January 30, 1863

Blum, L.V., fl. 1864-1866

Newspaper

Title: People's press. [Vol. 12, no. 39 (January 30, 1863)]

General Bragg's Address to His Army, Stanton vs. Halleck in Fisticuffs, Proclamation of Governor Vance. An article examines the Murfreesboro battle, comparing statistics of losses including prisoners taken, artillery, small arms, wagons, and killed and wounded to determine total loss. An article describing his demise accompanies a poem by Lamar Fontaine. Another article describes life in Richmond as a tribute to the destruction of war. A message from Governor Z.B. Vance outlines state laws in times of war. An editorial examines possibilities of peace, and several notices report peace…

GLC05959.27.03

circa 1876

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

Autograph note signed

Title: [ Written on General orders no. 14 for the purpose of diffusing instruction in artillery regiments]

Includes printed orders issued 24 August 1849 by W. G. Freeman, Assistant Adjutant General, from the Headquarters of the Army at West Point. Orders discuss organization and command of artillery regiments. These orders are followed by a note initialled and handwritten by Henry Jackson Hunt. Hunt's initialed note reads, in part: "…And then the Asst Genl detailed as he saw fit - it was from trouble giving out of a detail made by the AG for a light battery that I had charged preferred against me by him…1876-7." Hunt discusses the 18 June 1870 issuance of orders similar to general orders no. 14.

GLC02382.229

5 April 1862

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Dolson Cox

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment writes General Cox, division commander in Charleston, West Virginia. Reports that Confederate General Alfred Beckley has been arrested on order of General John Charles Fremont and arrived in Fayetteville on route to Wheeling, West Virginia.

GLC02414.048

19 March 1863

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Manuscript letter

Title: to Colonel B. H. Smith

Clerical draft copy with cross outs. Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment explains his decision to replace the current Provost Marshall in Charleston despite letters from several citizens asking otherwise. Hopes that the new incumbent will be accepted by the people regardless.

GLC02414.052

18-19 March 1863

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Manuscript letter

Title: to B. H. Smith

Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment writes to Smith to forward a complaint letter from a woman named Laura Ruffner, who asked for interference in the matter of coal property. This letter is written on a portion of a page of Ruffner's letter but her letter is cut off. Scammon asks Smith, whom he addresses as "Honorable," what should be done. On verso is an autograph endorsement signed by Scammon dated 19 March responding to Mrs. Ruffner stating that the civil authorities are charged with protecting the rights of Mrs. Ruffner.

GLC02414.053

27 March 1862

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Dolson Cox

Scammon writes as Colonel of the 23rd Ohio to General Cox, the division commander at Charleston, West Virginia. States that Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes has reported that some men of the 23rd Ohio have captured 15 "noted Bushwhackers" and burned their rendezvous. Informs of the supplies they captured, including muskets, bacon, flour, and six canoes. Notes that no one was hurt and ends by stating, "They deserve no leniency." Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

GLC02414.062

19 August 1863

Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877

Newspaper

Title: Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 42 (August 19, 1863)]

An editorial titled "Thoughts" discusses the recent request by Jefferson Davis for a day of fasting and prayer. A long obituary for "Col. Oliver Evans Edwards" gives a lengthy biography as a lawyer, legislative member, and heroism in war. An article titled "Dedication" reports a spiritual jubilee in Orangeburg and the dedication of a new Baptist church there. "Divine Tokens" teaches the ways of God and his economy of grace, in particular application to the war. "Notes on the Times" criticiztes Abraham LIncoln's uncivilized warfare and mentions developments in Mississippi and Virginia, amongst…

GLC05959.39.34

27 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 31, whole no. 3684 (May 27, 1863)]

News from Vicksburg, northern Virginia, Richmond, Beaumont. U.S. and Great Britain. Death of Stonewall Jackson. Vallandigham's arrest. Governor Lubbock.

GLC05959.51.075

6 July 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 48, whole no. 3701 (July 6, 1863)]

Details of execution at Franklin. Poem to Stonewall Jackson. List of casualties in the 17th Texas Volunteer Infantry. Ad for slave sales. Editorial on the affairs at Vicksburg. General Taylor's victories.

GLC05959.51.082

February 24, 1864

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Houston daily telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 154 (February 24, 1864)]

Rangers in east Tennessee. Planting cotton. Habeas corpus. Fugitive slave ads.

GLC05959.55.02

1884

Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. H. W. Slocum of New York, in the House of Representatives, Friday, January 18, 1884.

Representative Slocum discusses the court-martial of General Fitz-John Porter. Declares, "I most earnestly implore the members of this House to try, if possible, to act on it free from political prejudice. There is no politics in it... I believe if I had never seen Porter in my life I should be deeply anxious to wipe out this foul stain from the military annals of our country... "

GLC08445.04.02

1884

Ray, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1925

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. George W. Ray, of New York, in the House of Representatives, Friday and Saturday, January 25 and 26, 1884.

