October 21, 1861

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

GLC01013.04

October 24, 1861

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Patriotic letterhead.

GLC01013.05

January 18, 1862

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Letter written from "Smith Land," Kentucky (likely Smithland, which is near Paducah), though the place name is slightly illegible. Lower third of first page has been torn away. Patriotic letterhead.

GLC01013.06

January 27, 1862

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

With original cover.

GLC01013.07

March 3, 1862

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Written on patriotic stationary.

GLC01013.08

April 5, 1862

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Letter written on patriotic stationary from "Shilow pits burg Landing hardin Co tenn," most likely Shiloh and Pittsburg Landing, in Hardin County, Tennessee. Letter written just before the beginning of the Battle of Shiloh.

GLC01013.09

April 14, 1862

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Letter written from "pits burg Landing tenn," most likely Pittsburg Landing, in Tennessee. Letter written just after the Battle of Shiloh.

GLC01013.10

May 25, 1862

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Top half of third page is missing.

GLC01013.11

August 4, 1863

Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921

Autograph letter signed

Title: to friends at home

"Hope Genl Meade will not let Lee get in possession of Fredericksburg again for I dont like that place. How about the draft... I have better times here than though I were at home. At least I have no manual labor to perform..."

GLC00919.25.19

October 18, 1863

Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921

Autograph letter signed

Title: to friends at home

"We came very near going to Fredericksburg again, and would have gone had the army not taken the position it [has]."

GLC00919.25.20

October 13, 1863

Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his mother

Comments on money he previously sent home. Notes, "Regiments came into camp yesterday morning having marched from Rappahannock Station a distance of over 60 miles in less than two days..."

GLC00919.25.21

April 1, 1863

Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921

Autograph letter signed

Title: to friends at home

Letter written near Falmouth. He comments on the band playing outside of General Benham's tent "and consequently in front of the tent in which I am writing." Notes that, "Genl Benham believes in having the Regiment togather [sic]..."

GLC00919.25.18

July 23, 1862

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

GLC01013.12

July 26, 1862

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

GLC01013.13

November 24, 1862

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Letter written on patriotic stationary.

GLC01013.14

January 12, 1863

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

GLC01013.15

January 30, 1863

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Lay cites the location as "State of Mississippi Camp near Lagrang," most likely referring to La Grange, Tennessee, where he was previously camped and which is near the Mississippi border.

GLC01013.16

February 12, 1863

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Letter written on patriotic stationary from "Camp Davids Mills Miss," most likely in Mississippi.

GLC01013.17

March 1, 1863

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Letter written on patriotic stationary from "Davids Mills Miss," most likely in Mississippi.

GLC01013.18

March 18, 1863

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Letter written from "Camp Davids Mills Miss," most likely in Mississippi.

GLC01013.19

May 10, 1863

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

GLC01013.20

July 28, 1863

Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Letter written from "Black River, Miss," possibly a reference to the Big Black River in Mississippi, which was in the vicinity of Vicksburg. Lay's unit was involved in the siege of Vicksburg; Confederate forces in Vicksburg surrendered on July 4, 1863.

GLC01013.21

1 April 1865

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Manuscript document signed

Title: ["Deposition of Edwin M. Stanton"].

Stamped as pages 86-92. Signed by Stanton ("Edwin M Stanton") on the seventh page (p. 92). Also signed vertically on the left margin of each of the seven pages by Commissioner A.B. Olin, whose autograph endorsement signed appears below Stanton's signature on the seventh page. The first page (p. 86) introduces the document as Stanton's deposition (note: it is written in a different hand than the remaining pages). The ensuing six pages contain Stanton's answers to five interrogatories and five cross-interrogatories regarding the 1862 recruitment order that attempted to institute a draft, and…

GLC00720.01

1 April 1865

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Document signed

Title: [Printed War Department Order issued by Edwin M. Stanton].

Stamped as page 93. Signed by Stanton vertically along the left-hand margin. (Not signed by Olin.) Labeled "Exhibit 'A'" (possibly in Stanton's hand). A printed copy of Stanton's 8 August 1862 "Order authorizing arrest of persons who discourage enlistments."

GLC00720.02

1 April 1865

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Document signed

Title: [Printed War Department Order No. 94 issued by Edwin M. Stanton].

Stamped as page 96. Signed by Stanton vertically along the right-hand margin; also with an autograph endorsement signed by E[dward]. D. Townsend certifying that the foregoing order is a true copy of the original. (Not signed by Olin.) Labeled "Exhibit 'B'" (possibly in Stanton's hand). A printed copy of General Order No. 94, issued by the War Department on 4 August 1862. The document orders a draft of 300,000 militia for nine-months service; that if a state cannot furnish its quota of volunteers, the deficiency will be made up by special draft from the militia; that the War Department will…

GLC00720.03