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[Collection of Edward W. Amsden, D company, 3rd regiment, Ohio, cavalry] [Decimalized .01-.31]
1862-1865
Amsden, Edward W., fl. 1862-1865
Letters regarding fighting in Nashville, capturing Morgan's Men, cavalry.
GLC02156
[Collection of George E. Armstrong, A company, 165th regiment, New York, infantry] [decimalized]
1861-1865
Armstrong, George E., fl. 1861-1865
Letters to his brother Charles Armstrong concerning battles in Louisiana, mention of enslaved people who worked on plantations, with two letters from friends mentioning George's death. Six documents from his service and ten pieces of ephemera.
GLC02157
[Collection of George O. Bartlett, B battery, 1st regiment, Rhode Island, light artillery] [Decimalized .01-.21]
1862-1863
Bartlett, George O., fl. 1862-1865
Bartlett came from Rice City, Rhode Island, and saw action at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. His spelling is poor but his writing is descriptive.
The George O. Bartlett collection of Civil War correspondence contains letters and...
GLC02158
[Collection of Francis G. Blackman and James A. Blackman, C company, 7th regiment, Rhode Island, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.20]
Blackman, James A., fl. 1861-1865
The collection includes letters of brothers James A. and Francis G. Blackman from Gloucester, Rhode Island. Letters regarding campaigning in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and South Carolina. James A. Blackman served in the Rhode Island 7th Infantry...
GLC02159
[Collection of William B. Davis, D company, 10th regiment, Connecticut, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.06]
1861-1862
Davis, William B., fl. 1861-1862
All 6 of these letters are written from New Berne, North Carolina (written as "New Berne" or "Newberne"), to his sister back in Connecticut. Davis is wounded 8 February 1862 at Roanoke Island, and writes in detail of this battle and of his wound...
GLC02160
[Collection of Nelson E. Dodge and John Blanchard, D company, 2nd regiment, Vermont, infantry] [decimalized]
1862-1864
Dodge, Nelson E., fl. 1862-1864
Both Dodge and Blanchard were Privates from Barre, Vermont. Letters mention skirmishes, troop movements, camp life and difficulties in the Army of the Potomac. Includes photograph. Some letters to Esther Kinney. Inventory available.
GLC02162
Collection of letters from Oliver Edwards, field and staff, 37th regiment, Massachusetts infantry, to his mother, Eunice Lombard Edwards [Decimalized .01-.15]
Edwards, Oliver, 1835-1904
All letters are to his mother in Springfield, Massachusetts. Edwards discusses military topics, including concern for ill troops forced to sleep in a cold barn (GLC02163.03). He also comments on abolition, and apathy in the North (GLC02163.06)....
GLC02163
[Collection of William H. Holly, E company, 12th regiment, Connecticut, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.17]
Holly, William H., ?-1864
Written between January 1862 and May 1864 to a friend, Mary Ann Davis, first from Connecticut and then from various camps in Louisiana (Parapet, Hubbard, Kearney, and Stevens, as well as two regions - Lakeport and Vermilion Bayou). Describes the...
GLC02165
[Collection of Alfred Hughes] [decimalized .01-.114]
Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864
Letters to his wife Mary Hughes. Hughes, a doctor from Wheeling, Virginia, was detained at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer. He and his wife, Mary, numbered their letters to know which ones were lost, stolen or censored. The...
GLC02166
Morning Report Book of Company G 1 Fla Vols
June 9, 1862 - March 30, 1863
Leigh, John D., fl. 1863
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...
GLC02168
[Collection of Charles F. McFadden, B company, 40th regiment, Ohio, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .10]
McFadden, Charles F., fl. 1862-1864
McFadden was a Private in the 40th Ohio Volunteers. Collection consists of letters written to his sisters and other friends and family from Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee about being on the move and skirmishing with the enemy. Describe his talks with...
GLC02169
[Collection of Justus Morse, G company, 4th regiment, Indiana, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .66]
1861-1910
Morse, Justus, fl. 1861-1864
Morse was a Private in the 47th Indiana Volunteers, Co. G. The collection describes battles and skirmishing in Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. One group of letters were written from City Hospital in Indianapolis. The bulk...
GLC02170
[Collection of Charles Nicholson, battery L, 5th regiment, Pennsylvania, heavy artillery] [Decimalized .01- .12]
1864-1865
Nicholson, Charles, fl. 1864-1865
Charles Nicholson was a Private in the 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Co. L. Other letters were written by another soldier in the same family, to their cousin Alice. Writes about Lincoln's death and a cousin's death in Libby prison. Collection...
GLC02171
[Collection of Charles F. Porter, C company, 2nd regiment, Michigan, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .91]
Porter, Charles F., fl. 1861-1865
Porter was a Private in the 2nd Michigan Infantry, Co. C. The collection includes correspondence, Porter's Michigan teacher's license, printed scripture passages, newspaper clippings, and genealogical materials on the Porter family. Some...
