1862-1863

Garden, John R., fl. 1841-1864

Diary

Title: Diary of John R. Garden.

Diary covers activity of the 62nd regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, with roll of company M and daily entries. Includes detailed account of action at Gettysburg, mentioning Gen. Reynold's death and the fight for the wheat field (2 July 1863 entry). Contains list of arms and accoutrements including clothing.

GLC02989

January 22, 1862

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

Written to the "Officer Comdg Ferry Cairo Illinois." Orders the commander of the ferry that a ferryboat "will go to Fort Holt & return immediately, subject to the orders of Maj. Sangers. Written as Brigadier General. Orders made shortly before Grant's attack on Fort Donelson.

GLC02991

2 September 1861

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Letter

Title: to Silas Stringham

Welles, Secretary of the Navy, congratulates Stringham, Flag Officer and Commander of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, for the Squadron's August 1861 capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, North Carolina. Declares "The successful result thus far of an expedition projected with great care and the occupation of the positions commanding the most important inlet on the Coast of North Carolina, will be attended with consequences that can scarcely be over-estimated. This brilliant achievement, accomplished without the loss of a man on your part, or injury to any one in the Federal Service, has…

GLC03097.02

24 December 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Regarding African American troops in Missouri]

President Lincoln states that commissioners are "to appraise negroes in Missouri." Mentions that he was previously unaware of General Order No. 135 issued in mid-November 1863 by General John McAllister Schofield, in command of the Department of Missouri. That order had authorized the enlistment of enslaved people, without consent of their owners, and with compensation promised to loyalist slaveholders.

GLC03096

8 September 1861

Stringham, Silas Horton, 1797-1876

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Mercer

Written at Fortress Monroe. Stringham, Flag Officer and Commander of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, writes to Mercer, Captain of the Wabash, flagship of the Squadron. Reports, "It affords me pleasure to be the medium for forwarding to you a copy of the Hon. Sec. of the Navy congratulations on our recent victory at Forts Hatteras & Clark. You will please have it read to the Officers and crew." Gideon Welles served as Secretary of the Navy 1861-1869. In August 1861 General Benjamin Franklin Butler's army joined force with Stringham's Squadron, capturing Forts Hatteras and Clark,…

GLC03097.01

28 August 1861

Bulkley, James Henry, 1834-?

Autograph document signed

Title: to Samuel Mercer

Bulkley, Captain's Clerk on board the Wabash, reports to Mercer, commander of the Wabash. Records details of the 28 and 29 August capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, located on the Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. Reports times when firing occurred, details related to the actions of other ships in the squadron, and orders received. The Wabash was the flagship of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, commanded by Silas Horton Stringham.

GLC03097.03

9 October 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Quincy A. Gilmore

On a small card, President Lincoln writes to Captain Gilmore, the chief engineer on the Port Royal Expedition to South Carolina, regarding General Thomas W. Sherman's attack on Port Royal: "I feel great interest in Gen. Sherman's expedition; and therefore prefer to not interfere with the programme." Accompanied by a carte de visite of Lincoln (GLC02798.02).

GLC02798.01

10 December 1859

Windom, William, 1827-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward R. Parry, Isaac Andrews, Truman Andrews, W. H. Wickoff, and Charles Mansfield

Windom, a United States Representative from Minnesota, states that he will attempt to postpone discussion in Senate regarding a proposed treaty with the Mankato (possibly referring to the Mdewakanton Sioux, who inhabited the region surrounding Mankato, Minnesota). Regarding disagreement between Northern and Southern Congressmen, declares "We have a warm time here with the Southern fire eaters ... In the House, so anxious were they to kindle anew the fires of agitation and sectionalism ... making inflamatory, disunion Speeches ... They openly avow their determination (in case of the Election…

GLC02799

15 June 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Lincoln endorsement for release of Union prisoner of war]

Written on verso of a 28 April 1864 autograph letter signed from Missouri Representative Austin King. King seeks release for E. M. Brashear of Lafayette County, Missouri. Writes " While I know but little of this youth, I know his relations to be among the most respectable of my district. … I ask of you Mr President the discharge of Brashear, and I have such confidence in his sense of honor, and of the same in his relatives & friends who wish his discharge, that I feel that I risk nothing in vouching for his future fidelity to the Government." Lincoln orders that this man be allowed to…

GLC02805

February 5, 1862

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George B. McClellan

Discusses gun boats being used by Grant in attack on Fort Henry. Informs McClellan "Gun boats supplied with temporary crews and in the the field. Mortar boats of no use at present. Enlistments for regular crews going on rapidly. Bombardment of Fort Henry now going on. our Troops have landed three miles below." Writing from his headquarters in St. Louis, Halleck did not know that the bombardment would not begin until the next day, 6 February 1862. The gunboats would play a key role in the Union victory at Fort Henry. Written on Department of the Missouri station.

GLC02832

14 September 1861

Ripley, James Wolfe, 1794-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Philip Kearny

Ripley, Chief of the Ordnance Office, writes to General Kearny (Ripley spells "Kearney"). Reports that 95 Enfield rifles for the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd New Jersey Volunteers were transmitted to the Head Quarters of the Army of the Potomac and were returned with a letter from Col. R. B. Marcy, Chief of Staff (possibly Randolph Barnes Marcy). Marcy attests that his commanding general does not deem it advisable to issue the arms at this time.

GLC02850

16 May 1862

Grant, Julia D., 1826-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elihu B. Washburne

Thanks Congressman Washburne deeply for defending her husband, Ulysses Grant, against attacks in Congress after the Battle of Shiloh. In a postscript, she asks him to send her a few copies of the speech he made before the House of Representatives.

