circa 1863-1865

Bogert, John A., fl. 1863-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of John A. Bogert, 103rd Regiment, United States Colored Troops] [decimalized]

GLC06298

August 1863

Walker, T.A., fl. 1863-1865

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Teacher's payroll for African American schools in Memphis, Tennessee]

Signed by Walker, Captain of the 63rd U.S. Colored Infantry and Superintendent of the Freedmen, District of West Tennessee. Lists the amount of pay received by 14 teachers of African American schools in Memphis, Tennessee, 22 July 1863- 24 August 1863. Signed by A. E. Matson, S. A. Sprague, J. B. Johnston, F. A. Kiddoo, William Bailey, P. W. Bailey, S. A. Bailey, S. G. Bailey, T. N. Stewart, R. M. Stewart, S. E. Vaughn, L. F. Randolph, E. Randolph, and G. A. Graham, all teachers in Memphis. Rates of pay for the month range from $20-$29.95.

GLC06376

29 June 1864

Joy, George, fl. 1785-1795

Newspaper

Title: North Carolina times. [Vol. 1, no. 47 (June 29, 1864)]

Union-occupation newspaper. Masthead motto reads "Liberty and Union - Now and Forever - One and Inseparable." Front page prints recently passed U.S. laws, including acts to provide trials for minor offences and to incorporate homes for women and children. Editorial titled "The Doomed City" describes events in Virginia and details the state's transgressions, including its endorsement of the massacre of colored troops at Fort Pillow. Describes the late reconnaissance toward Kinston. "Affairs About Petersburg." Interesting reminiscence about George Washington's last vote. Ink manuscript notes…

GLC06107.14

4 March 1863

Charlotte, J.C., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: Weekly gazette and comet. [Vol. 45, no. 21 (March 4, 1863)]

Union occupation newspaper. Mediation between the Southern commissioners and Secretary of State Seward, sinking of the U.S. Gunboat "Kinsman," News from Washington - the Negro Soldier Bill rejected, capture of the "Queen of the West," Charleston under siege, printing of General G.T. Beauregard's February 18, 1863 order for noncombatants to evacuate and calling for support from Carolinians and Georgians, printing of Seward's letter to the British minister regarding the blockade of Galveston. 22nd Connecticut Volunteers soldier's name written on heading.

GLC06107.18

9 July 1864

Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

Newspaper

Title: Brownlow's Knoxville whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 27 (July 9, 1864)]

Colored troops in Union and Confederate armies, includes information on the death of General Polk, a campaign ad for Lincoln's election, anti-equality and anti-emancipation articles, John Morgan's raid into Kentucky, Sherman's orders to shoot any and all stragglers who fall behind.

GLC06107.09

17 May 1862

Eastman, A. W., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: Soldier's News-Letter

Edited by Eastman with editorial assistance by Charles Giles of Belfast, Maine. Soldiers' newspaper (Vol. 1, No. 2). Front page and part of 4th page contains a proclamation from 1 May 1862 by Major General Benjamin Butler which says "it has been found necessary to preserve order and maintain quiet by the administration of law Martial." Says the commanding general of occupying troops will govern the town until muncipal authority is reinstated. Goes on to list rules involving such areas as public and private property, foreigners, and the keepers of coffee houses and saloons. Other…

GLC06107.21

5 September 1863

Stickney, Latta & Reed, 1863

Newspaper

Title: Free South. [Vol. 1, no. 35 (September 5, 1863)]

Union occupation newspaper, with content relating to emancipation and African American troops. The arrest and court martial of a soldier who referred to the 3rd USCT as "Nigger Regiment." Using the programs in Delaware and Missouri as examples of how to institute compensated emancipation. Also includes updates on the bombardments of Fort Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina (citizens "flying in terror").