GLC02172
[Collection of William H. Scarborough, B company, 96th regiment, Ohio, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .59]
Scarborough, William H., fl. 1862-1865
Scarborough was a Private in the Ohio 96th Vols. Consists of correspondence as well as an invitation to an 1886 reunion of his regiment. The collection also includes three 1940 documents regarding his death and war injury.
GLC02173
Collection of Hillary Shifflet, C company, 1st regiment, Ohio, volunteers [Decimalized .01-.15]
1861-1863
Shifflet, Hillary, 1823-1863
Shifflet served as Private in the Ohio 1st Vols., Company C. The collection includes one letter from his father to Shifflet. By the end of the correspondence, he complains of war weariness, especially of Lincoln's interference with slavery.
GLC02174
Documents related to the Civil War draft and Eben Whittemore [Decimalized .01-.34]
1861-1864
Various
This group of 34 documents, both printed and manuscript items, detail the draft apparatus on Cape Cod: printed lists of the number of eligible men, and the quota of such men required to enlist or be drafted from each of these towns. Some of the...
GLC02175
[Collection of Matthew Wood, C company, 9th regiment, Ohio, Infantry] [Decimalized .01-.52]
1862-1930
Wood, Matthew, fl. 1862-1865
This collection consists primarily of Civil War correspondence from Matthew Wood, 9th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, to his wife Sarah Wood. Matthew Wood served in the Ohio Ninth Cavalry with Burnside's army in Tennessee, and William T. Sherman's army...
GLC02176
[Collection of Amos J. Harding, L company, 6th regiment, Missouri, cavalry] [decimalized]
1863-1865
The collection consists of thirteen letters written by various men but all addressed to Amos J. Harding. The letters are from friends and officers in service during the Civil War and are mostly from Missouri; eight of these letters possess dockets....
GLC02178
[Collection of Erastus R. McKinney, I company, 11th regiment, Illinois, infantry] [decimalized]
1851-1904
McKinney, Erastus R., fl. 1851-1904
Collection of 47 items from the papers of Erastus Root McKinney, who served as a private in the 11th Illinois Volunteers. The collection consists of 43 documents, 4 photographs, and a diary, much of which documents McKinney's service in the Civil War...
GLC02179.01
[Seated portrait of John H. Surratt]
1868
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
One portrait of John Harrison Surratt, Jr., taken by Mathew Brady in 1868.
GLC02194
Journal of a whaling voyage on board ship Cortes of New Bedford, [Massachusetts]
1849-1856
Histed, William, fl. 1849
Includes five separate pages of watercolors that were possibly previously bound in the log. Includes daily entries of the whaling voyage and numerous miscellaneous newspaper clippings, poems, and songs. Many entries are accompanied by an ink stamp...
GLC02212
[General orders no. 30 regarding food rations for contrabands]
January 25, 1864
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
Signed by Townsend, United States Assistant Adjutant General. By order of the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, establishes food rations "for issue by the Subsistence Department to adult refugees and to adult colored persons, commonly called...
GLC02225
[Collection of two items, quotation signed by Dolley Madison and engraving] Decimalized
6 March 1849
Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849
GLC02231
to John C. Tidball
30 October 1883
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Writes a friendly letter to Tidball about how their military circle is breaking up since Tidball is leaving to head the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, and Sherman has left for St . Louis. Praises Tidball's reputation over the years he has known...
GLC02246
[Official ordnance document]
23 December 1864
Treadwell, Thomas James, ?-1879
Partially printed document, with printed signature. Treadwell, Captain of Ordnance, informs Captain Albert A. Day (Company K, 20th Michigan Infantry, 9th Corps) that his return of ordnance and ordnance stores for the fourth quarter of 1864 has been...
GLC02249.01
To the men under his command
February 9, 1862
Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877
Written aboard the flag steamer USS Philadelphia. General order, signed clerically, sent by Flag Officer Goldsborough as commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron thanking his men for a victory "worthy of yourselves and the sacred cause the...
GLC02252
[Envelope addressed to Major Vincent]
ca. 16 April 1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
A free franked envelope (War Department stationery) signed as Secretary of War, allowing the bearer, Major Vincent, to see the Board of Inquiry into Lincoln's assassination.
GLC02256
[Diary of Erastus McKinney]
January 26, 1862 - June 9, 1862
Autograph manuscript signed. Includes reports on Union casualities during the capture of Fort Donelson (fought from 11 February to 16 February 1862 at Stewart County, Tennessee).
GLC02179.02
[Collection of George F. Morse, 91st regiment, New York, volunteers] [decimalized]
1864-1868
Morse, George F., fl. 1864-1868
Collection of George F. Morse, private, 91st New York Volunteers. There are 52 items in the collection, including 17 letters from Morse, from his enlistment in October 1864, until his discharge in July 1865. Letters were written from Kingston, New...
