10 July 1863

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Henry Hammond

Sherman, commanding an expeditionary Army, writes to Colonel Hammond as his forces approach Jackson, Mississippi. Possibly referring to Generals John Grubb Parke (Union) and Frederick Steele, writes "Your note is received I dont want Parke to keep a line connected with Steele or Pearl River. I want him to move up as close to the parapet as possible and hold it in force with a line of pickets connecting with Steele. All operations to the left to be made by Detachments sent for a special purpose. We must hook up that RRoad & telegraph at once- next operate against the Railroad across the…

GLC03665

January 29, 1865

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Hatch

Major General Sherman writes to General Hatch about his plans for the Carolina campaign against Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. Sherman gives Hatch orders for troop movements. "I wish you tomorrow to send a Detachment to the Forks of the Road this side of the Salkehatchie, ... Try and make a pathway of fallen timber through the swamp, so as to Enable skirmishers to appear near the River Bank at the Railroad & Wagon Road Bridges." Informs that he will wait where he is until he hears from General Henry W. Slocum about Robertville. Believes it to be very important to hold the…

GLC03666

1863-1865

Widdifield, Charles T., fl. 1863-1865

Diary

Title: [Diaries of Charles T. Widdifield, K company, 12th regiment, Pennsylvania, cavalry]

Autograph manuscripts signed. The 1863 and 1865 diaries (approximately 150 and 122 pages, respectively) contain entries written under printed dates, while the 1864 diary (approximately 71 pages) is in a notebook with days and months written by author. All three are mostly written in pencil and signed by the author. Also included are four loose note sheets that originally were stuck within the diary pages from 1864. Widdifield's unit served in Western Virginia near Martinsburg, Winchester, and Charles Town. His unit did not fight at Gettysburg, having retreated from the Valley in June…

GLC03131.02

1861

Campbell, James M., fl. 1861

Diary

Title: [Diary of James M. Campbell, B company 5th regiment, Virginia, infantry]

Diary in pencil except for 9-10 and 25-27 of August 1861. Campbell was in the "Rockbridge Rifles." He lived in Lexington, Virginia. Contains entries for most days from 1 January to 14 April 1861, and from 18 July to the end of the year. Many of the intervening pages, however, are not blank, for "the entries Made from 18th of April up to this 17th of August are Made from Memory I believe them to be Very Near true." Included among the entries drawn from memory are the accounts of his joining and first days in the Rockbridge Rifles (18-24 April), list of men in Rockbridge Rifles (27 May - 2 June…

GLC03132

1859-1907

Clegg, William, fl. 1859-1907

Header Record

Title: [Collection of William Clegg, I company, 2nd regiment, Louisiana, infantry] [decimalized]

Collection includes nine letters, one newspaper clipping with ribbon, one diary, one ledger, and one photograph. Four envelopes are included. Letters are written from various people and include recommendations for Clegg, reflections of the War, and various other topics. Diary mostly consists of entries on camp life, marching, and some fighting.

GLC03133

1862-1863

Baker, T. Otis, 1844-1910

Header Record

Title: [Collection of T. Otis Baker, B company, 10th regiment, Mississippi, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .03]

Lieutenant T. Otis Baker served in Co. B, 10th Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. The diary covers 9 October 1862 -2 August 1863. Diary is primarily written in pencil and has some touch-ups. In addition to the diary, this collection includes one photograph and one calling card. The diary contains entries for the period 24 June-14 July 1863, covering Rosecrans' Tullahoma campaign and its aftermath.

GLC03134

circa 1861-1865

Header Record

Title: Collection of 716 Confederate letters from various soldiers [decimalized .01-.13]

Letters are decimalized.

