January 20, 1864

Brisbin, James S. (James Sanks), 1837-1892

Document signed

Title: [Commission of James S. Brisbin]

One commission dated January 20, 1864 belonging to James S. Brisbin. Item commemorates him for his service as colonel to the 6th Regiment of Colored Troops. Signed by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War and C.W. Foster, Assistant Adjutant General Volunteers. Item is the official copy of the War Department. [Similar to GLC09831.03]

GLC09831.04

1862/12/29

Newspaper

Title: New York times. [Vol. 12, no. 3515 (December 29, 1862)]

Banks' expedition to New Orleans

GLC08772

1865/06/25

Newspaper

Title: New York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4290 (June 25, 1865)]

Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah.

GLC08783

1861/09/15

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: The New York herald. [No. 9136 (September 15, 1861)]

Prints a letter of President Lincoln to John C. Fremont concerning emancipation. Headline reads, "Modification of the Proclamation with regard to the liberation of slaves." Lincoln asks Fremont to modify his order proclaiming that all slaves owned by Confederates in Missouri were free because it goes against Congress. Civil War news, retreat of the rebel Army of Manassas, news from Havana and Mexico, among other items.

GLC08793

1868/06/04

Newspaper

Title: Weekly patriot and union. [Vol. 16, no. 4 (June 4, 1868)]

Also prints a once supressed report on Ben. B. F. Butler in New Orleans. Johnson acquitted, Stanton resigns.

GLC08805

1865/04/14

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

Newspaper

Title: The New York times. [Vol. XIV, no. 4220 (April 14, 1865)

Covers General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox in detail. Includes an account of the events leading up to the surrender, an interview between Ulysses S. Grant and Lee, the signing of the articles of capitulation by Lee, the era of peace, Richmond, Virginia, Texas and other states in the aftermath, etc. Has a listing of the passengers on board the steamer General Lyon which burned off the coast of Cape Hatteras. Includes a historical sketch of the Battle of Fort Sumter on 12-13 April 1861. Other articles detail local, international, political, court, and ship news, advertisements,…

GLC08807

1865/05/13

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7520 (May 13, 1865)]

Reports that news reporters are once again not allowed to enter the courtroom during the Lincoln conspiracy trial. Also includes a previously unpublished letter written by President Lincoln regarding Mr. Thomas Durant and the secession of Louisiana. The letter was written by Lincoln in Washington, D.C. and is dated July 28, 1862. Reports on the grand review of Sherman's troops in Washington.

GLC08726.32

1865/07/22

Harper, James, 1795-1869

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 9, no. 447 (July 22, 1865)]

Includes engravings of the execution of Lincoln conspirators, portraits of Lewis Payne, David Harold, J.W. Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt, and image of Surratt's home in Washington, D.C. Highlights the consecration of the Gettysburg monument of July 4, 1865. Inlcudes engravings of Major-General Howard, the Gettysburg battlefield, and laying of the cornerstone. All the Gettysburg monument and execution engravings are based on Alexander Gardner's photographs.

GLC08748.04

1865/05/24

Newspaper

Title: New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4263 (May 24, 1865)]

GLC08725.08

1861/06/03

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6277 (June 3 1861)]

Includes considerable coverage of opinion from around the country and the globe. On p. 7 is a short letter signed "A Person" about "contraband slaves" being allowed to grow crops for themselves on abandoned estates as proof they can take care of themselves.

GLC08726.11

1861/06/04

Newspaper

Title: New-York times. [Vol. 10, no. 3027 (4 June 1861)]

GLC08726.12

1862/02/19

Newspaper

Title: New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3248, (February 19, 1862)]

GLC08726.13

1862/02/24

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6518 (February 24, 1862)]

GLC08726.14

1862/02/25

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6519 (February 25, 1862)]

GLC08726.15

1862/03/04

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6525 (March 4, 1862)]

GLC08726.16

1862/05/02

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6576 (May 2 1862)]

GLC08726.18

1862/06/07

Newspaper

Title: New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3341 (June 7, 1862)]

GLC08726.19

1862/06/16

Newspaper

Title: New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3348 (June 16, 1862)]

GLC08726.20

1862/06/20

Newspaper

Title: New York herald. [No. 9415 (June 20, 1862)]

GLC08726.21

1862/06/25

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6622 (June 25, 1862)]

GLC08726.22

1862/06/27

Newspaper

Title: New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3358 (June 27, 1862)]

GLC08726.23

1862/06/28

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6625 (June 28, 1862)]

GLC08726.24

1862/08/13

Newspaper

Title: New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3397 (August 13, 1862)]

GLC08726.25

1863/01/08

Newspaper

Title: New-York times. [Vol. 12, no. 3523 (January 8, 1863)]

GLC08726.26

1863/02/13

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6821 (February 13, 1863)]

GLC08726.27