21 August 1863

Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Myers

Schofield, commander of the Department of the Missouri, writes to Colonel Myers, Quartermaster for the Department of the Missouri. Writes, "Genl Hurlbut informs me that Steele and Davidson, who are now at Clarendon on White River, are much in want of forage, and that it is likely to be a serious matter" (Frederick Steele and John Wynn Davidson were at Clarendon, Arkansas). Orders Myers to transmit forage immediately. Written on Headquarters, Department of the Missouri stationery.

GLC02349

8 December 1846

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Connor

Written aboard the U.S.S. Mississippi, Perry discusses visiting Captain George E. Lambert of HMS Endymion regarding two prisoners who were taken aboard the Palsot for attempting to reconnoiter the enemies' powder magazine and brought to Vera Cruz. Perry mentions the departure of the Morris, a ship carrying provisions for Connor's ship, the McLane, and suggests he stock up on water while in Tampico, Mexico.The war with Mexico brought Perry the principal wartime command of his career. He was initially sent to the Gulf of Mexico as vice commodore of the American squadron with orders to relieve…

GLC02354

9 June 1862 - 30 March 1863

Leigh, John D., fl. 1863

Manuscript signed

Title: Morning Report Book of Company G 1 Fla Vols

Covers a number of periods. Book was first used as a morning report book by Company G of the First Florida Volunteers in the summer of 1862. Counts number of present and absent members of the company and gives their rank. Used from 9 June 1862 through 27 August 1862, by the end of which period over a third of the men have become sick. The second part consists of similar morning reports from 13 December 1862 through 28 February 1863. Captain John D. Leighs is listed as the commanding officer. The reports now include company H as well, and are now signed by various officers, including…

GLC02168

circa July 1863

Sparks, Thomas, fl. 1863

Broadside

Title: Fall in Men! Fall in Promptly! To the Rescue of the State!

Pennsylvania recruitment broadside, published by recruiting officer Lieutenant Thomas Sparks probably asking for men to defend the state during Robert E. Lee's invasion in June-July 1863. Focal point is large depiction of a debonair soldier charging in battle against defeated Confederates. He is joined by other sword-wielding men in the background. Asks for recruits for the regiment of Gray Reserves, to serve for 3 months unless sooner discharged. They are to report to headquarters at 810 Market Street, 3rd Story, in Philadelphia. $10 bounty offered for each recruit brought in. Says each…

GLC02192

circa June 1863

Tinen, P.S., fl. 1863

Broadside

Title: Largest Bounties! Recruits Wanted for the Penn'a Volunteers

Pennsylvania recruitment broadside published by recruitment officer Captain P.S. Tinen of the 69th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Printed in blue and red ink by King & Baird at 607 Samson Street in Philadelphia. Dominated by the image of an American eagle holding a blank banner in its beak. Amounts of $650 and $750 are in the margins, advertising bounties. Says recruits are wanted for the Pennsylvania Volunteers of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock's 2nd Corps or any Pennsylvania regiment. Volunteers to report to headquarters at 106 South Sixth Street. Says recruits for the 2nd…

GLC02193

6 April 1861

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: [General Bragg discusses military matters in the Pensacola area]

Bragg (Confederate) states "Our truce remains in force, 'They are not to reinforce, We are not to attack.' It is being carried out by both parties so far. All kinds of supplies ... were being furnished the enemy when I got here. I have stopped that process after much trouble, and now only allow officers stores." Reports that Andrew Barry Moore, the Governor of Alabama, and Colonel Hardee (possibly William Joseph Hardee) "have given permission for a continuance of this trade from Mobile, but my orders are to scuttle all vessels captured in it, and my volunteers will do it. There is no law…

GLC02409

6 April 1862

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Manuscript letter

Title: to Rutherford B. Hayes

Marked "send in cypher" at bottom. Writes to Colonel Hayes of the 23rd Ohio to give instructions on their next move. Tells him to be ready to move by Wednesday. "Ammunition, Tents & 10 days rations for men & horses will be ready. Make no unusual bustle. The order was sent in Cypher. So mum." Reports that the brigade will move to Flat Top and Princeton, Virginia and will scout Logan, Monroe and Mercer Counties. Asks him if he can learn something about a road opening to Logan Court House. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

