1880 ca.

Photograph

Title: Albumen photos of Confederate position, headquarters of McClellan at Seven Pines

GLC06698

1862/03/19

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Document

Title: New Jersey resolution honoring Scott, with Congressional pamphlet

Signed by Charles Olden, Governor, with Congressional pamphlet.

GLC06702

1878 ca.

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: re: Sherman's March, comments on history article [fragment]

Apparently a fragment, but the sentiments appear to be complete

GLC06703

1862/03/24

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton re: skirmish with guerilla band

GLC06705

1861/02/25

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

Document signed

Title: G.O. no. 3 re: Fort Duncan, Texas court marshall

Disbound.

GLC06601

1862/02/15

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

Document signed

Title: G.O. no. 15 re: regulating trade with the Indians

Disbound.

GLC06602

1862/03/26

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: to Gideon Welles re: on Stephen Logan's request for Navy job for young man

A note, written as an endorsement on Logan's letter to Lincoln, supporting Stephen Logan's appeal on behalf of a young man for a navy clerkship. "The writer of this is almost a father to me...."

GLC06646

circa 1861-1865

Various

Header Record

Title: to Adolphus Crans [Decimalized .01- .22]

Collection includes 22 signed letters and envelopes.

GLC06627.02

[1870 ca.]

Header Record

Title: Custer and Rosecrans items from the Alberger Collection

Visiting card of G. A. Custer / U.S.C.C. An army circular issued by Major General Rosecrans to the Army of Cumberland re: congratulations for victory over rebels of Tennessee.

GLC06628.01

1892/04

Fontaine, Lamar, 1829-1921

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary C. Day

"Lines suggested, while standing over the dead body of a loved comrade, killed by a bullet fired from across the Potomac, by a treacherous hireling foe, Leisburg Va. Augt 9th 1861." A fair copy of his ballad "All Quiet along the Potomac tonight." Fontaine underlines words throughout the song which emphasize the unimportance of a private's death. Gives his unit as Co. I, 2nd Va. Cavalry, C.S.A. Written on letterhead for Lamas Fountaine & Sons, Surveyers and Civil Engineers.

GLC06640.01

1873-1874 circa

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Notes on division in President Lincoln's cabinet over the issue of emancipation]

Appears to be part of a draft to Welles' book, "Lincoln and Seward: Remarks Upon the Memorial Address of Chas. Francis Adams, on the Late William H. Seward..." first published in 1874. In the notes, Welles quotes Secretary of State William H. Seward's reluctance to address the slavery issue during the war. Welles writes, "The President was aware of the position taken by Mr. Seward, and of the embarrassment which he might feel in acceding to a measure that conflicted with that position stated...but he thought to make known to us that emancipation appeared to him an inevitable necessity."…

GLC06577

1865 ca.

Addis, R.W., fl. 1864

Photograph signed

Title: [Frederick Jackson]

Signed on mount as Lieutenant of the 1st regiment, 1st Army Corps. He was a medal of honor recipient for James Island, South Carolina and one of Abraham Lincoln's guards. Addis Gallery, Washington. P.B. Marvin, photographer.

GLC06444

1865 ca.

Metcalf, fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of cadet]

With 2-cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC06440

1862 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Benson's battery of horse artillery near Fair Oaks]

No. 433 in series.

GLC06441

1863 May

Black, J.W., 1825-1896

Photograph

Title: Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence

Depicts Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence "redeemed in Virginia by Catherine S. Lawrence; baptized in Brooklyn by Henry Ward Beecher..." Full-length standing portrait. Shows Fanny standing with her hands on hips, wearing a day dress, cape and hat. Her hair is fashionably curled. Published by J.W. Black, Boston.

GLC06445

1865, 1890 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: [John S. Mosby]

Original photograph was taken ca. 1865 but this half-tone (from a book?) was signed ca. 1890.

GLC06448

February 19, 1864

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892

Autograph document signed

Title: [Appointment of Gibson's aide-de-camp to serve as agent in matters pertaining to slaves]

Brigadier General Gibson (Confederate) discusses matters pertaining to people enslaved by his family. Appoints his aide-de-camp, H.P. Kernochan, as his agent to handle all business discussed within this letter. Learned from his brother Preston that five slaves (Thornton, Wallace, Big Jim, Little Jim, Baker, and Bidwell) from his father's plantation have been sent to Judge Thomas Gholson. Discusses other slaves sent to Gholson for work in the mines. Relates that his brother has thus far been in charge of these matters. Written from Headquarters, Gibson's Brigade, Army of Tennessee.

GLC06455

1863/07/18

Whiting, William, 1813-1873

Document

Title: Printed General Orders no. 52 re: Indians and half-breeds are not citizens of the U.S.

Circular letter. "Indians and half-breeds are not citizens of the U. S. within the meaning of the enrollment act."

GLC06271

1861 ca.

Photograph

Title: Cartes de visite of the 8th Michigan Cavalry

GLC06272

1864/02/08

Header Record

Title: Officers of the 20th U.S. Colored troops with autographs

Some have canceled tax stamps on verso.

GLC06358

1865/05/30

Anderson, T.F., fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John B. Turner re: fall of Boggy Depot to the Union troops

Anderson was on the staff of E.K. Smith and at one point was ordered to procure arms for Cherokee Indian troops fighting for the Confederacy. Details the fall of Boggy Depot to Union troops the previous day, and faces the reality of the fall of the Confederate government. In part: "the general has concluded best to go present to Blue where much of our lost government property can be gathered...." May describe movements of Confederate Cherokee. With pass for Lieut. Turner dated 7/16/1865 guaranteeing safe passage through the Union lines. The document shows water damage. Turner was former aide…

GLC06369

circa 1861-1865

Various

Header Record

Title: [Collection related to substitution in the Confederate Army] [Decimalized .01-.05]

Collection includes five documents and envelopes mainly pertaining to substitution in the Confederate Army. Included is a printed Confederate broadside signed by Judah Philip Benjamin, Acting Confederate Secretary of War, which features the rules and regulations that must be followed in providing a suitable substitute for the Confederate Army.

GLC06371

1862/06/25

Moore, Thomas O., 1804-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Hindman re: barbarities of Texas troops

Written from the temporary Louisiana Confederate capitol, to Hindman, commander in the Department of Arkansas. Describes the barbarities by Texas troops including their threatening Bowie knives.

GLC06372

February 9, 1865

Walton, James M., fl. 1865

Manuscript document

Title: [Orders for U.S. Colored Troops in the campaign on Cole, Battery, and James Islands]

Orders indicating the role of Union African American troops during the campaign leading to the 18 February 1865 Union occupation of Charleston, South Carolina. Issued by the command of Colonel A. S. Hartwell. Walton, Assistant Adjutant General at Folly Island, South Carolina, instructs Colonel George William Baird, commanding Pennsylvania's 32nd United States Colored Troops to meet South Carolina's 33rd United States Colored Troops, under command of Captain Danilson, at Cole Island, South Carolina. States that Baird is to assume command of the entire force. Selected men from the 32nd, 33rd,…

GLC06379

[1863]

Photograph

Title: 1st Wisconsin posing with artillery on 4th street, Chattanooga, TN

Unmounted photograph, accompanied by a latter laid sheet of paper with note "Union Forces - Chattanooga"

GLC06389