2 January 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Printed document

Title: Emancipation Proclamation General Orders No.1

Fifth printing of the Emancipation Proclamation, first Army printing. General Orders No. 1. Disbound.

GLC00460

1861-1864

Header Record

Title: Letters related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC00451

May 16, 1861

Mercer, R.S., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Mercer, Governor Hick's aid-de-camp during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot, states that during the riot Hicks refused to interfere with the passage of Northern troops through the city despite the urging of his political colleagues. Written at the Mercer family estate.

GLC00451.02

May 1861

Shriver, Edward G., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Co-signed by Grayson Eichelberger, Ulysses Hobbs, and William Maulsby, soldiers present for the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot. Shriver et al. claim that General Bradley Tyler Johnson, with Baltimore Marshal of Police George Proctor Kane and others, intended to resist the passage of Northern troops through Baltimore by means of burning the bridges leading into the city.

GLC00451.03

circa 1862

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Draft of Sumner's article on "Domestic Relations" with regard to the Confederate states]

Sumner, a United States Senator and abolitionist, opens his lengthy article by stating "At this moment, our Domestic Relations all hinge upon one question; what shall be done with the rebel States?" Discusses abolition and human nature, quoting William Lloyd Garrison's statement that "while men despise fraud, and loathe rapine and abhor blood, they will reject with indignation, the wild and guilty phantasy that man can hold property in man" (folder two, page 22). Expresses his opinion on Southern secession. Several sections written in a different hand. Paginated in crayon and pencil,…

GLC00454

July 9, 1863

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863

Note signed

Title: to Emily J. Semmes

Describes how he was severely wounded in Gettysburg: "Wounded severely. Main danger over. Remain at home. Will write." Semmes signed this note one day before dying of a gunshot wound to the leg received at Gettysburg.

GLC00458

June 22, 1863

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lady Belper of Derby, England

Edward Everett thanks her for "sending me your likeness" and remembers a visit from twenty years ago fondly. Discusses his son, who went abroad for four years, and his happiness that he has returned. Closes his letter with a long comment on the Civil War: "The terrible war...is becoming every day more & more distinctly a war between Freedom and Slavery; & we hope that is better understood in Europe, the ambitious men who, in our Southern states, are waging this cruel contest for the sake of breaking up the Union & establishing a new gov't. on the corner stone of Slavery, will…

GLC00463

11 October 1867

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

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Memoirs of a battle near Chickamauga]

Possibly a leaf from Sherman's memoirs. Text is in pencil, signature, place, and date are in ink. "But Sherman pressed his attack to within pistol shot and advanced his left Division under Gen. M.L. Smith so as to cut off the Rebels from the Railroad bridge towards Chickamauga. The main object was completely gained by leading Bragg to weaken his center to support his Right."

GLC01226

September 25, 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Ross

Protection of the Cherokee Indians against the Confederacy. Ross was the first and only elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation from the time it was formed until his death in 1866. He led the Eastern Cherokee in the "Trail of Tears" west of the Mississippi.

GLC01233.03

1 August 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsement on Simon Cameron telegram relaying the burning of Chambersburg]

Lincoln's reply on the recipient's copy of an August 1, 1864 telegram from former Secretary of War Simon Cameron, now chairman of the Committee of Safety, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Cameron informs Lincoln that the burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on July 30, 1864, calls for a change of commanders. He states that Union general Darius Couch is taking all the blame and is therefore useless; suggests giving Union general George Cadwalader the command and the troops will rally around him. Lincoln replies that he has submitted this request for the consideration of the Secretary of War,…

GLC01237

1863-1864

Leslie, Joseph, fl. 1863-1864

Diary

Title: [Diary of Joseph Leslie 18th regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company D]

Several pages in the diary have names and regiments of different officers from New York, Ohio, Michigan, etc., who were prisoners with him. Includes several pages of Libby Prison expenses/accounting of what he paid for crackers, paper, tobacco, bread, onions, soap, and other items. There are nine pages of Union and Confederate generals who died or were killed in action with their place of death including, Chantilly, Antietam, Gettysburg, Wilsons Creek, Shiloh, Manassas, Vicksburg, Corinth, Perryville, etc. At the back are 12 pages of poetry and verse Leslie composed while in Libby…

GLC01185

8 April 1865

Newspaper

Title: Selma union. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 8, 1865)]

Occupation newspaper printed by Union soldiers W.W. Van Antwerp and Theo. T. Scribner. Reports the capture of Selma and of the Chattanooga "Rebel" (newspaper) printing press.

