1864-1893

Header Record

Title: Two letters from Civil War Generals [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC03472.04

10 December 1838

Miles, Dixon Stansbury, 1804-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Urgently requests a promotion and to be stationed in Baltimore, so he may be close to his ailing wife.

GLC03473

1862-1879

Header Record

Title: Civil War Union Generals, artillery collection [Decimalized .01-.08]

Eight documents signed by Union Artillery Generals.

GLC03474

24 June 1863

Arnold, Richard, 1828-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Cuvier Grover

Ordering a section of Captain Nims' battery "to report to General Erickson at Newport tomorrow at 500 A.M." Written at Head Quarters, Department of the Gulf, likely in New Orleans.

GLC03474.01

9 August 1862

Barry, William Farquhar, 1818-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Hillhouse

Forwarding a note from Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas, and recommending the bearer for a post as a subaltern with the rank of Lieutenant. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm. Written along the James River in Virginia.

GLC03474.02

12 December 1863

Hays, William, 1819-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Requests that Sprague provide a copy of a muster roll for a New York Artillery regiment to William Turner.

GLC03474.04

February 2, 1865

Seymour, Truman, 1824-1891

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

Recommending Captain Briggs for promotion. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03474.07

February 22, 1864

Tyler, Robert Ogden, 1831-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew A. Humphreys

Expressing his high regard for Humphreys and the Army of the Potomac.

GLC03474.08

1862-1865

Header Record

Title: Civil War - Union Generals, Cavalry collection [Decimalized .01-.04]

Four documents from Union Generals who served in the Cavalry.

GLC03475

7 August 1864

Chapman, George Henry, 1832-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Recommending Major Caleb Moore of the Eighth New York Cavalry for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. Mounted on paper 29 x 20 cm.

GLC03475.02

1859 - 1886

Header Record

Title: Civil War - Union Generals, Eastern Theater [Decimalized .01-.16]

Sixteen documents from Union Generals who served in the Eastern Theater.

GLC03476

7 April 1863

Bartlett, Joseph Jackson, 1834-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Brigadier General Bartlett recommends Engineering Corps officer Alfred F. Manning for commission in a New York Regiment. Addressed to Sprague as major general and adjutant general of New York. Autograph note signed on verso by Colonel Charles B. Stuart of the 50th New York Engineers also recommends Manning.

GLC03476.01

6 August 1863

Couch, Darius Nash, 1822-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Offers to give his recommendation regarding the recipient's character, but cannot testify to his bravery at Fair Oaks. The recipient's name is illegible, however he was a Captain in the Thirty Sixth New York Volunteers.

GLC03476.02

23 April 1863

Davis, William Watts Hart, 1820-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Recommending Lieutenant Colonel William C. Raulston of the Eighty First New York Infantry for promotion. Autograph endorsement signed on verso by Henry M. Naglee, dated 23 April 1863.

GLC03476.03

1 April 1862

Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Regarding a furlough request]

Birney's autograph endorsement signed on verso of a letter in which Captain Daniel E. Gavit writes to his captain Chauncey McKeever requesting a fifteen day furlough because his family house is in foreclosure. Other autograph endorsements signed include McKeever, Colonel George W. Mindil, John Henry Hobart Ward and Charles S. Hamilton. Although the other officers approve the furlough, Hamilton, the senior officer, disapproves of it, and the furlough is rejected.

GLC03476.08

12 November 1863

Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson, 1810-1883

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marsena R. Patrick

Agrees with Patrick's decision in the case of Joseph Crandall. "The papers in the case of Crandall have been examined. You conclusion and intended action in the case are approved."

GLC03476.10

28 September 1863

Peck, John J., 1821-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Quincy Gillmore

Major General Peck, commander of the District of North Carolina, acknowledges receipt of a letter discussing General Edward Augustus Wild's brigade. Informs Gillmore, commander of the Department of the South, that upon learning of the arrival of Gillmore's steamer in Beaufort, North Carolina, Peck ordered his quartermaster to remove unspecified items. Written on "Head-Quarters, Army and District of North Carolina" stationery.

GLC03476.12

1834-1881

Header Record

Title: Civil War - Union Generals, foreign-born collection [Decimalized .01-.07]

7 documents from Union Civil War General born outside the United States.

GLC03477

18 July 1862

Trobriand, Régis de, 1816-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin D. Morgan

Commending Captain George G. Williams for his service, especially his bravery at Malvern Hill. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03477.01

7 October 1864

Herron, Francis J., 1837-1902

Autograph note signed

Title: [Endorsement requesting parole for a friend]

Requesting parole for a sick and imprisoned friend. Reads "One of the parties under arrest...is a friend of mine...I do not think there is anything against him. He is quite sick. Please parole him." Docket signed by Christian Thomson Christensen. Signed at conclusion and again in text.

GLC03477.02

30 July 1869

Weber, Max, 1824-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Stating that his "commission as Brigadier General is dated: 13 April 18." Written on stationery of the Custom House, New York.

GLC03477.06

circa 1800 - 1920

Header Record

Title: [U.S. Navy Collection] [decimalized .01-.76]

GLC03479

1861

Bachmann, John, fl. 1849-1885

Map

Title: Bird's-eye view of Texas and part of Mexico

From the series: Panorama of the Seat of War.

GLC03484

1862

Colton, Joseph Hutchins, 1800-1893

Map

Title: Colton's New Topographical Map of the States of Virginia, Maryland & Delaware : Showing also Eastern Tennessee & Parts of Other Adjoining States, All the Fortifications, Military Stations, Rail Roads, Common Roads, and Other Internal Improvements

Printed and folded Civil War map part of Colton's complete series of Civil War maps. Bound in a booklet advertising Colton's other maps on the inside cover. Only Virginia, Maryland, an Delaware are in color. WIth a floral border. After title the map reads "compiled from the latest & most authentic sources on a scale of 12 miles to the inch."

GLC03485

1888

Kurz & Allison

Print

Title: Battle of Antietam

Depicts fighting between Union and Confederate troops near the small stone bridge that crossed the Antietam. Mounted on heavy cardboard backing.

GLC03487