1861-1865

Emerick, J. H., fl. 1861-1865

Header Record

Title: Diaries while serving in the Union Army Telegraph Corps [photos in .02 for cons] [decimalized .01-.09]

Diaries housed in Primary: Range 3B, Shelf 1-2.

GLC06738

1863-1864

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Header Record

Title: Large albumen photographs taken by Memphis photographer Taft

Photographs taken from life by Memphis photographer Taft, beginning with Admiral Porter's flagship U.S.S. Blackhawk, also the U.S.S. Tyler, U.S. Navy gun Bat Brown, the Memphis & St. Louis packet boat "The City of Alton," the U.S.S. Fawn, the U.S. Ironclad gun bat "Carondelet" near Vicksburg, U.S. Ironclad "Indianola, and others. Most photographs are oval images of naval vessels.

GLC06739

1864

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Photograph album of British General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle

General U. S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac at Cold Harbor and City Point in 1864. Album of Large photographs all taken in the field by Mathew Brady's studio. The album was assembled by British General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, who was sent by the British government on a "Confidential" visit to General Grant's headquarters. Doyle was Governor-General of Nova Scotia. With signatures of Grant and other pasted in.

GLC06740

25 April 1863

White, Jonathon C., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The Weekly junior register. [Vol. 2, no. 16 (April 25, 1863)]

General orders. Discusses Union occupation and promotes patriotism. Green rosebud pattern.

GLC06998

1864-1865 bulk

Header Record

Title: Andersonville Prison photographs and documents [decimalized]

Collection of 41 items primarily concerning Andersonville Prison, although other Southern prisons, such as Castle Thunder and Libby Prison (both located in Richmond, Va.), are also briefly documented here. Andersonville Prison, located in Andersonville, Ga., housed Union enlisted troops incarcerated by Confederate forces, and operated from 25 February 1864 to late April 1865. Officially designated as Camp Sumter, it held more than 33,000 prisoners, while its cemetery provided graves for 12,000, although actual death toll may have been much higher. Notorious for its unsavory living…

GLC06999

August 17, 1864

Riddle, A.J., fl. 1864-1883

Photograph

Title: Birds' Eye View of North End of Andersonville Prison, Ga.

Title and caption on verso. "Photographed from the stockade in summer of 1864. Ragged and naked Prisoners scattered around, digging roots, &c. Sink or trough in the centre, and besie it the branch dividing the prison and crossed by the "Dead Line" on the right, to pass which was death. Flowing down the hill near the "Dead Line" is a small stream from "Providence Spring," which burst forth when most needed. In the centre is a section of tents called "The Island," and northwest extend[s] a mass of tents divided by streets. In the distance is the Sutler House, and north and west runs the…

GLC06999.01

1864 August 17

Riddle, A.J., fl. 1864-1883

Photograph

Title: Andersonville Prison, Georgia

Caption printed on mount reads: "Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South End View of the Stockade. Showing the Sentry Stands in the distance." Verso contains Century Company stamp and various notations; recto contains cropping marks and additional notations.

GLC06999.02

1863-1864, 1890s

Header Record

Title: Civil War Photographs: Chattanooga, Knoxville, construction, views [decimalized]

63 photographs total with 53 mounts or separate photographs. Includes photographs of Union construction in and around Chattanooga and Knoxville, TN, panoramic views of same, views of Tennessee River, some later images of General Albert Ordway. Many items with later mounts with annotations. From the collection of Brig. Genl. Albert Ordway.

GLC07000

circa 1862

Photograph

Title: Major General Joseph Hooker

Image, heavily over-painted, apparently for reproduction. Photograph mounted on dark grey board. 1890s reprint of original. Image size: 34.9 x 43.9 cm.

GLC07001

June 1863 to August 1865

Brunt, William, fl. 1863-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of William Brunt, D company, 16th regiment, USCT, infantry] [decimalized]

Brunt was a passionate patriot and his letters are filled consistently with pro-Union and anti-slavery sentiments. He writes on a combination of subjects, including home life, reports on health of fellow soldiers, camp life and politics and battle. He discusses deserters and disloyal soldiers, strife between officers and misbehaving soldiers (of whom he greatly disapproves). Some notable letters mention particular battles or Civil War figures, Brunt's activities in recruiting and enlisting Union soldiers (particularly freed slaves), his role in educating them for several hours per day, his…

GLC07006

1864

Herman, David, fl. 1864

Diary

Title: Diary of drummer boy in 138th Pennsylvania Regt.

Refers to Brandywine, Shenandoah, siege of Petersburg, and Winchester.

GLC07007

16 October 1863

Broadside

Title: Deserters!

Lists names, ages, occupations, home counties of 9th Congressional District, Pennsylvania for draftees who failed to report for duty. Offering $300 reward for arrest of "all delinquent men".

GLC07015

16 April 1861

Sheldon, J., fl. 1861

Print

Title: Departure of the Lynn Light Infantry for the Defense of Washington

Color lithograph by artist J. Sheldon, lithographed by J.H. Bufford's Company at 260 Washington Street, Boston. Shows regiment in red beefeaters style uniform marching toward viewer. A three story stone building in a salmon color dominates the left side of the image, while smaller wooden frame houses are seen in the fore and backgrounds. Civilians gather in the foreground and in building windows to see the troops off, including a black boy playing a drum in the lower right corner of the image. Girl at the center of the image carries a rolling hoop. Verso has note in pencil that says "…

GLC05508.273

circa 1864

Photograph

Title: [Cartes de visite of men of the 10th New York Heavy Artillery] [Decimalized .01- .26]

Mostly photographs by R. W. Addis, Washington. Includes images of Col. Alexander Piper, Lieut. Col. Arden, Maj. C.C. Abell, Maj. James Campbell, and others.

