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An Account of Clothing drawn out of the Continental Store in December 1775 for the recruits of the year 1776 for Coll Knox's Regt

Lists dates and value of clothing drawn out. Signed by Dana as an Artillery Captain. Docket reads: "Drawn out of the Stores by Lt Wm Stevens."

GLC02437.00496

Composition of Armies

Contains sections concerning strategy, marches, battle, position, convoys, castrametation, military reconnaissance, and "Indian warfare." Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a cadet at...

GLC05707.06

Chemical Notes, on Gunpowder and its Materials

Bailey is listed on title page as Acting Professor of Chemistry. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Bound together in a book with GLC05707.01-.07.

GLC05707.07

Notes on Gunpowder, Percussion, Powder, Cannon and Projectiles

Includes detailed schematic diagrams and sectional views of cannons, blast furnaces, projectiles, etc. Knowlton is listed on title page as Instructor of Artillery in the US Military Academy. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military...

GLC05707.08

The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 2 (December 7, 1861)]

Brief news reports and witty remarks from several sources. Ads for sewing machines and other services, some in French. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.01

The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 4 (December 21, 1861)]

Reports deaths of soldiers. Christmas editorial. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.02

The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 6 (January 4, 1862)]

Brief notices about local events. Some ads in French. Printed on gray necessity paper.

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The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 7 (January 29, 1862)]

Brief local notices. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.04

The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 9 (February 15, 1862)]

An editorial concerning Senator John Moore's bill for cotton planters' relief. Correspondence with the Attorney General. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.05

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 15 (October 18, 1862)]

An account of the battle between Rosecrans and Price. An act resolves military law by the Confederacy. Fugitive slave ads. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.06

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 17 (November 1, 1862)]

Exemption Bill outlines people exempt from military service. Local news items. Printed on floral pink and white pattern with green outlining dots.

GLC06208.07

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 18 (November 8, 1862)]

General Braxton Bragg's proclamation to the people of the Northwest, announcing the motives of the Confederate army as they move in that direction. Editorial examines the Yankee war debt. Printed on gray and brownish floral diamond pattern.

GLC06208.08

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 19 (November 15, 1862)]

Major-General R. Taylor assures inhabitants of St. Martin, St. Mary, and Lafayette counties that their residences and possessions will be safe with him there. Some ads in French. Proclamation by Lincoln regarding conscription. Gray and brownish...

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The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 20 (November 22, 1862)]

Printed Butler's proclamation no. 91 of Nov. 9. (Not the "Women about town" order), confiscating all property in the District of Lafourche. Same pattern as no. 8, gray and brownish floral diamond pattern, very faded.

GLC06208.10

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 23 (December 13, 1862)]

Reports havoc by the 290 steamer off the cape of the Delaware. Notices about extortionists, military hospitals, firewood. Faded gray and white design with blue dotted outline.

GLC06208.11

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 24 (December 20, 1862)]

Editorials on the need for foreign intervention in the war, potential blockades, and the removal of Butler. Green and white rose-shaped floral pattern.

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The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 25 (December 27, 1862)]

Editorial examines the emancipation proclamation and its effect on the South, as well as discussing battlefronts. Multi-color floral and leaf pattern, with green, rose, and purple rose buds.

GLC06208.13

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 26 (January 3, 1863)]

General conscription orders both in English and in French, and an editorial examines Gov. Moore's message on same topic. Editorial criticizes Harper's Weekly commentary. Blue and light tan colors in broad floral design.

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The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 28 (January 17, 1863)].

Attacks emancipation proclamation. Local women working to relieve soldiers. Attack of gunboat Cotten. Overlapping circles pattern printed in gray-blue and light tan.

GLC06208.15

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 29 (January 24, 1863)]

Report of casualties at Louisville. General conscription orders in English and French. Relief bill for soldiers' families. Militia bill. White with gray design with blue outline dots.

GLC06208.16

The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 40 (July 4, 1863)]

New tax bill; act to establish Confederate flag; exchange order of Confederate soldiers; report of the recapture of Plaquemine, Brashear City; notice from Confederate postmaster general, in French and English. Gray and white swirl pattern outlined...

GLC06208.17

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 33 (February 21, 1863)]

Remarkable narrative of Lamar Fontaine; biography of General Henry H. Sibley; report of General Moulton. White and gray swirl pattern with blue dotted outline.

GLC06208.18

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 34 (February 28, 1863)]

Great speech of the Honorable C.L. Vallandigham. Description of General Nathaniel P. Banks. White and gray swirl pattern outlined with blue dots.

GLC06208.19

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 36 (March 14, 1863)]

Conclusion of Vallandigham's speech. Blue and tan floral pattern.

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The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 37 (March 21, 1863)]

Exemption bill; resolutions against Lincoln. White and cream floral pattern.

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