1862

Reno, Jesse Lee, 1823-1862

Photograph

Title: Vignette bust portrait

Graphite inscription on verso "Gen Reno killed at South Mountain Sept 15 1862." Photographers imprint on verso: "J.E.McClees, Artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia."

GLC05111.02.0658

circa 1861-1865

Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries

Photograph

Title: As brigadier general, vignette bust portrait

Imprint on recto "Brady New York." Graphite inscription on verso "Major General Hiram G. Berry Killed May 3, 1863 Battle Chancellorsville" "Century Vol. III p.176" "Genl Berry." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York, & No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C."

GLC05111.02.0230

circa 1861-1865

W.L. Germon's Atelier

Photograph

Title: As colonel, standing before camp scene backdrop

Graphite inscription on verso "Col Baker." Photographers imprint on verso: "W.L. Germon's Atelier, 702 Chestnut St Philada."

GLC05111.02.0199

circa 1861-1865

Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries

Photograph

Title: As brigadier general, seated facing left

Ink inscription on recto "Hiram G. Berry." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0231

circa 1861-1865

Charles D. Fredricks & Co.

Photograph

Title: As brigadier general, vignette bust portrait

Graphite inscription on verso "Prob. Gen Henry Bohlen Killed Aug. 22, 1862." Photographers imprint on verso: "Charles D. Fredricks & Co. 'Specialite,' 587 Broadway, New York."

GLC05111.02.0239

circa 1861-1865

Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries

Photograph

Title: As brigadier general, standing, holding sword

Graphite inscription on verso "Gen Bohlen." Ink inscription on verso "Henry Bohlen. Brig. Gen. Vols. U.S.A. (Col. 75th Pa. Vols.) Apl. 23, '62" "Killed Aug. 22, 1862, at Freeman's Ford, Rappahannock River, Va." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0240

circa 1861-1865

Wadsworth, James S.

Photograph

Title: As brigadier general vignette bust portrait

Imprint on recto "Brady Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "Brig-General Jas. S. Wadsworth" "Lossing Page 339" "Mortally wounded in Wilderness campaign May 6, 1864 Died May 8, 1864" "Century vol IX p 160." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York & No 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C."

GLC05111.02.0806

circa 1861-1865

Wadsworth, James S., 1807-1864

Photograph

Title: As brigadier general, standing 3/4 length portrait Napoleon pose, sword in left

Ink inscription on verso "James S. Wadsworth Brig. Gen. Vols. U.S.A." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0805

circa 1861-1865

Wadsworth, James S., 1807-1864

Photograph

Title: As brigadier general, seated 3/4 length portrait with sword in lap

Thin red border on recto. Ink inscription on recto "Wardsworth [sic]." Graphite inscription on verso "Gen'l Wadsworth." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway New York. From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0807

circa 1861-1865

Addis, Robert W., fl. 1874

Photograph

Title: Philip Kearny, carte de visite, bust portrait

Pencil inscription on verso "Brig Gen. Kearney. Killed at Chantilly on Sept. 1st 1862." "J. W. Thompson." Photographers imprint on verso: "R.W.Addis, Photographer, McClees Gallery, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington D.C."

GLC05111.02.0511

circa 1861-1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Philip Kearny in officers uniform, full standing views, wearing cape and holding hat and sword

Rank insignia obsurred by cape. In officer's uniform. He is also wearing a cape which covers his left shoulder (left arm was amputated during the Mexican War). His left sleeve is pinned to his uniform jacket just above his belt. In his right arm he holds a forage cap with decotarive braiding and his sword. Graphite inscription on recto "Gen. Kearney." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0509

circa 1861-1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Philip Kearny, carte de visite, in officer's uniform, 3/4 standing view, wearing cape & holding hat & sword

A close-up version of #505. Rank insignia obsurred by cape. In officer's uniform. He is also wearing a cape which covers his left shoulder (left arm was amputated during the Mexican War). His left sleeve is pinned to his uniform jacket just above his belt. In his right arm he holds a forage cap with decorative braiding and his sword. Graphite inscription on verso "Maj Genl Kearney." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0510

circa 12 July 1863

Howard, Richard L., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Brother Grover and Bird

Howard, Chaplain of the 124th Illinois Infantry, writes an enormous and colorful letter on a Confederate muster sheet he refers to as "a secesh sheet." One on side, writes to Brother Grover. Mentions Clara. Writing after the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, states "It is our harvest time...The great sheaf-gathering time of the Army under Grant." Recently received official news of the Union defeat of Port Hudson, Louisiana. Recalls his joy on the fourth (4 July 1863, when Vicksburg fell). Describes in detail the aftermath of the siege of Vicksburg, commenting on the holes where Confederates…

