February 14, 1865

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: Amendment to the Negro Soldier Bill

Confederate act ordering that "the General-in-Chief commanding the armies of the Confederate States be and he is hereby invested with the full and complete power to call into serveice of the Confederate States, to perform any duty which he may assign them, so may of the able bodied slaves with the Confederate States, as in his judgement the exigencies of the public service may require." He may conscript these slaves as soldiers, with or without their master's consent.

GLC08979.09

3 March 1865

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: Report of the Joint Select Committee appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war

Confederate report defending the treatment of Union prisoners in Confedederate prisions, and attacking Northern treatment of Southern prisoners.

GLC08979.10

1862-1865

Header Record

Title: Ten printed Confederate Acts concerning military exemption, substitution, and conscription [Decimalized .01-.10]

GLC08980

11 October 1862

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled an act to amend the existing acts for the exemption of persons from military service

Confederate act detailing possible exemptions from military service, the purpose being "to secure the proper police presence."

GLC08980.01

January 20, 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled an act to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service

Confederate act making all men between eighteen and forty-five not serving in the government eligible for military service.

GLC08980.02

January 21, 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled an act to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service

Conferate act listing all person and professions exempted from military service, with amendments at the end.

GLC08980.03

January 22, 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled an act to increase and strengthen the army of the Confederate States.

Confederate act granting the President the power to call slaves "to serve as teamsters, cooks, laborers and hospital nurses" in the Confederate Army.

GLC08980.04

January 28, 1864

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled an act amendatory of an act entitled, "An Act to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes," approved January 5, 1864

Confederate act allowing farmers producing "grain and provisions" to continue to send substitutes to fight for them, even though subsititutes have been banned for other men.

GLC08980.06

24 December 1864 circa

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled an act to provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia of the Confederate States, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the Confederate States, and for calling them forth to execute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.

Confederate act enrolling all able bodied men of in the army, except those that have special exemptions. Also details the organization and hierarchy of the Confederate army, lists those who are exempted from service, gives the President the power to call the militia.

GLC08980.07

January 10 1865

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: An act to provide for the more efficient execution of conscription, and for the arrest of deserters and absentees from the armies

Confederate bill presented by the minority of a Congressional Committee on conscription, with a request that this bill be passed, instead of the bill propossed by the majority of the committee. Bill would order a Bureau of Conscription formed at Richmond, details the workings of the Bureau, and other matters related to conscription.

GLC08980.08

January 10, 1865

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled an act to regulate the business of conscription

Confederate act ordering that "the bussines of conscription" be overseen by each state individually, reporting back to the President. Also details conscription process and abolishes the Bureau of Conscription.

GLC08980.09

February 14, 1865

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to amend an act to organize forces to serve during the war.

Confederate act discharging the oldest soldiers, conscripting seventeen year olds, and encouraging soldiers who have left the army to return.

GLC08980.10

January 1863

Header Record

Title: Two Confederate resolutions proclaiming Southern independence condemning the Emancipation proclamation [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC08981

January 13, 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: Joint resolutions on the pending war, and matters appertaining thereto

Confederate resolution stating they will only accept peace if they remain an independant and recognized nation, and if the Emancipation Proclimation is revoked. Peace talks can not begin until "the friends of peace in the North shall grow strong enough to constrain Abraham Lincoln and his flagitious Cabinent to withdraw said proclamation."

GLC08981.01

January 20, 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: Resolutions respecting the present war, and the causes leading thereto

Confederate resolution proclaiming the South will "forever remain free," condemning the Emancipation Procliation, and blaming the Civil War on Northern fanatics, "the Black Republican party." States "The war now existing between the Confederate States and the United States, had its origins from bad and wicked fanatics, known as the abolition party...they not only made war upon the institution of slavery, but went so far as to proclaim the equality of the black with the white race, thus adding the grossest insults to the past and contemplated injuries to the Southern people." Lincoln's…

GLC08981.02

January 7, 1862

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Manuscript document signed

Title: Field return of the first corps Army of the Potomac commanded by General Beaugregard

Breakdown of Confederate Army by rank, force, and fitness for duty. From major generals (2) to "Musicians" (252) and "Privates" (15, 234).

