[n.d.]

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of "Trench[e]s at Port Hudson."

Penciled caption on verso, with additional inscriptions "310" and "7793." Image of several tents and a pavilion in a wooded valley.

GLC04596.03

1865/03/17

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

Describes widespread desertion by Confederate troops, intra-troop Confederate violence.

GLC06734.020

1864/[08/17]

Riddle, A.J., fl. 1864-1883

Photograph

Title: "…North End of Andersonville Prison, Ga."

Image composed of two mounted albumen prints, with ink and paint embellishments. With Century Co. stamp and various inscriptions.

GLC06999.35

1915/09/24

Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Inc.

Document

Title: Catalog of An Important Collection of Fine and Rare Photographs.

Auction catalog from which Neville Franklin Dragoo purchased this collection (lots #200, 212, and 215).

GLC06999.39

[n.d.]

Unknown

Sketch

Title: [sketch of a skull and crow atop a Confederate flag]

Ink sketch of a skull and crow atop a Confederate flag.

GLC06999.40

[n.d.]

Manuscript

Title: [List]

Inventory of the collection by a previous owner.

GLC06999.41

1861/03/23

Harper, Fletcher, 1806-1877

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 5 no. 221 (March 23, 1851)]

The front page of this issue is a drawing of the commanding officers at Fort Sumter, less than a month before an attack on the fort would begin the hostilities of the Civil War. The news focuses on the Union forts that have already been turned over to the South and on Sumter, where a stalemate is underway. There is an illustration of a steam boat. The issue also contains a number of chapters from Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" in their earliest American publication. The story is accompanied by a number of illustrations by John McLenan.

GLC04661.05

1888/01/22

Rutan, John, fl. 1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: [J.Q.A. Ward]. Re: "making a monument to the Confederate dead."

Written on "Hermitage Club"stationary.

GLC06343.304

1864-1865 circa

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

Broadside

Title: Sherman's March to the Sea.

Anthem celebrating Sherman's 1864 march from Georgia to Savannah, published by E. Nason & Co.

GLC08277.01

1864-1865 circa

Header Record

Title: [Collection of 2 items celebrating Sherman's March to the Sea.]

GLC08277

February 7, 1864

Clapp, George, fl. 1839-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Parents

Received their letter the night before last, but did not get a letter from mother as usual. Understands that this is likely due to her straining her eyes too much. Wishes her eyes were better, "but I suppose there is no use in wishing for that." Was ordered on Saturday to pack up and prepare to march to the front the next day at daylight, which caused a great stir around camp. During the winter, one cannot possibly carry all they own, so a lot of decisions have to be made about what to throw away and what to keep. "We generally throw away more than… we save." Ate breakfast the next day, but…

GLC09355.045

1880 ca.

Photograph

Title: Rear of Confederate position in the woods

Photograph of open field with forest and house in the background. Notes inscribed around the photograph.

GLC06698.01

1880 ca.

Photograph

Title: [Trail in a Forest]

Photograph of dirt road running through a wooded area.

GLC06698.02

1880 ca.

Photograph

Title: [Open field surrounded by trees]

Photograph of an open field surrounded by trees.

GLC06698.03

1880 ca.

Photograph

Title: [Dirt trench in an open field]

Photograph of a dirt trench dug into an open field. A house sits on the distant horizon.

GLC06698.04

1880 ca.

Photograph

Title: [Four men work on the reconstruction of a demolished house]

Photograph of four men working on the reconstruction of a demolished house. Three housing structures are in the background.

GLC06698.05

1880 ca.

Photograph

Title: [Large open field with a wide forested area in the far background]

Photograph of a large open field with a wide forested area in the far background.

GLC06698.06

1880 ca.

Photograph

Title: [Two housing structures near a dirt road and surrounded by trees]

Photograph of two housing structures near a dirt road and surrounded by trees.

GLC06698.07

1880 ca.

Photograph

Title: [A sailboat on a wide lake with a row of trees on the horizon]

Photograph of a sailboat on a wide lake with a row of trees on the horizon. An illegible note written near the top right of the photograph.

GLC06698.08

1880 ca.

Photograph

Title: Said to be Headquarters of Gen. McClellan at battle of T. Pines.

Photograph of four housing structures in an open area. Three notes are written around the top of photograph.

GLC06698.09

1861/08/15

Tomes, Fuller, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: sight of secession flag over Marshall House in Annapolis, with photograph

Letter written by a private in the 13th NY volunteers, alluding to the circumstances of the death of Col. Elmer Ellsworth. "We begged for permission to land, to tear form that house that hated emblem of 'traitors', had we been permitted to land, doubt not but the life of Col. Ellsworth might have been saved..." Also mentions Baltimore riots and getting his uniform at Brooks Brothers.

GLC07304.01

1864/01/14

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph note signed

Title: "Let him take the oath of Dec. 8 & be discharged... ." [clipped from letter]

Written on blue-lined paper. Ink on note and signature is smudged.

GLC04675.19

1867/01/15

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Pardon of John Letcher for rebellion (c/s William H. Seward)

Accompanied by collateral transmittal letter from Henry Stanberry, the Attorney General's office 23 Jan. 1867. Letcher had been Confederate govenror of Virginia.

GLC06775

1860/10/30

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Letter signed

Title: to John Letcher re: transmitting Scott's policy paper, with Scott AES to Letcher

The policy paper (.02) was prepared for President Buchanan and Sec. of War John Floyd. Scott has endorsed page 4, to Letcher, with date 31 October 1860.

GLC06777.01

1860/10/29

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Manuscript document signed

Title: Views suggested by the imminent danger... [response to secession crisis]

Entitled "Views suggested by the imminent danger... of a disruption of the Union lay the secession of one or more southern states." Endorsed on verso: "Copy, not for publication, but for his Ex[cellency]. Gov. Letcher."

GLC06777.02