day: "Yesterday we had a…

GLC02691.11.011

7 August 1863

Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Tod

Morgan, a Confederate general, writes as a prisoner of war in the Ohio Penitentiary to Ohio governor Tod. Forwards a note from the warden of the prison, Nathaniel Merion, denying Morgan's request for newspapers. Morgan asks that Tod give him permission to purchase newspapers, as they had discussed the day before. On Ohio Penitentiary letterhead. Writes ". . . In answer to your request in regard to newspapers I wish [inserted: to] say that there will not be any allowed inside of the prison under any circumstances. . . In the conversation which I had with you on yesterday among other things…

GLC02698

31 May 1863

Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864

Letter signed

Title: to D. G. Reed

General Morgan writes to Major Reed, assistant adjutant general in General Joseph Wheeler's Corps. Reports that he placed Colonels Duke, Cluke, and Chenault under arrest for neglect of duty for failing to forward a certificate called for in General Orders No. 4 from Corps Headquarters (possibly referring to Colonels Basil Wilson Duke, Roy S. Cluke, and David Wilson Chenault). Also dropped two soldiers' names from the rolls. Morgan claims the soldiers were often absent, and were captured behind Union lines without leave.

GLC02699

2 May 1863

Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864

Letter signed

Title: to E. S. Burford

Morgan writes to Burford, assistant adjutant general. Relates his failure to comply with General Orders No. 4. Writes, "I would beg leave to say that, with half a Regiment at one point & half at another, with a command scattered over a line of County nearly a hundred & fifty miles in extent, picketing, doing courier duty, scouting, and guarding commissary trains, it is, in my opinion, an impossibility for them to comply fully with the provisions of that order." Reports that to comply with the orders, he would have to place very regimental commander in his division under arrest.…

GLC02700

9 March 1863

Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Zebulon B. Vance

Confederate Major General Hill writes to Governor Zebulon B. Vance of North Carolina, addressing the issue of deserters. Informs Vance that Colonel Wheeler, commissioned to arrest deserters, will travel to Wilkes County, North Carolina. Orders militia officers there to act "in concert with Wheeler." In reference to deserters, states "we seem to have the whole world against us" and implicates "Yankees, Irish, Germans, Danes, Swedes, Poles, Italians, Tories & Negroes" for desertion. Docketed by Vance on verso.

GLC02701

19 July 1861

Anderson, Richard Heron, 1821-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Manigault

Anderson, Colonel of South Carolina Infantry, writes to Manigault, Chief of Ordnance of South Carolina. States "I have been informed that the guns required for the [bastionets?] at Fort Moultrie are under your charge and not at the Arsenal as was supposed. Will you be so good as to deliver them with the carriages for which I applied this morning to Col. Ripley." The docket, possibly a reply, states "4-24pd Howitzers captured in Fort Moultrie order given on Citadel for 3, the other are being on board Stm 'Lady Davis'- For Fort Moultrie July 19/61."

GLC02702

7 March 1864

Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Chesnut

General Hood, commander of the 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee, transmits a copy of a letter he wrote to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Informs Colonel Chesnut, a former United States Senator, that he (Hood) commands Divisions led by James Ewell Brown Stuart, Carter Littlepage Stevenson, and Thomas Carmichael Hindman. Recipient inferred from outside evidence.

GLC02703

4 August 1864

Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879

Letter signed

Title: to Braxton Bragg

Confederate General Hood, Commander of the Army of the Tennessee, relates that Bragg's instructions will soon be followed regarding the command of General Roddy (possibly Philip Dale Roddey), and that Roddey soon departs for West Point. Informs Bragg, commander of the Department of North Carolina, that he (Hood) is taking precautions to prevent the interruption of transmitting supplies. Discusses drawing supplies from Alabama. Mentions that Union cavalry in the area have been broken up. Writes "I try to assure you that I have no intention of abandoning this place... I shall certainly give…

GLC02704

20 March 1864

Orme, William W., 1832-1866

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certification of a sutler for prisoners of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois]

Appoints Luman Burr to the position of sutler (someone who supplies provisions) for the prisoners of war at Camp Douglas. Signed as Brigadier General commanding the Post of Chicago. Orme was promoted to brigadier general in November of 1862. He resigned due to ill health in April of 1864.

GLC02705

20 September 1861

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John C. Fremont

Brigadier General Grant discusses enemy troop movement with Fremont, Commander of the Western Department. States that he has not received news of enemy movement in the past few days, but that the Confederates seem to be retreating from Mayfield to Columbus, Kentucky. Reports that he has not received information regarding the command of General A. S. Johnson (possibly Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate commander of the Western Department in 1861). Relates that the 10th and 11th Illinois Regiments have seven and nine respective companies, stating "These two regiments are commanded by…

GLC02706

December 21, 1868

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsed check from Gideon Welles]

Printed check for $40 signed by Welles to "G" on recto and endorsed by Gardner on verso. With two cent Revenue stamp, drawn on Riggs & Co. Stamped paid on verso by the Nat'l Bank of the Republic, Washington, D.C.

GLC03016

February 13, 1873

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Borie

Writes, "Hearing of your illness, I, some days ago, wrote to Mrs. Borie asking if she and you would not come down and spend a few days, or as long as you pleased, and recuperate and get well again. But before the mail went out I rec'd [sic] your letter in relation to Mr. Gibson [?], and concluded there was vitality enough left to resist the impertinence of a man writing to another's wife as to his health and condition. I did not send the letter to Mrs. Borie, so you need not upbraid her with corresponding with gentlemen, without authority. But if you do not take good care of yourself, and…

GLC03018

10 May 1863

Hammond, W.M., fl. 1863

Letter signed

Title: [Circular ordering execution of two privates in 53rd North Carolina]

Circular letter, hand-written, states that the sentence of the General Court Martial in the case of privates Berry Threat and Dulin Stavnes of Company D of the 53rd North Carolina regiment will be carried out. Says they will be executed at 12 p.m. in the open field in front of the entrenchments. All troops except those on picket duty are required to attend. Order Colonel J. A. Washington, the commander of the 50th North Carolina, to provide 1 lieutenant and 20 men who will be charged "with the proper execution of the sentence." Written under the order of Brigadier General Junius Daniel (1828-…

GLC03063

4 August 1862

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Hayes writes as Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers to Scammon, his superior, as commander of the 1st Brigade. Writes again about Mr. Landcraft and Mrs. Roberts, whom he states were sent on to safety (see GLC 2032). Proposes destroying the works at the Mercer Salt Well, as a squad of soldiers and bushwhackers is operating nearby. "The well is of no great importance in ordinary times but just now its loss would be felt by the Rebels." Informs in a postscript that the 28th has marching orders and that it is possible the entire army will be moved. Written at Camp…

GLC02994

6 August 1862

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Hayes writes as Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers to Scammon, his superior, as commander of the 1st Brigade. Reports that he believes the Confederate force at Pack's Ferry is not large enough to cross the river. Advises, "I would not make a forced march, nor perhaps even start a force until we get further news - No cannon were seen, and I doubt if the force was large..." Dated 7 AM. Hayes signs twice, as "R.B.Hayes" at the close of the letter, and as "H." at the close of the postscript. Written at Camp Green Meadows- located between New River and Bluestone.

GLC02995