19 February 1863-3 March 1863

Header Record

Title: Items pertaining to the 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards. [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC08474

January 25, 1837

Taylor, E. W., fl. 1837

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jeremiah Wilbur

Taylor, a Northerner who had moved to South Carolina and became a slave owner, explains his views on slavery and his willingness to fight for it. "If these matters are going to be carried so far as to the separation of the Union and blood must be spilt I fight for the South, & feel as though I could plunge the dagger to the heart almost of a brother in such a glorious cause. It would be for Liberty, Liberty." Believes abolitionists should leave well enough alone or the result might be the dissolution of the Union. Accuses abolitionists of being hypocrites and relays the story of a…

GLC08476

circa 1861

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, delivered in the United States Senate, on the 10th day of January, 1861, upon the message of the President of the United States, on the condition of things in South Carolina.

Speaking a few weeks after South Carolina seceded and a month before he would be elected of the Confederacy, Davis argues that the Union cannot be maintained by force. Printed by John Murphy & Co.

GLC08479

18 November 1861

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: President's message

Address to the Confederate Congress regarding the progress of the war, Southern production, international relations and the Trent Affair. Celebrates Southern success on the battlefield, proclaims Southern independence permanent and unstoppable, states production or war materiel is increasing. Attacks the North for violating international laws in various ways, most importantly by arresting two Confederate ambassadors aboard a British ship. These arrests would set off the Trent Affair, named after the boat that captured the diplomats. The British were just as upset as the Confederates over…

GLC08486

11 March 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: [Message of the President from Jefferson Davis to the Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives]

Sends reports on the fall of Fort Donelson, which are "incomplete and unsatisfactory." The reports, which also include commentary on the Battle of Dover, were written by Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow on 18 February 1862, Brigadier General John B. Floyd on 27 February 1862, Colonel G.C. Wharton on 22 February 1862, and Commander John McClausland on 23 February 1862. Pillow's report is the most substantial.

GLC08487

January 12, 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: [Message of the President from Jefferson Davis to the Confederate Congress]

Annual message in which Davis discusses the state of the war. Comments on the simultaneous advance by Federal troops on two fronts and assures Congress that the Confederate armies will repulse them. Mentions the reasons for the Civil War, arguing that they date back to the Articles of Confederation.

GLC08488

1862

Provisional Congress of the Confederate States

Pamphlet

Title: Acts and Resolutions of the Fourth Session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, Held at Richmond, Va.

Printed by Tyler, Wise, Allegro and Smith. Listing of acts and resolutions No. 292-413 passed by the Confederate Congress in its fourth session. Contains 106 pages of acts and resolutions and a 19 page index. Glued yellow paper binding.

GLC08489

13 September 1864

Sale, John B., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Braxton Bragg

Writes to Confederate General Bragg just after the fall of Atlanta about Union General William T. Sherman's and Confederate General John Bell Hood's 10 day armistice. "Sherman & Hood's 10 days Armistice is troubling the public mind hereabout." Mentions the absentee officers and soldiers and states that though some are sick and wounded, many are not. Asks what Bragg thinks Sherman's course will be. Informs that Sherman "has utterly demolished the Macon road out from Atlanta, ... showing thereby no intention of advancing further in that direction ... If Canby & Sherman could meet…

GLC08491

21 November 1862

Hershman, J.T., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: Camden confederate. [Vol. 2, no. 4 (November 21, 1862)]

Schedule of the South Carolina Railroad. Proclamation of Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens, including 10 resolutions ordering all "white residents" to be put under arms in a militia immediately and the draft of all men ages 18 to 45. Asked to be printed twice in the newspapers. Letter to the editor is glad that the patrol system has been kept up without compulsion. Description of the reception and burial of General J. B. Villepigue, his staff, and 10 privates in Camden. Also two short articles: one on the death of Lieutenant Edward P. Niles and another on the body of Lieutenant H. M.…

GLC08494

1861

Confederate States of America

Pamphlet

Title: Provisional and Permanent Constitutions, Together with the Acts and Resolutions of the First Session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States

Printed and bound by Shorter & Reid. Pages 3-31 contains the Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, divided into 7 articles. Pages 32-139 contains Acts and Resolutions of the First Session of the Provisional Congress, divided into 101 acts and resolutions. Index on pages 141-160.

GLC08495

June 1861

Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865

Header Record

Title: Southern cultivator [with subscription letter 1/23/1861 and envelope]

Magazine vol. 19, no. 6, with ALS to William Birnie, 1/23/1863 with Confederate envelope.

GLC08496

13 June 1863

Clapp, James, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leicy M. Clapp

Clapp, a Union soldier, writes from camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi, to his cousin in Franklin Mills, Portage County, Ohio. Describes the battle of Vicksburg to Miss Clapp, stating that the city is surrounded, and that there are gunboats in the Mississippi River. Writes "the rebels agreed to surrender if we wold let three men go that is in there but Gen Grant says he is a going to have the whole of them..." Reports that Confederate soldiers in the city "have nothing to eat but ground peas and a little cow meat i think they will get sick of it bfore long but they are gritty dogs..."…

GLC08508

7 November 1864

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

Newspaper

Title: New York daily tribune. [Vol. XXIV, no. 7360 (November 7, 1864)]

Announces the defeat of Confederate General John Bell Hood at the Tennessee River. Many articles detail news about the upcoming presidential election of 1864 including an article on guaranteeing a free and peaceful election. Includes other Civil War and election news, news from Europe, and articles on the Congressional election in Indiana.

