December 17, 1862

Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lile Miller

Miller writes to his wife from camp at Brooks Station. Comments on the Battle of Fredericksburg: "Our company mad [sic] a lucky escape in not getting into this last Battle, All the Rest of our Division were in it and as usual were the first or nearly so in the fight we were told last evening the loss in the Division that is the Reserve Corps in killed wounded & missing is something over 21 hundred we have not heard the loss of our Army But is must have Been severe and the worse is we gained nothing as they have fell back again to this side of the River and the Rebels again ocupy [sic]…

GLC02155.072

January 24, 1863

Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lile Miller

Miller writes to his wife from camp near White Oak Church. Describes marching to Falmouth, Virginia. Referring to Burnside's Mud March, writes: "Burnside army got fast in the mud, although as usual they had the Old Pa Reserves for their wheel Horses we could not help them in this fix." Adds, "Poor Burnside i Pitty him for i Believe he tries to do his Best, But McClellan is the only man that is able to Command this Army."

GLC02155.078

February 16, 1863

Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lile Miller

Miller writes to his wife from camp near Union Mills. Reports that although he did not take part in his regiment's recent refusal to disobey orders, he does not blame the men for doing so, since they recently had to march a long way through mud and water. Notes that they are under the command of Brigadier General Hayes.

GLC02155.082

6 March 1863

Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lile Miller

Miller writes to his wife from camp near Union Mills. Comments on the draft: "...the Conscription Act... comes down verry heavily on the men from 21 to 35 years of age, But it is only what they should have done one year ago, had they have given Genl McClellan six (hundred) thousand or the half of that number [when] we were on the Peninsula last spring..." Describes the complicated process of obtaining a furlough. Heard a report that General [John] F. Reynolds is angry about how his regiment is treated. Gives news of his promotion to first corporal.

GLC02155.086

circa 1861-1864

Ogden, Edward H., fl. 1835-1865

Autograph letter

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Writes from Camp Necessity. Notes he is presently in the Cumberland Valley, which he says has "high mountains covered with forests." Writes his regiment just finished an "awful march over the most dusty road thee ever beheld," to join [General George] McClellan's lines. Says Rush's cavalry joined their lines, while Murphy's 29th Pennsylvania Regiment occupied the town. Says that when the battle ceased, the results were announced as favorable, because "McClellan has the rebels surrounded." To reach the town, his regiment marched all last night, and all of the morning, with periodical halts…

GLC06559.143

circa 1863

Ogden, Edward H., fl. 1835-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Informs her of his regiment's arrival in Harrisburg at two o'clock in the morning. Says the regiment is camping with the 23rd Brooklyn regiment, which Ogden describes as "a fine set of men." Knowing that the company is composed mainly of "men of business," he believes that if a six-month term of service is required, most of the men "will return home as soon as the occasion warrants." Mentions General [Robert] Milroy's troops, who have just returned from having "retreated from Virginia," and requests that Ogden not forget "[his] Life Insurance." Sends his love.

GLC06559.144

14 July 1863

Ogden, Edward H., fl. 1835-1865

Autograph letter

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Writes from his camp near Hagerstown. Says his regiment left their camp at Waynesboro, [Pennsylvania], and marched "through pelting rain." They arrived just outside of Hagerstown last evening and found that the rebels were occupying the town. Mentions that [General Robert E.] Lee's army has not yet crossed the Potomac, but says that this is merely "the lull before the storm." General [George] Meade's army "is being posted, preparatory to the great struggle approaching." The letter ends abruptly because the regiment has just been ordered to move forward. In closing, Ogden states, "what…

GLC06559.149

circa 1863

Ogden, Edward H., fl. 1835-1865

Autograph letter

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Writes to his wife over a three day period, Sunday afternoon, Monday, and Tuesday morning. Sunday afternoon: Writes that the men marched from Hagerstown, Maryland to their present site, "leaving there, last night about midnight, & halting on the route for an hour or two sleep." Says they left Hagerstown because the rebels retreated across the Potomac, so they were "ordered to the old Keystone once more." He describes the scene at Williamsport, Maryland, in which his regiment lay within four miles of the battle site, hearing "flashes & reports of the guns & musketry."…

GLC06559.150

February 16, 1864

Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1829-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew G. Curtin

Informs Curtin that his search for Lieutenant Scudder has failed, and that Scudder is probably a prisoner.

GLC02462.03

February 16, 1864

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Wager Halleck

General Gillmore writes to Halleck, Commander in Chief of the United States Army. Requests "two or three active and educated Brig. Generals, one of whom should date from before the middle of April 1862." General Cullum previously informed Gillmore that General John Hatch may be assigned under Gillmore. Recommends M. R. Morgan, Commissary of the 10th Army Corps, for appointment to the position of Brigadier General. Reports that he previously assigned General Truman Seymour to command in Florida, and has established a camp of instruction for colored troops near Jacksonville, Florida under…

GLC02463.05

February 26, 1863

Wilson, James G., 1832-1914

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Stephens

A major commanding the 15th Illinois Cavalry writes to his brigade commander, requesting permission to rescue his servant's children.

