11 November 1864

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Gordon Meade

Grant, Commander in Chief of the United States Army, writes to Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac, during the Union's operations against Petersburg. States that Confederate forces are moving on General Terry's (possibly Alfred Howe Terry's) front and massing North of the James River. Notes that these might be troops reported the previous day to have left Hill's Corps (possibly Confederate General Ambrose Powell Hill). States "If the enemy should attack Terry it will be out of the Question to reinforce him... but be prepared to attack at Petersburg either by morning to the left or…

GLC05623

1915

Matthews, Essie Collins, fl. 1915

Book

Title: Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and others

Title continues, "Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After." First edition published by Champlin Press. Has photographs of freed slaves after Reconstruction. Contains an advertisement for this book.

GLC05641

May 1862

Map

Title: [Confederate Civil War map of the Army of Mississippi camp at Corinth, Mississippi]

Manuscript map shows the lines of entrenchments and reinforcements, the Danville Road, cultivated land, camp roads, a cotton press, the O & M Railroad and C & M Railroad, and General William J. Hardee's headquarters. Map was blind stamped while folded with a mark saying "Peter O'Donnell, 16 Camp Street New Orleans" with a design of a ship; he was the stationer who made the paper. Docketed on verso.

GLC05668

5 March 1861

Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888

Printed document signed

Title: [Requirement for the deposit of money to the Confederate Treasury]

Memminger, serving as Secretary of the Confederate Treasury, instructs former public officers of the United States to "make immediate payment into the Confederate Treasury, of any balance ... of money collected or received by you, for the account of the United States."

GLC05674

January 15, 1866

Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew Johnson

Letter draft written in prison by the former commander the CSS "Alabama" to the President defending himself against all charges. Discusses the surrender agreement at Greensboro, the definition of treason, the United States Constitution, and his unlawful imprisonment. "The commerce of half a world was at my mercy, and the passions of men North and South, were tossed into a whirl wind by the current events of the most bloody and terrific war the human race had ever seen." Extensive corrections throughout. President Johnson in May 1866 directed that Semmes, while unpardoned, could not hold…

GLC05590

28 December 1874

Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Raphael Semmes

Writes to Semmes about "my recollection of the capture of the Whaling Ship Levi Starbuck." Gives a detailed description of the events leading up to the ship's capture and the situation of the Levi Starbuck's prisoners on board -- "I most solemnly hold that no prisoners on board of the Alabama were treated with severity" but "greater restrictions were necessary...perhaps confinement in irons." Mentions that a man named Whitney claims that "the loss of the use of his hands" occurred while he was imprisoned on the Alabama and calls the accusation "simply absurd." Writes that Whitney…

GLC05591

17 May 1862

Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall", 1824-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard S. Ewell

Notes Ewell's "crossing the mountains in consequence of Shields having done so." Also requests that General George H. Stewart and his men be returned to Jackson as soon as possible. This movement along the Shenandoah Valley was part of a larger set of maneuvers by Jackson that led to important Confederate victories.

GLC05615

30 September 1861

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philemon Ewing

Comments on the lack of discipline among volunteer union soldiers and how they terrorize the local population. Sherman also expresses concern for his weak military situation, and fears its exploitation by confederate Generals Simon B. Buckner and Kirby Smith.

GLC05283

21 September 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to [D.W. Lewis]

Discusses his relationship with Robert A. Toombs, his former Secretary of State. Six months earlier Davis had failed to give Toombs a military promotion and he subsequently resigned. Praises Toombs for helping free the south from "A union so odious to our people." Explains that he was reluctant to promote Toombs to Brigadier Admiral because of his concerns in placing a civilian with no field experience in such a high rank. Rebuts the perception that he was biased in favor of officers trained in military academies. Acknowledges Toombs's service in Florida but notes that his name was never…

GLC05293

10 October 1864

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Letter signed

Title: to William P. Fessenden

Countersigned by E. D. Morgan, Joseph Hoxie, L. Draper, George Opdyke, Shepherd Knapp, Waldo Hutchins, and C.A. Marshall. Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed a government agent "for the purchase and sale of cotton and other commodities in the States that have been and are, in rebellion." Greeley was the founder of the New York Tribune and an influential political activist. Opdyke had served as mayor of New York during the city's 1863 draft riots. Hutchins was a prominent New York attorney and future U.S. Congressman. Morgan, former…

GLC05316

4 October 1864

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William P. Fessenden

Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed agent for purchase and sale of cotton and other commodities from the Confederate states. Written on "Office of the Tribune" stationery.

GLC05317.01

December 1, 1864

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William P. Fessenden

Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed agent for purchase and sale of cotton and other commodities from the Confederate states. With a supporting autograph note signed and dated 7 December 1864 by James Dixon on page two. Written on "Office of the Tribune" stationery.

GLC05317.02

1862-1900

Tucker, Alba M., fl. 1865-1887

Header Record

Title: re: capture of Davis and his transport from Nashville to Washington [decimalized]

From the archive of Alba M. Tucker, Assistant Quarter Master. Collection consists of telegrams, general orders, an annual report to the Quartermaster General, printed biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, and one photograph concerning the military service of Alba M. Tucker, particularly his role in the planned transport of Jefferson Davis from Nashville, Tenn., to Washington, D.C. after Davis's capture in May 1865.

