4 August 1864

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to parents

Reports on his first day of service as 1st Lieutenant of Company "C" of the 2nd Regiment of Vermont Infantry. Encamped near Brickeystown, Maryland. Mentions Captain [Nathaniel] Wales' injury during the Battle of the Wilderness. Discusses a delay in receiving mail. Comments on sister's abstinancy during a time of sickness. Describes rebel pillaging of local flouring mill: "...near here is quite an extensive flouring mill and the owner says that the rebels took about $18.00 worth of flour, wheat and other property from him but he says he is willing to lose it all if we can only accomplish our…

GLC03523.18.21

25 August 1864

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to parents

References battle of Charlestown, Virginia. Provides full account of being shot in the leg by "Johnnie Rebs." Describes the circumstances surrounding the shooting and deaths of other members of the Union army. Provides a description of the hospital and hospital rooms in which he was staying.

GLC03523.18.24

17 October 1864-20 October 1864

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Mentions recent victories and discusses General James Longstreet's command of the enemy at Fisher's Hill. Talks of a trip to rejoin his regiment after injury. Also includes reference to the fight at Middletown, and General Philip H. Sheridan's victory, with 5,000 prisoners captured. Written from camp near Middleton, Virginia.

GLC03523.18.28

22 October 1864

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to friends at home

Recounts battles occurring on 19 October, most likely the Battle of Cedar Creek. Mentions General Philip Sheridan's influence on the morale of troops and Horatio Gouverneur Wright's inability to command. Recounts retreat of rebels: "...they broke and run like a flock of sheep with dogs after them." Discusses the dispersal of General Jubal Early's army, and mentions scar on scabbard and hole in hat received during battle.

GLC03523.18.29

8 November 1862

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 1, no. 9 (November 8, 1862)]

Sketch of the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi - History & Siege of Vicksburg from May 18 to July 25. Also includes a cartoon of Lincoln as a masked Satan; the caption reads, "King Abraham before and after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation."

GLC05959.76.03

21 March 1863

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 1, no. 28 (March 21, 1863)]

Sketch of General T.R.R. Cobb's Death at Fredericksburg.

GLC05959.76.23

7 June 1863

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 1, no. 39 (June 7, 1863)]

Sketch of General Lawrence O'Brien Branch killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg.

GLC05959.76.33

11 July 1863

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 2, no. 2 (July 11, 1863)]

Sketch of General Samuel Cooper and the Battle of Gettysburg.

GLC05959.76.38

3 October 1863

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 2, no. 13 (October 3, 1863)]

Sketch of General Mansfield Lovell & General Braxton Bragg, the hero of Chickamauga.

GLC05959.76.45

10 October 1863

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 2, no. 14 (October 10, 1863)]

Sketch of Major General Joseph Wheeler and the Battle of Chickamauga.

GLC05959.76.46

12 December 1863

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 2, no. 23 (December 12, 1863)]

Sketch of Illustration of the Battle of Malvern Hill.

GLC05959.76.49

26 December 1863

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 2, no. 25 (December 26, 1863)]

Sketch of Lieut. General J.C. Pemberton, the defender of Vicksburg.

GLC05959.76.50

30 January 1864

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 3, no. 4 (January 30, 1864)]

Sketch of Lieut. General A.P. Hill, reminiscences of the Battle of Anteitam.

GLC05959.76.52

20 February 1864

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 3, no. 7 (February 20, 1864)]

Sketch of Lieut. General A.P. Hill, reminiscences of the Battle of Anteitam.

GLC05959.76.53

30 April 1864

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 3, no. 17 (April 30, 1864)]

General Forrest's Attack on Fort Pillow.

GLC05959.76.63

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

Print

Title: A distant battle

Marked "Plate 25." Battle seen from a distance of about 6 miles. In the foreground is an abandoned breastwork; and on the road to the left a column of troops is seen hurrying toward the sound and smoke of distant cannon. Actual size of the image without the margins is 17.9 x 40.3 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents for GLC02199. Paper brittle and edges damaged.

