January 2, 1782

Pettit, Charles, 1736-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathanael Greene

Written by Pettit as an importing merchant in Philadelphia to Major General Greene as commander of the Southern Department. Pettit was Greene's assistant adjutant general 1778-1781. Mentions he sold Greene's and his own shares in the Batsto Estate. Says they are going to have to wait for their money because of issues with the estate. Says he has little ready money as a result. Mentions political backbiting at the Pennsylvania Assembly. Talks about the reduction of salaries of certain officers in order to starve them out so the current Assembly can appoint new ones. Says they are considering…

GLC04772.05

1775

Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796

Broadside

Title: Bloody Butchery by the British Troops [First printing]

Printed and sold by Ezekial Russell. Printed broadside in three columns with woodcut mourning borders and two rows of forty woodcut coffins (each captioned with the name of an American casualty). Detailed narrative of battles at Lexington and Concord. References: Evans 13898; Ford, Massachusetts Broadsides 1792; Streeter, American Beginnings 41; Winslow, American Broadside Verse 28.

GLC04810

22 August 1775

Lynch, Thomas, 1749-1779

Document signed

Title: Receipt for 50 pounds

Partially printed. Provided by South Carolina as legal compensation for an executed slave belonging to Lynch's father, Thomas Sr.

GLC04815

1861

Object

Title: ["Death to Traitors" anti-Confederate token showing Jefferson Davis hanging]

The face shows a body hanging from a tree with the inscription "Jeff Davis." The obverse is inscribed "Death to Traitors" and "Becker."

GLC04986

25 September 1863

Finley, Jesse J. (Jesse Johnson), 1812-1904

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: to James Benagh

Finley, Colonel of the Sixth Florida Infantry, transmits a report of the Chickamauga Campaign to Captain Benagh, Assistant Adjutant General. Writes from Headquarters, Sixth Florida Volunteers, near Chattanooga. Details the Battle of Chickamauga, which took place 18-20 September 1863. Cites specific locations involved in the battle, participating officers, and troop position/movement, among other details. Lists the total number of casualties from his regiment at 165. Writes "For our Regiment (6th Fla) I can pay them no higher or more deserved compliment than to say they fully sustained…

GLC05009

October 21, 1944

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

Header Record

Title: [Twenty-two orders of the day including pardon of all who were under sentence of death].

Written as general in command of the United States Army in Greeneville, Ohio.

GLC04864

21 June 1821

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Smith Shaw

Discusses his interest in Native American religion and his difficulties in learning about it because of Indians reluctance to speak on the topic. Describes his attempts to learn about Native American religion from a Mr. Alexander McGillivray, the son of a "Scotchman by an Indian queen." Adams closely questioned the man concerning Indian beliefs including their ideas about an afterlife, but the man was not forthcoming, and Adams finally concluded "that his father was one of those wandering Scottish epicurean philosophers who had taught him to seek for pleasure and not to disquiet…

GLC04880

1864-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Dead soldier, with rifle, hat and canteen, Petersburg, Va. [1864-1865 ca.]

The soldier's head and torso are in the foreground. His hands are slighty raissed off the ground, in front of his shoulders. A rifle lies across his body, and his canteen and hat lie beside him on the right. Formerly part of H.W. Fay's ("Keeper of Lincoln's Tomb") scrapbook.

GLC05111.01.0609

July 5, 1863

Photograph

Title: Confederate dead on Rose Farm, Gettysburg, Pa. [July 5, 1863]

Inscription on image: "After first [inserted: day of] battle at Gettysburg." Photographer's labels were often incorrect [sometimes intentionally], and this is such a case. The image is actually of Confederate dead on the Rose farm, which was the scene of fighting on July 2. The photo was actually taken by Gardner on July 5, according to Frassanito in "Getysburg: Journey In Time" [p. 209]. The corpses have been collected by Federal burial parties. Gardner's darkroom wagon is visible on the left side of the image. Formerly part of H.W. Fay's (keeper of Lincoln's tomb) scrapbook.

GLC05111.01.0616

1908/1909 ca.

Newspaper

Title: Article on Lincoln 1856 speech with photo from 1865 indignation meeting. [1908/1909 ca.]