GLC05528

circa 19 September 1880-1883

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to W. Kalenski

Signed "HJH." Date range inferred from Hunt's location. Mentions [Kalenski's?] application for the Ordnance Department. Finds fault with the conclusions, not the facts, of an article on the Peninsula campaign. Defends McClellan's strategy in that campaign, and suggests there was a plot in Washington against the general: "What a misfortune for the cabal in Washn. that McC did not lose the battle of Antietam! They could have shot him then for his audacity in assuming the command of an army usurping the powers of the president and fighting in disobedience of his instructions. But alas! he won…

GLC05561

circa 1863-1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Broadside

Title: Emancipation Proclamation

Rufus Blanchard edition. Signed in print by Abraham Lincoln as the President and William H. Seward as Secretary of State. The printer, Rufus Blanchard, states the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation in a footnote: "This Proclamation is an incalculable element of strength to the Union cause. It makes an alliance between the Rebels and Foreign States as impossible as it is for millions of Bondsmen to love slavery better than Freedom..." Border surrounding text includes pink flowers surrounded by green and red-tinted leaves. Background of text is images of stars. Mounted.

GLC05508.272

2 October 1866

Baily, Joseph, 1810-1885

Autograph letter

Title: to Edwin McMasters Stanton

Working draft of letter of Baily, a former U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, to the Secretary of War Stanton regarding President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies. Informs Stanton, Secretary of War that "the union party at this time is stronger and more determined and resolute than it ever was; and will be carried by the majorities ... The people also demand equality of representation in Congress ... will this be the case if the rebel states are admitted with out a change in the Constitution?" Argues that citizens of the North insist on ratification of a proposed amendment that…

GLC05512

1 May 1865

Forrest, French, 1796-1866

Document signed

Title: [Parole for C. Lucian Jones]

Forrest signed as Flag Officer, Confederate Navy. He was commander of the James River Squadron. Co-signed by William Hartsuff, Brigadier General, United States Army. Parole for Jones, Assistant Paymaster, Confederate Army after the surrender of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston to Union General William T. Sherman at Greensboro, North Carolina.

GLC05517

25 June 1862

Lyon, Nathaniel, 1818-1861

Autograph note signed

Title: [General Lyon authorizes the return of a horse]

"Allow Mr Douglas to take a horse from the stable which he represents was forced in the service from our friends." Accompanied by a brief descriptive statement on a separate sheet of paper.

GLC05519

1862-1864

Hallidy, Adam, M., fl. 1862-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of 5 letters to his friend and wife] [Decimalized .01-.05]

Adam M. Hallidy was a Union Army soldier during the Civil War and was in Company K, 2nd D.C. Volunteers. He married his friend Maggie McClelland 19 March 1864.

GLC05522

February 25, 1862

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

Autograph document signed

Title: [General order regarding the presence of non-soldier African Americans in military camp]

Written from Fort Donelson, Tennessee. General Grant states that "orders ... prohibit negroes from coming into camp. When they are brought in by an officer or soldier they must be turned out ... owners are not to be permitted to search the camp on pretence of looking after their negroes. This would open the way to the most dangerous class of spies that we could have among us."

GLC05529

circa 1863

Sketch

Title: Pencil sketches related to the Mississippi River near Vicksburg [Decimalized .01-.03]

Includes three pencil sketches, one created by Evelyn Kelsey aboard a Mississippi steamer. Accompanied by the original backing for each sketch. Backing consists of newspaper articles attached to Civil War military documents including lists of soldiers' names.

GLC05555

1864

National Union Free Convention

Broadside

Title: President Lincoln and General Grant on Peace and War.

Promotes the Union cause. Reprints an interview with Lincoln titled Mr. Lincoln's view of Democratic strategy, and a letter of General Grant dated 16 August 1864 to E.B. Washburne. Grant's letter informs that the Confederacy is very weak and losing men each day. Also printed is the verses to a song, "On the Chicago Surrender."

GLC05556

15 July 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Letter signed

Title: to Galusha A. Grow

Requests that the House of Representatives postpone adjournment at least one day. Although it is not mentioned in the letter, the extension was needed to complete the Confiscation Act, which was passed July 17, 1862. The body of the letter is in the hand of John G. Nicolay, Lincoln's secretary. It is very unusual that the letter is signed "Abraham Lincoln," instead of "A. Lincoln." Grow was the House speaker. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862, p. 326

GLC05699

circa 1 November 1864

Ringwalt & Brown, fl. 1863-1865

Broadside

Title: [Broadside regarding recruitment of African Americans and celebrating emancipation in Maryland]

Printed in commemoration of the adoption of emancipation in Maryland. The print incorporates five illustrations, three documenting African American combat valor and two related to emancipation and the future of African Americans. At the top of the transparency is a long illustration of African American troops in the Battle of Port Hudson, above it the words (from George H. Boker's poem): "God Save the Republic: Never in field or tent scorn a black regiment." Portrays these images on the front of the headquarters of the supervisory committee for recruiting colored regiments, located on…

GLC05701