GLC02811

August 29, 1864

Richardson, Hollon, 1835-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Professor Etooever

Considers Gettysburg as the "turning point of the war" due to the accidents of the enemy rather than their own abilities.

GLC02817

1860-1866

Louisiana. Legislature

Book

Title: Fifth Legislature of the State of Louisiana

Book is separated into the following sections: Acts passed by the Fifth Legislature of the State of Louisiana at its Second Session. Held and begun in the city of Baton Rouge, on the 21st day of January, 1861. List of Acts and Resolutions passed by the Legislature of Louisiana, extra session of 1860. Acts passed by the Sixth Legislature of the State of Louisiana at its first session, held and begun in the city of Baton Rouge, on the 25th of November, 1861. List of Acts and Resolutions passed by the Legislature of Louisiana, session of 1862. Acts passed by the first general assembly of…

GLC02819

27 June 1863

Swords, J. M., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: The Daily Citizen. [June 27, 1863]

This document is a copy of The Daily Citizen issued during the siege of Vicksburg, in Vicksburg. Reports on a new phase of the war with a rebel offensive movement. The document is indecipherable in places due to blurry typeset. Printed on splotchy wallpaper with blue and green flowers, this pattern is evident on verso.

GLC02820

19 April 1865

Imboden, John D., 1823-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Jones

Writes as Brigadier General commanding the Confederate military prisons to Major General Samuel Jones as commander of the District of Florida regarding exchanging his brother, F.M. Imboden for a Union soldier, Captain Wilson French of the 17th Connecticut Volunteers. Informs Jones that his brother is confined at Johnson's Island and gives an account of his quest to have him exchanged for French. Denies that French should not be exchanged because he knows the country and is considered a dangerous man. Exerts his influence to gain his brother's freedom and threatens to go to higher…

GLC02824

2 June 1863

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Alfred Jones as assistant surgeon in the Provisional Confederate Army]

Partially printed document appointing doctor Alfred Jones as assistant surgeon in the Provisional Confederate Army. Signed by Seddon as Confederate Secretary of War. A note at the bottom orders Jones to report to the medical director of the department to which he is assigned, and is signed by Samuel P. Moore as the Confederate Surgeon General. Apparently written after Jones had been paroled and exchanged after his capture at Fort Donelson. Written on Confederate States of America War Department Stationary.

GLC02825.01

17 June 1862

Pickett, W.D., fl. 1862

Autograph document signed

Title: Special order no. 70

Honorable discharge from the Confederate Army of doctor Alfred Jones, after his capture at Fort Donelson. Signed by Pickett as Assistant Adjutant General for General Hardee.

GLC02825.02

4 May 1865

Johnson, Richard W., 1827-1897

Endorsement signed

Title: [Oath of allegiance to the United States for Alfred Jones, with Richard Johnson endorsement]

Jones signs partially printed document, pledging his allegiance to the United States of America. Also signed by Jonathan Sargent, Assistant Provost Marshall, Department of the Cumberland. Endorsement on verso, authorizing Jones to practice medicine in Union-occupied Tennessee, signed by General Richard W. Johnson.

GLC02825.03

19 March 1862

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Linton A. Stephens

Tells his brother not to worry about catching the mumps or measles. Says Linton might as well catch the mumps now, while it is so prevalent, and get it over with, since it can be easily and safely treated. Also mentions his plans to return home. Docket in pencil, recently added.

GLC02826

February 4, 1862-August 11, 1864

Tittle, George A., fl. 1862-1864

Header Record

Title: [Letters written by George A. Tittle while cruising the North Atlantic aboard the USS Kearsarge] [decimalized .01-.19]

Surgeon steward Tittle details the "Kearsarge's" 1862-1864 cruise, including her engagement with the CSS "Alabama." The USS "Kearsarge" eventually fought and sank the Confederate raider off the French coast on 19 June 1864. 19 letters divided into 2 folders.

GLC02828

24 December 1859-26 August 1864

Allen, George D., fl. 1859-1864

Header Record

Title: [Letters, including five while on U.S. gunboats off South America] [decimalized .01-.18]

Written by the Allen brothers (Union naval officers) -- Joseph H., George D., and William B. -- to their sister Mary Mayberry with letters of William Oves and Frank McIntire. GLC02829.06 mentions the USS "Monitor." The Allen family was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary Mayberry's name was found from various references in this collection. Her last name was made Mayberry because of a line in GLC02829.02 in reference to Mary having children: "I thought you and Brother Bill had made a whole regiment by this time..." Bill is referenced in several letters in this collection, but his full name…

GLC02829

1861-1865

O'Connell, John D., fl. 1861-1866

Header Record

Title: [Collection of John D. O'Connell, 14th regiment, US army, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .58.03]

Letters cover 1861-63, and are primarily written to Mary H. Perkins. Collection includes 57 letters, 4 color printed cards, and 1 color print portrait.

GLC02830

1865-1866

O'Connell, John D., fl. 1861-1866

Header Record

Title: [Civil War diaries of John D. O'Connell]

Three autograph manuscript diaries, two of which are signed. The first volume, covering 1865, is approximately 86 pages, totally written in ink; also features additional printed pages with calendars, stamp rates, and other information. Signed "O'Connell" at top of title page. The other two volumes cover January-June 1866 and July-December 1866 respectively. The January-June volume consists of approximately 85 pages and is largely written in ink; the July-December volume is partially written in pencil and partially in ink, and is approximately 98 pages. The January-June volume is signed "…

GLC02830.58

1864-1865

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902

Photograph album

Title: Photographic Views of Sherman's campaign [photograph album]

Mounted in a slightly later album book, rebacked.

GLC02833