May 14, 1864

Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

Autograph note signed

Title: to Seth Williams

Written in pencil, on note stationery. Union General Hancock, commanding the Middle Military Division and the Department of West Virginia, informs General Williams "I have possession of the two guns, making 20 in all." Note written several days after the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia.

GLC00731.02

December 28, 1876

Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

Printed document signed

Title: [Deed of trust for land sale in St. Louis]

Partially printed deed with blanks filled in by hand. Cosigned by Hancock's wife Almira Russell Hancock and Adaline Russell (possibly Almira's sister) as sellers. Also signed by John F. Lee as a buyer (Thomas T. Turner, Trustee for Elizabeth W. McMurray and Rebekah Briggs, is also listed as a buyer). Records the sale of a parcel of land in St. Louis, Missouri. Describes the land. The sale was for one dollar because, as is described, the sellers were indebted to the buyers. Describes pertinent tax details. Notarized and recorded by the county, with attendant signatures. Printed by…

GLC00733.01

1861-1865 ca.

Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896

Photograph

Title: Cabinet card portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock

Unsigned, identified on back

GLC00733.04

February 12, 1888

Falk, Benjamin J., 1853-1925

Photograph signed

Title: Photo of William T. Sherman, inscribed to Mr and Mrs Hopkins

Signed on front mount and inscribed on mount verso. Mrs. Hopkins' father, Henry Augustus Wise met Sherman in California in 1847. See WTS's Memoirs I:18, 24.

GLC00735

30 August 1862

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Abraham Lincoln

Petition to President Lincoln recommending "the immediate removal of George B. McClellan from the Command of any army of the United States," signed by Chase, Stanton, and Smith. These three members of Lincoln's cabinet feel "constrained to urge this by conviction that after a sad and humiliating trial of twelve months and by the frightful and useless sacrifice of the lives of many thousands of brave men and the waste of many millions of national means he has proved to be incompetent for any important military command." Also cites "recent disobedience" and a failure to aid General Pope at…

GLC00776

September 23, 1864

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Franklin Butler and George Gordon Meade

Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army, writes to Generals Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac, and Butler, commander of Army of the James. Grant praises General Philip Henry Sheridan on his victory in the Battle of Fisher's Hill September 21-22, 1964. He writes "Order a salute of one hundred guns, shotted, at day light tomorrow morning in honor of Sheridan's second great victory." Letter written on Headquarters, Armies of the United States stationery.

GLC00772

April 7, 1864

Cheney, Edward, fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Roelzo J. Warren

From a soldier in the Vermont corps. Letter discusses the Rappahannock Wilderness campaign. Letter written while the solider was hospitalized. The letter has some military content and mentions General Ulysses S. Grant.

GLC00653.26

23 August 1864

Granger, Gordon, 1822-1876

Printed document signed

Title: [General Orders acknowledging soldiers' bravery in the capture of Forts Morgan and Gaines, Alabama]

General Granger relates his appreciation to officers and soldiers. Writes "In the midst of danger you have been brave; under the severest exposure and fatigue you have been patient... continue to cherish all those virtues of discipline and courage so necessary to the success of a soldier, which you have so signally displayed and which aided in producing the result that has fulfilled our most sanguine expectations. By your efforts, united to those of our gallant Navy, the strongholds of the enemy at the entrance of Mobile Bay have been captured..."

GLC01010

1865

Header Record

Title: Diary and Photograph of Benjamin F. Thomas [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01016

8 October 1862

Hurlbut, Stephen A., 1815-1882

Broadside

Title: General orders, no. 112

Praises his men, the "Fighting Fourth" Division of the Army of the Tennessee, for their actions after the battle of Corinth. Hurlbut's men arrived after the Confederate assault on the city had been repulsed, but he praises their actions against the retreating Confederates. "When at last our victorious flag shall float over the national domain reconquered and united...you shall recite...how you swept the rebel hosts, with every advantage of position across the Hatchie." Also informs his men that he has been promoted and will no longer command them, but says "whatever I may have of military…

GLC01017

June 9, 1864

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Jefferson Davis

Written less than a week after the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 1-3, 1864, where Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates. Lee attempts to anticipate Grant's next move and warns of another major engagement. Lee notifies Davis of his plans to check Grant's advances by sending General Jubal Early to deal with Union General David Hunter, and General Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee to handle Union General Philip Sheridan. These moves forced the Union generals to abandon the valley. Lee seeks information through captured prisoners and newspaper reports about union troop strength and…

GLC01026

November 8, 1863

Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James B. McPherson

Confederate General Adams sends two men, under a flag of truce, to visit their brother, who was being held in Vicksburg as a spy. Asks Union Major General McPherson for permission for them to attempt to obtain proof of their brother's innocence.