GLC02463.26

20 May 1863

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

Autograph document signed

Title: [special orders no. 225]

Also signed by William P. Anderson, Assistant Adjutant General in Cincinnati, Ohio. Secretary of War and Assistant Adjutant General Townsend authorizes an order assigning Second Lieutenant John T. S. Cheever to duty with Major General Casey. Marked as an extract.

GLC02750.114

5 May 1863

Anderson, William P., fl. 1863

Printed document signed

Title: [special orders no. 160]

Anderson, Assistant Adjutant General, authorizes a fifteen day leave of absence for Captain Ethan A. Jenks. By order of Major General Ambrose Everett Burnside.

GLC02750.113

19 August 1863

Richmond, Lewis, fl. 1863

Printed document signed

Title: [general orders]

Richmond, Assistant Adjutant General, authorizes general orders appointing Robert Morrow Volunteer Aid on the Staff of the Commanding General. States that Morrow will be in charge of communicating with persons from East Tennessee.

GLC02750.115

2 January 1863

Brooks, Louis, fl. 1862-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nelson Rifenburgh

Stationery includes a stamp of the likeness of General George McClellan. Finally has gotten a little bit of time to write. Is working as a hospital steward. "Could not spend those [leisure] moments in a better way" than writing to him. Supposes he will be there for a "good while." Saw some "niggers" at Newport News about six or eight weeks ago: "I do not believe they were more than half human. They were a cross between a man and a monkey. A kind of orangutan baboon." If these people are what the war is about, "I would never have enlisted." Yesterday, their colonel treated them to a barrel of…

GLC08914.012

1861-1877

Hoyt, fl. 1861-1877

Photograph

Title: Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

White mount with imprint of G.W. Thorne, New York, below image on recto. Imprint of Hoyt visible on lower left corner of image. Verso contains imprint of Hoyt and pencil notations: "U.S. Grant," "9040-2," "3000," "3238," and "1272." Half length seated bust portrait in civilian dress.

GLC07808.033

22 December 1900

Hopkins, William P., fl. 1973

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Hopkins sends Captain Jenks a block made from a picture of General Zenas Randall Bliss (not included). Informs Jenks of his plans to visit Civil War sites in Virginia.

GLC02750.044

[ca. 1868-1876]

Photograph

Title: Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

White mount with printed caption on right side of image: "Grant Family." Pencil notation on verso: "3." Full length portrait of Grant, his wife, and their four children. Smaller version of image #39 in this collection.

GLC07808.032

[ca. 1885]

Photograph

Title: Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

White mount with printed caption below image: "Grant in Peace." Half length seated portrait in uniform with child and dog. Photograph from painting or engraving. Similar to image #35.

GLC07808.034

[ca. 1885]

Photograph

Title: Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

White mount with printed caption below image: "Grant in Peace." Half length seated portrait in uniform with child and dog. Photograph from painting or engraving. Similar to image #34.

GLC07808.035

[ca. 1861-1865]

Photograph

Title: Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

White mount with printed caption below image: "Genl. Grant's Head-Quaters [sic]." Photograph from engraving of headquarters in unidentified location.

GLC07808.036

[ca. 1865]

Taylor & Huntington, fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: Grant, Ulysses S. Sterocard

Orange mount with imprint of Taylor & Huntington on verso. Image #947 in a series of "original war views." Profile bust portrait of Grant in uniform, facing proper right.

GLC07808.039

[1880-1889]

Clow, Ogden & Company

Photograph

Title: Grant, Ulysses S. Cabinet Card

Dark brown mount with imprint of Clow, Ogden & Co. on recto in gold. Pencil inscription on verso: "41." Bust portrait of Grant in civilian dress.

GLC07808.043

19 June 1885

Barrett (photographer)

Photograph

Title: Grant, Ulysses S. Cabinet Card

White mount with imprint Barrett and printed caption below image: "General U.S. Grant and Family, at Mt. McGregor, Taken June 19th, 1885." Verso contains pencil inscriptions "78" and "43." View of Grant and his family gathered on the front steps of their home at Mount McGregor.

GLC07808.045

20 July 1885

Photograph

Title: Grant, Ulysses S. Cabinet Card

White mount with printed inscription below image: "Gen. U.S. Grant, Taken at Mt. McGregor Three Days Before His Death." Pencil inscriptions on verso: "Nelli[es?]," and "42." Image shows an elderly Grant reading on the porch of his home.

GLC07808.046