1863/02/17

Pickett, George Edward, 1825-1875

Letter signed

Title: The March from Fredericksburg

The difficult march from Fredericksburg to Richmond vicinity, locating good fround for encampment, desertion in ranks. Written at the Head Quarters of Pickett's Division.

GLC08005

1863/11/15

Archer, William M., fl. 1863-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Annie [Jeffery]

Archer writes on a Sunday morning "when you are all at church listening to Dr. Minnigerade..." to remind Annie of her repeated promises that he'll "never see the form of [her] handwriting again this year...," and for this reason he is writing home for the first time. He continues with a description of his Confederate camp near the Orange County depot, it being the "prettiest" he has stayed in "for many a 'coons age'". William says that he and his comrades dread having to leave their comfortable shelters but admits that "...all must expect such in circumstances as long as there is a Yankee…

GLC01896.066

1861/11/08

Eldridge, William, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Eldridge

Regarding: Hardships and suffering of military life, poor mail delivery as he does not receive letters sent from home very often and vice versa, and an anecdote about a young boy originally a Yankee [from New Jersey] who joined the regiment after the Battle of Manassas. Also, expresses belief that he will be home by Christmas.

GLC01896.048

1862 ca.?

Photograph

Title: Brig. Gen. Rutherford B. Hayes and other officers, in front of tents, near flag pole. [1862 ca.?]

Hayes is seated in the right foreground, accompanied by a slew of Federal officers and a white horse. A canopy of tree branches and brush stands behind the men.

GLC05111.01.0313

1863/06

Photograph

Title: Officers of the 17th, New York Battery, June 1863 [red mount]

Title taken from inscription on recto. Also reads: "Cat. Page 13-" A box on the ground in the bottom right corner of the tent has the name "G.T. Anthony" painted on to it. This would be George Tobey Anthony, a captain in the 17th N.Y.

GLC05111.01.0314

1862/04 ca.

Photograph

Title: Head Quarters, 4th Regt VT Vols., Warwick Creek Va. [April 1862 ca.] [salt print]

Title from ink inscription on the mount. Shows three Federal officers in front of an open tent. Before being mounted, the salt print appears to have been folded into quarters, as indicated by the crease marks along the center.

GLC05111.01.0358

1863/11 ca.

Photograph

Title: Hooker and staff at Raccoon Mountain [near Lookout Mountain], TN. [November 1863 ca.]

From the Chattanooga Campaign. Shows 12 officers in front of three cabins. Two of the cabins are made of logs, one of which has a canvas roof while the other has a roof made of wooded shingles. The other cabin is made of planks. Hooker stands in the center and two men to his right is Gen. Butterfield.

GLC05111.01.0359

1863/09

Photograph

Title: General Meade, and others seated and standing outside of tent, Culpeper, VA. [September 1863]

Meade sits in a chair with a group of officers in front of an open tent. Standing on Meade's right is General French, followed by General G.K. Warren [seated]. To Meade's left are Generals Hunt, Humphreys, and Sedgewick. Pencil note on verso: "329-VIII. Generals of the Army of the Potomac"

GLC05111.01.0363

1864/02 ca.

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Field Hospital, 1st Divison, 2nd Army Corps, Brandy Station. [Feb. 1864 ca.] [copy 2]

The image shows a camp consisting of rough cabins with tents stretched over them as roofs. The soldiers are posed in front of the structures. Note the woman standing in the midst of the soldiers on the right hand side of the image. See GLC 5111.01.0274, .0509

GLC05111.01.0508

1864/02 ca.

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Field Hospital, 1st Divison, 2nd Army Corps, Brandy Station. [Feb. 1864 ca.] [variant]

The image shows a camp consisting of rough cabins with tents stretched over them as roofs. The soldiers are posed in front of the structures. Note that in this image, there are fewer people and the woman stands apart from the soldiers. See GLC 5111.01.0274, .0508

GLC05111.01.0509

1864/04-05 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Winter camps, Brandy Station, [April-May 1864 ca.]

Image of a young contraband leaning against a chimney standing in the middle of Federal army camp shortly before Grant's Wilderness offensive of May 1864.

GLC05111.01.0510

1864/02 ca.

Photograph

Title: Head-Quarters Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Va. [February 1864 ca.]

Zouaves from the 114th Penn. standing in front of wall of brush with winter quarters and tents in background. Thrown up on the wall of brush to dry out are government issued wool blankets and canvas shelter-halves. The men wear their dress uniforms which include turbouns. See GLC 5111.01.0272, .0273

GLC05111.01.0511

1864/02 ca.

