4 March 1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Broadside

Title: The Inaugural address of President Abraham Lincoln delivered at the National Capitol, March 4, 1865.

Contemporary printing of Lincoln's second inaugural address. Printed in dark blue ink. Title is in large, bold type with the text of the address in double columns underneath.

GLC06044

5 August 1861

Jackson, Claiborne Fox, 1806-1962

Broadside

Title: Declaration of Independence of the Sovereign State of Missouri

Issued by the Confederate Governor of Missouri, Claiborne F. Jackson. Establishes a free and independent "Republic of Missouri." Calls for Missouri to secede from the United States and attacks Abraham Lincoln.

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20 May 1862

Tyler, Robert Ogden, 1831-1874

Document signed

Title: [Register for the blockade runner Hetiwan of Charleston, South Carolina]

Partially printed document. Marked at top as "No. 46 Permanent." The register says the "Hetiwan" is owned by George A. Trenholm of Charleston, South Carolina and that Alexander Robertson is the ship's master. The schooner has measurements of: 59 feet 4 inches in length, 26 feet 10 inches in breadth, and 6 feet 4 inches in depth. She weighs 65 tons. Signed in the margin by Robert Tyler, W.F. Colcock as collector of the port, and John Laurens as a naval officer. Listed in Parrish & Willingham 10031.

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23 May 1862

Rosser, Thomas H., fl. 1862

Broadside

Title: [Special Order no. 357 publishing food prices to prevent speculation]

Published two weeks before Memphis fell into Union hands. Prints a "tariff of prices" on food to prevent a black market. Says "extortioners, of any shape or kind, that they will be held to a strict accountability, both in person and property, for wrecking so mean and cowardly, an advantage over those who natural protectors are on the tented field." Order issued on the command of Colonel Thomas H. Rosser and Acting Post Adjutant Thomas M. Crowder.

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22 July 1862

Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889

Broadside

Title: Cartel for the exchange of prisoners.

Details a proposed exchange of prisoners of war between the Union and Confederate Armies at Haxall's Landing, on the James River, Virginia. Printed under authority of Major Generals Daniel H. Hill, C.S.A. and John A. Dix, U.S.A.

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circa 1862-1865

Lawther, Robert R., ?-1911

Broadside

Title: To the people of Missouri

Printed call to arms from Colonel Lawther, the famous Missouri partisan fighter. Says he has been appointed and authorized by President Davis to organize a regiment of "Partizan Rangers, to serve in the Western Department." Says he has been authorized to invade Illinois, Iowa, or Kansas if it will advance the Confederate cause. Says upon the appointment he resigned his commission in the 1st Brigade of Confederate Volunteers and he travelled to Little Rock, Arkansas to start upon his duties. Calls all Missourians to "drive from its sacred soil the Hessian and Yankee invaders - those who have…

GLC05987.37

1863

Howell, R.H., fl. 1861-1863

Map

Title: Sea Coast of Georgia

Lithographed and published by Howell, cartographer unknown. Printed Civil War map showing the coastal area of Georgia from Florida to South Carolina. Marks railroads, canals, and major geographical points of interest. According the previous owner, the map belonged to Confederate General N. G. Evans.

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14 March 1863

Broadside

Title: [Poem attacking Benjamin F. Butler]

Consists of an unsigned acrostic poem with the name "BF Butler" as the basis. An attack against General Benjamin F. Butler [possibly for his "women around town" order while he was administering New Orleans]. The notorious declaration was issued on 15 May 1862 said if any woman should insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and shall be held liable to be treated as a "woman of the town plying her avocation", i.e., a prostitute. This order provoked protests both in the North and the South, and also abroad, particularly in England and France…

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4 August 1863

Greer, Elkanah B., 1825-1877

Broadside

Title: [General order no. 6 exempting certain persons from military service]

Orders are issued by Confederate General Greer from Headquarters, Bureau of Conscription, Trans-Mississippi Department. Exempts one person per plantation (an owner, agent, or overseer) if the plantation has at least twenty enslaved people. Contains several ink stains, most on verso, and a faint pencil docket.

GLC05987.40

circa 1864

Miller, Arnold W., 1822-1892

Broadside

Title: Christianity and slavery, by Rev. A. W. Miller, Petersburg, Virginia.

