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July 1862

Document

Title: [Blank Oath of Office]

Printed document with unsigned Oath of Office.

GLC02254.04

16 November 1862

Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897

Letter

Title: to Henry K. Davenport

Titled "Extracts from a Letter of Instructions." The first extract gives information about the positioning of gunboats for "assisting in the defence of posts." The second extract is a reminder to "keep a bright look out for, and use every precaution to guard against, torpedoes!" The third extract reminds sailors to stay in their ships at night. Lee was the commanding officer, with the rank of acting rear admiral, of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron from 1862 to 1864. He was then transferred to the command of the Mississippi River Squadron. Lee was promoted to rear admiral in 1870.

GLC02254.06

2 December 1862

Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897

Letter

Title: [Blockading instructions for the senior naval officer in the Sounds of North Carolina]

Outlines plans for a blockade "to interdict all trade whatever with the country blockaded by the N. Atlantic Blockading Squadron." Details the boundaries of the blockade within North and South Carolina. Explains that vessels must have "clearances from the Custom House at the Port which they left" in order to pass through the Sounds. Writes that all vessels must contain stores and merchandise or hold "a permit from the Treasury, War or Navy Department." Notes that, "care must be taken not to allow vessels, taking refuge in Hatteras or Ocracoke Inlet in foul weather, to enter the Sounds."…

GLC02254.07

January 11,1863

Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897

Autograph note signed

Title: to Richard T. Renshaw

Lee annotates a clerical transcription of various dispatches and newspaper clippings concerning activities of the United States Navy in Texas during the Battle of Galveston. On recto, is a transcription of an article from the "Richmond Va Examiner" titled "Brilliant Naval Exploit: The "Harriet Lane" Captured, Another Steamer blown up with all on board." The article details the capture of the U.S.S. Harriet Lane at "two o'clock on New Year's morning" in Galveston Bay. The article also includes a short paragraph about the fate of another vessel: "The Westervelt [sic] under Commander Renshaw…

GLC02254.08

14 April 1863

McCann, William Penn, 1830-1906

Letter signed

Title: to Richard T. Renshaw

Mentions a change of plans in the attack on Hill's Point Battery. Reports location, activities and condition of several Union ships, including the Collier, Phoenix, Hunchback, Southfield, Valley City, Whitehead and Granite. Complains that "there is not a boat here in which we can mount a Howitzer to clear the channel of the rebel picket boats."

GLC02254.12

9 May 1863

Foster, Amos P., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard T. Renshaw

Reports that he has "started up Blounts Creek" in search of an enemy schooner sighted on 6 May. Does not find the enemy schooner, but instead "one belonging to this colored man named James Moore, and which I send to you. He says he has been in the habit of running her, (previous to the last attack by the enemy) on passes from the Provost Marshall." Foster writes from aboard the U.S.S. Delaware, which he commanded.

GLC02254.14

23 June 1861

Stemple, David Jr., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to cousin [Lydia A. Bishoff]

He reports that he is still "right side up," in good health, and working for 13 dollars a month. He mentions that A.J. is also still well and "was on last Sunday as full of mischief as ever." Stemple then encloses some of A.J.'s own words in the letter. According to A.J., the weather is dry and pretty hot, there is a fair prospect of a good grain harvest, and "the excitement is not so great as it has been." A.J. also reports that times are hard and that there is not much money in circulation. He hears that those back home [in Preston County, West Virginia] have been forced to "keep the…

GLC03523.40.02

May 1865

Photograph

Title: [Albumen of Ada M. Tucker and his staff]

Oval photograph of Union officer (probably Ada M. Tucker) surrounded by his staff in Louisville, Ky. White mount with pencil inscription "15" on verso.

GLC07642.12

circa 1863

Photograph

Title: Grant's HQ, Chatanooga [sic], TN.

Pencil inscription on verso: "Grant's HQ, Chatanooga [sic], TN." Image of large house with pillars surrounded by trees. Two soldiers stand guard in front of fence surrounding house.

GLC04749.17

13 March 1863