GLC03135

1844-1920

Nugent, 1844-1920

Header Record

Title: [Letters of Nugent family members, including one member in the Louisiana Volunteers, and another in the Mississippi Volunteers] [Decimalized .01- .36]

Includes correspondence of J. Perry Nugent, Co. K of the 16th and 25th Louisiana Volunteers, and C. J. Nugent of Co. D, 28th Mississippi Volunteers. Collection of thirty items, twenty-nine letters and one excerpt from an 1855 lecture. One undated letter at end of the collection is incomplete. Collection contains five wardate letters; one written by Perry Nugent from Texas, three by J. P. Nugent in the 16 Louisiana Volunteers, and one by C. (Clarence?) J. Nugent of the 28th Mississippi Volunteers. The C. J. Nugent letter (30 September 1862) is not an original, but a typescript. A 22 May…

GLC03135.01

7 August 1862

Marshall, Humphrey, 1812-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jefferson Davis

Marshall believes "unless Col Morgans movement into Kentucky formed part of a plan of invasion intended to be permanent and effective, it would do harm instead of good." Thoroughly details his plan for such an invasion of Kentucky. Thinks Colonel John Morgan's raiding actions are ineffectual for creating armed resistance to Union control. Instead feels that if he launches a sustained invasion Kentucky residents will join him by the thousands, and he will be able to take Kentucky, and even move against Ohio. Letter mentions numerous officers including Confederate Major General William Wing…

GLC03906

25 November 1861

Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874

Document signed

Title: to Lewis Doughty

Receipt from the Confederate States Navy Department for $518.18 for repairs and equipment for Confederate gunboats. Payment made to Lewis Doughty, who signed this document twice, of the Marine Railway Co. Marks down work on 9 ships and the supplies of wood needed to repair them. Approved by Captain Franklin Buchanan, who signed the receipt. Also signed by boatswain W.H. Face. Marked at top as "In Triplicate." Buchanan was a Confederate admiral. In 1845-47, he served as the first Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, followed by notable Mexican-American War service. In 1859-61,…

GLC03914

February 22, 1865

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Marked Cipher at top and copy on verso. Grant writes to the Secretary of War that he had a 100 gun salute fired yesterday for the capture of Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, and has sent out Stanton's order to have it repeated.

GLC03923

24 April 1861

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Philip St. George Cocke re: organizing Virginia's forces, Virginia's borders

Written two days after Lee accepted command of Virginia's forces. Noting that an invasion of Virginia would be considered an act of war. With an initialed postscript.

GLC03874

12 September 1864

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John B. Hood

Writes to Confederate General Hood to discuss a prisoner exchange. Also discusses the deplorable conditions at Andersonville Prison, asking him to give the Union prisoners more room and food, and to allow them to construct shelters. Written on stationary of the "Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi."

GLC03882

8 April 1862

Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Caroline Flagg Foote

Written by Foote as commander of the Mississippi River Squadron to his wife. Written from Island No. 10, the day after Foote's Squadron captured it. Says he can barely lift his pen to write after the recent fight and the "intense mental anxiety for 23 days." Says she will see the account of the capture of Island No. 10 and claims "It is a Gibraltar." Says he cannot keep his head up and will feel better after a good night's sleep. Says his foot (earlier injured by a Confederate shell) is bothering him. Also includes a black and white print titled "Bombardment of Island No. 10." Shows ironclad…

GLC03910

June 3, 1861

Magrunder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Commissary General of Subsistence

Confederate Colonel Magruder requests 100,000 rations of bacon, coffee, vinegar, salt and molasses immediately, noting that his soldiers' supply will be exhausted in two days. Instructs the Commissary General to send the supplies with Mr. Johnson, who has orders to inquire at West Point, Virginia regarding the quantity of provisions. Instructs the Commissary to address the stores to Lieutenant Carter. Written eight days before the Battle of Big Bethel, Virginia (a Confederate victory). Written at Camp Yorktown

