9 November 1864

Newspaper

Title: The World. [Vol. 5, no. 1367 (November 9, 1864)]

Reports on the re-election of Abraham Lincoln as president. Contains New York election results by county and reports from other states. Also makes reference to "Republican misrule." Prints an article on the capture of the pirate ship Florida by the U.S. steamer Wachusett. Includes news from Louisiana on white schools giving way to black schools, and a report on the Army of the Potomac.

GLC08456

1 September 1863

Graham, Harvey, 1827-?

Document signed

Title: to General John Alexander McClernand

Written from Benton Barracks, then on the outskirts of St. Louis. Graham, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 22nd Iowa Infantry Regiment, recalls events that took place 22 May during Union operations against Vicksburg, Mississippi. Relates that he had been on the right of Michael Kelly Lawler's Brigade, and that together they led an advance against the city. Writes "It is my firm conviction and belief, that had the 13th Army Corps been reinforced by a few brigades, thus enabling you to send support to the front, the success of your command would have been complete. As it was, success was achieved…

GLC08458.01

1888

Kurz & Allison

Print

Title: Siege of Vicksburg

Depicts the 13th, 15th, and 17th Corps, Army of the Tennessee, commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant, during the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Mississippi River serves as background. Notes that Grant was assisted by Admiral David Dixon Porter. Copyrighted by Kurz and Allison in 1888.

GLC08458.02

24 July 1863

Broadside

Title: Don't unchain the tiger!

Signed "A Democratic Workingman." German-American broadside supporting the Union cause, pleading with the public to keep peace in the north. Discourages lashing out at public officers and falling into the depths of crime and violence. Printed during the New York City Draft Riots. Sold by Sinclair Tousey at 121 Nassau Street, NYC. Refer to GLC08468 for German version.

GLC08467

24 July 1863

Broadside

Title: Entfesselt der Tiger nicht! = Don't Unchain the Tiger! [in German]

Signed "Ein Demokratischer Urbeiter," "A Democratic Worker." German-American broadside supporting the Union cause, pleading with the public to keep peace in the north. Discourages lashing out at public officers and falling into the depths of crime and violence. Printed during the New York City Draft Riots. See GLC08467 for English version.

GLC08468

27 December 1864

Blair, D.F., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his mother

Written on board the U.S.S. Mohican near Wilmington, North Carolina. Replies to his mother's letter from 11 December. Discusses the Mohican's participation with Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter's North Atlantic Blockading Squadron at the close of the Battle of Fort Fisher (24 and 25 December). Refers to a large gunpowder explosion. States that he does not know the extent of damage done to Confederates, whom he calls "the Secesh." Writes "It was the heaviest Bombardment that ever happened. Our continual Roar like the heaviest thunder & the smoke so thick at times to completely hide…

GLC08470.01

13 May 1861

Carey, John, 1792-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. C. Worth

Discussing the Civil War, Ohio Representative Carey states "We know not (& you only know) what moment the conflict of arms will commence But whenever the time arrives & soon it must- The conflict will be dredful ... But sir I would not yield one vital principal of the government, to save us from all the horror that I have hinted at." Discusses the possible effects of war and strategies for defeating the South.

GLC08478

1862

Fox, Oscar C., 1830-1892

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Civil War memoirs of Captain Oscar Fox of the 76th New York Volunteers]

Incomplete manuscript of Fox's memoirs. Chronicles his time in the Union Army from when he joined "Balcom's 'six-foot company" in Binghamton, New York in September 1861until the Battle of Cedar Mountain in August 1862. He was wounded later that month.

GLC08480

11 March 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: [Message of the President from Jefferson Davis to the Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives]

Sends reports on the fall of Fort Donelson, which are "incomplete and unsatisfactory." The reports, which also include commentary on the Battle of Dover, were written by Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow on 18 February 1862, Brigadier General John B. Floyd on 27 February 1862, Colonel G.C. Wharton on 22 February 1862, and Commander John McClausland on 23 February 1862. Pillow's report is the most substantial.

GLC08487

January 12, 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: [Message of the President from Jefferson Davis to the Confederate Congress]

Annual message in which Davis discusses the state of the war. Comments on the simultaneous advance by Federal troops on two fronts and assures Congress that the Confederate armies will repulse them. Mentions the reasons for the Civil War, arguing that they date back to the Articles of Confederation.