GLC01187

April 5, 1865

Hardee, William J., 1815-1873

Manuscript letter

Title: to Samuel Cooper

In a clerical hand, Confederate General Hardee reports to Adjutant and Inspector General Cooper on the operations of his corps of the Army of Tennessee, including the loss of Atlanta and his differences with General John B. Hood, whom he blames for the loss. He states that his report is late because, "most of the General officers in that Corps having been killed, wounded or captured in the recent Tennessee Campaign ..." He feels it is necessary to correct misrepresentations made by General Hood. He comments "That I failed to save Atlanta as charged by General Hood is a matter of regret, that…

GLC01190

May 3, 1862

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ewing

Sherman writes about the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. He discusses his experiences in it, the strategy of the battle, the officers' uniforms, and various Union generals. He explains his daring position at Shiloh, "I do not think I exposed myself at Shiloh more than was necessary from the shape of the ground and the nature of my men." He writes that he had to give orders that usually would have been left to officers of a lower rank and therefore had to be out in the open. From the experiences of that day, he relays that he thinks officers should wear uniforms that differ from the…

GLC01203

13 April 1861

Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1829-1892

Manuscript document

Title: [Copy of Crawford's notes regarding surrender of Fort Sumter]

Walker's "true copy" of Crawford and Seymour's first hand account of the meeting between Colonel Louis Wigfall and Major Robert Anderson, during which Fort Sumter was surrendered. Walker copied, in pencil, Crawford and Seymour's written account which details the conversation between Wigfall, Anderson, and other officers. Wigfall tells Anderson "You have defended your flag nobly, Sir. You have done all that can be done.Your fort is on fire. Let us stop this, Sir." Anderson agrees to surrender the fort under the conditions he proposed earlier to General Beauregard, to which Wigfall accepts…

GLC01127.01

April 11, 1861

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Manuscript letter

Title: to Robert Anderson

Pencil copy of Beauregard's letter to Anderson demanding that Fort Sumter be surrendered and evacuated. Will permit that the flag "may be saluted by you upon taking it down." Page two contains pencil drawn copy of the watermark, and page three a penciled copy of the stationery impress mark. This copy differs slightly from the official version of this letter.

GLC01127.02

13 May 1861

Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1829-1892

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account of the surrender of Fort Sumter]

Firsthand account of the negotiations for the surrender of Fort Sumter. Details conversation between Major Robert Anderson and Captain Lee negotiating terms of surrender. Finishes Crawford's narrative begun in GLC01127.01. Recounts the conversation between Captain Lee and Major Anderson. Anderson had already told Louis Wigfall he would surrender, but Wigfall was not actually sent by Beauregard. Lee was Beauregard's true emissary, and he and Anderson agreed on the official terms of surrender. Also lists men wounded on 13 April as Thomas Kernin, James Hays, and Edward Galloway, here…

GLC01127.03

January 1865

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Manuscript document signed

Title: Special field order No.

Relieves General John B. Hood of his command of the Army of Tennessee at his own request. Assigns Lieutenant General Richard Taylor in his place. Written on printed stationery of the Head-Quarters, Military Division of the West. With pencil docket on verso possibly added at a later date.

GLC01177

January 23, 1865

Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879

Letter signed

Title: to George William Brent

Taylor informs Colonel Brent of his appointment to the command of the Army of Tennessee and sends a copy of the orders. Informs that General John Bell Hood, the former commander of the army, left for Richmond.

GLC01178

26 November 1864

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Special orders sent to William J. Hardee]

Indicates that Lieutenant General Richard Taylor will report to General Hardee in Savannah, Georgia until the "present emergency shall have passed." Taylor is ordered to inspect the condition of Major General Wheeler's cavalry.

GLC01179.01

May 7, 1867

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwards Pierrepoint

Stanton, Secretary of War, updates Pierrepont regarding the activities of Mrs. Pierrepont, who was visiting Washington, D. C. Denies charges leveled in the Tyler case, in which a woman claimed property injury sustained from "Yankee barbarians."

GLC01428

April 12, 1862

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Gov. John Milton

Lee asks the Florida governor if the state could raise troops to defend Pensacola.

GLC01424

April 16, 1864

Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to K. Butts

Hood, commanding 2nd Corps of the Army of Tennessee, thanks Butts for a map of Georgia. Envelope addressed to Miss K. Butts of Macon, Georgia.

GLC01425

13 March 1862

Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876

Document signed

Title: [Special orders no. 14: appointment of Robert E. Lee as commander-in-chief]

On order of the secretary of war, General Lee is ordered to Richmond, and under the direction of the president, is charged with the "conduct of military operations in the Armies of the Confederacy." Addressed from the Adjutant and Inspector Generals Office, War Department in Richmond, Virginia. Endorsed by General Samuel Jones, Pensacola, Florida. Cooper signs as Adjutant and Inspector General.

GLC01426

1861-1862

Header Record

Title: Confederate collection - Florida [decimalized]

[decimalized 01430.01-01430.05]

GLC01430