GLC06382.02

December 14, 1863

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. O. W. Lebert

General Beauregard, Commander of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, writes to Mrs. Lebert in Alabama, on "the 158th day of the siege" (referring to military activity in Charleston Harbor). He relates that he transmits photographs (not included), and hopes to receive photographs of Mrs. Lebert and Octavia in return. Refers to Captain B., who regrets not being able to return to Mobile, Alabama. He reports that the ship Monitor sank in the Charleston Harbor during a gale two nights before. Referring to the Monitor as the "Weehawken," he writes "Only 28 yankee liver men lost…

GLC06395

January 24, 1863

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria B. Weaver

Former President Buchanan acknowledges receipt of her letter and thanks her for the photograph she sent of herself. Her friend, his niece, White House hostess Harriet Lane is upset by the death of her brother James Buchanan Lane. Buchanan was supporting Weaver's education, for he promises to pay promptly the next bill for it that he receives. Written from Wheatland, his home near Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

GLC06400.01

28 June 1865

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leander H. Riddle

Praises a fallen comrade and expresses the need for "care and protection of the widows and orphans of those who have offered up their lives in saving the nation." Comments on the death of General Thomas A. Smythe and Brigadier General Thomas. Written on printed stationery of the Army of the Potomac.

GLC06460

February 14, 1848

Roe, P.J., fl. 1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Whiteman

Reports the death of four soldiers from the measles. Has recently left Mexico City and is camping out in tents, which he likes much better than being in the city as the men are much healthier. Reports the news of peace, the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, signed 2 February 1848. Tells Whiteman that he has not deceived her. He writes, "I think it entirely necessary for a woman to be satisfied fully of the heart of man and know before going to far that he has a breast that beats for her but of this I know that you are aware of my feelings towards you and more I wish that every thought that…

GLC06469

9 July 1755

Braddock, Edward, fl. 1755

Manuscript document

Title: A List of the Officers who were present, and of those Killed and Wounded in the Action on the Banks of Monongahela the 9th Day of July 1755

From the expedition against Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War. Reports that Major General Edward Braddock died of his wounds and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gage was slightly wounded. Mentions George Washington as participating officer.

GLC06650

24 November 1864

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Judge White

Discusses some confusion over Nathaniel Banks getting a cabinet post. States that President Lincoln said William Seward and Thurlow Weed never mentioned the subject. She remarks, "This all appears, as a strange dream, and if the information did not come from so eminently truthful a source, it could not be credited." Reports that Banks is to return immediately to the Department of the Gulf in New Orleans and that there is no chance of him getting a cabinet post. Remarks that they could have saved themselves much anxiety had they known this a few days ago. Written on mourning stationery for…

GLC06681

January 21, 1878

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Last lines of Bryant's poem Thanatopsis]

"So live, that when thy summons comes to join/ The innumerable caravan which moves/ To that mysterious realm where each shall take/ His chamber in the silent halls of Death,/ Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night,/ Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed/ By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave/ Like one who wraps the draping of his couch/ About him and lied down to pleasant dreams." Copied 12 January 1878; originally written between the years of 1811 and 1821.

GLC06631.02

2 May 1863- April 6 1865

Manuscript document

Title: Nominal Lists Casualties, Company Orders, Detailed officers and enlisted men, officers absent and present not on duty

Roster of 120th regiment New York Volunteer Infantry. Written on inside cover, in pencil, "The Regiment enlisted 2000 men but returned home unable to muster more than 350 - such had been the work of bullet and desease." First thirteen pages list officers and enlisted men "absent and present." Remaining pages list "killed, wounded and missing." Includes action at Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Petersburg. The last entry, "Pursuit of Lee's Army," written three days before the surrender at Appomattox. Bound in reverse leather.

GLC06638

15 April 1899

Fontaine, Lamar, 1829-1921

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary C. Day

A graceful acknowledgement of Day's letter of thanks for receiving "All Quiet on the Potomac." He writes in part: "It is a gratification to an old crippled Reb to receive such as womanly letter as yours." He closes by wishing her a long and peaceful life and a content death.

GLC06640.03

7 December 1875

Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John P. Nicholson

Possibly to John Page Nicholson, who published many essays on Civil War related topics. Discusses an article published by a Colonel Chesney in the "Fortnightly." Defends himself against Chesney's accusation that he (Johnston) exaggerated Federal losses. Attests that on pages 357 and 358 of his own narrative, his estimates of killed and wounded depend on the difference between the testimony of newspapers and prisoners. Also notes that it would have been impossible to beat troops as skilled as those led by General William T. Sherman "with insignificant losses like those reported by their…

GLC06656

26 December 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George G. Meade re: hold off execution of Christopher Delker

Also requesting a meeting to discuss death penalty cases.

GLC06578

3 September 1864

Benham, Tower S., fl. 1841-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

States he was recently in two major battles where his company suffered several casualties. Expresses his opinions on the 1864 election. Notes he hopes that Fremont will not run, because he fears that if he does, General George McClellan will be elected. Supports Abraham Lincoln, and believes that, if elected, he will bring the war to a speedy end.

GLC06559.004