23 April 1863

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his sister

Received her last letter after visiting Charles Colcock. Discusses his visit and mentions Colcock's desire for either a commission or a transfer. Describes the weather and cooking as disagreeable, and comments on rationing. Comments on family news. Believes General Robert E. Lee will attack General Joseph Hooker. Hutson was a Corporal, 1st South Carolina Infantry, during the Civil War. Written at Camp Gregg.

GLC08165.53

08 June 1863

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard W. Hutson

Discusses his regiment's recent move to Guineas Station, Virginia. Mentions indefinite reports about the actions of General James Longstreet at Culpeper, Virginia. Refers to a possible heavy movement of troops being orchestrated by General Robert E. Lee. Mentions that his letters may be sporadic due their movements and engagement with Union troops. He revisited a camp site and remembered when so many of his enlisted friends and relatives were still together. Laments their death or separation. Charles was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. Richard was his…

GLC08165.54

25 June 1863

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard W. Hutson

Reports progress on the Maryland Road, citing a current boundary of the Potomac River. Comments that General Richard S. Ewell was in Maryland and General A.G. Jenkins was in control of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Comments that the Union troops are scared, and they should be since General Robert E. Lee is moving forward. Discusses his fellow troops and their treatment by others. Charles was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. Richard was his father. Written a six weeks after the Battle of Chancellorsville and a week before Gettysburg.

GLC08165.55

28 June 1863

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah McLeod

Discusses his regiment's movement into Pennsylvania. He has been instructed to observe the Sabbath. They will march to Strasburg tomorrow. Calls the movement into Pennsylvania a "grand expedition" and expects it to be fruitful. Describes Pennsylvania as beautiful and marvels at the apparent lack of impact of the Civil War on the people there. The people there have not refused to sell them foodstuffs and other goods, but his fellow soldiers have engaged in some pillaging that Hutson disapproves of. Hutson was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. McLeod was…

GLC08165.56

11 August 1863

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his sister

Received the news that clothes were on the way. Is very grateful to have a family that readily supplies his wants. Remarks on beauty of Maryland, and comments that his brother Marion remembers the countryside and the "famous stampede" there the previous summer, possibly a reference to the second battle of Bull Run in August 1862. Mentions news from home he has read about in the papers. Speculates that General Robert E. Lee is amassing troops in Gordonsville, Virginia, to make it "the line of defense." Remarks on traitors contemptuously. Asks about the fruit season at home. Comments on…

GLC08165.57

14 September 1863

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter

Title: to Richard W. Hutson

Writes to his father that General James Longstreet, William Lewis, and John B. Hood's divisions have all moved to the west. They are expecting the enemy to approach anytime. Mentions that George E. Pickett's Virginia division has taken the place of Jenkins and Henry A. Wise's troops around Richmond and Petersburg so their brigade is the only one from South Carolina left in Virginia. Explains that the enemy occupied Culpeper, Virginia yesterday but he feels the fighting in Virginia might be over for this season. Discusses witnessing Robert E. Lee's review of Richard S. Ewell and Ambrose P…

GLC08165.59

26 September 1863

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marion Hutson

Written to his brother from camp near the Rapidan River in Virginia. Mentions that the Yankee cavalry, supported by infantry and artillery, tried to crop the river but they drove them back. The Yankee cavalry numbers worry the troops. Remarks that they were cheered by news of Braxton Bragg's victory in Tennessee and comments that James Longstreet's troops were probably a great help. Anticipates that Union General Quincy Gilmore will attack Charleston but he thinks Confederate General Pierre G.T. Beauregard can hold. Discusses the killing of seven Confederate army deserters and states…

GLC08165.60

17 October 1863

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard W. Hutson

Writes to his father that they have been constantly on the move and he has not had a chance to write. They have taken a circuitous route to flank the enemy and drive them out of the country. Discusses engagement at Bristoe Station the past week. Reports that they suffered but the enemy ran away and they captured many prisoners. Thinks the seat of the war has moved out west. Describes the war ravaged countryside around Manassas but comments that the few people still in residence are very hospitable to them. They are waiting at the river for a bridge to be made since they cannot ford the…

GLC08165.61

28 October 1863

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to my dear Sister

States he has not had the energy to write because camp life is so dull. He hopes 1864 is the last year of the war. Mentions his brother Marion Hutson's furlough and remarks that the furloughs given the troops are too short at 21 days. He will request one when they settle into winter quarters. Thinks that Marion should stay home because he doesn't know how his foot will be and mentions he is glad Charley Colcock is home. Comments that he has the use of the blankets of Sergeant Powell, who is a prisoner of war. Notes that the troops are poorly provided for. Captain Abner M. Perrine…

GLC08165.62

01 February 1864

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard W. Hutson

Writes to his father that he arrived safely back at camp yesterday having left Columbia Thursday (possibly on furlough). Reports that he was able to bring his trunk and is glad because rations have been irregular. He did not have to buy food during the trip because he had enough in his haversack. His friends are all doing well. Mentions that he visited George Mackay and Fraser Miller. States that he arrived just in time to help the Regiment and Brigade move camp into the woods. Gives love to all family members and states Ben Martin is leaving for home today. Charles J. Hutson was a…