Photograph

Title: Two men in civilian dress sitting in clearing and smoking pipes, Brandy Station. [February 1864 ca.]

Both men wear knee high boots. Two horses are visible in the background. The man on the left sits on a box while the man on the right sits in a camp chair. Possibly scouts? The Library of Congress labeled the image as two men: "discussing the probabilities of the next advance." Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation: "175 XXXV."

GLC05111.01.0416

1864/06/15

Photograph

Title: Captured Confederate camp captured by 18th Corps [Petersburg ?]

Image of a rough camp with two men standing outside of a tent on the right side of the image. A third man sits near them. The foreground of the image is littered with brush or debris. Many of the tents and cabins look delapitatted. Numeric notation: "782 XI - III."

GLC05111.01.0422

1864 ca.

Guesner, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: Refugee home, Camp Nelson, KY. [1864 ca.]

Image of a dirt street with small white homes lining both sides. The street goes uphill and many of the homes have fences around the front yard. All of the people in the photo are African-American. A group of six children stand in the middle of the street in the foreground. Camp Nelson was a recruiting and training station for Federal soldiers during the war. Written at Fort Nelson.

GLC05111.01.0213

1864 ca.

Guesner, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: General view of refugee homes, barracks, and tents [Camp Nelson]. [1864 ca.]

View of buildings in the distance with wooded hill in the foreground. Larger buildings to the left side of the image. Most of the structures have a uniform appearance. Tents can be seen throughout the camp. Camp Nelson was a recruiting and training station for Federal soldiers during the war.

GLC05111.01.0214

1700/08/14

Weemes, James, fl. 1700-1701

Manuscript document

Title: Muster roll of Capt. James Weemes's company

GLC03107.04883

1687/11

Manuscript

Title: The General's order for the round

The manuscript states the General's orders for how he will conduct his rounds of a military camp.

GLC03107.04863

1917/06/03-1918/11/05

Shepp, William, fl. 1917-1919

Diary

Title: William Shepp Diary 1917-1918

3 June 1917 - 2 June 1918. Begins with Shepp's enlistment on 5 June 1917. Mentions daily activities, such as calisthenics, army drills, physical examinations and vaccinations, attendance at church services, Bible study, and French class, and activities at the Y.M.C.A. 25 June "I am happy and contented more so than in civilian life." 28 June "Heard that we were to go to France in three weeks. Happy news! Bad dreams. 1 July "Went to church in the evening and heard the sermon, "Saving the Waste," preached, which ended by 3 churches petitioning the President to have no more grain made…

GLC06888.01

1864/1/8

Stuart, James, fl. 1862-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: father.

The Chaplain's tent caught fire. Writes about all the bad luck the Chaplain has been having. He does not have any pity for him because he is "kind of a nuisance." "Such a Chaplain is worse than a wooden man."

GLC06268.04

[1863]

Photograph

Title: Camp of the 45th Ill. Vols. before Vicksburg, near the Shirley

Dugouts and caves, below a white plantation house, used by 45th Illinois near Vicksburg. Blind stamp of photographer C.D. Finch at center bottom. With signature on verso, and later ballpoint pen note "Melancthon Smith 45 Ill."

GLC06390

February 28, 1863

Curran, William, fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 133 (February 28, 1863)]

Military orders of encampments and private property. Conscription orders. Fugitive and slave sales ads. Light gray and white floral pattern.

GLC06274

1862/02/12

Kelly, James R., fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

The weather has been bad. The regiment moved 16 miles east of their former position at Branch Bridge. The journey, made by rail, proved disastrous as the train let them off in a field with no tents. Two days later another train picked them up and brought them to their current camp where they spent another two days without tents. He has a cold. He mentions rumors of the success of Burnsides' expedition on Roanoke Island. [section dated 2/14/1862] The company moved out last night and took no tents with them. He did not go with them.

GLC04197.17

1898 ca.

Photograph

Title: Two unidentified Rough Riders .

Equipped with rifles and bedrolls, both full-length and facing front, with camp visible in background. "Spanish War" inscribed on verso

GLC07002.37

1898 ca.

Photograph

Title: "A full Blooded Indian of the Rough Riders."

Title from inscription on verso. Shown on horseback with rifle. Camp and other soldiers visible in background.

GLC07002.38