1864-1893

Header Record

Title: Two letters from Civil War Generals [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC03472.04

10 December 1838

Miles, Dixon Stansbury, 1804-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Urgently requests a promotion and to be stationed in Baltimore, so he may be close to his ailing wife.

GLC03473

1862-1879

Header Record

Title: Civil War Union Generals, artillery collection [Decimalized .01-.08]

Eight documents signed by Union Artillery Generals.

GLC03474

24 June 1863

Arnold, Richard, 1828-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Cuvier Grover

Ordering a section of Captain Nims' battery "to report to General Erickson at Newport tomorrow at 500 A.M." Written at Head Quarters, Department of the Gulf, likely in New Orleans.

GLC03474.01

9 August 1862

Barry, William Farquhar, 1818-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Hillhouse

Forwarding a note from Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas, and recommending the bearer for a post as a subaltern with the rank of Lieutenant. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm. Written along the James River in Virginia.

GLC03474.02

12 December 1863

Hays, William, 1819-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Requests that Sprague provide a copy of a muster roll for a New York Artillery regiment to William Turner.

GLC03474.04

February 2, 1865

Seymour, Truman, 1824-1891

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

Recommending Captain Briggs for promotion. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03474.07

February 22, 1864

Tyler, Robert Ogden, 1831-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew A. Humphreys

Expressing his high regard for Humphreys and the Army of the Potomac.

GLC03474.08

1862-1865

Header Record

Title: Civil War - Union Generals, Cavalry collection [Decimalized .01-.04]

Four documents from Union Generals who served in the Cavalry.

GLC03475

3 March 1864

Averell, William W., 1832-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to C. B. Richardson

Requesting a subscription of the United Service Magazine, of which Richardson is the publisher.

GLC03475.01

7 August 1864

Chapman, George Henry, 1832-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Recommending Major Caleb Moore of the Eighth New York Cavalry for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. Mounted on paper 29 x 20 cm.

GLC03475.02

10 February 1865

Devin, Thomas Casimer, 1822-1878

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: to unknown

Recommending Captain John T. Rutherford for promotion. Cut from document, mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03475.03

1859 - 1886

Header Record

Title: Civil War - Union Generals, Eastern Theater [Decimalized .01-.16]

Sixteen documents from Union Generals who served in the Eastern Theater.

GLC03476

7 April 1863

Bartlett, Joseph Jackson, 1834-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Brigadier General Bartlett recommends Engineering Corps officer Alfred F. Manning for commission in a New York Regiment. Addressed to Sprague as major general and adjutant general of New York. Autograph note signed on verso by Colonel Charles B. Stuart of the 50th New York Engineers also recommends Manning.

GLC03476.01

6 August 1863

Couch, Darius Nash, 1822-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Offers to give his recommendation regarding the recipient's character, but cannot testify to his bravery at Fair Oaks. The recipient's name is illegible, however he was a Captain in the Thirty Sixth New York Volunteers.

GLC03476.02

23 April 1863

Davis, William Watts Hart, 1820-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Recommending Lieutenant Colonel William C. Raulston of the Eighty First New York Infantry for promotion. Autograph endorsement signed on verso by Henry M. Naglee, dated 23 April 1863.

GLC03476.03

29 March 1886

Devens, Charles, 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. A. Christian

Says it would not be "consistent with propriety" for him to answer certain legal questions, due to his position as a judge.

GLC03476.04

12 September 1872

Ferry, Orris S. (Orris Sanford), 1823-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to L. Merchant

Requesting six copies of 1871 agricultural report. Pencilled note on bottom states that six copies of the agricultural report were sent out the next day.

GLC03476.06

1 April 1862

Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Regarding a furlough request]

Birney's autograph endorsement signed on verso of a letter in which Captain Daniel E. Gavit writes to his captain Chauncey McKeever requesting a fifteen day furlough because his family house is in foreclosure. Other autograph endorsements signed include McKeever, Colonel George W. Mindil, John Henry Hobart Ward and Charles S. Hamilton. Although the other officers approve the furlough, Hamilton, the senior officer, disapproves of it, and the furlough is rejected.

GLC03476.08

15 August 1868

Hawley, Joseph R., 1826-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Claflin

Introducing and recommending Reverend John M. Morris. Mounted on paper 29 x 20 cm.

GLC03476.09

12 November 1863

Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson, 1810-1883

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marsena R. Patrick

Agrees with Patrick's decision in the case of Joseph Crandall. "The papers in the case of Crandall have been examined. You conclusion and intended action in the case are approved."

GLC03476.10

28 September 1863

Peck, John J., 1821-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Quincy Gillmore

Major General Peck, commander of the District of North Carolina, acknowledges receipt of a letter discussing General Edward Augustus Wild's brigade. Informs Gillmore, commander of the Department of the South, that upon learning of the arrival of Gillmore's steamer in Beaufort, North Carolina, Peck ordered his quartermaster to remove unspecified items. Written on "Head-Quarters, Army and District of North Carolina" stationery.

GLC03476.12

4 March 1880

Schenck, Robert Cumming, 1809-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry B. Anthony

Thanking Anthony for his assistance "in my nephew's case."

GLC03476.14

no date

Wool, John E., 1784-1869

Signature

Title: [Page from autograph book, with autographs of James E. Wool and J. C. Allen]

Page torn from autograph book, with clipped signature of John E. Wool on one side, and clipped signature of J. C. Allen on the other. Both signatures undated, with no basis for dating. J. C. Allen may be James Cameron Allen, a Democratic Congressman from Illinois during the Civil War.

GLC03476.16

1834-1881

Header Record

Title: Civil War - Union Generals, foreign-born collection [Decimalized .01-.07]

7 documents from Union Civil War General born outside the United States.

GLC03477