Representative Ray discusses the court-martial of General Fitz-John Porter. In conclusion, writes "In the name of justice, for the honor of our country, and in behalf of the thousands of soldiers who appeal to us for justice to their old comrade in arms, and whose confidence in his integrity, loyalty, and devotion has never been shaken, I ask for that most righteous verdict in this case which will have been rendered when this bill becomes a law."

GLC08445.04.03

December 30, 1878

Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Julius Walker Adams

In this letter, Porter discusses his case. Notes that Adams's friend, Thomas Church Haskell Smith, testified against him. Relates that Major Gardiner requested documents from the War Department regarding Generals George McClellan, William Buel Franklin, and Henry Wager Halleck to use against Porter in trial. Remarks that his lawyer, Joseph Hodges Choate, proved Smith a failure on the stand. Attests that Smith is "after revenge and is now trying to prove that McClellan & Franklin & I were in league to defeat [John] Pope, even at the risk of ruining the army & the loss of the…

GLC00214.02.14

February 27, 1864

Atkinson, Joseph Henry, 1829-1907

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Court Martial proceedings in the case of Mathew Baker for conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline]

Records specifics of the charge, testimony from the trial, and Baker's acquittal. Signed by Atkinson and Borden.

GLC02233.37.01

February 29, 1864

Atkinson, Joseph Henry, 1829-1907

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Court martial proceedings against Wilson Bradley for conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline]

Records specifics of the charge, testimony from the trial, and Bradley's acquittal. Signed by Atkinson and Borden.

GLC02233.37.02

2 March 1864

Atkinson, Joseph Henry, 1829-1907

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Court martial proceedings against Henry Ivey for conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline]

Records specifics of the charge, testimony from the trial, and Ivey's acquittal. Signed by Atkinson and Borden. Written at "Camp Burgwyn," near Bogue, North Carolina.

GLC02233.37.03

4 March 1864

Atkinson, Joseph Henry, 1829-1907

Manuscript document

Title: [Court martial proceedings against Marion Blackwell for conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline] [Fragment]

Records specifics of the charge, testimony from the trial, and Blackwell's conviction. Written at "Camp Burgwyn," near Bogue, North Carolina. Last page of the document is missing.

GLC02233.37.05

March 1864 circa

Atkinson, Joseph Henry, 1829-1907

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Court martial proceedings against W. Waters for conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline]

Records specifics of the charge, testimony from the trial, and Waters's acquittal. Signed by Atkinson and Borden.

GLC02233.37.06

March 1864 circa

Atkinson, Joseph Henry, 1829-1907

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Court martial proceedings against Canada Barnes and P. Waters for conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline]

Records specifics of the charges, testimony from the trials, and the acquittal of both men. Signed twice by Atkinson and Borden.

GLC02233.37.07

21 April 1863 or 1864

Parke, J., fl. 1863

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Scammon endorsement on a telegram from J. Parke]

Telegram to Brigadier General Scammon in which Parke states that he is "innocent of having given aid & comfort to the Rebels." Asks for an immediate trial. With pencil note from Scammon (possibly in his hand) asking Parke "Did you not negotiate or aid in the sending of funds to Baltimore for the benefit of a person in arms vs. the U.S. If not, and you are a loyal citizen of the U.S. you shall be released at once." On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Brigadier General.

GLC02414.071

7 July 1863

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Scammon endorsement on a telegram to James L. Botsford]

Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Coates writes a telegram to Captain James L. Botsford of the 23rd Ohio to report that six Confederate deserters broke out of jail at Lewisburg, West Virginia and have come in. With autograph endorsement signed of Brigadier General Eliakim P. Scammon instructing Coates to send the deserters immediately. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

GLC02414.082

6 September 1863

Nant, E., fl. 1863

Manuscript letter

Title: to his cousin

Copy of a letter from E. Nant to a cousin stating that he was arrested in August on orders of General Eliakim P. Scammon because of some letters he wrote after Jenkin's raid (Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins) that ended up in the hands of the Secretary of War. Expresses indignation at the arrest and charges even though Scammon apologized to him. States he put in a claim for damages to his property done by Union troops after Jenkin's raid and is being punished for that. With a clerical endorsement on verso by J. A Hardie, the Assistant Adjutant General, stating it has been forwarded to…

GLC02414.084

4 December 1861

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 109, whole no. 1406 (December 4, 1861)]

Examination of Com. Stringham and the Minnesota and Hatteras war prisoners. Correspondence from Austin and New Orleans. Capture of Mason and Slidell. Martial law at Chattanooga.

GLC05959.51.006

16 December 1861

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 114, whole no. 1411 (December 16, 1861)]

Military execution of a soldier. Report of the finance committee. Speech from General Paterson on Northern history and the war. Various letters. Lincoln's Message, Invasion via Mexico, Means of defense for Savannah.

GLC05959.51.010

September 18, 1864

Williams, W.F., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Wortham

Williams informs George Wortham that he has captured men who were trading across the lines and encloses a list of the articles seized (ranging from pork to pocket knives, hoopskirt, calico and spun cotton) and the five men captured.

GLC02233.55.01