1862/04/22

Kelly, Mary, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mother and Sisy

She sends gifts to her mother and her daughter. Her husband appears stronger but does not eat much and complains of pain in his left leg. The pain is much worse at night and he must take morphine. She suggests they hire someone to do the plowing. [Section addressed to Sue dated 4/24/1862] She received letters from Sue and Sisy. She asks Sue to make Sisy a couple of dresses.

GLC04197.30

1862/04/28

Kelly, Mary, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sue

Mr. Kelly still does not eat much. He has been away from his regiment without leave. Mr. Cherry has been most unhelpful to them while Mr. Khan has called three times, offered her money, and given her a bottle of wine, "so there's the difference between a christian and a jew."

GLC04197.31

1862/04/30

Kelly, Mary, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sue

Mr. Kelly wishes to see Sisy. She gives instructions for sending her daughter to Cincinnati.

GLC04197.32

1862/05/03

Kelly, Mary, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sue

She sent Alick to the train station, hoping that Sisy might be there. She again requests her daughter be sent to visit. Mr. Kelly's condition still has not improved.

GLC04197.33

1862/05/06

Kelly, Mary, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sue

Since her mother is not feeling well, she tells them to find someone to help with the housework. Mr. Kelly does no better. She asks when Sisy will visit.

GLC04197.34

1862/05/16

Brown, Ann H., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Responds to a letter she received in April. She hopes Mr. Kelly's condition has improve since being moved from Winchester. Mentions the Sisters of Mercy. She thinks the patients who were moved from Union hospitals to Seminary hospitals do much better.

GLC04197.35

1861/06/05

Kelly, James R., fl. 1861-1862

Document signed

Title: [Commission of James R. Kelly]

Commission to "Captain of the Union Rifles" for a term of six years. Signed by Governor Oliver S. Morton on April 22, 1861. Also signed by Indiana Secretary of State William A. Peele and countersigned by Lew Wallace, the Adjutant General of the Indiana Militia. On verso is printed "An act to organize the militia, providing for the appointment, and prescribing the duties of certain officers thereof", which suggests a system for naming regiments as recommended by the Adjutant General. Signed at bottom and on verso by Joseph H. Blake of Vigo County, Indiana. Features engraved seal of the Court…

GLC04197.37

1865/05/04

Printed document

Title: [Confederate Parole]

A pledge taken by officers of the Confederate Army to cease from taking up arms or giving aid against the United States Government until exchanged as prisoners of war.

GLC04522.01

1865 June

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Military Telegraph Operators in Richmond.

Negative by T.H.O. Sullivan; positive by Alex Gardner, 511 Seventh Street, Washington. 11 men grouped between pine trees in front of two tents. Seven of the men sit on chairs, while four stand behind them. A small dog occupies a director's stool at the left of the picture. The men have been identified as: (left to right) 1. Dennis Doren, Superintendent of construction. 2. L. D. McCandless. 3. Charles Bart. 4. Thomas Morrison. 5. James B. Norris. 6. James Caldwell. 7. A. Harper Caldwell, chief cipher operator. 8. Maynard A. Huyck. 9. Dennis Palmer. 10. J. H. Emerick. 11. James H. Nichols.

GLC06738.07

1858/05/17

Whittingham, William Rollinson, fl. 1858

Document signed

Title: Catholic confirmation certificate of John R. Meigs.

GLC07059.01

1860/01/21

Floyd, John Buchanan, 1806-1863

Document signed

Title: [Appointment belonging to Meigs]

Appointment of Meigs as a cadet.

GLC07059.04

1861/12/15

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: John R. Meigs.

GLC07059.11

1865/05/04

Barnes, James, 1806-1869

Printed document signed

Title: [Travel pass]

"Paroled prisoner of the Army commanded by Gen. J.E. Johnston." A pass granting permission for Ivy to return home on parole, signed by A[sst?] Provost Marshal Major Barnes in New Orleans. Two endorsements on verso: 22 May 1865, Montgomery, Alabama, signed by [Charles Holt, Jr.?]; 27 May 1865, New Orleans, signed by P. L. Van Rensselaer. On "Headquarters U.S. Forces" letterhead. Partially printed.

