1863

Jenney, William Le Baron, 1832-1907

Map signed

Title: [Civil War map of Mississippi and Alabama]

Covers northern segments of the two states, showing towns, watercourses, railroads, and roads. Also shows Corinth and vicinity. The Tennessee River appears prominently, colored with a light blue paint wash. The map is painted and drawn on a coated, fine weave "architect's" linen. Noted as "Official" by Captain "W. L. B. Jenney," an engineer in the 15th Army Corps, on 16 October 1863. Jenney was then on the staff of General William T. Sherman.

GLC07086.03

circa 1861

Klosterman, H., fl. 1861

Map

Title: Map of the Seat of War in South Carolina

Shows the Atlantic coast from Savannah to Winyaw Bay, with Charleston featured prominently in the lower center. Indicates towns, roads, and some topographical features. Painted and drawn on a coated, fine weave "architect's" linen. Mostly black and white, with the red and blue watercolor lines painted on the back. Signed by H. Klosterman, Chief Engineer of the15th Army Corps. The map is missing a triangular section at top right, affecting a portion of the image.

GLC07086.04

10 March 1862

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Discussing Mary Todd Lincoln's influence in military matters. Says that others have "asserted that Mrs Lincoln was one of the parties whose influence had operated on me." Also praises some of Stanton's early changes in dispositions of troops. Marked "Private."

GLC07091

circa 1864

Object

Title: [Purple and blue "Union" paper 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 or painted with blue and purple (perhaps once burgundy or dark red), with the word "Union" printed twice as part of the design. Very fragile. Folded accordion style. Height if opened: approximately 23 cm.

GLC07096

circa 7 March 1873

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

Letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Franklin Butler

Townsend, United States Adjutant General, replies to a letter from Butler, who served as a General in the Civil War. Informs Butler that in the Civil War, 7,122 African American men served as officers, and 178,975 served as enlisted men, for a total of 186,097. Docketed by Butler, who states that James A. Cunningham, Adjutant General of Massachusetts, had requested the information Townsend supplied. Also docketed 11 March 1873 by Cunningham, who states that the information was transmitted to Massachusetts State Representative J. B. Smith. Includes an Adjutant General's Office stamp.…

GLC07200

1861

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Header Record

Title: to Eben R. Ayers; archive of 4 letters. re: activities early in civil war [Decimalized .01- .04]

1. 6 July 1861, 2. 25 November 1861, 3. 22 Sept 1861 and 4. 31 Oct 1861.

GLC07187

9 May 1865

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

Broadside

Title: Gen. Forrest to his troops.

Title from heading. Addressed to "soldiers." Details the fact that "the troops of this Department have been surrendered. ...That we are BEATEN is a self evident fact, and any further resistance on our part would be justly regarded as the very height of folly and rashness." Encourages full cooperation with the Federal authorities.

GLC07197

May 1863

McCasky, J.E., fl. 1863

Painting

Title: [Captive soldier in Libby Prison]

Oil on canvas, unstretched, of older Union soldier, with white hair and a mustache, seated on the ground in a despairing pose, holding his hand to his forehead, near a rifle. Signed at lower right "J. E. McCasky [or McCosky], NY / Libby Prison / May [?] 1863." The soldier is silhouetted behind the unpainted background. Fictionalized image, possibly intended for illustration.

GLC07201

1861-1864 ca.

Header Record

Title: Civil War collection of 98 letters re: Ft. Wagner, Gettysburg, Charleston [Decimalized .01- .103]

Includes Jackson, Miss., also mentions "Gorilla Bands"

GLC07205

circa 1864

Ringwalt & Brown, fl. 1863-1865

Broadside

Title: Attention Troopers! To Horse! To Horse!

Civil War recruitment broadside. Col. E. G. Chormann's Independent Mounted Rangers. Recruiting "A regiment armed like the Regular Cavalry, with Sharp's Carbine, Colt's Revolver and Sabre." Notes bounty for Philadelphia, state and U.S. Printed in green and red ink by Ringwalt & Brown. Losses at corners affecting text noticeably at lower left. Tape stains.

