circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Porter leaning on armrest

Modern print of F.H. Meserve's image of Admiral Porter, seated in uniform, leaning against an armrest.

GLC05111.01.0958

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Porter seated upright in chair

Modern print of F.H. Meserve's image of Admiral Porter, seated in uniform.

GLC05111.01.0959

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Porter seated in chair [Copy #1]

Image identical to #959.

GLC05111.01.0960

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Porter seated in chair [Copy #2]

Image identical to #959

GLC05111.01.0961

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Porter seated in chair [Copy #3]

Image identical to #959

GLC05111.01.0962

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Headquarters guard on Sherman's march through North Carolina

This image shows a unit from Sherman's army sitting in front of A-frame tents in the woods, as they moved toward Fayetteville, North Carolina. Numeric notation alongside image: "887" and "356." Inscription on verso: "Camp Scene." Numeric notation on verso: "827" "144" and "18."

GLC05111.01.0966

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Appomattox Court House

This picture shows Union soldiers grouped before the Appomattox Court House after Lee's surrender to Grant. Inscriptions on verso: "Appomattox Courthouse" "Gardner" "Fr. guide only" and "in Ohio photo." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-IV" and "1164."

GLC05111.01.0989

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Pleasanton's Headquarters, Auburn, VA

The image shows Pleasanton's Headquarters with Cavalry Corps gathered between two lines of A-frame tents. Inscription on verso: "Pleasanton's Hdqtrs. Auburn, Va." and "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" and "273."

GLC05111.01.0996

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Lieutenant General Winfield Scott [stereocard]

Numeric notation on verso: "967."

GLC05111.01.0850

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Three Union Officers sit outside a tent

Three union officers, one of which is a Major General, and two of which are seated outside a tent in camp. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "450."

GLC05111.01.0890

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Headquarters of General David Hunter

Image of a small wooden house, situated next to a dirt road, which was maintained as the headquarters of Union General David Hunter. Inscription on verso: "H.Q. Gen. Hunter." Numeric notation on verso: "43."

GLC05111.01.0912

October 1863

Photograph

Title: Union officers

The image shows 6 union officers in camp, posed in front of an A-frame tent with horses in the background. Numeric notation on image: "280." Inscription on verso: "Gen. Ward, Gen. Mott, Col. Ausin, Col. Brewster, and Col. Farnham, 2d Div., 3d Corps, Oct., 1863. Numeric notations on verso: "120" and "104."

GLC05111.01.1010

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Meade's headquarters at Gettysburg

The image shows a small white wooden house with evidence of shelling in the front yard. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "VII" and "1167."

GLC05111.01.1051

circa 1861-1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: General Hancock, seated protrait with table and book [cabinet card] [1861-1865 ca.]

Hancok wears [braided] dress shoulder scales [epaulets] and holds his sword across his lap with his left hand. His right arm rests on a book on the table beside his chair. Inscription on recto: "Gen. Hancock." Inscription on verso: "Brady photo Washington D.C."

GLC05111.01.0672

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: General Sherman, bust portrait [cabinet card] [1861-1865 ca.]

Inscription on verso: "Gen. Sherman." Printed under image: "Mora 707 Broadway N.Y."

GLC05111.01.0673

1 August 1862

Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lorenzo Thomas

Badeau, captain and aide-de-camp, writes to Thomas, United States Adjutant General. Writes, "I have the honor to report my continued presence in Washington City, awaiting orders for the field, with Brig Gen T. W. Sherman, to whom I was reassigned by the Secretary of War. Includes his address. Includes a note written by Edward Davis Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, 11 August 1862. Townsend states that Badeau will report to General Thomas Sherman, from whose staff he has not been properly relieved.

GLC05022

25 April 1863

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Marked "unofficial" at the top. General Benham writes to a general whose name is not included. Discusses complaints leveled against him. Encloses a letter pertaining to such complaints (not included). Recently sent one of his best officers to Belle Plain, Virginia to address matters pertaining to pontoon bridges there. Mentions Generals Reynolds and Wadsworth (possibly John F. Reynolds and James Wadsworth).

GLC05023

1 March 1864

Gibbs, Alfred, 1823-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F. S. Cozzens

Written from camp near Culpeper. Missed Cozzens on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. On the train to Washington, sat beside a Presbyterian parson. Told the parson he was a brevet Bishop in the Army of the Potomac. Notes that the parson was respectful in consequence, but drank a large amount from Gibbs's canteen. Writes, "I can't be funny under any circumstances... They have just sent the best part of my brigade, and left me here to watch the [river?]." Requests tacks. Wishes he had "redeye" instead of "'certain death' suttler whiskey."

GLC05033

3 September 1862

Mansfield, Joseph K.F., 1803-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry W. Halleck

Marked "Confidential." Advises Halleck "You want the best troops in the line of Washington" and not scattered over the Peninsula, since he expects Washington will be the focus of Confederate plans. Thinks the regiments in Washington should be sent to Norfolk to be trained, and battle-tested men from Norfolk should be sent to join the Army of the Potomac for the climactic campaign. Also offers his services, if wanted, in the Army of the Potomac. 1 black and white bust engraving of Mansfield included.

GLC05043

circa 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: Letter and carte de visite [Decimalized .01-.02]

Letter from George Washington Morgan to Andrew Johnson and carte de visite of Morgan.

GLC05045

2 April 1862

Wool, John E., 1784-1869

Letter signed

Title: to Preston King, Erastus Corning, and Abram B. Olin

Defends his actions, questions why McClellan should rank above him, and advocates a more aggressive military policy. States that he has done everything within his power to prepare his army, and any failings are the fault of others. Also claims that his actions saved Washington, even though he has not been given proper credit for this. Is angry that McClellan, a much younger officer, is being given command over him. Asserts that the Union could have already taken Richmond if they had listened to him and been more aggressive. Also states that he warned about the Civil War before it began,…

GLC05056

circa February 12, 1864

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written by Rear Admiral Dahlgren to an unknown recipient. Dahlgren notes that "The Gunners perpendiculars & Levels you speak of must be some recently invented and highly skientific [sic] tools not generally known, as yet they are certainly beyond our limited ken here." Says "We are doing well as you say, and the Navy are just the ones to Foote the bill." ("are" and "Foote"are underscored; latter may be a humorous reference to Admiral Andrew Hull Foote ). Says last December he tried to get iron vessels, but was brushed off and claims "If they had heeded my prayer, the matter would have…

GLC05058

1861-1865 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph signed

Title: [Joseph Hooker]

GLC05066

22 July 1864

Price, Sterling, 1809-1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas C. Reynolds

Confederate General Price replies to a letter from Reynolds, Governor of Missouri, in which Reynolds asked whether Price would command an expedition into Missouri. Writes, "I consider such an expedition practicable, and in the contingency you suggest desirable and important." Price agrees to take command of the expedition if General Smith (possibly Edmund Kirby Smith) does not intend on taking possession of the Arkansas Valley. Transmits a copy of the St. Louis Democrat (not included) reporting Confederate possession of Platte City, Missouri. Of the possession, writes "It is significant…

GLC05014

5 March 1863

Bidwell, Daniel D., 1816-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Titcomb Sprague

Written from Camp White Oak Church. Colonel Bidwell of the 49th New York Volunteers writes to Sprague, Adjutant General of the State of New York. Attests that John C. White is "a worthy and efficient man and one who has distinguished himself in service." Argues for White's promotion.

GLC05024