GLC04522.02

1865/05/22

Sexton, J.A., fl. 1865

Printed document signed

Title: [Travel pass]

Pass No. 1470, allowing the paroled prisoner, Edwin Ivy, to return home to New Orleans with one horse and two servants, signed by Assistant Provost Marshal Captain J.A. Sexton. Partially-printed note of same date on verso, also signed by Sexton, indicates that the Quartermaster's Department will provide all necessary transportation for Ivy.

GLC04522.03

1865/06/13

Ivy, Edward, 1857-1880

Printed document signed

Title: [Oath of Allegiance]

Signed by Ivy as Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery, PACS and witnessed by court clerk Charles Claiborne. With revenue stamp, dated and initialed by Claiborne. Printed document numbered 61. Partially printed.

GLC04522.04

1865/05/22

Orme, William W., 1832-1866

Printed document signed

Title: Agreement of registry

Signed by Orme and Isham G. Bailey; and by John C. Holland as a witness. Approved by C.C. Washburne as major general commanding and by his AAG, Major [W.H. Mayer?], brevet brigadier general. Bailey registers his plantation in an agreement made with Special Treasury Agent Orme regarding "abandoned and confiscable lands and the employment and general welfare of Freedmen." Accompanied by a 7-page print document, "Freedmen: regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury…Providing for the Employment and General Welfare of all Persons within the Lines of National Military Occupation with…

GLC04522.07

1865/08/07

Printed document signed

Title: [Oath of allegiance]

An oath of allegiance pledging to defend the Constitution of the United States, the union of the states, and to abide by all laws passed to emancipate slaves. The document is signed by Isham Bailey and witnessed by Andrew B. Conly. With 5-cent revenue stamp. Partially printed.

GLC04522.08

1864 August

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Military Telegraph Operators at City Point.

Caption: Photographer. 7 men in two rows, 2 standing and 5 seated, grouped between two pine trees in front of two tents. The man furthest right in the picture sits on an upended suitcase and leans against a fence; the man to his right sits in a rocking chair. The other three men in this row sit on a bench. The men have been identified as: (left to right) Dennis Doren, Superintendent of Construction: A. H. Caldwell, Cipher Clerk at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac; James A. Murray, a wire-tapper of Confederate telegraph lines; J. H. Emerick, who became cipher operator in Richmond…

GLC06738.06

1860/08/13

Meigs, John R., fl. 1850-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: his mother.

Camp Pierce, to his mother.

GLC07059.02

1859/08/20

Photograph

Title: Half length portrait.

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GLC07059.03

1861/07/21

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

Pamphlet

Title: Report of Light Battery M, Second Artillery,…Battle of Bull Run, July 21st 1861.

Inscribed by John R. Meigs.

GLC07059.08

1861/07/25

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

Manuscript document

Title: "Camp near Fort Albany."

Testament. Meigs's assistance at the Battle of Bull Run. Verso contains copy of J.B. Richardson's recommendation to appoint John R. Meigs lieutenant in the regular army.

GLC07059.09

1861/11/28

Meigs, John R., fl. 1850-1864

Autograph letter

Title: to: his father.

GLC07059.10

February 8, 1864

Jenkins, Thornton A., 1811-1893

Letter signed

Title: to John B. Marchand

Regarding promotion of Assistant Engineers. Reads in part: "You will please report the names and rank or grade of all Assistant Engineers on board the vessel who are entitled to an examination for promotion under the Circular of the Secretary of the Navy dated December 22 1863." Written on board the U.S.S. Richmond, as part of the blockade off Mobile, Alabama. Signed by Jenkins as captain and sr. officer commanding. 3rd Div., West Gulf Blockading Squadron.

GLC02680.15

1864/02/12

Manuscript document

Title: Names of vessels and commanders off Mobile Bar

Lists the names of 19 vessels engaged in the blockade of Mobile Bay, their respective captains, and their exact location. Docket notes "several absent."

GLC02680.17