1862

Header Record

Title: Letter from Winfield Scott Hancock and photograph [Decimalized .01-.02]

A letter from General Hancock to Simon Cameron, and a photograph of the General.

GLC06350

10 March 1864

Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Sentiments expressing Andrew's wish to see the end of slavery]

Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts, writes, "May the Sun of 1864 see the last fetter fall from the limb of the last slave in Maryland." Written on Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Department stationery.

GLC06352.01

1864-1865

Page, Enoch S., fl. 1864-1865

Header Record

Title: [Correspondence belonging to the Page family, 1864-1865][Decimalized .01-.68]

Collection of letters belonging to the Page family dated 1864-1865. Consists of 68 letters and a packet of leaves sent between Mahala F. Page and Enoch S. Page. Letters from soldiers in Company A, 11th Vermont regiment, 1st Vermont brigade 6th Corps, and Army of the Potomac.

GLC06359

8 June 1864-17 November 1864

Shankland, William F., fl. 1862-1866

Manuscript

Title: Log of W. F. Shankland commanding the U.S. Monitor Winnebago

There are two log books. This file was dated using the first book covering Acting Master Shankland's time on the USS "Winnebago," while the second book covers his time as a lieutenant on the USS "Guard" from March 1866 to May 1866. The USS "Winnebago" log: Note written on a preliminary leaf says that information on engagements can found on pages 9, 39, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 53, 57, 58, and 75. Says he reported for duty on the "Chickasaw" on 16 May 1864, but was given command of the "Winnebago" on the Red River on 24 May 1864 instead. Took command on 8 June 1864 and reported 28 sick men.…

GLC06368

20 September 1863

DeSaussure, Wilmot Gibbes, 1822-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Milledge Luke Bonham

DeSaussure, possibly a member of the South Carolina General Assembly, discusses a proposed Assembly meeting. Informs Bonham, Governor of South Carolina, "The command under me is of such a character that were I to leave here... I believe they could not be held together in any harmony or concert whatever, and that it would lead to much confusion at a time when concert of action is so greatly needed. This is not said from any egotism or vanity... but simply arises from the fact that having for over two years been regarded by whatever militia organization there has been in Charleston as a…

GLC06373

14 March 1864

Crenshaw, O. A., fl. 1845-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Alexander Seddon

Crenshaw, a surgeon, requests that Seddon allow James Bolling, a free African American from Charles City, Virginia, to remain in Crenshaw's employment as a fisherman. Informs Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War, that "Fish are necessary to the support of my remaining negroes most of the valuable ones having been ... taken by the enemy." Declares that "If all the free negro fisherman are taken for govt service, then the people in and around Richmond must suffer greatly for want of food." Includes several dockets dated March 1864. One docket indicates that Bolling's services are necessary…

GLC06374

22 July 1863

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington Cullum

General Gillmore, Commander of the Department of the South (Union), writes to Cullum, chief of staff for General Henry Wagner Halleck. Describes recent operations against Fort Wagner, stating "I have taken the first step here and have had some pretty hard knocks in trying to take the second. My losses will foot up 1000.- They appeared greater the day after the last fight, but many men struggled back to their camps on Folly Island, & have since joined. Fort Wagner is a hard nut to crack. I shall push matters- but at the same time shall erect heavy batteries against sumter at 3500 yards…

GLC06075

25 September 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document

Title: General Orders No. 141

Signed as official by Assistant Adjutant General, E.D. Townsend. States that "all persons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty of any disloyal practice, affording aid and comfort to rebels against the authority of the United States, shall be subject to martial law ... " Also informs that the writ of habeas corpus is suspended for all persons arrested.

