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to J. S. Cunningham

Floyd offers his views on John C. Fremont, Republican candidate for President in 1856. Writes that he never interviewed Fremont, and Fremont never expressed any censure for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. Of Fremont, writes, "I never had...

GLC01818

[Appointment of Stephen Millar as lieutenant colonel of a regiment commanded by Abijah Willard]

Countersigned by Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts Bay Andrew Oliver. Partly printed document. Signed as "General and Governor in Chief" of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Pownall was Royal Governor from 1757 to 1760. Paper seal on top...

GLC01823

[Twelve pound banknote drawn on the James River Bank in Virginia]

Partially printed banknote signed by Randolph and cosigned by John Blair and Robert Carter Nicholas as treasurer. Contains Robert Carter Nicholas's promise to pay 1,775 (unspecified currency) or the "Bearer on (demand) Twelve Pounds."

GLC01824

Monumental Inscriptions!

Depicts 6 fictitious funeral monuments, each to a militiamen executed by Jackson on 21 February 1815, after the Battle of New Orleans, for being deserters. The tombstones bear inscriptions detailing how each was a good man and soldier, and...

GLC01825

[March 1779 payroll for Captain Joseph Hodgkins's Company]

General Glover signs at Providence, attesting that this document was sworn before him 23 April (on verso). Lieutenant Michal Houdin also signs on verso, attesting to the validity of this pay roll. Lists officer names, rank, length of service, and...

GLC01828

to Lester A. Beardslee

Written by Secretary of the Navy Welles to Lieutenant Commander Beardslee of the USS "Wachusett." References Beardslee's letter of 4 December, which contained information on the effects of Commander Morris, late of the captured steamer CSS "Florida."...

GLC01920.04

to Col. Geo. Bomford re: $50,000 being set aside for building (gun?) carriages

Written on stationery of the War Department's Engineer Dept.

GLC01943

[Approval of request for leave]

Hooker endorses an autograph letter signed on verso from Captain Samuel B. Sherer, of Company K, 15th Illinois Cavalry Volunteers, to William H. Perkins, Assistant Adjutant General for the 11th and 12th Corps. Sherer applies for twenty five day...

GLC01911

to Bishop Wittingham

Burnside, commander of the North Carolina Expeditionary Corps, writes, "...I was so occupied with my military duties that I was compelled to forego the pleasure of attending to my private correspondence; but I can assure it was and has been ever...

GLC01912

[Carte de visite of W.S. Roscrans]

Signed as William S. Rosecrans on mount as Major General. Published by E. & H. Anthony from a Brady negative.

GLC01914

[Carte de visite of Amrbose Burnside]

Signed on mount as Major General. Published by J. Gurney & Son. The image's edges have been cropped.

GLC01915

[James A. Garfield]

Carte de visite of James A. Garfield. Signed on mount as Brig. Gen., Chief of Staff

GLC01916

to William T. Sherman

General Meade writes from Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. A previous assessment indicates this letter, directed to "Genl Cmd'g," is written to General William T. Sherman. Marked "Personal" on docket. Meade declines to send the 3rd Cavalry...

GLC01918

to unknown recipient

Addressed only to "Dear Sir" but probably written to Brigadier General Eliakim P. Scammon (based on similar material in the Gilder Lehrman Collection). Reports that the Confederates, 200,000 strong, are marching upon Cumberland Valley in...

GLC01919.01

[Four manuscripts on the Confederate Navy] [decimalized .01-.04]

Dated October 1864-December 1864.

GLC01920

to Lester A. Beardslee

Signed by Collins as the commander of the USS "Wachusett." Written to Lieutenant Commander Beardslee. Collins tells Beardslee to take command of the prize steamer "Florida," and proceed with the "Wachusett" to the nearest northern port. He is only to...

GLC01920.01

to Napoleon Collins

Copy of letter written by Lieutenant Commander Beardslee to Commander Collins. Beardslee's signature is in a clerical hand. Is disappointed to learn that Collins thinks poorly of his conduct while in charge of the captured Confederate ship "Florida."...