GLC07209

1861-1877

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Header Record

Title: Letters 1st Cal. Regt. re: camp life; southerners; McClellan; slavery [decimalized]

Collection of 60 ALS by Foot Soldier, in first Ca. Regiment. "It is turned into a war to put money in political pockets and to free the niggers;" Lincoln: "His mind is not able to comprehend the simple game of checkers let alone the war like game of chess." Charleston; Maryland, Winchester; Richmond, Deserter Executed; with 8 collateral letters and gold nuggets (0.2 ounces) accompanying #7.

GLC07164

24 June 1863

Stuart, James Ewell Brown, 1833-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Beverly H. Robertson

Orders for Robinson, who is being sent on reconaissance. Mentions James Longstreet and Robert E. Lee. Originally included orders for General William E. Jones. "Your object will be to watch the enemy, deceive him as to our designs, and harass his rear if you find he is retiring. Be always on the alert; Let nothing escape our observation, and miss no opportunity which offers to damage the enemy."

GLC07181

10 July 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [John A. Gurley intends to establish a civil government for Arizona]

Signed by Lincoln on 11 July 1863. Brigadier General Edward Canby informs Major General Schofield that John A. Gurley, the Governor of Arizona, will be passing through the Missouri Territory. Requests that Schofield, stationed in Missouri, provide Gurley with an escort. States that Gurley and his party intend to organize a civil government for the Arizona Territory; Lincoln approves this intention.

GLC07158

24 November 1861

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mathilda M. Rhett

Thanks her for her letter and updates her on current events of the Civil War. "Much is to be done & yet our invaders have everything their own way. It will not be so always & our turn will come some day. They have complete control of the waters, our inland seas furnish them with every facility for savaging our coast, which will delight them to do." Writes that he misses his wife and mentions his children.

GLC07157

1 May 1863

Bryan, M.K., fl. 1863

Broadside

Title: Regulations for the city of Franklin.

"For the City of Franklin and Persons within our Jurisdiction." Occupation orders printed by the Provost Marshal's office. Printed on cream floral pattern wallpaper.

GLC07046

20 September 1865

Waud, Alfred R., fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Josephine Waud re: experiences with Army of the Potomac; Chancellorsville

A long letter to his sister concerning his experiences in the Army of the Potomac. "We fought for three days against Lee and 50,000, and owning to the stupidity of our General 'Fighting Joe Hooker' lost the Battle and between 30,000 and 40,000." He also adds: "I took the train to Frederick where our party exchanged the iron for flesh blood horses and rode to the Battle of Gettysburgh." Includes envelope [from another letter?] and albumen photograph of Waud.

GLC07066

1864

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: Gen. W.F. Barry [&] Gen. W.T. Sherman Before Atlanta

Image of Generals William Farquhar Barry and William Tecumseh Sherman and their staff gathered around an artillery piece at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia. The background is blurred and composed of rolling, empty fields. According to the Library of Congress the men pictured are, from left: Major L.M. Dayton, Lt. Colonel E.D. Kittoe, Colonel A. Beckwith, Colonel Orlando M. Poe, General Barry, Colonel W. Warner, Colonel T.G. Baylor, General Sherman, Captain, G.W. Nichols, an unidentified major, Colonel C. Ewing, and Captain J.E. Marshall. A note on the mount reads "M.O.L.L. Mass from…

GLC07067

1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Execution of Captain Wirz, the keeper of Andersonville Prison

Red mount. Printed by Taylor & Huntington. With list of views on verso.