GLC06107.31

14 May 1865

Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925

Broadside

Title: [Extract from Transcript Extra]

Headlined "Jeff. Davis, His Staff, Family & Others, Captured!" Written by Brevet Major General James H. Wilson for Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Says calvary under his command captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Says they will be kept in Macon for the night and then forwarded under a strong guard. Accompanied by two cartes de visite depicting Davis wearing woman's clothes. One is titled "The Last Ditch" (10.4 x 6 cm.) and depicts Davis lunging at a cavalryman with a knife. The other is titled "A Distinguished Arrival," (10.1 x 6.2…

GLC06107.36

18 June 1863

Swords, J. M., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: The daily citizen. [18 June 1863]

"Bombarding Vicksburg." Describes 28 days of bombardment; 50,000 shells hurled into the city. Blacks in Warrington recruited by Yankee forces. Although Vicksburg has been under siege, the city proudly maintains a sense of culture and improvement. Wallpaper has blue and gray abstract floral pattern.

GLC05988.02

1855

Nell, William C., 1816-1874

Book

Title: The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons: to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans.

Published by Robert F. Wallcut. Includes an introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Contains descriptions of African Americans' meritorious military service. Includes a printed fold-out leaf opposite page 132, which consists of George Washington's discharge for a soldier named Brister Baker. The first illustration depicts Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave and a sailor who died 5 March 1770 in the Boston Massacre. A second section includes information on the state of African American Civil Rights at the time of publication. This work is a duplicate of GLC06176.

GLC06132

January 1865-March 1865

Header Record

Title: Items pertaining to the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Companies A-I, K [Decimalized .01-.19]

Muster rolls cover August-December 1864. Written from various locations, including Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

GLC06133

1855

Nell, William C., 1816-1874

Book

Title: The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons: to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans.

Signed several times on the inside cover by Mrs. George H. Washington at an unspecified date. Signed 23 December 1978 in blue pen on the inner front cover by William D. Hoyt. Published by Robert F. Wallcut. Includes an introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Nell, the author, describes African Americans' meritorious military service. Contains a printed fold-out leaf opposite page 132, which consists of George Washington's discharge for a soldier named Brister Baker. The first illustration depicts Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave and a sailor who died 5 March 1770 in the Boston Massacre…

GLC06176

1919

Jamieson, J.A., fl. 1919

Book signed

Title: Complete history of the colored soldiers in the world war: Authentic story of the greatest war of civilized times and what the colored man did to uphold democracy and liberty.

Signed by Sergeant J. A. Jamieson. With a forward by Sergeant John A. Jamieson, Sergeant G. I. Williams, Corporal H. White, Private Jack Allen, and Private John Graham. In the introduction, these men declare that they "the undersigned, 'Colored Boys,' who have been over seas with both the Ninety-Second, and Ninety-Third Division ... made up our minds while in the thick of battle that our people throughout the country should have a true history of what our boys have done right from we men who went through every part of the war." Includes details of battle and camp life. Contains photographs as…

GLC06129

1861

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Pamphlet

Title: The loyalty & devotion of colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812.

Published by Robert F. Wallcut. Contains excerpts from speeches and quotations related to African American military service. Includes excerpts from a William Howard Day speech delivered at a convention for African Americans held in Cleveland, Ohio, 9 September 1852; excerpts from an address delivered in 1842 before the Congregational and Presbyterian Anti-Slavery Society of Francestown, New Hampshire, by Dr. Harris (according to many sources an African American Revolutionary War veteran); excerpts from an 1821 speech by Dr. Clarke in the convention to revise the New York State Constitution;…

GLC06130

1899

Lynk, Miles V., 1871-1957

Book

Title: The black troopers, or the daring heroism of the negro soldiers in the Spanish-American War

Published by the M. V. Lynk Publishing House. Contains a photo of Lynk opposite the title page. Includes a section devoted to African American soldiers listed in the regular army, and a section pertaining to African American soldiers who served as volunteers.

GLC06131

1918

Renesch, E.G. (Edward George), fl. 1917-1918

Poster

Title: Colored man is no slacker

Depicts an African American World War I infantryman parting with a woman in a blue dress. In the background, African American soldiers march; one soldier carries a United States flag. The couple stands on a walkway surrounded by flowers.

