January 11, 1864

Newspaper

Title: World morning courier and New-York enquirer. [Vol. 3, no. 1113 (January 11, 1864)]

Repulse of four thousand rebels under Mosby.

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26 November 1898

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly: a journal of civilization. [Vol. 42, no. 2188 (November 26, 1898)]

Discusses an opinion printed in a British paper that the United States should "take the Philippines, and all the other Spanish territory of which we can lay our hands." Advocates recruitment of "dark men- negroes, half-castes, Tagals, and ... Mohammedan Malays ... " for military service in tropical areas. Reports on imperialism and the Senate, Zionism, and the daily life of Pope Leo XIII, containing various photographs of Leo XIII at the Vatican. Includes a photograph of George Berry, an African American soldier in Troop D, 10th United States Cavalry. States that Berry "carried the Colors…

GLC08725.13

14 June 1865

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

Newspaper

Title: New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4281 (June 14, 1865)]

Includes two proclamations issued by President Andrew Johnson. The first proclamation addresses trading restrictions officially removed within Southern states, and the second discusses some of Johnson's reconstruction policies. Includes international news, featuring a Russian report praising the fall of Richmond, Virginia, to Union forces. Contains an advertisement for a miraculous cure for cancer (page seven). The last page contains a full report on the last campaign of the Army of the Potomac, submitted by General George Gordon Meade.

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11 July 1862

Newspaper

Title: Tri-weekly telegraph [bombardment of Vicksburg, T.J. Jackson's Valley campaign]

GLC08732

3 January 1863

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6786 (January 3, 1863)]

Prints the Emancipation proclamation on page four. This is among the early printings of the Proclamation in a newspaper. Other news includes the Battle of Murfreesboro with map, attack on Vicksburg, and other Civil War news. Includes article on U.S. relations with Mexico.

GLC08748.03

28 April 1862

Newspaper

Title: The New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3306 (April 28, 1862)]

Capture of New Orleans with map.

GLC08748.07

16 July 1779

Donaldson, James, 1751-1830

Newspaper

Title: Edinburgh advertiser. [Vol. 32, no. 1622 (July 13- July 16, 1779)]

Discusses local meetings of noblemen regarding the raising of sailors. Includes a proclamation of George III discussing Britain's possible invasion by unspecified British enemies. Includes a letter from British General Henry Clinton discussing the capture "of the ports of Stony Point and Verplanks, the most direct and convenient communication between the province on either side of the Hudson's river." Contains correspondence discussing Revolutionary War activity in Georgia and South Carolina. Includes an assurance that as long as Britain maintains a strong presence on the sea, enemy…

GLC08756

November 1862

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

Pamphlet

Title: What They Have to Do Who Stay at Home

Written by Olmsted as General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Touts the good work of the Sanitary Commission, but "What They Have To Do" is get involved. Calls for a better system of donation and distribution of supplies to alleviate the suffering of sick and wounded troops. Says "The recent battles East and West have completely exhausted the reserved stock of the Commission, and it is found now not only impracticable to accumulate supplies, but impossible to meet even urgent demands daily made by hospitals within sight of the very dome of the Capitol." Says materials are becoming…

GLC08665

28 July 1864

Cobb, Thomas, fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to dear Friends

Cobb was a captain in the Union Army and participated in the Battle of Atlanta. Describes the military activities occurring from 22-28 July 1864. Writes that there is more and more fighting everyday but that his division has not yet been closely engaged. Informs that the Army of the Tennessee, the 15th, 16th, and 17th artillery, have done the most fighting and fought on 22 July. The Army of the Cumberland fought the battle of the 20th. Writes that Union General Oliver O. Howard has taken command from General James B. McPherson who was killed on 22 July. Believes that Confederate…

GLC08683

1863 ; 1940s

War Photograph & Exhibition Company

Photograph

Title: On the battlefield at Gettysburg

A stereocard of the Patriot Publishing Company. Description of the photograph reads "A group of Union dead on the right of the federal lines on the first days' fight, July 1, 1863. These soldiers were killed by one discharge of "cannister" from a Rebel gun during a charge. "Cannister" is a tin can filled with small balls about the size of a marcle. When the cannon is fired the force of the discharge bursts open the can, and the shower of canniseter balls sweeps everything before it." This stereocard reproduced is the 1940s

GLC08685

3 December 1777

Parker, W., fl. 1777

Newspaper

Title: General advertiser and morning intelligencer. [No. 337 (December 3, 1777)]

Reprints the "whole of the London Gazette Extraordinary," of 2 December 1777 which includes a letter of British General William Howe to Lord George Germain dated 10 October 1777 at Germantown concerning events in the Revolutionary War. Includes a list of wounded and killed at the Battle of Brandywine, 11 September 1777 and Germantown, 4 October 1777. Also prints extracts of letters from Sir Henry Clinton to William Howe. Stamped with half-penny tax on first page lower right corner.