GLC07220

April 1865

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph signed

Title: [Signed carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant]

Signed photograph of Grant as Lt. General, taken by Frederick Gutekunst. Standing portrait of General Grant with his left hand in his vest, taken in the spring of 1865. Grant is wearing a black mourning band on his left arm in remembrance of Abraham Lincoln, who had recently been assassinated. Verso contains docket with autograph note signed by J. Harper and plate of Pittsburgh bookseller. Harper's note states that he got the autograph from Grant himself, and is giving it to a friend, Mrs. Chuffat. Same photograph as GLC01320.01.

GLC07338

24 September 1863

Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gouverneur Kemble Warren

General Hancock writes to Major General Warren to inform him that he has not been offended by Warren's actions "in reference to the number of aides." Describes his injury sustained at Gettysburg and his desire to return to the field. Writes that he has always wished to break up the Irish Brigade (it was never disbanded, but consolidated a number of times). Comments on the attributes of commanders Nelson Appleton Miles, William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks, and Thomas Jefferson McKeen.

GLC07339

6 December 1863

Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

Letter signed

Title: to Colonel W. Preston Johnston

Writing from Confederate Headquarters at "Blain's X Roads". Longstreet comments on how his decision to attack Knoxville was affected by General Braxton Bragg's retreat from Chattanooga to Dalton following the loss at Missionary Ridge. Longstreet could not, however, hold against the enemy and retreated to a position of safety near Bean Station in hopes of gaining an opportunity to stike an enemy column that might approach from Cumberland Gap. He comments that the roads are almost impassable and many of his men lack shoes. He feels obliged to make his way slowly back to Virginia. Written at…

GLC07340

1 January 1864-31 December 1864

Barnes, John L., 1829-1910

Diary

Title: [Diary of John L. Barnes, a POW and sergeant in 149th Pennsylvania Volunteers, "Bucktails"]

In the early part of the diary, Barnes writes of frequent drills, hearing firing, corps reviews, pickets, various correspondence (especially with his wife), and, on 9 March, playing ball. There is battle content on 6-7 February, 5-14 May (possible part of the Wilderness campaign), 20-21 May, and 27-31 May. On 1 June, he writes that he was taken prisoner. In the subsequent entries he was marched through Georgia and spent time at Libby. He occasionally writes a forlorn entry, like on 4 July: "When can I leave this place." The 24 July entry is a poem mentioning President Lincoln: "…

GLC07344

28 May 1864

Fletcher, Francis H., 1841-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob C. Safford

Fletcher, a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, complains bitterly of the inequality of treatment and pay between the white and black soldiers. "Just one year ago to day our regt was received in Boston with almost an ovation, and at 5 P.M. it will be one year …in that one year no man of our regiment has received a cent of monthly pay all through the glaring perfidy of the U.S. Govt." He references an act for equal pay passed in 1864, "All the misery and degradation suffered in our regiment by its members' families is not atoned for by the passage of the bill for equal…

GLC07345

19 September 1861

Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866

Broadside

Title: Proclamation to the People of Western Missouri, Now Occupied by the Kansas Brigade

Proclamation signed in print by Brigadier General Lane, who was also a U.S. Senator from Kansas (1861-1866). Proclamation was written by T.J. Anderson, Lieutenant of Engineers and Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Proclamation written in response to a group of Kansasans who armed and organized themselves. Lane says if they have simply armed to defend their property, then a quick understanding can be found. Says his unit was formed to protect Kansas from the rebels, not attack the worried property owners. Urges the population to put down arms and support the Union. Says "Should you,…

GLC07349

26 May 1862

Tod, David, 1805-1868

Broadside

Title: Telegraphic Dispatch!

Signed in print by "D. Todd, Governor." This is a mispelling of Ohio Governor David Tod's name. Tod, in this recruiting broadside, asks for "A force of 200 men and [to] send them as fast as raised to Camp Chase" to help defend Washington. Below Tod's call is a note telling the citzens of Ashtabula, Ohio that a meeting is being organized to raise a volunteer force in accordance with the governor's request. Signed in print by H.E. Parsons of the District Military Command and E.R. Williams of the County Military Command.

GLC07312