Written by A. W. Miller (possibly by the Rev. Arnold W. Miller, though most of Arnold Miller's sermons and writings were published in South Carolina). Justifies slavery through Christianity: "Thus, the relation of slavery will ever continue in the world, rendered perpetual by Christianity, because it points to Christ, who took upon Him the form of a slave... The Christianity of the Old Testament did not condemn it, neither does the Christianity of the New."

GLC05987.41

24 March 1864

Preston, John Smith, 1809-1881

Broadside

Title: [Circular no. 12, a blank application for exemption from service in the Confederate Army]

Unsigned. Application issued by the command of Preston, Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription. Offers exemption from conscription for "agriculturalists" or "overseers," binding them to deliver meat and sell surplus crops at fixed prices to Confederate army agents.

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7 July 1864

Mason, A.P., fl. 1864

Broadside

Title: [Circular pretaining to construction and fortification of redoubts used by the Army of Tennessee]

Based on orders issued by General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Army of Tennessee in anticipation of the siege of Atlanta. Orders strengthening of the redoubts and stockade, and fortification of defense. Contains instructions for firing and repair of redoubts.

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13 May 1865

Sparrow, Edward, 1810-1882

Broadside

Title: To the people of the State of Louisiana

Announces that all the Confederate forces in the states east of the Mississippi River have been surrendered to the United States and that the armies of Generals Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Richard Taylor are prisoners of war. States that the surrender of the Confederate forces in the states west of the Mississippi River must soon be made. Advises citizens not to form groups of military resistance as it will only result in further devastation.

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24 October 1864

Williams, W.T.C., fl. 1864

Broadside

Title: To the relatives of deceased soldiers of of Leake County

File contains two documents, a broadside and an autograph letter signed. Broadside, which says "Circular" at the top, says he has received from Major J.L. Power, Superintendent of the Army Records of Mississippi Troops, many blanks for the "collection of deceased soldiers arrearage." Says those wishing their claims made out and forwarded to the government should call on him at Carthage, Mississippi with a credible witness. Asks if claimants who have been furnished with accounts of the deceased by company captains, that they should be brought along. Service is free to widows, others have to…

GLC05987.45

1864

Goffres, Joseph Marie, 1808-1867

Book

Title: An Illustrated System of Bandaging

Selections from the French medical manual "Précis de Bandages," first published in Paris in 1858 by Goffres. This edition was created "By Order of the Surgeon-General." Published in Richmond by Ayres & Wade. Front free endpaper is inscribed "Sr Surg WO Owen Lynchburg." Has sections for applying bandages to the head, trunk, upper extremities, and lower extremities. Contains 12 illustrated plates of how to bandage battlefield wounds, including leg and arm amputations.

GLC05987.46

1864

Chisolm, J. Julian, 1830-1903

Book

Title: A manual of military surgery, for the use of surgeons in the Confederate States Army: with explanatory plates of all useful operations

Written by Chisolm as Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of South Carolina and as a surgeon in the Confederate Army. He was considered the foremost surgeon in the Confederate states, and this book was the mostly widely used surgical manual used by the Confederate Army. Published by Evans and Cogswell. Third edition copy "carefully revised and improved." Only three editions were published. Dedicated to Confederate Surgeon General Samuel Preston Moore. Includes prefaces for the first and third editions. Inscribed in pencil on first page by "R. Nalle, Amelia, Va." Index at front of…

GLC05987.47

1863

Warren, Edward, 1828-1893

Book

Title: An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital

Written by Warren as Surgeon General of North Carolina. He was formerly a Professor at University of Maryland. Published by West & Johnson at 145 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. First edition copy (misspelled "Frist Edition" on the cover page). Dedicated to Lafayette Guild and Joseph P. Logan, both surgeons in the Confederate Army. Index at front lists diseases and other medical problems and procedures that are written about, including amputation, dislocations, fractures, and bullet and sword wounds, etc. Appendix at rear lists charts of various operations undertaken and number of deaths…

GLC05987.48

1861

Confederate States of America. War Dept.

