July 1859

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

Pamphlet

Title: The Quarterly Law Journal, vol IV, No 3, [163] - 202.

Circuit court case of United States v. Amy, re: slave stealing letter written by her master. Arrested under Section 22 of the Act of Congress which provides that "Any person shall steal a letter from the mail, the offender shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not less than two years..." The defense held that the word "person" as used in the Constitution of the United States to describe a citizen, did not apply to a slave, as defined in the Dred Scott Decision of 1857, and asked for a motion to dismiss. Although the judge hearing both cases was Roger B. Taney, chief justice of the Supreme…

GLC09087

circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Worship of the North

Depicts Lincoln in front of an altar with a black idol sitting on a platform with the words "Chicago Platform" on it. A sheet hanging from the platform says "The end justifies the means." Shows a white person being sacrificed in front of it. Henry Ward Beecher is shown having just used the sacrificial knife, Charles Sumner bearing a torch, Horace Greeley swinging a censer that emits snakes, and General Benjamin Butler (Volck had a special enmity for Butler after he occupied Baltimore, Volck's hometown, in early 1861) kneeling in worship with a knapsack full of stolen money. Also shows General…

GLC00493.01

circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Searching for arms

Depicts arrogant Northern soldiers rummaging for weapons through the house of a Southern sympathizer. A woman is holding her scared daughter in the right foreground. The two women are in nightgowns and have wrapped themselves in a curtain to cover themselves from the view of the soldiers. The left foreground shows two soldiers looking under a mattress for weapons while another soldier shows the women a small Confederate flag he found in the house, as if to say this was all the proof he needed of their disloyalty. Background shows the man of the house fighting with two soldiers. Size in…

GLC00493.05

circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Enlistment of Sickles Brigade

Shows the duplicitous agents of Daniel Sickles recruiting the brigade he raised and equipped himself at considerable expense. A throng of bedraggled men congregate around a Federal officer who holds out a medal and wears a "Colonel Sickle's Brigade" sign on his hat. Even the dog listens intently to his rousing words. A sign reads, "The Capital in danger. Sickles Brigade to the Rescue!!!" The brigade was raised during the summer of 1861 and joined the Union Army as the Sickles or Excelsior Brigade in December 1861. Volck depicts the recruitment taking place amongst the rag-tag immigrant…

GLC00493.06

circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Making clothes for the boys in the army

Depicts three women sitting in a crowded bedchamber, engaged in the entire process of making clothing. On the far left, a woman wearing a bonnet spins the raw material into thread. The thread is then woven into cloth by the woman working the loom. On the right, a woman sews the finished pieces into garments for Confederate soldiers. The scene is a quiet, domestic one, designed to convey the patriotism and sacrifice considered appropriate and desirable for Southern women. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 20.4 x 26.6 cm. Title in pencil on verso.

GLC00493.11

circa 1861-1863

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Slaves Concealing Their Master From a Search Party

One etching entitled, "Slaves Concealing Their Master From a Search Party," by Adalbert John Volck, political cartoonist and sympathist with the Confederacy. Depicts an enslaved woman, directing mounted Federal soldiers as the enslaver hides in the shadows behind the door. The actual size of the etching is 20.1 x 26.7 cm. Title in pencil on verso.

GLC00493.12

circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Valiant men "Dat Fite Mit Siegel"

Depicts a house being plundered and burned while a woman kneels, begging Federal officers to spare her children from the flames. The officers appear haughty and indifferent to her pleas. The threat of sexual violation is implicit as an officer with a gun holds her by the laces of her corset, revealing a torn dress and her bare breast. In the upper left of the sketch one sees an older child holding a baby trying to escape out a second-floor window. An oddly dressed character to the right of the frame takes aim at the children, in a seemingly despicable act of wanton cruelty. Amidst this…

GLC00493.14

circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Tracks of the armies

Depicts a Confederate soldier returning home to find his home destroyed and his wife and dog dead. All of his belongings lay scattered and ruined, while in the distance another building burns. Vultures are perched above, more symbols of death. It is significant to note that the bare breast of the dead wife is exposed in the rubble, suggesting that she may have been the victim of sexual assault as well as murder. Although Volck does not specify which army committed such atrocities against civilians in his title, it was understood by all who viewed the sketch that it was the Union army that was…

GLC00493.15

23 July 1862

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 134 (July 23, 1862)]

An article titled "European Intervention" reports that European recognition, let alone intervention, is unlikely. Another article, "Letter from General Butler Explaining his Order Concerning the Ladies of New Orleans" berates General Benjamin F. Butler for an order relating to prostitution. Other articles include: "Effect of the News of McClellan's Defeat in St. Louis" and "Condition of General McClellan's Army -- Views of Gens. Porter and Marcy." Includes accounts of proceedings in the U.S. Senate, troop movements and battle reports, advertisements, and local news.