GLC01920.02

to Lester A. Beardslee

Written by Acting Ensign Barclay to Lieutenant Commander Beardslee. Both were serving on the recently captured ship "Florida." As requested, Barclay is submitting his version of events from the night of 29 October, which have caused accusations of...

GLC01920.03

[Diary of Sergeant in 2nd Vermont Vols.]

Mentions first Bull Run.

GLC01921.01

[Diary of Sergeant in 2nd Vermont Vols.]

Mentions McClellan, Fair Oaks, Lincoln visit.

GLC01921.02

[Diary of Sergeant in 2nd Vermont Vols.]

Gettysburg, service in Virginia. Mentions coming late to Gettysburg, hard fighting there in Hancock's brigade and rumored loss of Confederate General Longstreet.

GLC01921.03

[Diary of Sergeant in 2nd Vermont Vols.]

Service in Virginia. Approximately 190 pages.

GLC01921.04

[Diary of Sergeant in 2nd Vermont Vols.]

Autograph manuscript signed. About Petersburg.

GLC01921.05

to Arthur M. Manigault

Orders that Captain White's company, which had been ordered to fill a vacancy in Colonel Bacon's regiment, be furnished with supplies and ordnance "as tenth company of the 7th Regiment S.C. Vols." Indicates that the "Confederate authorities will...

GLC01922

[Petition for the removal of General David E. Twiggs from the command of the District of Louisiana]

Cosigned by Charles M. Conrad, a delegate to the Provincial Confederate Congress. Benjamin, Acting Confederate Secretary of War, represents the citizens of New Orleans, Louisiana. Speaking of Twiggs, writes: "advancing age has impaired his...

GLC01923

[Manuscript Civil War map of Atlanta and vicinity]

Detailed map on blue lined paper of Atlanta and environs from General Sherman's Atlanta campaign. Shows roads, railroads, forests, and rivers. Directions and latitude not given.

GLC01924

to Thomas Hill Watts

Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War, writes to Watts, Confederate Attorney General. Seddon states, "You are respectfully informed in reply to the applications of D H Parker submitted by you, that the Exemption Act has not embraced overseers of...

GLC01925

[Endorsement submitting a proposal for the recovery of arms to Brigadier General Henry Alexander Wise]

Endorsement on a 22 September letter from [J. J. Frey?] to Major Smith Stansbury. Frey reports that he recently delivered rifles and muskets. Relates that a Mr. Sims, who resides near Turkey Island Creek (15 miles from Richmond), recently reported...

GLC01926

to Eliakim Parker Scammon

Confederate General Jones, Commander of the Department of Western Virginia, writes to Union General Scammon. Transmits two letters (not included) regarding William Hughart and W. M. [Lydenstriker?], two prisoners taken from the Union Army. Reports...

GLC01927

to Eliakim Parker Scammon

Written from the Narrows of New River. Confederate Colonel Wharton writes to Union General Scammon for General Samuel Jones. Requests that Scammon allow several Confederates soldiers' wives living within Union lines to join their husbands. On page...

GLC01928

[Endorsement on verso of letter from Captain J. Gardner]

In an autograph letter signed, Captain J. [D.?] Gardner writes to M. G. Hudson (possibly Marcellus G. Hudson), Acting Assistant Adjutant General for General Gabriel Colvin Wharton's corps. Gardner requests that several men from his company, now...

GLC01929

[Draft letter regarding recent conflict between soldiers and citizens]

Creator and circa year previously inferred. Reports that the previous day, Colonel Dibrill had informed Wheeler's adjutant that a man near Dibrill's camp had two hundred bushels of corn that he refused to sell. Wheeler instructed Dibrill to take...

GLC01931

to Braxton Bragg

Hardee, commanding 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee, writes to General Braxton Bragg, commander of the Army of Tennessee. Discusses Bragg's accusations that General Polk (possibly Leonidas Polk) disobeyed his orders during previous operations in...

