30 July 1903

Unknown

Document

Title: Circular regarding staff of the Bureau of Pensions

GLC03131.15.21

3 May 1847

Unknown

Manuscript document signed

Title: Legal document regarding Hiram C. Wells

GLC03131.15.22

12 June 1852

Rood, Delia C., (fl. 1852)

Manuscript document signed

Title: Legal documents regarding the selling of land

GLC03131.15.23

Unknown

Autograph letter signed

Title: Leather case and one cent coin

GLC03523.17.21

15 June 1864

Eveleth, George M. (1837-1879)

Autograph letter signed

Title: George M. Eveleth to Ellen

GLC03857.33

8 October 1863 - 25 March 1865

Bates, J. Anson (fl. 1865)

Document

Title: Permission passes

GLC03857.68

16 September 1861

Kent, William L. (fl. 1861)

Autograph letter signed

Title: Enrollment certificate

GLC03857.75

20 August 1862

Allison, Eben (fl. 1861-1865)

Autograph letter signed

Title: Eben Allison to parents, brother and sister

[Uninventoried]

GLC03523.24.001

21 January 1863

Morrison, James A. (fl. 1862-1864)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

One letter from James A. Morrison to his wife dated

GLC03523.41.037

14 September 1863

Morrison, James A. (fl. 1862-1864)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

One letter from James A. Morrison to his wife dated

GLC03523.41.067

13 March 1863

Crowell, Frank G. (fl. 1861-1865)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father and Mother

They were transported in train cars to another camp ground. They began their pursuit of the rebels. They planted theri artillery but the Rebels wouldn't answer so they couldn't tell where their force was.

GLC03049.1

2 December 1863

Crowell, Frank G. (fl. 1861-1865)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mother

A small squad of 3400 Rebels came in the other day and he describes them as the godforsaken people he ever saw. They wore dirty and ragged uniforms. He and his friends are doing extremely well and have grown fat.

GLC03049.2

23 April 1864

Crowell, Frank G. (fl. 1861-1865)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mother

The Rebs captured their post last night and they killed and wounded about 15 people. He lists the people that died, were wounded and even those that escaped.

GLC03049.3

1841

McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885

Book signed

Title: Cavalry tactics. Third part. Evolutions of a regiment.

McClellan's personal copy of an army cavalry tactics manual, signed by McClellan on the titlepage as "Capt. 1st Cavalry." Pencilled note on rear pastedown by Millis Knickerbocker, a member of McClellan's Dragoons, states that he found the book near Fortress Monroe in 1862 and gave it to McClellan, who allowed him to keep it. The back of the book has numerous foldout plates of formations and includes music for retreat, reveille, breakfast and assembly. Printed by J. and G. S. Giden. "Printed by order of the War Department."

GLC02645

30 August 1861

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Broadside

Title: Fremont's proclamation

Issued from Headquarters of the Western Department. Fremont, department commander, declares martial law over the state of Missouri to counteract "the total insecurity of life, and the devastation of property by bands murderers and marauders, who infest nearly every county in the State and avail themselves of the public misfortunes and the vicinity of a hostile force to gratify private and neighborhood vengeance." Fremont issues a second proclamation on the same day, reminding the military that severe action mandated by the new law should be limited, and confined to few cases. Followed by…

GLC02654

10 March 1862

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George B. McClellan

Celebrates Union victory at the Battle of Pea Ridge, a major battle in the Trans-Mississippi. Relates that "The Army of the Southwest, under Genl Curtis, after three days hard fighting near Sugar Creek, Ark, has gained a most glorious victory over the combined forces of Van Dorn, McCulloch, Price & McIntosh." The Union army managed to repulse the attack, despite having been surprised by the Confederates. The Confederates are forced to leave Arkansas. McCulloch and McCintosh were killed during the battle. Claims that "Our loss in killed & wounded estimated at one thousand; that of…

GLC02655

22 June 1865

Bailey, D.C., fl. 1864-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary E. Bailey

States that he is grateful and thanks God that he and his family have been safe from sickness and harm. Reports that a part of his regiment is in Madison and will probably be there for some time. He hopes that if he is to stay long somewhere, it is in a town that he is familiar with. Gives instructions on plowing around the potato crop, killing weeds, and shoeing his horses. He is being kept in a camp near Tennally Town, Washington D.C. to defend the city while the Lincoln assassination trials are going on. Reports that all the testimony from the trial has been taken. Hopes that the…

