circa 1861-1865

Richards, Leonard H., fl. 1864-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Leonard H. Richards, D company, 75th regiment, Illinois, infantry]

Richards was a devout young soldier, greatly in love with his wife. Letters mention battle of Nashville, Lincoln's death, etc.

GLC03523.29

1861-1864

Ticknor, Horace L., 1836-1864

Header Record

Title: Collection of Horace L. Ticknor, K company, 27th regiment, Illinois, infantry [Decimalized .01-.12]

Letters mention Union victories at New Madrid, Missouri and Stone River, Tennessee. Also mentions pursuing Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's Army. Discusses a lot of difficult marching and shortages of rations and clothing. Ticknor enlisted 20 August 1861 in Illinois as a Corporal. He mustered into "K" Co., IL. 27th Infantry. He was killed in the battle of Muddy Creek on 18 June 1864.

GLC03523.30

1862-1868

Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868

Header Record

Title: Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry [Decimalized .01-.45]

Most of the letters are written by Sumner Sayles to his family. The majority are written to his sisters with a few addressed to and from other family members and friends. Letters describe camp life, marching experiences, and a few skirmishes and battles. The siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Brice's Crossroad are discussed.

GLC03523.32

circa 1861-1865

Bradbury, John S., fl. 1861-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of John S. Bradbury, 3rd regiment, Iowa, light battery] [Decimalized .01- .10]

Letters from John S. Bradbury to his brother, Samuel, dating from 1861 through 1865. They include notable statements of support for Lincoln.

GLC03523.39

circa 1861-1865

Stemple, David Jr., fl. 1861

Header Record

Title: Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence [decimalized]

The collection consists of letters written to Lydia Bishoff by various friends and relatives from District four, Preston County, West Virginia. The four primary authors of the collection are John C. Fogelsong, David H. Shafer, Daniel Swisher, and James S. Swisher. The collection also includes 2 Memorial booklets, 3 poems, 14 photographs, and 2 undated letters. Topics include Antietam, Fredericksburg, and anti-emancipation sentiment. The Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence contains letters written to Bishoff by various friends and relatives from District 4, Preston…

GLC03523.40

1862-1864

Morrison, James A., fl. 1862-1864

Header Record

Title: Collection of James A. Morrison, C company, 129th regiment, New York, infantry

Collection includes several writers, but mostly Morrison to his wife. Personal content includes marriage troubles, possibility of deserting to see his wife and opposition to fighting for Negroes. Some battle and political content.

GLC03523.41

1861-1919

Simonds, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1919

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Fred K. Simonds, C company, 2nd regiment, Vermont, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .05]

Collection includes 1 marriage license, 1 release from service, some stock certificates, poem, recipes, pension charts, telegraphs, pension manual, 7 photographs, 3 cased images, 1864 diary, stamps. Topics include Peninsula Campaign, Second Bull Run, and Sharpsburg.

GLC03523.45

1862-1902

Kessler, Thomas J., fl. 1843-1868

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Thomas J. Kessler, G company, 1st regiment, Michigan, sharpshooters] [decimalized]

Collection includes several writers. Topics include camp news, the battle before Petersburg, the surrender of Richmond, and the siege at Petersburg. There are extra envelopes that could not be matched up to the letters. Partially cataloged.

GLC03523.52

1861-1863

Dupont, Samuel F., 1803-1865

Manuscript document

Title: Abstract of the cruise of U.S. Steam Frigate Wabash bearing the flag of Rear Admiral S.F. DuPont 1861-62-63

Cover has a hand-drawn picture of the Wabash in a drawn circle of laurels. The "Wabash" was commissioned 16 May 1861. First page is a list of the ship's officers. Provides a log of events for the ship, which contains several entries for each month from 1861-1863. The "Wabash" was stationed on the Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to Florida (although the ship did go to the North for repairs and provisions in July 1862). Provides an account of the Battle of Port Royal in November 1861 as well as a list of ships involved in the battle (p. 12-18). Reports steaming into St. Augustine after the…

GLC03527

1816

Yeager, Joseph, fl. 1792-1859

Engraving

Title: Battle of New Orleans and Death of Major General Packenham

Hand colored engraving shows the battle from the British lines. With black and white bust of Andrew Jackson surrounded by flags in the center of the title. This copy is the first state of this print, showing the officer standing to the right of the recumbent Sir Edward Packenham covering his face with handkerchief. Outgunned, he moved against the city of New Orleans. After being knocked from his horse by a cannonball, Packenham took his aide's mount and was shortly thereafter shot in the chest and throat. He was transported to the rear of the British line, where this depiction…

GLC03529

1776

Hamilton, A. Jr., fl. 1769-1785

Magazine

Title: Town and Country Magazine or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment for the Year 1776. [Vol. 8, (1776)]

Eighth annual volume of a periodical journal that resembles the Gentleman's Magazine and London Magazine in format and style. 12 monthly issues bound in original leather. Includes many engraved plates. Indexed at the end of the volume. Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr. Book is boxed. Includes "Description of Nova Scotia," "Description of Quebec," "Account of New York and the Jerseys," "The Present State of America," "Louisiana Described," "Products of North and South Carolina," "A Detail of the Battle of Long Island," many articles on the American Revolution, and a letter telling of a…

GLC03457

4 October 1862

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 6, no. 301 (October 4, 1862)]

Includes a printing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on the third page titled, "THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY." Discusses the Emancipation Proclamation, including an article titled "Slavery Practically abolished." Includes coverage of McClellan in Fredericksburg, an image of General McClellan entering the town of Frederick, Maryland, and the Battle of Antietam. Duplicate of GLC08620.