Book

Title: Army Regulations Adopted for the Use of the Army of the Confederate States, in accordance with late acts of Congress

Signed by Confederate Cavalry officer Captain T. B. Holland, who served under General J. E. B. Stuart and General Fitzhugh Lee. Printed by West and Johnston, 145 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. Holland served in Co. F. Virginia Cavalry (Bedford Cavalry). The signature on the rear pastedown is dated "Franklin Co. Va January 9th 1863." There are no notes in the text, which is a listing of 1364 army regulations revised from the army regulations of "the old United States Army" as well as a listing of the articles of war in the appendix (a total of 102 articles). Also includes various blank forms…

GLC05987.49

1863

Confederate States of America. War Dept.

Book

Title: Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States, 1863.

Signed twice by Confederate General Alfred E. Jackson at Jonesboro, Tennessee on 20 March 1863. This was signed while Jackson was serving as a brigade commander in the military department of East Tennessee. Published by J.W. Randolph at 121 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. Marked on title page as "corrected and enlarged with a revised index." Also marked on the same page as "the only correct edition." Has 47 articles with 1536 listed regulations for the army. Pages 407-420 include 101 articles of the Confederate articles of war as well. Index at front. No notes or illustrations throughout…

GLC05987.50

1862

Pamphlet

Title: Correspondence Between Governor Brown and President Davis, on the Constitutionality of the Conscription Act

Describes the differing view points of Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown and Jefferson Davis on the later's call for more troops from the state of Georgia for the Confederate Army. Printed by Atlanta Intelligencer Print. Original printed wrappers.

GLC05987.51

1863

Confederate States of America. War Dept.

Book

Title: Correspondence Between the War Department and General Lovell, Relating to the Defences of New Orleans

Contains two reports in one bound volume. One is a printing of the correspondence pertaining to Major General Mansfield Lovell's defense of New Orleans in 1862 and the second report is the correspondence of Louisiana Governor Thomas Overton Moore. Both relate to the failure of Confederates to hold off the Union fleet at New Orleans in 1862. Both Printed by R.M. Smith of Richmond, Virginia. Title pages on both reports claims the correspondence was submitted in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives passed on 3 February 1863. The Lovell correspondence includes a message…

GLC05987.52

1862

Warder, T.B., fl. 1862

Book

Title: Battle of Young's Branch; or, Manassas Plain, fought July 21, 1861

Co-authored by James M. Catlett. Signed "J. R. Barlett's" on the front cover. First edition published in Richmond by Enquirer Books and Job Press. The book has been rebound in a green cloth cover. There is also another copy of this book at GLC04061. Two fold-out maps of the Battle of Bull Run, one at the front cover and another at the back cover. Front map (39.2 x 29 cm.) is of the Centerville-Manassas, Virginia area. Says it is a "Map of the country occupied by the Federal and Confederate Armies on the 18th & 21st July 1861." Created by the authors. Back map (55.3 x 50.5 cm.) is fold-out…

GLC05987.53

1862

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

Pamphlet

Title: General Orders from headquarters Department of the Gulf

Printed pamphlet containing the text of General Orders issued by Butler between 1 May 1862 to 9 November 1862, regarding the occupation of New Orleans. Includes Butler's infamous order establishing martial law. With orange printed wraps. Penciled note on front cover read "Special page 9," referring to General Order no. 28. Published by E. R. Wagener. Penciled signature on verso of last page reads "James Brewer Esq." dated 19 April 1866. Ends with General Order # 91. Printed by E.R. Wagener, Printer and Stationer, 68 Camp Street, New-Orleans, 1862.

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13 June 1863

Swords, J. M., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: The daily citizen. [June 13, 1863]

Estimates of 15,000 troops killed; 45,000 missing in the Battle of Vicksburg. A soldier's letter describes conditions on a warship off the Vicksburg coast. Wallpaper has geometric floral pattern in a faded red color.

GLC05988.01

18 June 1863

Swords, J. M., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: The daily citizen. [18 June 1863]

"Bombarding Vicksburg." Describes 28 days of bombardment; 50,000 shells hurled into the city. Blacks in Warrington recruited by Yankee forces. Although Vicksburg has been under siege, the city proudly maintains a sense of culture and improvement. Wallpaper has blue and gray abstract floral pattern.

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