circa 1861

Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861

Sheet music

Title: On the Death of Col. Ellsworth

Published by J. Magee at 316 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Image at the top is same as image at GLC03617.07. Depicits Ellsworth falling backward as he was shot. He is grasping the Confederate flag while another soldier returns fire with a rifle over his shoulder. Colored with red and blue. Three stanza song. First stanza says: "The muffled drum beats low; / Our nation's flag droops here, / Drap'd in the dark weeds of wo; / A sword is on the bier. / A saddened nation weeps, / Where her dead soldier sleeps."

GLC03617.09

circa 1861

Hudson, A.L., fl. 1861

Sheet music

Title: Ellsworth's Avengers

Published by J. Wrigley at 27 Chatham Street in New York. Marked No. 844 at the top. Sung to the tune of "Annie Lisle." That song is an 1857 ballad by Boston, Massachusetts songwriter H. S. Thompson. The song is about the death of a young maiden, by what some have speculated to be tuberculosis, an awful circumstance which mirrors the tragic death of the young Colonel Ellsworth in Alexandria, Virginia. Six stanza song, which includes the chorus: "Strike, freemen, for the Union! / Sheathe your swords no more, / While remains in arms a traitor / On Columbia's shore." Framed by several images…

GLC03617.10

18 February 1862

Chilton, Robert Hall, 1816-1879

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsement on verso of letter to Judah P. Benjamin]

Letter from John Slate to Benjamin, requesting that he be discharged due to ill health, with autograph endorsement signed by Chilton as assistant adjutant general on verso. Also with autograph endorsement signed by Vulosko Vaiden as Slate's commanding officer, verifying Slate's letter.

GLC04210.01

15 August 1862

Collins, J. Hunter, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel Ruggles

Says the Federal steamer Sumter (formerly the Confederate steamer Lovell) has run aground nearby, and discusses possible actions. Says "…she lies within thirty feet of the shore ... evidently becoming firmly fastened every hour …"

GLC04210.02

28 February 1865

Foster, Thomas R., fl. 1865

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for one cow]

Receipt for three hundred dollars for one cow.

GLC04210.03

12 April 1865

Allen, William Wirt, 1835-1894

Letter signed

Title: to unknown

Regarding Confederate troop movements. Written on the same day Confederate forces laid down their arms at Appomattox Court House. In pencil.

GLC04210.04

28 September 1886

Chisolm, Alexander Robert, 1843-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Eldridge

Discusses his service in the Confederate army, acquaintances with famous Confederate generals, and worries about the future of the nation. "Bad blood is brewing and must be let to keep quiet. Our Constitution is a good things among friends, but hardly strong enough to meet the inquiety of the present age and demands."

GLC04210.05

18 October 1905

Lee, Stephen D., 1833-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frank H. Furness

Lee is unable to attend an event in honor of "G. W. Hodge, the Confederate soldier whose life you saved." Furness invited Lee to attend a reunion of the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, which Furness commanded. The reunion was to honor G. W. Hodge, whose life Furness saved "in the terrible days before Richmond." Lee cannot attend, but is glad to hear about stories like this, as they promote reconciliation between former enemies, "those of us who had ugly feelings in the 60s are now mellowed and living friends." Lee was invited because he was in charge of the United Confederate Veterans.…

GLC04271.01

circa 1905

Hall, Charles Bryan, 1840-?

Engraving

Title: [Engraving of Stephen D. Lee]

Engraving of Stephen D. Lee.

GLC04271.02

24 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 17, whole no. 3670 (April 20, 1863)]

Special orders from Texas state about discharge from service. Letters from Sabine Pass, Rangers, Fort Pemberton. Battles at Sabine Pass and Franklin.

GLC05959.51.065

27 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 18, whole no. 3671 (April 27, 1863)]

The Impressment bill, with accompanying editorial. Tax bill. Letter from Galveston. News from New Orleans and the Rio Grande.

GLC05959.51.066

29 April 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 19, whole no. 3672 (April 29, 1863)]

Letters from the Rangers, "Rebel," Galveston. Examination of the executive chair. Military power of the U.S. Crops.

GLC05959.51.067

1 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 20, whole no. 3673 (May 1, 1863)]

Letters from the Rangers, Brownville, Galveston. Editorial on depreciation of currency. Louisiana army.

GLC05959.51.068

8 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 23, whole no. 3676 (May 8, 1863)]

Description of a day in Camp Chase. Letters from Richmond, Galveston, Virginia. Editorial on the new battle policy. Andrew Jackson Hamilton. News from Louisiana.

GLC05959.51.069

11 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 24, whole no. 3677 (May 11, 1863)]

Letters from Hon. M.M. Potter, "Rebel." Cotton orders revoked, with an editorial on cotton crops. Soldiers' meeting. The new tax law. From the Sibley brigade.

GLC05959.51.070

13 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 25, whole no. 3678 (May 13, 1863)]

Letters from Shreveport, Galveston. Raid on the Southern Railroad. Yankee conscript acts. Prisoners of Camp Douglas. Fugitive slave ad.

GLC05959.51.071

15 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 26, whole no. 3679 (May 15, 1863)]

Letter to the editor questions who is responsible for the depreciation of currency. Reoccupation of the Rio Grande. News from the North, with an editorial about Northern appreciation. The Louisiana retreat. Fugitive slave ad.

GLC05959.51.072

18 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 27, whole no. 3680 (May 18, 1863)]

News from Beaumont, Louisiana. Battle of the Teche. Editorial on the federal raid in Mississippi. Judge Cleary of California. Free Negroes. Letter from Brownsville.

GLC05959.51.073

25 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 30, whole no. 3683 (May 25, 1863)]

News from Louisiana about the enemy evacuating. Letters from Shreveport, Gen. Henry E. McCulloch. The Constitution versus expediency. The new tax bill. Slave for sale ads.

GLC05959.51.074

27 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 31, whole no. 3684 (May 27, 1863)]

News from Vicksburg, northern Virginia, Richmond, Beaumont. U.S. and Great Britain. Death of Stonewall Jackson. Vallandigham's arrest. Governor Lubbock.

GLC05959.51.075

29 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 32, whole no. 3685 (May 29, 1863)]

Defeat at Charleston. Banks's plantations. Confederate loan. Fight on the Rappahannock. General Van Dorn.

GLC05959.51.076

1 June 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 33, whole no. 3686 (June 1, 1863)]

Operations in Mississippi. Letters from Monroe, Louisiana; Shreveport; Gen. Sam Houston. Editorial about Gen. Hooker and the battle in Rappahannock. Brutal treatment of Confederates. Meeting of the 4th Texas Regiment.

GLC05959.51.077

11 June 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 37, whole no. 3690 (June 11, 1863)]

News and letters from Alexandria. Letters from Louisiana, Galveston, Brownsville. Editorial on Confederate money. General orders for the state of Texas about military command.

GLC05959.51.078

22 June 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 42, (June 22, 1863)]

News about Gen. Johnston in Vicksburg. Northern news. Editorial on Pendleton Murray, candidate for governor. Juvenile entertainment. Correspondence with Lord Lyons about the war.

GLC05959.51.079

24 June 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 43, whole no. 3696 (June 24, 1863)]

Victory in Vicksburg. Poem to the death of Stonewall Jackson. Law of Impressment for Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Lady Rangers. Summaries from the latest papers. Adventures of a young lady in the army. Fall of Puebla.

GLC05959.51.080