The newspaper article is dated April 3 but there are two other dates written on the item. Inscription in upper left corner: "Miss Bessie Hallett April 7, 1909." Inscripiton in upper right corner: "Bessie Hallett." Inscription on bottom: "April 5, 1908 Interocean April 5/08." Caption under photo of indignation meeting (same image as .618): "Remarkable photo taken at Bloomington, Illinois April, 25th 1865 showing indignation meeting over the death of Lincoln." However, the article describes an Abraham Lincoln speech given on May 29, 1856. See GLC 5111.01.0618

GLC05111.01.0619

circa 1861-1865

Roche

Photograph

Title: Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches [Petersburg]

Title from inscription on verso. Stamp of F. H. Meserve on verso. Numeric notation: "360" and "268." Number scratched in negative 6189

GLC05111.01.0421

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Wilderness # 30. Confed. entrenchments near McCool's house (Spotsylvania)

Title from inscription on verso. Close view of tree with sign reading: "On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread & glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead." Stamp of the century co. on verso. Inscription on verso: "94." Same locale as # 434, the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania.

GLC05111.01.0435

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Execution of a colored soldier

Black deserter named Johnson hanging on gallows. Title from inscription on verso. Numeric notation: "59."

GLC05111.01.0441

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [Stevens] House wherein Genl. Cobb was killed, Fredericksburg, VA.

Title from inscription on verso. General Thomas R. Cobb was mortally wounded on 13 December 1862 at the Sunken road in Fredericksburg. He was carried to this house where he bled to death. Numeric notation "118." Additional inscription (underlined) on verso: "Saber."

GLC05111.01.0383

19 September 1862

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Dead Confederate soldiers and artillery horses on Antietam battlefield, near Dunker Church.

Inscription on verso: "View of Battlefield at Antietam." Dead Confederates and their horses lie in scattered clusters. An abandoned limber and a Federal burial party [far right] can also be seen in the background. Numeric notation on verso: "24."

GLC05111.01.0754

1862-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Miller's House [Sharpsburg, MD.], on Antietam battlefield, with family standing on porch.

Inscription on verso: "Miller's house where Gen. Mansfield fell." Image of Miller's House near Antietam, where Union General Joseph Mansfield was killed. Numeric notation on verso: "40(917)."

GLC05111.01.0766

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Beaufort Church, S.C., partially covered with ivy or cutzu, and a small cemetery with a man sitting on tomb.

Inscription on verso: " Beaufort Church, S.C." Numeric notation on verso: "133."

GLC05111.01.0770

9 August 1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: Cedar Mountain battlefield, Virginia, with six Federal soldiers standing over freshly dug graves and scattered fence rails.

Inscription on verso: "Graves on Battlefield Cedar Mountain." Numeric notation on verso: "4."

GLC05111.01.0772

6 July 1863

O'Sullivan, fl. 1862-1863

Photograph

Title: The Slaughter Pen at the base of Big Round Top, Gettysburg battlefield [PA]. Confederate corpses lie scattered about among the rocks.

Inscription on verso: "The Wilderness slaughterpen." Numeric notation on verso: "128."

GLC05111.01.0780

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: A View of the Wilderness

Inscription on verso: "Hecatomb." Numeric notation on verso: "96."

GLC05111.01.0797

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Victims at the Wilderness

Corpses of former soldiers who fought at the Wilderness. Inscription on verso:"The Wilderness dead." Numeric notation on verso: "127."

GLC05111.01.0798

1865

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: A Good View of the covered ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. This picture is a good view of the covered ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation." The Union soldiers had to charge up and down the obstructions. In the foreground centre is a dead rebel soldier sticking out through the debris, and further on lies another Confederate soldier. No.3183. Published by H. & H. T. Anthony & Co., American and foreign stereoscopic emporium." Numeric notation on verso: 180."

GLC05111.01.0804

1862

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: He Sleeps His Last Sleep [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 554. He Sleeps His Last Sleep. A Confederate soldier being wounded had evidently dragged himself to a little ravine on the hill side, where he died." Numeric notation on verso: "30."

GLC05111.01.0805

circa 1861-1865

Lytle, W.W., ?

Photograph

Title: Mississippi Soldiers' graves, near McCool House [stereocard]

Ten gravestones are visible in this wooded area. Numeric notation on verso: "WWL229."

GLC05111.01.0814

circa 1861-1865

Taylor, John C., fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: Bodies of dead Federal soldiers on battlefield of the first day. [stereocard]

Several bodies laying on a battlefield. Inscription on verso: "The War for the Union." Numeric notation on verso: "391."

GLC05111.01.0816