GLC03913

13 June 1861

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893

Letter signed

Title: to Elizabeth Winthrop

Following the 10 June 1861 Battle of Big Bethel, General Butler writes a letter of sympathy to Winthrop, informing her of the death of Major Theodore Winthrop, her son. States "After Major Winthrop had delivered the order with which he was charged to the Commander of the Regiment, he took his rifle and while his guide held his horse in the woods in the rear with too daring bravery went to the front; while there stepping upon a log to get a fell view of the foe, he received the fatal shot ..." Informs Mrs. Winthrop that because Theodore was so close to enemy lines, Union troops could not…

GLC03915.01

December 1866

Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

Autograph manuscript

Title: [draft account of cavalry operations of Army of Northern Virginia]

Draft account of cavalry operations sent to Robert E. Lee, detailing actions of Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry division during May through June 1864, from Grant's crossing of the Rapidan River through the death of General J.E.B. Stuart. Details movement of his forces, battles fought, and general events during the time period. Laments the death General Stuart. Also discusses Union African American troops, whom he accuses of committing "outrages."

GLC03917

1861

Photograph signed

Title: [Braxton Bragg]

Signed on mount and trimmed at top of oval (affecting photograph paper but not touching image). Hair on top of head and on face has been badly retouched. Previously owned by General Joseph Wheeler

GLC03918

1897-1916

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Header Record

Title: to Sam Chapman re: letters on slavery, the war, Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Stuart [decimalized]

A collection of letters from John Singleton Mosby, of Warrenton, Virginia, to Samuel Chapman of Covington, Virginia, most written on stationery of the Department of Justice. (Other recipients are noted in the inventory.) The letters discuss the Civil War, Reconstruction and American attempts to reevaluate the war, its causes and actors. Many of these letters are written while Mosby served as an Assistant Attorney for the Department of Justice (1904-1910). Mosby's letters demonstrate his conciliatory attitude towards the North. He supported President Grant's legacy of reconstruction, and…

GLC03921

10 February 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Manuscript document signed

Title: to David Hunter

To Major General Hunter, Commander of the Department of the South, Brigadier General Rufus Saxton, military governor of the region including South Carolina, A. C. Smith, W. E. Wording, and William Henry Brisbane. President Lincoln authorizes these men to "select for Government use, for War, Military, Naval, revenue, Charitable, Educational or police purposes such tracts, parcels or lots of land, within the State of South Carolina, from the lands which may have been or which may hereafter be offered for sale by the Direct Tax Commissioners in said State." Authorizes the men's action based on…

GLC04001

1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of two documents of Captain J. S. James] Decimalized

GLC03988

9 December 1866

Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to T.W. Colley

Offering to purchase artificial foot for T. W. Colley, a Confederate amputee. Hopes to purchase the foot with the money he raised during a fair "for the relief of the South." Lee is now "engaged in farming."

GLC03990

29 April 1885

Johnson, Badley T., 1829-1903

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Campbell Brown

Doubts that Beauregard ever had a "lost order" at First Manassas. Believes that there was never a missing battle plan, as some have asserted.

GLC04015

1864

Walker, John Burns, fl. 1862-1865

Print

Title: Andersonville Prison, Georgia

A colored, lithographic view of the prison and POWs, printed underneath is the description: "Numbers 1 and 2 comprise Andersonville Prison an area of 26 acres, nearly five acres of which was an uninhabitable swamp. In June, July and August. 1864, 33.000 Union Prisoners were crowded on the remaining 21 acres." Walker, the man who sketched the image, is identified as a Andersonville POW and member of Co. G of the 141st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Lithograph made by Thomas Sinclair of Philadelphia.

GLC04017

22 April 1865

Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Walter Taylor

Submits a report of the operations of his command, the Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia from 28 March to 9 April 1865, the days leading up to Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Detailed account of troop movements, skirmishes with Union forces, and the number of captured, wounded, and killed. Reports being joined by the divisions of Generals William Henry Fitz Lee and Thomas L. Rosser. Indicates that they attacked Sheridan's cavalry at Five Forks. Describes events leading up to the army withdrawing from Petersburg. Praises commanding generals W. H. F. Lee, Rosser, Thomas T. Munford,…

GLC04019