GLC05959.09.054

14 July 1867

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert G. White

Writes regarding the employment of White's daughter.

GLC05891.16

3 June 1874

Brown, Bessie, fl. 1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Thanks Hunt for the memorial he wrote after the death of her father, Harvey Brown. Writes "... we, Father's nearest and dearest, feel that full justice has been done... and that your writing his record has given additional honor to his memory. The paper will ever be to us a dear and precious possession... we were glad you dwelt upon his services in Mexico and at Pickens- for later events seemingly obscured them, and yet as I read your account of those time- I feel that there is something to be very proud of." Written on black-bordered mourning stationery. Envelope possibly accompanies…

GLC02382.206

circa April 18, 1874

Brown, Bessie, fl. 1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Date inferred from contents. Pertains to the funeral of Harvey Brown. Bessie transmits the address of her father's funeral. Gives Hunt, who is to write a memorial for her father, insight into his "home life, his gentleness, consideration and thoughtful love... " Notes that her father died of Bright's disease, which he contracted in the military, and that this disease had caused him to leave Fort Meade in 1854 and Fort Pickens in 1861. Discusses memorable events of her father's life, including his service as a funeral escort for Revolutionary War notable John Paulding "the last of Andre's…

GLC02382.208

circa March 19, 1873

Hascall, Mary, fl. 1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Year inferred from contents. Hascall consoles Hunt after the death of his daughter (possibly Emily C. Hunt). Writes "one trouble follows another in this life, and a few more years will close the scene- and then it will matter little- what we have suffered here-" Notes that her husband "is better and has ceased to be violent." Envelope was originally addressed to Hunt in Newport, Rhode Island. Original address is struck, and envelope is directed to the care of Mrs. Wm. A. Nichols, possibly the wife of General William A. Nichols (Clara Louisa de Russey), at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

GLC02382.209

2 February 1863

Hale, E.J., 1802-1880

Newspaper

Title: Fayetteville observer. [Vol. 43, no. 2383 (February 2, 1863)]

Good News From Charleston, 2 Blockaders Sunk, Brute Butler, Proclamation by Governor Vance of North Carolina.

GLC05959.34.10

30 July 1861

A.S. Willington & Co., fl. 1861-1864

Newspaper

Title: Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 59, no. 18,920 (June 30, 1861)]

Battle of Manassas, Import Tax on European Articles That Run the Blockade on the Confederacy , Charleston Ladies to help Confederate Soldiers, Death of General Barnard Bee

GLC05959.37.03

1 January 1862

A.S. Willington & Co., fl. 1861-1864

Newspaper

Title: Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 60, no. 19,051 (January 1, 1862)]

Release of Mason & Slidell (Trent Affair), President Jefferson Davis' Message in England, Queen Victoria's Proclamation against the Export of War Material.

GLC05959.37.06

1 October 1862

Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877

Newspaper

Title: Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (October 1, 1862)]

"Salutatory" explains the purpose of this paper to advance the Baptist denomination, with support of the Confederacy, and to cultivate fraternal relations with others. Blurbs following this article invite readers to write letters, to solicit exchanges with other Southern journals, and to subscribe. A report of "Domestic and Indian Missions" is printed. An editorial encourages "Temperance in the Army." A letter from Mrs. Mary E. Savage portrays the trials of war while expressing the nobleness of Southern women. Additional articles include "The New England Puritan," "Flattery," and "Church…

GLC05959.39.01

19 February 1863

Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877

Newspaper

Title: Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 17 (February 19, 1863)]

In "Army Correspondence," a soldier's letter describes conditions in Virginia and reminisces. "The Dying South Carolinian" describes the pious death of a soldier. Editorials examine topics including treatment of Blacks ("A Disciple in a Blaze"), "Reconstruction" of the old Union, Southern women, etc. "Report of D. P. Gold, Colporter among the Soldiers" details the conditions of soldiers.

