1843/01/11

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Breedlove re: falsehoods of "Kentuckian on Martial Laws"

Requests information on specific death dates of Judge Hall.

GLC06789.05

1864/02/16

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Order.

Punishment of deserter William J. Chandler of Penn. Vols. on Executive Mansion stationary.

GLC07942

1863/10/27

Pegram, John, 1832-1865

Document signed

Title: Charges against a private for striking a superior officer.

GLC07909

1862/08/22

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Carrie.

He discusses the new system of rationing, along with his observation of the execution of a deserter. He states his belief that the end of the war might be in sight, possibly as soon as January of 1864, along with own term of service being nine months from completion.

GLC07164.47

February 29, 1864

Hale, E.J., 1802-1880

Newspaper

Title: Fayetteville observer. [Vol. 47, no. 2439 (February 29, 1864)]

Victory in Florida, Heavy Demonstration Against General Finnegan, Dispatch from General Finnegan to General Jordan, Dispatch From General Polk, War Between Denmark and Germany Begins, General Bragg Assigned to Duty in Richmond, General Polk States that Sherman's Forces had Evacuated Meridan and were Retreating, Severe Fighting Near Pontotoc, Official Dispatch from General Beauregard, Fight near Lake City won by General Finnegan, Deserters Hanged, Sherman's Army Retreating to Vicksburg, The Yankee Advance in Alabama - the Boldest Movement of the War.

GLC05959.34.27

February 9, 1862

Phelps, Diton, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edith M. Phelps

Writes to his sister from Camp Pierpont. Describes trying to get a furlough to go home but says that they stopped issuing all furloughs except for officers. Comments that Lieutenant Forrest has been home three times since they started marching and plans on going home again. Reports that Lieutenant Forrest went to trial and was found guilty of some of the charges. He was sentenced to be reprimanded by General George McCall. Writes that Lieutenant Forrest was taken again on other charges and will have another trial next Wednesday. Comments that Lieutenant Forrest has some bitter enemies…

GLC03523.49.08

February 8, 1864

Ward, Edward K., 1837-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his sister

Written from camp near Dalton, Georgia. He writes that he's tempted to give up writing frequently to his sister because she seldom receives all the letters he sends. He expresses to his sister how even the most mundane details of her life are of interest to him. Inquires about the gossip regarding him and his love life. Comments that there are many Memphis ladies marrying rebels. Informs his sister that he's been appointed Judge Advocate of a court martial that is trying two men for staying past their furlough. Reports on the news that his regiment will be returning to Cheetham's…

GLC02232.29

13 April 1957

Farrow, Joel L., 1937-1995

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Glover M. Farrow, Doris Kitchens Farrow, and Wayne Farrow

One letter to Glover M. Farrow, Doris Kitchens Farrow, and Wayne Farrow from Joel L. Farrow dated April 13, 1957. Joel updates his family on Paris, and joining the base softball team. He mentions sending home an allotment but has to wait as he loaned a friend money. His friend said he was buying a suit but instead used the money to get drunk. He then got into a fight, broke a window, and was arrested. He is serving three months in the stockade.

GLC09910.10

22 April 1957

Farrow, Joel L., 1937-1995

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Glover M. Farrow, Doris Kitchens Farrow, and Wayne Farrow

One letter to Glover M. Farrow, Doris Kitchens Farrow, and Wayne Farrow from Joel L. Farrow dated April 22, 1957. Joel updates his family on his service and friends. He also congratulates Cornelia on her new daughter.

GLC09910.11

9 May 1957

Farrow, Joel L., 1937-1995

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Glover M. Farrow, Doris Kitchens Farrow, and Wayne Farrow

One letter to Glover M. Farrow, Doris Kitchens Farrow, and Wayne Farrow from Joel L. Farrow dated April 22, 1957. Joel updates his family on his softball team and daily life. He went to Paris on his last leave and saw the Eiffel Tower and the Mona Lisa. He also mentions them installing a telephone.

GLC09910.12

16 May 1957

Farrow, Joel L., 1937-1995

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Glover M. Farrow, Doris Kitchens Farrow, and Wayne Farrow

One letter to Glover M. Farrow, Doris Kitchens Farrow, and Wayne Farrow from Joel L. Farrow dated May 16, 1957. Joel updates his family on his daily life and gives them a way to get in touch with him in the case of an emergency. He also mentions receiving the clothes they sent him.

GLC09910.13

21 August 1957

Farrow, Joel L., 1937-1995

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Glover M. Farrow, Doris Kitchens Farrow, and Wayne Farrow

One letter to Glover M. Farrow, Doris Kitchens Farrow, and Wayne Farrow from Joel L. Farrow dated August 21, 1957. Joel updates the family on his daily life as well as his friends. The man he loaned money to (GLC09910.10) is back in the stockade for three more months and a dishonorable discharge.

GLC09910.16

1956-1960

Farrow, Joel L., 1937-1995

Header Record

Title: Letters written by Air Force serviceman Joel Farrow [Decimalized .01-.25]

Letters written by Air Force serviceman Joel Farrow detailing service during the cold war from 1956-1960. Farrow is based primarily in Wyoming, Paris and Evreux France. He details his daily life as well as some mentions on his health and brief comments on military equipment or events.