GLC01933

to Colonel Isaac W. Avery

General Wharton discusses Avery's failure to follow orders regarding a horse intended for Colonel Smith. Remarks that because Avery did not follow his orders, "Smith in consequence was compelled to walk across the mountains... to this place, whilst...

GLC01934

[General orders regarding Virginia forces]

Confederate General Taliaferro assumes command of Virginia state forces: "The Undersigned having been ordered to this point by the Governor of Virginia hereby assumes the Command of all Virginia forces which now are, or, hereafter may be ordered to...

GLC01935

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

The top portion of the page is missing so there is no date. Written in the last days of the war, probably April 1865. Confederate General Hardee informs Confederate Beauregard that "A large number of my command deserted last night - some with horses...

GLC01936

to Gustavus Woodson Smith

Roy, Assistant Adjutant General, writes from Head Quarters of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Relates the orders of the Department Commander, Lieutenant General William Joseph Hardee, to Smith. Hardee instructs Smith to...

GLC01937

to Samuel Cooper

Johnston, Colonel of the Second Cavalry Regiment, writes to Cooper, Adjutant General of the United States Army. Johnston specifies that Lieutenant Colonel William Hardee should be assigned to purchase horses for the mounting of the regiment. Notes...

GLC01938

[Parole of Private Beadles, 8th Kentucky Cavalry, C.S.A.]

Canby's name is printed on the document; signed by a Colonel [Sam E.] Young. Document reads in full: "D.C. Beadles Pv. of K Company 8th Regiment Ken. Cav. Vols. C.S.A. residing in Madison Co. Tenn. having been, with the approval of the proper...

GLC01939

[Parole of Private John J. Dean of the 23rd Alabama, C.S.A]

Document reads in full: "John J. Dean Private H Company 23rd Ala. Infty. Regiment, a Paroled Prisoner of War, is hereby furloughed until exchanged, with permission to remain at his home, performing no military duty whatever, and paying proper respect...

GLC01940

to Henry W. Cleveland

Cleveland is in the process of applying for appointment as British Consul and has asked Lawton for a recommendation. Lawton questions his own former position as Quarter Master in the Confederacy would not aid the application.

GLC01941

to his parents

Assures his parents that he is in good health and is treated well despite being confined in Libby Prison. Informs that he has been in prison now for two weeks after being captured while out foraging. Relays that a friend, George Ingerson, asks if...

GLC01942.01

to his parents

Writes while confined as a POW in Libby Prison. Informs his parents that he has been given a position as clerk in the office of the Prisons of Richmond. Asks that they send him a sugar cured ham, dried salmon, other dried meats, coffee, tea, sugar...

GLC01942.02

[Carte de visite of George H. Muzzey]

Photographed seated, in uniform by Howell & Brown Photographers, Savannah, Georgia. Most likely taken before being captured in October 1864 and detained in the confederate Libby Prison.

GLC01942.03

to Samuel Jones

Telegram sent by the Southern Telegraph Companies. Asks Jones in Charleston, South Carolina, for a list of captured Confederate officers who might be exchanged for Union officers. Writes "If exchange is perfected furnish promptly lists of officers...

GLC01944

to James Redpath

Sends memoranda (not included) and a brief account of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston retreat of the 1862 Battle of Yorktown, on behalf of her ill husband, Jefferson Davis. Redpath was writing an account of the battle.

GLC01945

Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster [Decimalized .01-.67]

GLC01946

to John Sullivan

Informs Sullivan that Greene has prepared winter quarters for those of his men commanded by Clinton and Hand. Written in McHenry's hand. Written from "Head Quarters."

GLC01830

[Endorsed receipt for 100 lbs of gunpowder for the Potomac Company].

Cosigned by John Fitzgerald and George Gilpin. Receipt for payment made out from Richardson Stuart to Henry Bedinger and Jacob Bedinger. The Potomac Company was Washington's first business venture after the American Revolution.

GLC01831

to unknown

Lieutenant Colonel Beall reports on the British advance into Marlboro, Maryland, and the strength of the British force. Also requests money. Adds in a postscript: "It is of great importance that Col. Hood should march immediately. The Flotilla is in...

GLC01836.01