GLC08717

2 December 1864

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Document signed

Title: [Brevet appointment of William R. Smedberg]

Partially printed document appointing William R. Smedberg as "a Major, by Brevet," for "gallant services at the battle of the Wilderness." While the President has appointed Smedberg, he must also be confirmed by the Senate before assuming his new rank.

GLC08574

23 July 1861

Newspaper

Title: The New-York times. [Vol. 10, no. 3068 (July 23, 1861)]

Battle of First Bull Run

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1892

Gibbon, John, 1827-1896

Typed document

Title: Sketches from the Battle-Fields of the War. Bull Run.

Recollection of the Battle of Bull Run, written in three parts. Draft of an article with pen corrections. Fifty-six pages combined (Part I is twelve, Part II is thirteen, and Part III is thirty one).

GLC08572

25 November 1863

Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885

Letter

Title: to William Henry French

Circular letter from Grant regarding victory at Chattanooga. Signed by J. H. Chase, Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant General, 26 November 1863. Serves as a circular announcing a Union victory at Chattanooga, Tennessee. The first message, to General French, commander of the Third Corps, Army of the Potomac, was transmitted by Seth Williams. Williams, adjutant general of the Army of the Potomac, states "The following telegram has been received. The Comdg General desires it announced to the troops, in the morning before the march." The second message, transmitted by P. H. Watson, Assistant…

GLC08601

1900

Pickett, Lasalle C., 1848-1931

Book

Title: Pickett and his Men

Second edition, with an introduction by James Longstreet. An inscribed copy to General Ell Torrance and his wife: "For General and Mrs. Ell Torrance with love and regards from the author, Lasalle Corbell Pickett. Think of the men who held these heights' 'Yes' he [Lincoln] replied, 'but think of the men who stormed these heights'. Page 408."

GLC08401

2 July 1862

Ing, John H., 1819-1901

Printed document signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Ing, a Baltimore attorney, offers a plan to bring the Maryland militia into the service of the Union. Indicates that 5,000 volunteers and 10,000-15,000 "Home Guards" could be ready in 30-60 days. Also states that he suggested the same plan to Governor Thomas Hicks after the Battle of Bull Run. Asks for a personal interview and seeks to further serve the government.

GLC08406

16 May 1863

Foote, Francis C., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F. C. Foote

Written in camp near Brookes Station. Foote writes to his parents in Westport, Connecticut. Informs them that his captain, H. P. Burr, is held as a prisoner in Richmond, Virginia, with a great number of his fellow Union soldiers. Reports "Scofield is dead our ambulances went over to the battle field the other day to the rebbes hospital to get our wounded and to bury the dead our Lutenant Cournel was shot in the eye and is dead on the field... there is a good many of our troops that have died since they have had their limbs taken off and they folks that have come from the hospital say that…

GLC08415.02

20 May 1864

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: New York Herald. [Whole no. 10,108 (May 20, 1864)]

War news. Grant, a brisk engagement on Wednesday. Sherman, important successes in Georgia.

GLC08427.11

19 April 1861

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Newspaper

Title: Liberator. [Vol. XXXL, no. 16 (April 19, 1861)]

Announces "Civil War Begun. Fort Sumter Captured. The Federal Capital in Danger. Thousands of Troops Mustering. The North United At Last." Includes proclamations by the President, official correspondence regarding the surrender of Fort Sumter, details on the fighting, articles on the coming conflict, and opinion pieces attacking the South and calling for abolition.

GLC08429.02

3 June 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 1776 (June 3, 1862)]

Richmond battle with map

GLC08429.04

11 April 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 17, no. 1761 (April 11, 1862)]

position at Yorktown with map

GLC08429.05

14 March 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 17, no. 1753 (March 14, 1862)]

Battle of Monitor and Merrimac, news of Texas and Arkansas.

GLC08429.07

2 September 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6681 ( September 2, 1862)]

map of Peninsular Campaign

GLC08429.11

6 January 1863

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 1838 ( January 6, 1863)]

Murfreesboro

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