GLC08488

13 September 1864

Sale, John B., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Braxton Bragg

Writes to Confederate General Bragg just after the fall of Atlanta about Union General William T. Sherman's and Confederate General John Bell Hood's 10 day armistice. "Sherman & Hood's 10 days Armistice is troubling the public mind hereabout." Mentions the absentee officers and soldiers and states that though some are sick and wounded, many are not. Asks what Bragg thinks Sherman's course will be. Informs that Sherman "has utterly demolished the Macon road out from Atlanta, ... showing thereby no intention of advancing further in that direction ... If Canby & Sherman could meet…

GLC08491

21 November 1862

Hershman, J.T., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: Camden confederate. [Vol. 2, no. 4 (November 21, 1862)]

Schedule of the South Carolina Railroad. Proclamation of Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens, including 10 resolutions ordering all "white residents" to be put under arms in a militia immediately and the draft of all men ages 18 to 45. Asked to be printed twice in the newspapers. Letter to the editor is glad that the patrol system has been kept up without compulsion. Description of the reception and burial of General J. B. Villepigue, his staff, and 10 privates in Camden. Also two short articles: one on the death of Lieutenant Edward P. Niles and another on the body of Lieutenant H. M.…

GLC08494

1864

Header Record

Title: Election of 1864 Union party ballots [Decimalized .01-.05]

GLC08498

13 June 1863

Clapp, James, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leicy M. Clapp

Clapp, a Union soldier, writes from camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi, to his cousin in Franklin Mills, Portage County, Ohio. Describes the battle of Vicksburg to Miss Clapp, stating that the city is surrounded, and that there are gunboats in the Mississippi River. Writes "the rebels agreed to surrender if we wold let three men go that is in there but Gen Grant says he is a going to have the whole of them..." Reports that Confederate soldiers in the city "have nothing to eat but ground peas and a little cow meat i think they will get sick of it bfore long but they are gritty dogs..."…

GLC08508

March 12,1865

Letter

Title: [Union soldier's letter] [incomplete]

Discusses Sherman's march.

GLC08509

6 December 1863

Walhert, Christian, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Union soldier's letter]

Discusses completion of the Capitol. Accompanied by patriotic stationery envelope.

GLC08511

1862-1865

Header Record

Title: Richmond Daily Dispath, Philadelphia Inquirer (2) and NY Tribune [decimalized]

GLC08516

7 November 1864

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

Newspaper

Title: New York daily tribune. [Vol. XXIV, no. 7360 (November 7, 1864)]

Announces the defeat of Confederate General John Bell Hood at the Tennessee River. Many articles detail news about the upcoming presidential election of 1864 including an article on guaranteeing a free and peaceful election. Includes other Civil War and election news, news from Europe, and articles on the Congressional election in Indiana.

GLC08516.01

15 March 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6535 (March 15, 1862)]

Merrimac, Manassas, New Madrid, Ky. map

GLC08516.02

14 September 1863

Harding, William W., 1830-1889

Newspaper

Title: Philadelphia inquirer. [September 14, 1893]

Capture of Fort Smith and other army news.

GLC08516.04

3 November 1864

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas H. Patterson

Written by Rear Admiral Dahlgren as on the USS "Harvest Moon" to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Tells Patterson to bring in the "USS Dai Ching" inside the blockade when weather permits. Also wants Lieutenant Commander Chaplin to report to him. Morris Island, South Carolina.

GLC08517

23 September 1862

Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869

Newspaper

Title: The New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3432 (September 23, 1862)]

Contains a printing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on first page and more coverage on page four. Also includes news about the Civil War, guerillas in Missouri, the defeat of General Bragg's rear guard in Kentucky, the battle of Iuka, and news from Europe.

GLC08520

1864-1865?

Keddy, T., fl. 1864

Header Record

Title: Photograph of Gen. Joseph Bailey and staff by T. Keddy

War date photograph with postwar photograph of T. H. Noland.

GLC08522

28 December 1862

Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891

Document signed

Title: to Henry Walke

Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Porter as Commander of the Mississippi Squadron to Captain Walke as commander of the USS "Carondelet." Says Walke is not to let prisoners go to Vicksburg for any reason, nor to allow them any further communication with that place. Tells him to keep the "Minnehaha" under his guns and to make sure the ship does not keep up enough steam to move.

GLC08527

2 November 1862

Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891

Document signed

Title: to Henry Walke

Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Porter as commander of the Mississippi Squadron to Captain Walke as commander of the USS "Carondolet." Says he is sending coal down the river. Orders that army transport cannot have any of it. Says his calculations on the amount to send are based off navy needs alone and none can be loaned to the army.

GLC08528