January 30, 1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Thomas J. Eckert.

Arranging secret Hampton Roads peace conference.

GLC08088

14 July 1862

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

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Petition to President Abraham Lincoln to arrange for the release of Union prisoners held in Richmond, Virginia].

Mary Morrison, Amanda Morrison, and Mary Wheeler, two wives and a sister of Union supporters imprisoned by the Confederate Army request that the Union Army take seven Confederate supporters living in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and arrange to have a prisoner transfer, citing a prior instance of such an exchange. The Union prisoners were Moses Morrison, Thomas Morrison, Major Charles Williams, and Peter Cousse. Secretary of War Stanton's endorsement supports the request and asks General John Pope to hold the "disloyal persons" until the petitioners' kin are returned.

GLC08160

circa 1864-1865

Photograph

Title: [Gardner Civil War photographs: Meade, Grand Review, etc]

Gardner-Ordway Collection. Unknown photographer, "Wilderness #70. Charles City Va. View of Court House." Photograph 18, neg. number 778.

GLC05508.012.18

2 October 1863 circa

Broadside

Title: Satirical Union Broadside

"Chattanooga Sentinel-Extra...the Ladies of Selma are respectfully requested to preserve all their chamber lye..."

GLC08140

03 December 1860

Gourdin, M., fl. 1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George W. Cullum

Prominent South Carolinian writes of the secession of that state and the dissolution of the Union

GLC08143

February 14, 1861

Gibbons, S.B., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louisa (sister)

Va. militia Col. re: seeing Alabama Governor and troops, and mentioning Davis' Inauguration

GLC08144

10 October 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Manuscript document signed

Title: Calling for new law

Calling for new law governing replacement of fallen soldiers to Confederate Congress

GLC08145

17 November 1862

Turner, John Addison, fl. 1850-1862

Newspaper

Title: The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 8 (November 17, 1862)]

Turnwold Plantation printed newspaper, "The Countryman," two uncut copies of the same issue. Contains an article opposing the education of negroes.

GLC08146

30 May 1864

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Fendall Griffin

Response to Griffin's request for the release of two slaves impressed into Confederate service. Seddon denies the request on the grounds that Griffin has not provided enough details about the circumstances of the impressment, such as who impressed the slaves and under whose charge they currently served. Written on stationary of the War Department of the Confederate States of America. Seddon was the Confederate Secretary of War.

GLC08154

1862-1863

Header Record

Title: [Collection of 4 documents pertaining to Confederate ironclads] Decimalized

GLC08155

07 May 1862

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Huger

Placement of troops during Petersburg Campaign

GLC08156

12 April 1864

Murrah, P., fl. 1864

Broadside

Title: Proclimation by the Governor

Governor of Texas proclaiming "The Major General commanding the District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona has refused to receive state troops. The enemy, is in force, upon the very borders of our state."

GLC08164

1861-1865

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Charles J. C. Hutson, H company, 1st regiment, South Carolina, infantry] [decimalized]

decimalized

GLC08165

16 October 1864

Broadside

Title: Election of 1864

Election of 1864 "The degrading compromise that the Northern Copperhead leaders would force upon the country rebel terms of peace!!" Illustration of Jefferson Davis shaking hands with Union soldier who has lost a leg, over an image of a tombstone and Columbia weeping.

GLC08166

02 April 1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Todd Lincoln.

Lincoln's last letter to Mary Lincoln, day before the fall of Richmond, Re: dramatic news of the final collapse of the confederate defenses.

GLC08090

29 March 1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Ulysses S. Grant.

Re: Troop movements at Port Stedman at the end of the war: "From what direction did the enemy come?"

GLC08089

14 April 1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Edict.

Granting amnesty to a group of confederate prisoners provided they take oath (one of the last official acts before his assisination), under Andrew Johnson, ES,4/12/1865.