GLC06134

22 July 1864

Broadside

Title: Smith's Expedition Battle of Tupelo

Letter written by "F.H." (possibly Frederick Humphrey, chaplain of the 12th Iowa Regiment who was mustered into the regiment on 23 June 1864). "Letter from an Eye-Witness" details the victory of Union General Andrew Smith over Confederate Cavalry General Nathan Bedford Forrest from the point of view of the 12th Iowa. Narrative climaxes when "the tide of battle ebbs and flows beneath the hot rays of a July sun. Once more the rebel leaders urge their men to charge, but their men knew by bitter experience the men with whom they were fighting. Soon they break and escape to the woods." Goes on to…

GLC06157.07

May 13, 1881

Black, J.W., 1825-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard]

Carte de visite of the organizer of 1st U.S. Colored Infantry, vignette bust. Shepard later served as U.S. Counsel at Hankow, China.

GLC05918.03

2 July 1863

Swords, J. M., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: Daily citizen. [July 2, 1863]

The famous wallpaper issue with the "Note" added by Grant's soldiers in the last column. This issue has the banner title spelled correctly. (See also GLC 6043, the variant issue with misspelled masthead.) Docketed on verso, signed by Lt. Tom Custer, 1st Arkansas Colored Infantry. Note is written to "Charley," dated March 29, 1864. (Thomas M. Custer, formerly of the 124th Illinois, was recruiting for the 46th US Colored Troops. He joined the regiment as 1st Lieutenant in Jan. 1865. Copies of service files in collateral.) This is the rarest of all Vicksburg wallpaper editions, being the last…

GLC05959.20

11 April 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph note signed

Title: to Edwin McMasters Stanton

President Lincoln sends a colored man to advise the Secretary of War, Stanton, on the organization of colored troops in the army. Instructs Stanton to "see [L.H.?] Putnam, whom you will find a very intelligent colored man, and who wishes to talk about our colored forces, their organization ... " Written on a small card.

GLC05809

March 1948

Coles, Howard Wilson, 1903-1996

Magazine

Title: Frederick Douglass monthly. [Vol. 1, no.1 (March 1948)]

Published by Voice Publishing Co. Contains reprint of Douglass's "Men of Color, to Arms" from the 2 March 1863 printing: "This is our golden opportunity. Let us accept it and forever wipe out the dark reproaches unsparingly hurled against us by our enemies." Also includes a printing of a radio speech by Mrs. Howard W. Coles on Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony (originally delivered 3 November 1947). Includes an article on Abraham Lincoln, and a quiz on African American history. Stamped "Sample." On first page, contains a print of a photograph of Douglass.

GLC05822

1866-1867

Header Record

Title: National anti-slavery standard. [Vol. 26, no. 35 (January 6, 1866)- v. 28, no. 34 (December 28, 1867)] [with gaps]

Volume 26 is missing issue numbers 43 and 47. Volume 27 is missing issue numbers 8,13,and 35. Volume 28 is missing issue number 28. The January 5, 1866, Vol. 27, no. 35 most likely contains misprint in either the date or the Volume and issue number. The issues contain information on the 14th Amendment & impeachment of [Andrew] Johnson, speeches of Sumner, women's suffrage, and advertisements for colored soldiers to collect bounties.

GLC05825

circa 1864-1865

Photograph

Title: Group of Soldiers, Point of Rocks, Va. Army of the James

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Partial tax stamp on verso. Group of black and white soldiers. The group is integrated. Inscription on verso: "Emma G. Griggs. From my Husband. 18"

GLC05137.005

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Large gathering of African-American troops

Image shows a large group of African-American troops gathered in front of one wooden building and a larger brick structure. Also visible is a large bird house, situated upon a tripod. Graphite inscription on verso "18" "3.00--" "3.00--" "Colored Convalescent Troops at Aiken's Landing, James River." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

GLC05111.02.1324

1861-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va [single cannon with black guard]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "A 12 pound brass Cannon, Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va." Black soldier stands guard near a solitary artillery piece.

GLC05137.171