GLC08516.01

14 September 1863

Harding, William W., 1830-1889

Newspaper

Title: Philadelphia inquirer. [September 14, 1893]

Capture of Fort Smith and other army news.

GLC08516.04

9 February 1863

Gordon, S.W., fl. 1846-1871

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas H. Patterson

Circular letter signed by Captain Gordon as commander of the USS "Powhatan" to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Says he has been ordered by the admiral to remind all commanding officers off Charleston of General Order No. 11. Says at the beginning of every month they need to start sending to the commander in chief "a statement in tabular form of the number of contrabands onboard, their rates and the time and terms of their enlistment." Written while aboard the USS "Powhatan".

GLC08519

10 February 1864

Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888

Letter signed

Title: to [Jefferson Davis]

Memminger, Secretary of the Confederate Treasury, encloses an estimate (not included) of appropriations requested "to make purchases of Cotton and Tobacco to meet the engagements of the Government." Requests that Davis inform Congress of this action. Written on Confederate States Treasury Department stationery.

GLC08526

28 December 1862

Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891

Document signed

Title: to Henry Walke

Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Porter as Commander of the Mississippi Squadron to Captain Walke as commander of the USS "Carondelet." Says Walke is not to let prisoners go to Vicksburg for any reason, nor to allow them any further communication with that place. Tells him to keep the "Minnehaha" under his guns and to make sure the ship does not keep up enough steam to move.

GLC08527

11 November 1863

Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas H. Patterson

Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Lee as commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Congratulates Patterson on the capture of the blockade runners "Cornelia" and "R.E. Lee" (names of the ships from the docket). Advises him that the best place to secure adjudication of the prizes is in Boston, as Philadelphia and New York are known for delays. Says Philadelphia's District Attorney claims property cannot be condemned for a year and a day after capture.

GLC08534

3 June 1863

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

Broadside

Title: General orders no. 7

Orders given by Confederate Brigadier General Wheeler for Wheeler's Calvary Corps. Promulgated by Assistant Adjutant General D. G. Reed. Divided into seven sections. Stresses accuracy of reports of enemy strength. Says they need to probe the enemy firmly enough to get a true sense of their strength as well as question prisoners closely. Says to be sure to filter out rumors. Reminds them that "Calvary Officers and Soldiers must always remember that they are the eyes and ears of the General commanding."

GLC08537

circa 1863

Southern Prisoner's Relief Fund Committee, fl. 1863

Broadside

Title: Southern prisoner's relief fund.

A London subscription to raise money to help Confederate prisoners of war interred in Northern prisons. "Horrible as war is in all its features, assuredly it has no greater horrors than the long agony of the poor captive who, when the feverish excitement of the contest is over, is left to the bitter charity of strangers and foes, without one friendly hand to soothe the pains of body or friendly voice to whisper hope and comfort to his despairing mind." Asks Southerners in Europe to donate money to the cause. Christopher Atkinson of Charleston, South Carolina is listed as Chairman of the…

GLC08539

1865

Swain, Leonard, 1821-1869

Pamphlet

Title: A nation's sorrow. A sermon preached on the Sabbath after the assassination of president Lincoln, in the Central Congregational Church, Providence, April 15, 1865

States that with the death of president Lincoln must come an oath from the people to put an end to slavery, with no compromises. Argues that justice, not vengeance must be taken against the traitors. Asserts that the country had been blinded by the triumph and success of defeating the Confederacy. Believes that Lincoln's assassination is God's sign of disapprovement of the country's "gloating" in triumph.

GLC08542

11 May 1861

Hall, Thomas W., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: The south. [Vol.1, no. 18 (May 11, 1861)]

A pro-South newspaper published at 74 Baltimore Street, near Gay Street, in Baltimore. Front page has a column of vignettes about underdogs in history - making an analogy to the seemingly tough situation of the South at this early part of the war. Also an update on the special session of the Maryland Legislature and a column of news by telegraph. Reference to an Abraham Lincoln speech from Congress in 1848 on page 2 where he gave approbation to revolution. Harsh poem by "A Lady," on Henry Beecher Stowe titled "On a Popular New York Preacher." Contains news on the city of Baltimore and…

GLC08725.07

21 March 1862

Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869

Newspaper

Title: The New-York Times. [Vol. 11, no. 3274 (March 21, 1862)]

Mostly contains news from various theatres of war. Most articles are short updates on skirmishes, but there are several larger ones. News from Washington: an inquiry into censorship of the press, report of the House Judiciary Committee, bridges destroyed by the rebels as they retreated from Manassas, increased railroad facilities between New York and Washington,and debates on the tax bill in House of Representatives. Other articles on fighting in Eastern Kentucky and Island Number Ten. Articles dealing with issues on the Southern coast, including Florida and New Bern, North Carolina. Includes…

GLC08726.17

January 11, 1864

Newspaper

Title: World morning courier and New-York enquirer. [Vol. 3, no. 1113 (January 11, 1864)]

Repulse of four thousand rebels under Mosby.

GLC08720.09

26 April 1864

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. XXIV no. 7191 (April 26, 1864)]

Reports on the Union surrender of Plymouth in North Carolina. Mentions that the Confederates murdered the African American Union troops after the surrender but states that this can not be verified. Prints other war news. Reports on the 38th Congress, 1st session. Includes news from New Orleans and Mexico. Prints a legislative address of the Union members of the Assembly to the electors of the state of New York along with news from Albany. Reports the number of deaths in New York City for the week and breaks down the list by men, women, children, the cause of death, and nationality. On…

GLC08720.10