GLC02180
[Collection of John H. Powers, 1st regiment, Vermont, cavalry] [decimalized]
1860-1877
Powers, John Hale, fl. 1973
Collection of 75 letters written to a private in the first Vermont Cavalry, 1860-77, from friends and schoolmates at Newbury Seminary, and fraternity brothers from Wesleyan College. Some of the letters are from soldiers in the field, while others...
GLC02181
[Collection of E. Wyman Stone, A company, 21st regiment, Massachusetts, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .37]
Stone, E. Wyman, fl. 1861-1864
Stone was a corporal in the 21st Mass. Vols., Co. A. The letters are written from Massachusetts, Annapolis, and New Berne, North Carolina. The collection includes 34 letters (some with envelopes), three receipts, a newspaper clipping and a furlough...
GLC02182
[Collection of Edward L. Sturtevant]
Sturtevant, Edward L., fl. 1862
A collection of 37 items from a Union captain. Includes 26 wardate letters, 10 envelopes, and 1 carte-de-visite. Written from the training base at Camp Maine, Brooklyn, New York. Describing in detail his duties as an officer, he often finds the army...
GLC02183
to Francis Preston Blair
23 August 1856
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Praises a letter Blair wrote, published in a newspaper (possibly the New York Evening Post). Has confidence that "we shall succeed in electing Fremont," referring to John C. Frémont's candidacy in the 1856 Presidential election. Compares the...
GLC02184
Why We are at War. Messages to Congress January to April, 1917
1917
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Signed in front endpaper. Content surrounding America's entry into World War I. Deckle edges.
GLC02186
Confederate cavalryman with canteen, 1/6 plate ambrotype, ruby-glass
1865 ca.
GLC02187
Confederate cavalryman seated with pistol, 1/9 plate ambrotype
The image is said to be that of a member of a cavalryman in Morgan's troop.
GLC02188
Fall in Men! Fall in Promptly! To the Rescue of the State!
circa July 1863
Sparks, Thomas, fl. 1863
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...
GLC02192
Largest Bounties! Recruits Wanted for the Penn'a Volunteers
circa June 1863
Tinen, P.S., fl. 1863
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...
GLC02193
[Address to soldiers before anticipated Union assault on Corinth]
2 May 1862
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Rallying the soldiers before the anticipated battle and assuring a Confederate victory. "We are about to meet once more, in the shock of battle, the invaders of our soil, the despoilers of our homes, the disturbers of our family ties. Face to face...
GLC02195
to Edwin M. Stanton
5 May 1862
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
Signed as Major General commanding in the Department of North Carolina. Writes to the Secretary of War to report on the positions and activities of various troops and generals. "From information obtained through our Spies, I am Satisfied that the...
GLC02196
[Collection of Civil War letters from various soldiers & civilians] [decimalized]
1864-1905
Collection of 51 letters, including 24 wardate soldiers' letters, to recipients in Lancaster and York County, Pennsylvania. Written by various individuals, mostly to Isaac Cover (Kover, Coover) and family in Pennsylvania. Most have envelopes....
GLC02197
[Collection of Leander A. Williston, B company, 3rd regiment, Massachusetts, heavy artillery] [Decimalized .01- .60]
Williston, Leander A., 1830-?
Williston was Lieutenant in the 6th Co. Massachusetts Volunteers. Collection includes his appointment as Sergeant in Company 6 of the Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, 27 June 1863, cloth map, muster rolls and ordnance reports and correspondence from...
GLC02198
[Appointment of Williston, Quarter Master Sergeant of the 6th Co. Mass. Vols.]
27 June 1863
Signed by Capt. A. P. Allen, printed document on "art. vellum."
GLC02198.60
Life studies of the Great Army
1876
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Print portfolio of 40 copperplate etchings made by Forbes while accompanying Union armies. All the etchings have been separated and put in individual folders. Created by Forbes, a member of the French Etching Club, while he travelled with the Union...
GLC02199
[Oil painting of General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback overlooking a battlefield]
circa 1875
Gaul, Gilbert William, 1855-1919
Depicts Grant writing in a notebook while overlooking a battlefield. Several Confederate soldiers lay dead and dying in the foreground. Other Union leaders confer on horseback. Completed in black, white, gray, and brown. Signed by the artist in...
GLC02201
to Arthur Carpenter
3 September 1929
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Writes a witty letter to the business manager at Warm Springs, Georgia, where Roosevelt founded the Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in 1927. Jokes about mosquitoes briefly. Discusses the sprinkler system for the Meriwether Hotel. Signed...
GLC02202
to Howell Cheney
December 7, 1915
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Letter regarding raising money for the war effort. Typed on personal stationery.
GLC02203.01
17 October 1917
Letter regarding the Red Cross. Typed on personal stationery.
GLC02203.02
February 2, 1918
Discusses the sacrifices needed to support the American war effort during World War I. Mentions the War Savings Stamp project as a means for both rich and poor to contribute, but asserts that the such financial support "is a duty rather more...
GLC02203.03
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