GLC09910

1861/07/22-23

Kelly, James R., fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Discusses camp life, quality of troops, killing and captured rebels. His regiment has not received any mail since they came to Virginia on July 6th. He writes a description of the mountain and describes an alarm in camp. A group of "miserable Scamps" have been discharged in disgrace. [Apparently, Kelly wrote the circumstances for their disgrace in an earlier letter, not in the collection.] Continued on 7/23/1861. Scouts surprised a "Secessionist Camp" of "44 men armed & a lot of women." Thirty-four of the men were killed and Kelly expects the rest will be hanged.

GLC04197.02

1778/05/02-1778/06/02

Jones, Daniel, fl. 1778

Manuscript document

Title: Orderly book of ranking officer at British garrison in New York

Oblong quarto. Manuscript leaves interleaved . Original paper marble boards with shaped flap enclosure. Orderly book of a British garrison in New York when Jones was the ranking British commander (while Generals Howe and Clinton were in Philadelphia). Topics include civilian rule (May 4 appointing Police Superintendent and a Mayor), appointment of Sir Henry Clinton commander in chief (June 1), recruiting and weapons practice, supplies, wood-cutting, and paroles. The manuscript may be in the handwriting of Captain Philips of the 38th Foot, who was appointed Jones's secretary on May 4.…

GLC07120

1910/02/15

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

Defense of Stuart's absence at Gettysburg, prompted by a newspaper article; treason case against Jefferson Davis.

GLC03921.30

February 17, 1863

Magie, James K., fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Magie

Reports that he was appointed Brigade Postmaster. His new position will allow him to make $30 to $50 a month by selling writing paper, envelopes and newspapers. The colonel is still under arrest. A strange order requires the regiment to get up at 5:30 and to stand at arms, with full knapsacks, until 6:30. Magie is exempt from this order.

GLC05241.12

circa [1872]

Lee, John F., 1813-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Refers to Hunt's contribution to the biography, an account of Lee's passage through the pedregal (a lava rock field) during the Mexican American War. Notes that the book is "short & simple... well done for a female- no bad eloquence. except in the appendix- where there is some, very bad, by orators and statesmen... " Notes that Marshall's contribution was good (possibly referring to Charles Marshall, who served as Lee's aide-de-camp). Discusses the implications of Hunt's description of Lee; wonders whether his praise of Lee was appropriate (possibly since Hunt had served the Union and…

GLC02382.092

February 9, 1863

Gordon, Thomas M., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Edward Brown

Gordon, a Confederate soldier, begins his letter by stating he greatly misses his home and friends. Says that he has been attending church and receiving some comfort from religion. Writes about a man from his regiment who deserted and is now sentenced to be executed by firing squad. States that he ministered to the soldier and read to him from the Bible. "Twelve men from the Regt. will be detailed to perform the execution ... I hope that I will not be one the number he has a wife and two children she came to see him a few days ago." Adds that the man wanted his wife to stay to see him…

GLC09004

February 19, 1862

Smith, William Wallace, fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Asa Smith

Written by William to his brother Asa. References receiving Asa's letter. Hopes the mud is no deeper than it is where he is. Says he almost got stuck with a team of 6 horses at Arlington. Says "25 negroes went out beyond our camp to cut wood for the Government. Says his whole brigade was summoned to the parade ground to hear the news of the fall of Fort Donnelson and they "made the hill and wood ring with our shouts[.] Our band leader is under arrest for refusing to lead the band in the national airs at that time." Says there is an Englishman currier in camp who wants to know if Asa knows an…

GLC03742.07

circa. early summer 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Describes the experience of being subjected to a dose of chloracetophenone (tear gas) in order to demonstrate to the soldiers the value of the gas mask. Outlines the rest of the day's schedule - a class in military customs and the History of chemical warfare, a class on the identification of airplanes, a session during which the company were forced to lay out field wire and telephones and sessions with both the rifle and revolver. Explains the etymological root of the expression, a "gig", meaning a special detail assigned after hours as a mode of punishment

GLC09120.046

1864/03/04-18

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Header Record

Title: Petitions re: separation of church and state in Memphis, Tenn. [decimalized]

1) Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis. DS: [Memphis], [n.d.] Petition to Abraham Lincoln re: returning control of the church to Union clergy. 7 p. With AES of Abraham Lincoln (4 March 1864) re: necessity of separation between church and state; and AES of Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut (18 March 1864) re: "no military necessity" for taking church into Union hands. 2) Chaplain Association of Memphis. DS: Memphis, 11 March 1864. Petition to Army Surgeon P.J.D. Irwin re: attesting to church's Confederate leanings. 9 p. With endorsement of surgeons in charge of U.S. general military…

GLC04813

1787/08/31

Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. Elias Dayton (his father) re: business, a military trial

Written to his father, Elias Dayton, who had declined election to the Constitutional Convention in favor of his son, because he himself was serving in Congress. Jonathan Dayton was the youngest member of the convention.

GLC04842.20

1863/09

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Provost Marshal General Marsena R. Patrick and staff, Culpeper, VA. [September 1863] by Gardner [red mount]

Nearly the identical photo can be seen by Gardner, the exception being the banner above the portico is missing in this image. See GLC 5111.01.0209, .0415.

GLC05111.01.0316

1843/06/05

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander Mouton

Thanks Mouton and the Louisiana legislature for a resolution that repaid to him a fine from 1815. He thanks them for "wiping from my memory the past imputations." In 1815 Judge Hall fined Jackson for enforcing martial law in New Orleans. Jackson strongly resented the fine, since he felt he had done what was necessary. Finally, not long before his death, the state legislature agreed to repay him the fine, with interest.

GLC04914