GLC08165.64

19 February 1864

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marion Hutson

Writes to his brother that he has been back at camp 19 days and has not heard from anyone in Pocotaligo, South Carolina. Reports on what has been happening in camp since he has been back. Explains that they discussed Congress, first negatively, then with praise for their military tax bills. 133 conscripts have been added, they have gotten coffee and sugar but little meat, they have moved to a new camp, and have praised General Lee for granting furloughs. Mentions that he is lonesome. He is waiting for a box Marion is sending. Comments that is he waiting for a recruit that Marion is…

GLC08165.65

22 September 1862

Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864

Broadside

Title: [Proclamation! To the people of Estill]

Countersigned by R. A. Alston. Message from the Commanding General ordering the Home Guards to come in immediately and give up their arms. Those who do not will be regarded as enemies of the Government, those that do will be treated as private citizens. Indicates that any citizen who ambushes soldiers, "bushwhackers," will be ordered found and shot. "If any of our men are fired on I will lay waste the entire surrounding neighborhood." Morgan was a Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War, famed for his daring cavalry raids behind Union lines.

GLC08176

12 February 1863

White, Jonathon C., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The Weekly junior register. [Vol. 2, no. 7 (February 12, 1863)]

General order no. 96, re. conscription. Biography of Stonewall Jackson. Some articles are translated into French. Article on back page has been cut out. Fugitive slave ads. Pink, gray, and white leaf and floral design.

GLC08177

20 December 1783

Revolutionary War poems

Broadside

Title: to George, Prince of Wales

British hand-colored, printed rebus poems. "On Peace" shows the Goddess of Peace along with the lines: "While gentle peace alike invites/All ranks to share in her delights...".

GLC08255.02

1864-1865 circa

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Broadside

Title: Sherman's March to the Sea.

Anthem celebrating Sherman's 1864 march from Georgia to Savannah, published by E. Nason & Co.

GLC08277.01

1864-1865 circa

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Broadside

Title: We are for the Union.

Publisher unknown

GLC08277.02

circa 1877-1900

Print

Title: Print of National Washington Monument

Print of National Washington Monument with signatures

GLC00186.02

2 February 1793

Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845

Newspaper

Title: Columbian centinel. [Vol. 18, no. 42 (February 2, 1793)].

Benjamin Russell listed as the printer and publisher, located on State Street. Discusses an act to amend the act establishing the United States Mint. Amendment enacted by the United States Congress on Monday November 5, 1792 and approved by the President on January 14, 1793. Lists Jonathan Trumbull as Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Adams as Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate, George Washington as President of the United States, and Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.

GLC01998.03

July 22, 1806

Jarvis, William, fl. 1806-1807

Autograph letter

Title: to Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson's letter to Jarvis consists of one page with docket. Jarvis' draft response, dated 22 July 1806, occupies pages 3-4. Water damage has caused severe staining along the right margin, which obscures some text. wines for Monticello & relations with European powers

GLC03873.02

February 1803

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Header Record

Title: Collection of 2 documents pertaining to the United States militia system. See decimalized entries.

The French purchase of the Louisiana Territory from the Spanish outraged many Americans who feared having too strong a neighbor. In response to growing concerns from the western states, Jefferson, with Congressional approval, called for the state governors to raise a militia of 80,000 men.

GLC04626

7 February 1803

Varnum, Joseph B., 1751-1821

Pamphlet

Title: Report of the Committee Appointed on so much of the President's Message of the 15th December last...

Title continues: "As Related to the Militia Institution of the United States." Argues that when a 1792 Act (GLC01959) establishing a uniform militia is carried out by the states it will provide complete national defense. Not all states have carried out the prescriptions of that act. Submits a resolution requesting that President Jefferson write a letter to the state governors impressing upon them the importance of fully participating in the militia system. This pamphlet accompanied Jefferson's letter (GLC04626.01).

GLC04626.02

28 June 1864

Cole, Frank, fl. 1862-1864

Header Record

Title: Captain of the Wisconsin 37th Regiment archiving documentation of mortal wounds received at Petersburg, Virginia, his treatment at Armory Square. [Decimalized .01- .30]

Captain of the Wisconsin 37th Regiment archiving documentation of mortal wounds received at Petersburg, Virginia, his treatment at Armory Square Hospital, Washington D.C., and petitions of Family after his death.

GLC08291

10 April 1862

Hitchcock, Ethan A., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary C. Hitchcock

"Staton is not an abolitionist...He has made himself so antipodal to Fremont..." Stanton also "hates McClellan quite as badly....McClellan's plan of attack via Yorktown was one of the worst conceived military enterprises ever undertaken..." Left Washington exposed until the President detained McDowell's Corps.

GLC08304

15 September 1863

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General Pleasonton

Awaiting instructions from Washington, asks if there is any evidence that "Lee will cross the Rapidan to give me battle between the two rivers, {which} would prove his having a greater force than we have supposed."

GLC08305

1794

Manuscript document

Title: Iroquois Treaty

Negotiations with General Chapin leading up to the Canandaigua Treaty (Nov.,1794) which was part of Washington's tactics to contain British agitation of the Indians and establish peace with the Nations.

GLC08332