GLC07642

1864-1865 ca.

Foote, Henry S. (Henry Stuart), 1804-1880

Letter signed

Title: to John H. Winder re: requesting list of Confederate prisoners

Requesting list of prisoners held at Andersonville and their offenses.

GLC07624

27 November 1864

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James E. Montgomery

Written by Admiral Farragut to Major Montgomery as Acting Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. Says Montgomery's note of that morning arrived as he was going ashore to get "a small Brass" cannon at Fort Morgan that Captain Williamson promised him, but he was unable to get it as the captain was not there. Is glad Montgomery has helped made working with the army easier. Says "I urged the taking of Mobile Bay 30 months ago and was put off from time to time by the pressure of the enemy, and difference of opinion at Washington and so I continued the blockade in sunshine and storm until Genls.…

GLC07665

1883

Book

Title: Confederate Constitution [facsimile in scrapbook with images of leaders]

Scrapbook, including facsimile, with all secession ordinances, members off Congress, lists of state governors, members of President's staff and Davis Cabinet engraving, with photographs or engravings. Facsimile printed by Joseph Laing, illustrated with albumen photos of Confederate leaders.

GLC07581

February 1861

Wright, Crafts J., 1808-1883

Pamphlet

Title: Official journal of the Conference Convention, held at Washington City, February, 1861.

Proceedings of the Washington peace conference. Lists the delegates to the convention and includes an appendix presenting the resolutions of other states. Printed by M'Gill & Witherow, Washington, D.C.

GLC08808

1861

South Carolina. Convention, 1860-1862

Pamphlet

Title: The correspondence between the commissioners of the state of So. Ca. to the government at Washington and the President of the United States; ...

Title continues, " ... together with the statement of Messrs. Miles and Keitt." Concerns the secession of South Carolina and the attempt by the Carolina authorities to gain control over federal property in the state. Contains copies of letters between the South Carolina Commissioners and President James Buchanan. Also includes assurances to the Buchanan administration regarding the attack on Fort Sumter. Prints a statement of William Porcher Miles and Lawrence M. Keitt is on what transpired between the President and the South Carolina delegation between 8 December 1860 and 1 January 1861…

GLC08841

1872

United States. Congress (42nd, 2nd session : 1871-1872)

Book

Title: Report of the joint select committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states.

Published by the Government Printing Office. Explores the Ku Klux Klan, and contains witness reports regarding the number of Klan members, Klan initiation doctrines (including swearing oaths against the Union League), and other Klan activities. Includes detailed information pertaining to Reconstruction and economic conditions in the South.

GLC08872

4 March 1862

Shanks, John P. C. (John Peter Cleaver), 1826-1901

Pamphlet

Title: Vindication of Major General John C. Fremont, against the attacks of the slave power and it's allies, by Hon. John P. C. Shanks, of Indiana, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, March 4, 1862.

Printed by Scammell & Co.

GLC08874

January 7, 1865

William Lloyd and Co. (Richmond, Va.), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: The daily examiner. [no volume or number information, (January 7, 1865)]

A Confederate newspaper previously published as "The Richmond Examiner." Published without a masthead 30 May 1864-9 December 1865. Pencil signature at top says "Rev. Everhart" (or Overhart). Includes coverage of the fall of Savannah to General Sherman. Police item about two slaves accused of forging passports for three other slaves in the name of Confederate Congressman and General William C. Wickham. Several other items on slaves or free negroes involved in theft. Update on the work of the Confederate Congress, both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Update on activities of…

GLC08780

9 November 1864

Tribune Co., 1864-1872

Newspaper

Title: Chicago tribune. [Vol. XVIII, no. 12 (November 9, 1864)]

Announces the re-election of Abraham Lincoln for president, "A Victory of Gigantic Proportions. Re-Election of Abraham Lincoln." Other articles include news on the Civil War such as Union General William T. Sherman's advance on Savannah and Charleston, and the war in Virginia and West Virginia.

GLC08797

21 July 1861

Newspaper

Title: New York tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6324 (July 21, 1861)]

Latest news from Bull Run.

GLC08798

29 June 1864

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: New York tribune. [Vol. 24, no. 7,249 (June 29, 1864)]

Reports on various Civil War events, including a 27 June 1864 Confederate attack on General Ambrose Burnside's soldiers. Includes a tribute from a Kentucky slaveholder concerning an enlisted slave. Includes local reports, international news, and public notices.

GLC08800

10 April 1865

Bennett, James Gordon, 1795-1872

Newspaper

Title: The New York herald. [No. 10451 (April 10, 1865)]

Covers General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox in detail. Includes an account of the pursuit and fighting leading up to the surrender, prints the correspondence and the terms of the surrender, and includes an article on the restoration of Virginia to the Union. On the last page is a map showing Grant's operations against Lee in Virginia, Sherman's operations against Johnston in North Carolina, and other military maneuvers. Other articles detail local, international, political, court, and ship news, advertisements, and public announcements.

GLC08817