GLC06099

6 November 1861

Snowden, E., Jr., fl. 1861-1862

Newspaper

Title: The local news. [no volume or number information (November 6, 1861)]

Union occupation newspaper. Also published by W.F. Carne (fl. 1861-1862). Short item says the body of "the negro lad Sam," who had drowned in Hunting Creek during a previous storm, had been found. Report on the popularity of "Foot-ball" -- says it is played everywhere by both boys and men but "We suggest, however, that the game be discarded in all the business streets - so that passers-by - especially ladies, be not incommoded by dashing balls and gangs of lads running at full tilt." Quick line says General Winfield Scott is leaving for Europe. News items from the South, including remarks on…

GLC06107.02

29 June 1864

Joy, George, fl. 1785-1795

Newspaper

Title: North Carolina times. [Vol. 1, no. 47 (June 29, 1864)]

Union-occupation newspaper. Masthead motto reads "Liberty and Union - Now and Forever - One and Inseparable." Front page prints recently passed U.S. laws, including acts to provide trials for minor offences and to incorporate homes for women and children. Editorial titled "The Doomed City" describes events in Virginia and details the state's transgressions, including its endorsement of the massacre of colored troops at Fort Pillow. Describes the late reconnaissance toward Kinston. "Affairs About Petersburg." Interesting reminiscence about George Washington's last vote. Ink manuscript notes…

GLC06107.14

4 March 1863

Charlotte, J.C., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: Weekly gazette and comet. [Vol. 45, no. 21 (March 4, 1863)]

Union occupation newspaper. Mediation between the Southern commissioners and Secretary of State Seward, sinking of the U.S. Gunboat "Kinsman," News from Washington - the Negro Soldier Bill rejected, capture of the "Queen of the West," Charleston under siege, printing of General G.T. Beauregard's February 18, 1863 order for noncombatants to evacuate and calling for support from Carolinians and Georgians, printing of Seward's letter to the British minister regarding the blockade of Galveston. 22nd Connecticut Volunteers soldier's name written on heading.

GLC06107.18

5-12 July 1861

Broadside

Title: The Star-Extra

An extra sheet of the Washington D.C. "Star." Contains three articles: first one from West Virginia on General Morris's attack against a division of Wise's army near Buckanon. Second article on the Tennessee disunionsts seizing the railroad between Nashville and Louisville. Third article states that General McClellan's army was fighting in western Virginia. Name in pencil on verso says "Hayden." Sheet is thin and has a partial tear along a fold line. Edges are frayed as well.

GLC06107.37

15 April 1865

Broadside

Title: Dispatch! Extra. Death of the President

Newspaper clipping reports that President Lincoln is dead. Falsely announces that Secretary Seward has also been murdered. Includes information on the plotting of the assassination.

GLC06107.38

19 April 1861

Broadside

Title: Herald extra

Reports on various events related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot, during which secessionists attacked Union soldiers passing through the city. Headlines announce "Governor Hicks Yielding" and "Massachusetts Regiment Reach Washington!" Referring to Maryland Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks, states "Hicks was sent for and said he was opposed to secession but the right of revolution could not be disputed. It was folly to attempt to subjugate the South." Cites another dispatch from Baltimore stating " 'We hope the north will stand by us and in their forced passage through our city to the…

GLC06107.39

23 August 1862

Sears, Joseph H., fl. 1850-1862

Newspaper

Title: The new south. [Vol. 1, no. 3 (August 23, 1862)]

Union occupation newspaper

GLC06054.01

14 March 1863

Sears, Joseph H., fl. 1850-1862

Newspaper

Title: The new south. [Vol. 1, no. 28 (March 14, 1863)]

Prints Lincoln's famous letter to the workingmen of Manchester. Union occupation newspaper

GLC06054.02

30 May 1863

Sears, Joseph H., fl. 1850-1862

Newspaper

Title: The new south. [Vol. 1, no. 38 (May 30, 1863)]

Printed on yellow "necessity" paper. Union occupation newspaper

GLC06054.03

12 March 1864

Sears, Joseph H., fl. 1850-1862

Newspaper

Title: The new south. [Vol. 2, no. 27 (March 12, 1864)]

Union occupation newspaper

GLC06054.04

9 April 1865

Broadside

Title: [Unionist epitaph for the Confederacy]

Large card printed on white glossy cardstock. Printed by James B. Rodgers at 52 & 54 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Dated the day of Lee's surrender. Says "Died near the south-side rail road, on Sunday, April 9, 1865, The Southern Confederacy, aged four years, conceived in sin, born in iniquity, nurtured by tyranny, died of a chronic attack of punch." Based on content and tone, this card probably pre-dates Lincoln's assassination.