GLC01051

October 19, 1864

McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel Ray

Forwards an application, "Of the Officers of the 9th Ga [Georgia] Battallian of Arty [Artillery] for transfer to Siege batteries Savannah." Analyzes the conditions at different forts and batteries in Georgia and South Carolina in preparation for the defense of Savannah against Union General William T. Sherman's advance. States that the report will show that an increase in the heavy artillery force is urgently needed. Lists the forts and batteries and the ammunitions at each, the minimum number of men required, and the number needed to provide sufficient relief. Also covers the conditions of…

GLC01073

4 April 1861

Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891

Autograph document signed

Title: [Selecting officers to expedite the U.S.S. Powhatan]

He "ordered by the President to select such officers as may be necessary to expedite the ship." Porter was initially supposed to take his ship, the steam frigate Powhatan, to South Carolina to reinforce Fort Sumter in case the Confederates chose to attack. At this time Secretary of State William Seward was still working towards reconciliation with the South. He worried that sending a warship to Sumter might increase Southern hostility, so with Dixon's help he managed to ensure that the Powhatan was not sent to Sumter. Instead it was sent to aid Fort Pickens in Pensacola, another Federal…

GLC00866

June 24, 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maj. John Dix

Letter written in pencil on mourning stationery. The letter discusses the dispatch from Grant, Kirby Smith, and Gen. Banks.

GLC00876

September 1, 1851

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Gibson

Letter written by Captain Sherman from the Subsistence Office, St. Louis, Missouri, to Commissary General of the United States Army George Gibson. He encloses summary statements for August (not included), and notes that sums advanced to him from Santa Fe for coming expenses will be inadequate. He states " ... the mail from Santa Fe brought me notices of drafts, at one day's sight, for the sum of $14,950.00 ... It is utterly impossible to foresee the wants of service in New Mexico ... Judging alone from the past, I think I should have on hand constantly about twenty thousand dollars ... " He…

GLC00889

05 May 1865

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Manuscript document

Title: [Official copy of Henry W. Halleck's General Order No. 6]

Halleck lays down the law for "all persons found in arms against the authority of the United States" in Virginia and North Carolina less than one month after the surrender at Appomattox. Headed: "Head Quarters, Military Division of the James, Richmond, Va."; marked at bottom left as an "Official copy." Manuscript on blue paper, signed by, and possibly in the hand of, Assistant Adjutant General J. C. Kelton.

GLC00898.01

22 June 1864

Joy, George Mills, fl. 18301-864

Newspaper

Title: North Carolina times [Vol. 1, no. 44 (June 22, 1864)]

Union occupation newspaper. Contains a stories called "The Miser's Bequest" and "A Man Who Works Without Pay." Also comments on Ulysses S. Grant crossing a river to Covington and Harriet Beecher Stowe's "panegyric on President Lincoln." Includes Civil War articles, such as "The Success of Lincoln and Johnson a Death Blow to the Rebellion," referring to the election of 1864. Other articles comment on the movements of the Army of the Potomac, Yankee prisoners, and a mutiny, blockades, and "Southern Harmony." There is also a "Rebel Letter" and an article on the "Petersburg Capture." Prints laws…

GLC00900.02

27 April 1863

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884

Manuscript document

Title: [Draft orders and instructions for building bridges]

Clerically written on "Headquarters Engineer Brigade" letterhead, near Falmouth, Virginia.

GLC00919.12

29 April 1863

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884

Manuscript document

Title: [Draft report on a failed bridge building assignment]

Clerically written on "Headquarters Engineer Brigade" letterhead, near Falmouth, Virginia.

GLC00919.13

May 1, 1863

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-1884

Manuscript letter

Title: Draft of battle report on an engineering operation

Battle report on an engineering operation. Letter clerically written near Falmouth, Virginia.

GLC00919.14

October 5, 1863

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884

Manuscript letter

Title: to Francis Blair

Letter clerically written to General Blair. Discusses the plan for seizure of Charleston, South Carolina, to be presented to Lincoln Camp at Rappahannock. Letter written from the Camp at Rappahannock, likely in Virginia.

GLC00919.15

November 23, 1863

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884

Manuscript letter

Title: to Joseph Totten

Letter clerically written from Washington, D.C. to General Totten, regarding a plan for rebuilding bridges.

GLC00919.16

circa 1862

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884

Print

Title: [Print of camp of H. W. Benham's engineering brigade]

GLC00919.18

June 12, 1865

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

Recommendation of Elias W. Beach by Assistant Adjutant General Channing Clapp with a note and endorsement by General Benham.

GLC00919.22