circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.072

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.073

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.074

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.075

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.076

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.077

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.078

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.079

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.080

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.081

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.082

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.083

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.084

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [Unidentified]

"D Company, 31st Mass. Volls. and Regimental Officers."

GLC04185.085

10 October 1885

Cowan, Andrew, fl. 1861-1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Mentions Hunt's appointment as Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C. Refers to General Abner Doubleday's book, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Indignantly declares "As usual in every account or description of that Battle the 1st New York Battery is never mentioned. The writers... go round us and behind us and even occupy our positions with other guns, and I wonder now if it is not high time to enter some claim for a little recognition since, if at any time during the War, the 1st N.Y. Battery fought well- it fought splendidly at Gettysburg." Mentions Peter Frederick…

GLC02382.104

19 October 1863

Prentice, George Dennison, 1802-1870

Newspaper

Title: Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 332 (October 19, 1863)]

Grant Reviews Troops at Vickburg, Capture of Guerrillas in Arkansas, Hindman Wounded at Chickamauga, Fight at LaGrange, Tennessee, Attack on Washington Probable. A lengthy letter from Judge George Robertson of Kentucky fills the front page discussing slavery. Lincoln's proclamation calling for volunteers is printed here. Editorials explore topics including Lincoln's call for volunteers and the previous election. John Boyle writes about the State Guard organization in Kentucky.

GLC05959.14.24

3 November 1863

Prentice, George Dennison, 1802-1870

Newspaper

Title: Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 347 (November 3, 1863)]

Battle in Mississippi, Federals Outnumbered & Retreat, Tuscumbia, Alabama Captured, Preparations for a Great Battle, Latest News From Charleston. An address by the ex-governor Washington Hunt about the Constitution and Erie County is printed on the first page of this issue, and a speech by Governor Seymour in Buffalo is also included, with a response by Judge Gilbert Dean. An article describes guerrilla destruction in Hickman County, Tennessee. A report on John Morgan and his fellow prisoners in the Ohio Penitentiary describes their situation.

GLC05959.14.25

circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's tent

Depicts a scene of quiet piety and great reverence in an army camp. Shows most of the men with their heads bowed in prayer, some weeping. Stonewall Jackson, a man known for his great religiosity, appears to be delivering a sermon to the men. Also shows a black man kneeling beside Jackson. Volck made a sketch of the actual event at Ball's Bluff, Virginia, which he later used to make this etching. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 20.2 x 26.7 cm. Title in pencil on verso.

GLC00493.24

circa 16 August 1872

Lee, John F., 1813-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Discusses an unspecified case with Hunt, and notes that Hunt is engaged in political service. Remarks "I wish you would solve that mystery of the Ku Klux. It is not all a dream. There must be some waking reality in it." Mentions General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, and his military report on Missouri for William Selby Harney, who commanded in Missouri before and during the early years of the Civil War. Mentions Edwin McMasters Stanton, General Henry W. Halleck, and General George Brinton McClellan. Asserts that Stonewall Jackson led some Dutch soldiers at Chancellorsville, and refers to the…

GLC02382.091

21 March 1872

Lee, John F., 1813-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Possibly created in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Refers to a pamphlet created by Maynadier (possibly William Maynadier). Expresses regret over an unspecified situation regarding General Alexander Brydie Dyer, chief of ordnance in 1864). Notes that Edwin McMasters Stanton loved corruption. Mentions the retirement of many of his former fellow soldiers, as cited in the army register. Jubal Early recently transmitted a discourse on Robert E. Lee to J.F. Lee; J.F. Lee notes that it is disgraceful to the Union army, and that Early cites Hunt as a reference. Declares "Lee beats Hannibal for…

GLC02382.094

26 October 1885

Cowan, Andrew, fl. 1861-1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Thanks Hunt for a recent favor. Recalls details of the Battle of Gettysburg for Hunt, who is writing an article on the topic. Speculates as to why General Alexander S. Webb left the 1st New York Light Artillery out of his report on the Battle of Gettysburg. Relates that after the battle, Webb "shook hands with me, regretted that he could not retain such a 'splendid Battery always' and said he would give us full credit for the splendid work we had done." Discusses Wheeler's Battery, which participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. Mentions a drawing of Gettysburg by John B. Bachelder, and…

GLC02382.105

February 2, 1887

Cowan, Andrew, fl. 1861-1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Responds to a letter from Hunt. Discusses an article on the Battle of Gettysburg Hunt recently submitted to Century Magazine for publication. Referring to space dedicated to George Custer and Alfred Pleasanton in Century, remarks "I can see just the trouble you had to contend with, in condensing the narrative to fit the space allotted by the Century Co and share your disgust over the Custer & Pleasanton honors which have no connection on Earth with the subject. I must admit it makes me smile to think of the hot water you have got into... " Takes issue with General Daniel E. Sickles's…

GLC02382.106

20 July 1887

Cowan, Andrew, fl. 1861-1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Cowan discusses an article on the Battle of Gettysburg Hunt previously wrote for Century Magazine. Discusses the battle in great detail, feeling that his battery's service has continually been overlooked by historians. Remarks, "I cannot be blamed for feeling but had my Battery been of the Second Corps instead of the 6th it would not have met with such want of Official recognition by the Officers of that Corps... I am, as I say, forced to ask if it is not fair and right to recognize our service properly by stating that Browns Rhode Island Battery becoming wholly crippled under the Artillery…

GLC02382.107

17 May 1888

Cowan, Andrew, fl. 1861-1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Cowan discusses an article on the Battle of Gettysburg Hunt previously wrote for Century Magazine. Expresses disappointment that historians continually fail to mention his battery in descriptions of the battle. Discusses a correction he previously asked Hunt to make in the article regarding his battery. Includes a copy of Century's reply to Hunt, after Hunt requested the change. Century agrees to the edit, noting that there is ample time to make the correction before their War Book is printed. Includes the copied signature of R. M. Johnson, associate editor of Century. Written on Mantle…

GLC02382.108

January 13, 1887

Lyman, Theodore, 1833-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Lyman writes, "I have read with interest your three Gettysburg articles. They are in all ways admirable. Especially I thank you for your judicious justification of Gen. Meade." Asks if there is any chance for Hunt's bill, possibly referring to a congressional bill advocated by Hunt pertaining to military retirement pay and rank. Lyman had served as an aide-de-camp to General George Gordon Meade during the Civil War, and as a Representative from Massachusetts 1883-1884.

GLC02382.109