GLC06056

1 October 1862

Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose) 1797-1863

Document

Title: to Seth Williams [Official copy of Sumner's report on the Battle of Antietam.]

Reports on action at the battle of Antietam, focusing on Second Corps. "I regret that the loss in my corps was very heavy, which is to be accounted for by the long and furious contest that my Divisions had to maintain in the centre against the most determined efforts of the enemy. I cannot give too much praise to the regimental officers and soldiers of the 2nd corps." Gives a list of officers who "were distinguished for their zeal and devotion." Final two pages are a postscript, dated 6 October 1862, also written and signed twice by Sumner. Lists batteries and other officers that "…

GLC06060

12 June 1862

Blanchard, C. D., fl. 1862

Map signed

Title: [Manuscript Civil War map of the battleground of the Battle of Seven Pines]

Shows roads, streams, and some troop positions. Drawn on a scale of 200 paces or 133-1/3 yards to an inch. The Battle of Seven Pines took place on 31 May 1862-1 June 1862. Blanchard served as Chief Quartermaster, 4th Corps. Mostly black & white, with some red ink. C.D. Blanchard was possibly Captain Claude D. Blanchard, an assistant quartermaster of volunteers who enlisted on 28 August 1861, served as lieutenant colonel quartermaster on 19 September to 12 Nov 1862, and was honorably discharged on 9 May 1863.

GLC06061.01

25 June 1862

Shober, William A., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: Quincy semi-weekly dispatch [Vol. 2, no. 1 (June 25, 1862)]

Necessity newspaper from Florida, with accounts of J.E.B. Stewart's ride around McClellan's army, Benjamin Butler's atrocities in New Orleans, Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley, also discussion of an "Emancipation Measure" on page 4. Mentions that Jubal Early was made a major general and that Abraham Lincoln visited Fredericksburg. Includes the latest news by telegram on page 2-3 as well as a call for volunteers for a partisan group. Page 4 has an article titled "Who is 'Gov.' Johnson?" which provides a short biography of Andrew Johnson. Advertisements on last two pages. Signature…

GLC06063

4 June 1861

Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898

Document

Title: [General Orders, No. 12 of Department of the Pacific]

General Order No. 12 issued by Buell as Assistant Adjutant General at the Headquarters of the Department of the Pacific by order of Brigadier General Edwin V. Sumner. Says "Commanding Officers will promptly report to this office the execution of General Orders No. 13, of April 30, 1861, from the War Department, requiring Officers of the army 'to take and subscribe anew the oath of allegiance to the United States of America.' Special mention will be made of any failure to comply with the requirements of the Orders."

GLC06071

19 November 1863

Stockton, T. H. (Thomas Hewlings), 1808-1868

Broadside

Title: Prayer at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg

Published by William S. & Alfred Martien, Booksellers. Delivered 19 November 1863, though a precise print date for this document is not cited. Delivered by Reverend Thomas Hewlings Stockton, who previously served as Chaplain to the United States House of Representatives. States "our enemies-- they came unresisted ... They prepared to cast the chain of Slavery around the form of Freedom, binding life and death together forever."

GLC06072

circa 1920

Callaway, James, fl. 1920

Broadside

Title: [Character of Robert E. Lee defamed by Susan B. Anthony...].

A response to Anthony's accusation in her History of Woman Suffrage that Robert E. Lee banished his youngest daughter, Annie Carter Lee (1839-1862) during the Civil War because of her Unionist sentiments. The author explains that Lee protected his daughter by sending her away and did not bring her body home for burial as a tribute to the people who took care of her.

GLC06073