GLC05959.39.12

4 March 1863

Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877

Newspaper

Title: Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 19 (March 4, 1863)]

"Army Correspondence" pritns a letter from a soldier near Charleston, South Carolina. An editorial titled "Our Church" commemorates the Baptist church as "the most grand fabric of life and joy in the world." Brief editorials examine "Proselytism" and the work of ministers throughout the war crisis ("Ministers and the Crisis"), as well as achieving and maintaining peace ("Peace"). "Secular News" reports on threats on Charleston and Vicksburg. An article titled "A Word of Advice to Girls" makes suggestions for young girls to support soldiers.

GLC05959.39.14

11 March 1863

Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877

Newspaper

Title: Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 20 (March 11, 1863)]

An editorial titled "Are You Ready?" implores readers to examine their own readiness for final judgment. An article mourns the passing of "The Late Mrs. Catherine E. Maner," termed "a great affliction to the church," and includes a long biographical sketch, continued through two more issues. "The Battle-Field" describes a battlefield after the fight at Murfreesboro. An article examines "Relief for the Poor." Editorials titled "Go and Pray" and "Earnestness in Prayer" encourage readers to make wills and to pray. About a third of page 3 is dedicated to Secular News" from Vicksburg, the West,…

GLC05959.39.15

15 February 1884

Mackall, William Whann, 1818-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Discusses contacting acquaintances in the House and Senate to advocate Hunt's bill (possibly a bill regarding military retirement pay). Promises to attempt to persuade Governor Brown to support the bill (Joseph Brown, a Senator from Georgia who had served as Georgia's Governor 1855-1865). Discusses mutual acquaintances, and notes that his wife and daughter have reduced him to three cigars per day. For related letters, refer to GLC2382.120 and .121. Confederate General Mackall served as chief-of-staff under Generals Braxton Bragg and Joseph E. Johnston, among other Confederate posts.

GLC02382.112

circa 1871

Cooper, Sarah Maria Mason, 1800-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Mentions correspondence between Hunt, Emily Virginia Mason, and Richard Coulter Drum (refer to GLC2382.113 and .114). Thanks Hunt for the exertions he has made, with Mason and Drum (concerning financial matters, pertaining to her husband General Samuel Cooper). Relates that the General's health is poor, "but I am sure that he would agree with me, and with the other members of my family, that we must decline your kind aid. We cannot avail ourselves of help from your noble generosity- Accept for yourself our most kind regards... " Emily Virginia Mason corresponded with Hunt in 1871 and 1872…

GLC02382.115

1861-1865

Autograph document

Title: [Extract of a letter]

Undated, unsigned letter with a later note in pencil at top declaring, "Extract from Rodman's letter to Nancy Maxwell-." The writer gives her memory of a Friends Meeting where Rachel Howland rose and asked the congregation to pray for those in slavery as well as men fighting on the battlefields of the Civil War. States that it was very emotional scene.

GLC03228.12

9 December 1862

Lumsden, F. A. & Kendall, G. W.

Newspaper

Title: Daily picayune. [Vol. 26, no. 272 (December 9, 1862)]

Articles about the Confederate Blockade Runner, Appointment of James Seddon as Secretary of War, Message of President Lincoln Concerning the Acts of General Butler at New Orleans, Fitting Out the Alabama in England. Speculation around foreign intervention in the Civil War. Miscellaneous ads, including on medications, groceries, and cigars. Paper is taped down the middle.

GLC05959.16.02

17 December 1862

Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892

Newspaper

Title: Weekly standard. [Vol. 28, no. 51, whole no. 1450 (December 17, 1862)]

The Battle at Fredericksburg, Battle of Kinston. An editorial proposes raising state troops. A report of the arrest of Rev. R.J. Graves provokes discussion of the injustice of civil arrest, unlawful seizing of property, and corrupt powers vested in the Confederacy. A list of the North Carolina Methodist Episcopal Conference appointees is included, as are notices and lists of sick, wounded, and dead soldiers in particular campaigns. Letters to the editor cover topics such as support for the Governor, the state's Brigadier General, post office thieves, women's call for peace, and the cotton-…

GLC05959.22.02