GLC02664

11 July - August 1863

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketchbook

Title: [Sketchbook with drawings and notes on the Gettysburg campaign] [word processed inventory available]

Signed by Bachelder on the first blank page, "Jno. B Bachelder, Print Publisher, no. 123 Washington St. Boston." Drawings, pencil and watercolor sketches, and notes on the Gettysburg campaign. Includes sketches of Hanover Junction, PA, 11 July 1863; Rock Ridge Devil's Den Round Top, 23 July 1863; Gen. Meade's Headquarters, 19 August 1863; and Fair Oaks, 31 May 1862, but possibly drawn later. Other sketches include houses, fields, and the road into Gettysburg. 11 drawings total, many blank pages, some pages removed. Bound in black book marked "Sketch Book."

GLC02670.01

1861-1864

Adjutant General's Office

Book

Title: General orders affecting the volunteer force. Adjutant General's office

The volume contains 3 years of the General Orders, for the years 1861, 1862, and 1863. Published by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. An index for each year is included. Inscriptions for Lt. Col. Barton at Fort Richardson, Virginia in November 1864 are included on front and back covers. Barton was the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 22nd Army Corps. General Orders No. 1, dated January 2, 1863, is included announcing the Emancipation Proclamation. It is signed in print by Abraham Lincoln. Charts and graphs throughout, including some folded charts. Number of pages in the…

GLC02676

27 September 1862

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hooper

Banks, commander of the Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac, discusses the furlough of Private Sherrin of the 2nd Massachusetts (Banks appealed for Sherrin's furlough on behalf of Hooper, and the furlough was denied). Mentions many mutual acquaintances, including Mr. Whittemore, Mr. Haver, and Colonel Lincoln, who taught Banks to love sherry. Comments on Civil War leadership: "What the Country most needs is a change. Not in men Nor in measures, but in the management of affairs- It is not important that we are better or worse in the way we are going- The country requires a…

GLC02689

September 19, 1861

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Trimble

General Beauregard, commanding the Confederate Army of the Potomac, writes to General Trimble, commander of forces located at Evansport, Virginia. He states "It is more than probable that either another naval expedition is contemplated by the Federalists or a landing on the Eastern shore of Virginia, but not of the importance you contemplate for McClellan is aware that we could neutralize his expedition by a bold move across the Potomac & then on to Washington! which would be at our mercy. We can afford to lose even Richmond but they cannot. Washington and Maryland..." He instructs…

GLC02690

1858-1900

Wright, Family, fl. 1858-1900

Header Record

Title: Augustus R. & Miller Wright archive: Confederate turncoat [partially decimalized .01-.12]

This collection comprises personal and military correspondence relating to U.S., and later Confederate, congressman Augustus Wright and his son Miller, both Southerners with Unionist sympathies. Topics include battles (including First Manassas), conflicts between Jefferson Davis and Governor Joseph Brown, wounded soldiers and prisoners of war, conscription, peace negotiations, Confederate surrender, and Lincoln's assassination. The collection includes a number of orders by Robert E. Lee's son George Washington Custis Lee, Miller's commanding officer for much of the war. Augustus Romaldus…

GLC02691

5 November 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Miller A. Wright (c/s Seward)?

Pardoned for "serving as a Colonel in the Army of the so-called Confederate States of America."

GLC02691.03

1861-1883

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Dr. Thomas A. McParlin][Decimalized .01-.48]

Includes personal and professional letters and documents to and from Dr. Thomas A. McParlin, medical director of the Army of Virginia and the army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Among the individuals represented in this archive are Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, generals George Meade, George D. Ruggles, John Pope, Rufus Ingalls, noted reformer Dorothea Dix, and numerous Civil War medical officers. Documents include wartime and post-war items. Of particular interest is a lengthy (40 page) manuscript report, prepared by McParlin for General William A.…

GLC02649

20 November circa 1861-1862

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Letter signed

Title: to Colonel E. Jay Allen

Possibly to Colonel Edward Jay Allen of the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry. No year indicated. General Fremont writes, "...I am sincerely gratified by the regard of yourself and your command. It will certainly give me pleasure to have you with me and so soon as I am ordered into the field I will do that best I can to have you there too." Notes that he plans to return to St. Louis, Missouri (Fremont was removed from command of the Department of the West in November 1861).

GLC02653