GLC08653.14

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

Print

Title: A hot day

Marked "Plate 27." Group of five images. Upper left is titled "A Hot Day," and depicts soldiers grouped about a gun in position, and sleeping under a shelter. Upper right is titled "Beef Steak Rare," and shows a grizzled soldier in camp holding a frying pan with a long handle over a fire, Bottom left image is titled "A Straggler," depicting a soldier with his knapsack hanging from his rifle -- table of contents says he is "Always sick when a fight is expected." Lower middle images is titled "A Quiet Nibble on the Cavalry Skirmish Lines," and shows a cavalryman smoking a pipe and looking into…

GLC08653.15

April 11, 1879

Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Julius Walker Adams

Remarks that he recently traveled to Washington, D.C. for business. Discusses the board evaluating his conduct in the Battle of Second Manassas. Remarks that Major Gardner plans to attempt to gain support from the Secretary of War, George Washington McCrary. Insists that Gardner's aim is to "get the Republican party to take the sins of Pope & McDowell on their shoulders or to kick up such a dust as to hide the evils of these men... " Attests that Gardner hopes to persuade the board that the case is an attempt to place General George Brinton McClellan in the presidency. Porter fears…

GLC00214.02.03

7 July 1863

Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863

Newspaper

Title: Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 800 (July 7, 1863)]

The Battle of Gettysburg, Manuevers near Harrisburg, Rebel Cavalry Within Five Miles of Washington.

GLC05959.43.17

15 July 1863

Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863

Newspaper

Title: Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 807 (July 15, 1863)]

From General Lee's Army, Official Report of the Attack on Milliken's Bend, A.H. Stephens on a Mission to Washington, his Mission rejected (correspondence between Stephens & Davis.)

GLC05959.43.22

September 17, 1878

Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel Julius Walker Adams

Discusses convening of the military commission to reevaluate Porter's actions during Second Manassas. Notes that Asa Gardner, the lawyer opposing Porter in the trial "has notified 'McDowell & Pope that he will take care of their honor.' before the Board." Generals Irvin McDowell and John Pope, participants in the Battle of Second Manassas, upheld accusations of Porter's insubordination the battle. Written on Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey stationery. Adams was a noted engineer and cousin of President John Quincy Adams.

GLC00214.02.01

February 27, 1879

Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Julius Walker Adams

Discusses a delay in the meeting of the board. Mentions the arguments of John C. Bullitt and Joseph Hodges Choate, his counsels during hearings. Writes "I know nothing of the Board. My relations with it have been entirely of a formal character & I know nothing of their views. I know what they ought to be." Refers to Pope and McDowell, among others. Notes that he has attempted to keep politics and his case separate, so as to allow the case to stand on its own merit. Remarks that Major Gardner, the lawyer opposing Porter, "made an ass of himself from the time he and Smith met" (Thomas…

GLC00214.02.02

April 19, 1879

Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Julius Walker Adams

Discusses whether President Rutherford B. Hayes will support his case, which had been before a military board, concerning his conduct during the Battle of Second Manassas. Discusses his desire to keep the case separate from politics, and remarks that Republicans are defensive about the case. Praises the political practices of James Garfield (Representative 1863-1880). Notes that Mr. Chandler should have taken Garfield's course (Senator Zachariah Chandler). Requests that the recipient send John C. Bullitt and Joseph Hodges Choate, his counsels, a copy of the Express. Written on Central…

GLC00214.02.04

2 July 1863

Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863

Newspaper

Title: Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 796 (July 2, 1863)]

Latest News From Richmond and the North, Invasion of Pa. by Confederate Forces, The Rebels within 25 Miles of Harrisburg, A Battle Imminent, The Capture of the Atlanta, Latest from Vicksburg.

GLC05959.43.14

6 July 1863

Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863

Newspaper

Title: Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 799 (July 6, 1863)]

Raid in North Carolina, News from the West, the Occupation of Carlisle, The Northern Press on the Invasion, Liability of Alien Residents to Conscription in the Confederate Court.

GLC05959.43.16