GLC03443

November 1876 - December 1876

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

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Fragment of a report on the war against the Sioux]

Concerns the campaigns against Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, commenting on the activities of generals Nelson A. Miles, George Crook, and Philip H. Sheridan. Last four pages of a document, numbered 50-53, possibly of an annual report. Crazy Horse surrendered in May of 1877, after 3 months of inactivity. The Winter expedition Sherman mentions, leaving Fort Letterman on 27 October, attacked Crazy Horse on 7 January 1877, making it likely that this report was written in the intervening months.

GLC03444

circa 1863

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: The Battle of Gettysburg, PA, July 3d 1863.

Handcolored lithograph, possibly contemporary with the battle. Caption reads "This terrific and bloody conflict between the gallant 'Army of the Potomac,' commanded by their great General George G. Meade, and the hosts of the rebel 'Army of the East' under General Lee, was commenced on Wednesday July 1st and ended on Friday the 3rd at 5 O'Clock P.M.--The decisive Battle was fought on Friday, ending in the complete rout & dispersion of the Rebel Army.--A Nations thanks and undying fame ever crown the Arms of the heroic soldiers, who fought with such unflinching bravery; this long and…

GLC03445

6 August 1863

Couch, Darius Nash, 1822-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Offers to give his recommendation regarding the recipient's character, but cannot testify to his bravery at Fair Oaks. The recipient's name is illegible, however he was a Captain in the Thirty Sixth New York Volunteers.

GLC03476.02

18 July 1862

Trobriand, Régis de, 1816-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin D. Morgan

Commending Captain George G. Williams for his service, especially his bravery at Malvern Hill. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03477.01

1888

Kurz & Allison

Print

Title: Battle of Antietam

Depicts fighting between Union and Confederate troops near the small stone bridge that crossed the Antietam. Mounted on heavy cardboard backing.

GLC03487

28 June 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert E. Lee

Reviews confederate military position on the eve on Gettysburg. Discusses General U.S. Grant's entrenchment at the Mississippi and attempt to take Vicksburg from General Joseph Johnston. Mentions the need to reinforce Johnston with troops from Generals P.T. Beauregard and Braxton Bragg, who also face attack. Also discusses rumors of an attack on Richmond, and preparations to defend the city. Because of the potential attack, Davis cannot send Lee many reinforcements. Mentions unverified reports that General W.F. Lee has been captured. Davis concludes by expressing regret that he does not…

GLC03778

19 June 1771

Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Lee

Signed with initials "RHL". Describes the Regulator movement in North Carolina, a rebellion by backcountry farmers against lawyers, whose high legal fees and manipulation of debt laws were hurting them. North Carolina Governor William Tryon, although he claimed to agree with the insurgents, resorted to suppression by force: he "fell upon the unsuspecting multitudes and made great slaughter with cannons." The royal governor needed more than a thousand troops to defeat the Regulators at the Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771.

GLC03719

12 May 1780

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Philip Mazzei] re: Virginia loan in Europe & British blockade of Charleston

Written as Gov. of Virginia. Jefferson alludes at the end to his hopes that Gen. Benjamin Lincoln would hold Charleston, but his hopes were dashed in the event.

GLC03735

5 April 1865

Header Record

Title: Letter and printed document related to the fall of Richmond during the Civil War [Decimalized .01-.02]

See descriptions in GLC03744.01-02

GLC03744

1861-1864

McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

Diary

Title: [James B. McPherson diary describing early Union successes in the western theatre.]

Notebook with McPherson's diary discussing the western theatre under Grant, with some 1861 diary entries relating to Fort Donelson, diagrams on making pickets, lists of artillery at different forts, and a hand-drawn map of Chickasaw (from 1864). Written from various locations.

GLC03746.01

1863-1888

Caulkins, Clarence, fl. 1863-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of letters belonging to Clarence Calkins, 1863-1888][Decimalized .01-.46]

Collection of letters belonging to Clarence Calkins dated 1863-1888. Correspondence is primarily sent between Clarence to his family members; Samuel J. Calkins, his father; Nettie and Nellie his sisters; and his brother Oscar Calkins. Contents pertains to Petersburg, and prisoners of war at Libby and Danville where Clarence Calkins was likely held. Also included are freemasons ephemera.

GLC03766

July 17, 1861

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Letter signed

Title: to Richard S. Ewell

Brigadier General Commanding Beauregard writes to General Ewell to give instructions on troop position and permit an attack on Centreville, if the opportunity arises. Written shortly before the First Battle of Bull Run.

GLC03782

circa 1780

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Manuscript

Title: Order of Battle

Organizational chart of General LaFayette's battle plan for reconnaissance down the west side of the Hudson River. Includes references to Brigadier Generals Hand, Poor, and Parsons, and Major Generals Lord Stirling (William Alexander), St. Clair, and Steuben.

GLC03796