GLC08091

24 July 1864

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to parents

Describes traveling from City Point, Virginia to Fort Stevens, and mentions an event involving President Lincoln. Discusses his promotion to 1st Lieutenant of Company 'C.' "…[we] marched through the city to Fort Stevens in front of which we found the rebels in force but our brigade was not engaged with them, the 3d Brigade came up the next day and had quite a little fight, President Lincoln and wife and several other distinguished persons were out to see the fight. A surgeon standing beside Mr. Lincoln and conversing with him was wounded in the leg but this did not drive him away…"

GLC03523.18.19

2 November 1864-6 November 1864

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Two letters. First letter apologizes for delay in communication as a result of the Battle of Cedar Creek. In his second letter he mentions that he received orders from General Ulysses S.Grant to be ready for an attack from "Mr. [Jubal] Early." Is working on muster and pay rolls every night until 11:00, and reports that he sent rolls to Washington, D.C. Mentions picket duty near a grist mill and his relationship with the mill's owners. References poor treatment of Union soldiers in Southern camps, and tells story of a Seargeant Freelove who was captured and taken prisoner by the Confederates…

GLC03523.18.30

3 January 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 260 (January 3, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. In response to an article in the "Chicago Tribune," front page has an article mockingly titled "New Orleans Ruined!-Cotton Doomed!" that says the city's markets will survive if New Yorkers eliminate tolls on Erie Canal. Front page reference to the Henry Winter Davis proposal to keep the peace between North and South. The Daily Crescent rejects it out of hand. Front page essay titled "Secession vs. Co-Operation" by "A Citizen" rejects cooperation, i.e. talks, with the North and says "Redress for past injuries and security for the future are all that the people of…

GLC05960.02.02

4 January 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 261 (January 4, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Only has first 2 pages of a usual full 8 page issue. Front page article titled "No Compromise," rejects the compromise efforts of Henry Winter Davis in Washington. Article titled "The State Conventions," gives updates on the secession efforts in the Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia state legislatures and predicts Florida will secede the next day. Short update on situation at Charleston. Says Fort Moultrie repaired and manned by South Carolinians. Short article says the Governor of Missouri is not in favor of secession. Long front page article on "The…

GLC05960.02.03

February 25, 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 305 (February 25, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Article on University of Louisiana. Description of the New Orleans celebration of George Washington's birthday takes up three quarters of the front page. Describes an "Imposing Military Display." Short item on arrival of Mrs. Jefferson Davis in New Orleans to visit her father. Reference to the safe arrival of James Redpath and John Brown Jr. in Haiti with a group of "colored emigrants" -- the former news of their capture off the coast of Georgia was false. Printing of the "Official Journal of the Convention of the State of Louisiana" on page 2 and part of…

GLC05960.02.06

25 April 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 45 (April 25, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Front page is filled with military notices and advertisements for men to volunteer for various units. Copy of Robert Anderson's dispatch to Secretary of War Simon Cameron after the fall of Fort Sumter. Telegraphed updates from throughout the country, including one blurb referring to Northern troops as abolitionists: "Abolition Troops at Cairo." Reprint of report from "Charleston Mercury" that describes how the news of the fall of Fort Sumter was received by abolitionists in Washington D.C. Several slave advertisements.

GLC05960.02.12

circa 1863-1864

Manuscript document

Title: to unknown Colonel

Undated, unsigned letter addressed only to "Col." Refers to a Father Park who aided Colonel Fitzhugh by sending money to Baltimore. The writer states by doing so, Park helped the Confederates and states "...by this act not only sympathized with our Enemies but to the extent of his ability gave them aid and comfort."

GLC02414.187

January 29, 1863

Botsford, James Lawrence, 1834-1898

Manuscript telegram

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Handwritten telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from Botsford, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of the 23rd Ohio Infantry. States that he will attend to Scammon's recent telegram. The Cavalry have returned. He cannot get information about the Confederates movements and feels the bad weather probably delayed them. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

GLC02414.191