GLC02414.028

1750-1820

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Header Record

Title: Henry Knox papers, including retained and received correspondence, &c. [Decimalized .00001 - .10737]

Letters and documents, written to or by Knox, who served as chief of Artillery during the Revolution, and then as Secretary of War under the Articles of Confederation and in President Washington's first administration. The collection includes Knox's voluminous correspondence with luminaries like Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, Benjamin Lincoln, Nathanael Greene, John and John Q. Adams, Hancock and Paine. It also includes his business and wartime correspondence, and the charming and affectionate letters between Knox and his wife, Lucy Flucker Knox. Much interesting business and personal…

GLC02437

20 February 1862

Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863

Broadside

Title: [Proclamation to the inhabitants of Clarksville, Tennessee]

Proclamation under the name of Rear Admiral Foote after the capture of Forts Donelson and Henry and the city of Clarksville. Written to the inhabitants of the city, at the suggestion of former Congressman Cave Johnson, after the town dignitaries spoke to Foote about his views toward the town's safety and property. Says "neither in their persons nor in their property, shall they suffer molestation by me or the naval force under my command." Goes on to say that "At the same time I require that all military stores and army equipments, shall be surrendered ... and farther, that no secession flag…

GLC02227

23 October 1862

Wainwright, Charles Sheils, 1826-1907

Letter

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

United States Military Telegram. He reports procuring artillery horses (preparation for Fredericksburg) and questions when the next lot of horses will arrive from Washington. Wainwright, Chief of Artillery for the 13th Corps, was later breveted General.

GLC02382.006

8 August 1863

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Henry Knox Craig]

Written from "Camp near Warrenton Junction, Virginia." Discusses supplies, reservists and conscription. "There is a notable difference in the manner in which supplies are now furnished from that practiced after the battle of Antietam, the drag seems not to be on now…No sign of immediate action. I suppose that, unless we are attacked, we will be quiet until the conscripts begin to fill up our ranks…it has been directed that the Artillery receive no recruits until the Infantry is filled up…The neglect I almost may say antipathy to the artillery passes my comprehension." Has requested three…

GLC02382.017

17 May 1864

Stanton, Robert A., 1839-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles H. Whittelsey

Captain Stanton reports a shortage of supplies and insufficient ordnance during Wilderness campaign. The letter was written from the Ordnance Office, probably near Cold Harbor, Virginia.

GLC02382.025

19 June 1863

Dupont, Samuel F., 1803-1865

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas H. Patterson

Written aboard the U.S.S. Wabash in Port Royal Harbor. Rear Admiral Dupont gives orders to Patterson, commander of the U.S.S. James Adger on delivering prisoners of war to the proper authorities. Instructs Patterson to " ... proceed with the James Adger, under your command to Fortress Monroe and deliver to the proper authorities there the officers and crew of the Confederate ironclad Atlanta, captured on the 17th instant in Wassaw by the ironclad Weehawken, a list of whom is herewith enclosed." Also orders Patterson to take a few other prisoners captured either at North Edisto by Acting…

GLC02115

26 June 1864

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

Autograph document signed

Title: Special field orders

Signed "W.T.S." Apparently a draft of orders, unnumbered, with cross outs and additions. Concerns the strategy for rationing supplies at the start of Atlanta campaign. Also details procedures for dealing with deficiencies of supplies due to railroad service or other causes. Lists the men that should be counted for supplies (officers, men present for duty, sick, unarmed cooks, teamsters, etc.). States that "All other persons dependant on our supplies are useless mouths which we cannot afford to feed and should be sent north of Nashville." Written on printed stationary from the Military…

GLC02137

19 July 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to William Burnet

Relates that Catharine Greene, widow of Nathanael Greene, has a petition before Congress requesting an indemnification against debts incurred by Greene during the Revolutionary War. During the war, Nathanael Greene had made a contract with merchant John Banks to supply clothing and provisions for the Southern Army, and Knox seeks to prove Greene was not a business partner with Banks. Says that some have alleged Burnett had evidence of Greene's partnership with Banks, through the papers of his son Ichabod Burnet, who had been Greene's aide during the war. Asks whether he had such evidence, and…

GLC02437.04657

9 November 1791

Darke, William, 1736-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: to George Washington

Written from Fort Washington, near present-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Battle report providing extensive details of the defeat of General [Arthur] St. Clair at the hands of the Miami Indians on the Northwest Frontier. Docketed by George Washington.