GLC08983

1861-1865

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph manuscript

Title: to unknown

Postscript to an unknown letter, stating that he was not present at Lee's surrender, but was with Sherman when Johnston surrendered.

GLC04195.54

4 August 1865

Moore, Robert E., fl. 1844-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Moore

He expresses joy at reestablishing communication and sadness at the news of the deaths of their mother and their sister's children. He describes the local conditions with dissatisfied freed slaves, no money, and no men to farm. Local agents are stealing crops. The letter lacks the conclusion.

GLC04195.58

February 22, 1862

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Moore Kelly

He refers to the Sanitary Commission's pretentious movement, and complains about their nurses. Laments the fact that while he and the Army medical department do all the work, and the government pays all the costs, they receive all the criticism while the Sanitary Commission ends up with all the credit. "The world you see is very much given to humbuggery. Even benevolence sometimes assumes that shape. Allow me to say, however, that the people mean well and freely give their money – give it more freely than I ever knew the bogus chivalry of the south to do, with all their flings and sneers at…

GLC04195.03

16 April 1865

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Moore Kelly

He describes the surrender of Raleigh and the request for protection from looters. "The men here with few exceptions are anxious to come back into the Union; but as usual the majority of the ladies are rebellious, of course." He is optimistic of Union triumph. He describes Sherman's meeting with Johnston, and Lincoln's assassination. A postscript announces Johnston's surrender and Davis's surrender of the entire Confederacy, while Sherman wants to ratify the sanction in Washington. "The telegram announcing the assassination of the President was recvd. …The soldiers of the Army were in…

GLC04195.31

26 April 1865

Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891

Manuscript document

Title: [Draft of supplement terms to the surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston to General William T. Sherman at Greensboro, North Carolina]

Clerically signed by Johnston, General Commanding Confederate State forces North Carolina, and James M. Schofield, Major General Commanding United States forces North Carolina. Marked "Military Convention of April 26, 1865, Supplemental Terms." Lists five additional terms to the surrender agreement.

GLC02220.01

27 April 1865

Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891

Manuscript document

Title: [Draft of General Orders No. 18]

Clerically signed by Johnston, General Commanding and signed official by Archer Anderson, Assistant Adjutant General. Announces the terms of the surrender of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston to Union General William T. Sherman on 21 April 1865. States that the men must agree to abide by the laws of the United States and they will be left to return to their homes. Informs that muster rolls will be made up and troops will be marched to their respective states. Ends by stating that recent events in Virginia have made success impossible and Johnston must spare further bloodshed.…

GLC02220.02

27 April 1865

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

Manuscript document

Title: [Draft of Special Orders No. 15]

By order of Major General Sherman, clerically signed by L. M. Dayton, Assistant Adjutant General. Announces the cessation of hostilities and the final surrender agreement with Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. Gives instructions on carrying out the surrender terms. Stresses carrying out orders uniformly in order to restore friendships with fellow citizens. Calls for an end to foraging. Also includes a draft copy of a circular dated 28 April 1865 by command of General Sherman signed clerically by Archer Anderson as Assistant Adjutant General. Orders commanders to send four fifths…

GLC02220.03

2 May 1865

Broadside

Title: Herald Extra. Farewell Address of General Joseph E. Johnston.

Reprints Johnston's farewell to the troops of the Army of Tennessee following his surrender to Union General William T. Sherman. Advises his troops to obey the surrender terms. Thanks the men for their devotion and wishes them prosperity and happiness. With an article on the side praising Johnston and another titled, "Our Returned Soldiers," welcoming them home.

GLC02220.04

19 September 1862

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written immediately following the battle of Antietam (17-18 September 1862), after Lee's troops had withdrawn across the Potomac. They rested after the previous battle before pursuing the rebels, overtaking their rear as they were crossing the water. He has worked with the rebel wounded left in the surrounding farm houses. "They probably lost 15000 men in wounded and killed. Our own loss is perhaps more than half that. It was one of the most magnificent battles of the war. The invasion of Maryland has thus ended ingloriously and their Army has left very greatly demoralized...No men ever did…

GLC04195.04