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27 April 1864

E.T. Parkinson

Printed document

Title: General Orders, No. 10

Lieutenant J. C. Allen is now aide-de-camp and will be obeyed.

GLC02744.255

January 17, 1862

Williams, J.D., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph document

Title: By Order of the Adjutant-General's Office

He orders Thomas Burpee to bring an alphabetized list of the members of his company.

GLC02744.256

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Why Don't You Take It?

features one dog looking down at a piece of meat that says Washington on it as another dog walks by.

GLC08413.15

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: One Nation--One Government

features arc with all the states written in it. eagle sits on top with flags.

GLC08413.44

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Why Don't You Take It?

features picture dog wearing collar that says Scott and another dog wearing collar that says Jeff looking at a piece of meat that says Washington

GLC08414.4

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Jeff Davis Boasts that Cotton's King...

features color picture of man holding flag and standing by sign that reads To Washington Through Baltimore. Rhyme about Jefferson Davis beneath.

GLC08482.5

20 August 1861

Envelope

Title: Washington

features picture of Washington and reads "A Southern Man with Union Principles."

GLC08482.6

18 June 1862

Envelope

Title: The Constitution Must be Preserved

features woman holding scroll that says "Constitution"

GLC08413.12

January 17, 1861

Envelope

Title: We Will Protect it and Avenge its Insults

features hands shaking over the constitution.

GLC08413.13

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: The Great Battle of the Antietam Valley

depicts battle.

GLC08413.14

30 November 1861

Envelope

Title: If Any One Attempts to Haul Down the American Flag, Shoot Him on the Spot.--John A. Dix

features American flag

GLC08413.16

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: untitled envelope

features man holding flag. broken drum lies on the ground.

GLC08413.19

24 April 1865

Envelope

Title: P.O.W Cover

stamped with Prisoner's Letter, Examined

GLC08413.27

2 April 1865

Stickney, Geo., fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father

writing from the hospital where 350 are wounded. gives him the names of the soldiers his father knows that wounded and assures him that mmost of these are not dangerous.

GLC08413.28

14 March 1865

Bowen, C.D., fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Paymaster

asks paymaster to please forward his pay immediately to the above address. has not been paid since he was taken prisoner and desperately needs to pay his family's bills.

GLC08413.29