GLC02437.05233

4 May 1792

Chambers, Joseph G., fl. 1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Tells Knox about a demonstration of guns that he is planning. Asks Knox to order him several more guns and supplies and asks Knox about an appropriate time to stage the demonstration. Written from "Sign of the Lamb Market Street."

GLC02437.05446

circa 1791

Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Army expense/supply report and a copied letter written by Hodgdon]

Copy of a report written by Sargent as Adjutant General. Discusses Samuel Hodgdon's role as Quartermaster for the army raised for General Arthur St. Clair's 1791 Western expedition. Contains a letter from Hodgdon to Henry Knox, Secretary of War. Final page contains a morning report for the army commanded by St. Clair 89 miles from Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10356

1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Book of Accounts - Regiment of Artillery Commanded by Colo. Henry Knox 1776

Account book is written in two hands, one unknown, and the other Samuel Shaw. Relates to officers serving under Knox in the artillery in 1776. Each entry is accompanied by Shaw's notes as to whether the account was settled, adjusted, etc. Many of Shaw's notes indicate, "settled" or "adjusted in account current with Chs. Knowles." Entries relate to officers such as Thomas Foster, Edward Burbeck, Eliphelet Newell, William Perkins, Jotham Drury, Henry Burbeck, Ebenezer Stevens, Stephen Badlam, David Mason, John Crane, William Dana, etc. It is reported on the cover that all expenses in the…

GLC02437.08393

22 November 1816

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph document signed

Title: [A general account of General Robert Swartwout's duties]

Written by Monroe as Secretary of State, recollecting the appointment and duties of Quartermaster-General Robert Swartwout, who served from March 1813 to June 1816. Monroe also served as Secretary of War in 1814-1815 and would have been his superior during those years. Swartwout was apparently seeking documents after questions of his conduct came up. Using cautious wording, Monroe recollects authorizing Swartmout's recommendations for deputies and assistants in January 1815. Also says it was decided to raise a large force for an approaching campaign and gave Swartwout the necessary powers to…

GLC01743.02

September 25, 1778

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Tallmadge

Letter signed as commander in chief and written in the hand of John Laurens, Washington's aide. Assures Tallmadge that his cavalry would receive enough supplies but warns that there will be no new horses. Complains about the dragoon's ill use of the horses, "It gives me pain but I cannot forbear attributing the ill state of the Cavalry, in a great measure to the unrestrained licence of the Dragoons in the use of their horses; their speed is equally immoderate on all occasions; when they are detached, nor are their horses less freely employed on their own private concerns." Letter addressed to…

GLC01746

April 20, 1865

Wirz, Henry, 1823-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George C. Gibbs

Captain Wirz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison, tells Colonel Gibbs that there are no mules fit for transport but grants him authority to impress any mules needed. Letter written at Camp Sumter, also known as Andersonville Prison.

GLC01705

October 27, 1861

Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884

Letter signed

Title: to Henry Toole Clark

Letter written as Confederate Secretary of War to North Carolina Governor Clark about establishing a prisoner of war camp at Salisbury, North Carolina. Benjamin writes, "I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 25th inst, which greatly relieves this Department from serious embarrassment in relation to prisoners. - I enclose you a letter for Col Wm Johnstone of Charlotte, containing my instructions to him." Requests that as soon as Colonel Johnston secures the purchase of the property, the Maxwell Chambers Factory, Clark round up volunteers to serve as guards. Informs him…

GLC01708

June 22, 1779

Deane, Silas, 1737-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Barnabas Deane

Writing to his brother in reference to accusations of fraud against him in relation to foreign procurement of supplies, Deane finds "our Situation,...without a Parallel either in Ancient or Modern Story." Also describes the plight of American money, her people and her army.

GLC01759

September 1779- February 1780

Laperouse, Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de, 1741-1788

Document signed

Title: [Monthly list of armorer's supplies for the Frigate L'Amazone] [In French]

Laperouse signs six times (once per month).

GLC01768