December 11, 1864

Mayo, Ezekiel R., 1834-?

Document signed

Title: [Field return, artillery park, Army of the Potomac]

Written near City Point, Virginia. Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.168

28 December 1864

Craig, John N., fl. 1864-1865

Printed document

Title: [Instructions regarding proper care of horses in preparation for winter]

Craig, an assistant adjutant general (possibly of artillery reserves, Army of the Potomac), issues General Orders No. 7. Instructs troops on securing shelter and protection for battery horses. Notes that horses should be rough shod for winter, exercised daily, and harnessed at least twice per week. Includes instructions for grooming, cleaning, feeding, harnessing and equipping horses.

GLC02382.169

December 31, 1864

Newbatt, Alfred, fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: Report of ammunition in reserve artillery train

Signed by Lieutenant Alfred Newbatt, ordinance officer. Lists amounts of shot, shell, canister, and other ammunition. Written on lined paper in blue ink with red graph lines.

GLC02382.170

circa 1864

Newbatt, Alfred, fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: [Copy of memorandum received from General Henry Jackson Hunt]

Signed by Lieutenant Newbatt, ordnance officer. General Hunt, Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac, specifies the amount of ammunition to be kept on hand in the reserve artillery train. Possibly written in Virginia.

GLC02382.171

circa 1864

Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: [Wagons required for the transportation of Brigade Head Quarters, Artillery Park, Army of the Potomac]

Signed by Captain Shaffer, commander of Artillery Park. Possibly created in Virginia.

GLC02382.172

8 January 1865

Mayo, Ezekiel R., 1834-?

Document signed

Title: [Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Created near City Point. Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.173

January 15, 1865

Mayo, Ezekiel R., 1834-?

Document signed

Title: [Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

State inferred from contents. Possibly created near City Point. Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.174

January 21, 1865

Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: [Report of ammunition in reserve, artillery park, Army of the Potomac]

Possibly created in Virginia. Captain Shaffer lists reserve amounts of shot, shell, canister, and other ammunition.

GLC02382.175

January 22, 1865

Mayo, Ezekiel R., 1834-?

Document signed

Title: [Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Created near City Point. Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.176

January 11, 1861

Hill & Dorion, fl. 1861

Document

Title: [Bill of sale for seventeen bales of cotton]

Partially printed bill for cotton sold to Taber & Kimball for the account of Major John H. Bills. Bills was a founder of Bolivar, Tennessee. Taber & Kimball, a cotton brokerage in Memphis, was owned by northerners.

GLC03619.02.01

1861-1865

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Printed document

Title: [Message from Confederate President Jefferson Davis]

Asks the Confederate Congress for an appropriation of one million dollars, "to be expended for floating defence on the Western Rivers" and the authority to appoint steamboat men for the necessary service.

GLC03619.02.02

1861

Magee, J., fl. 1861

Print

Title: [Print of Major General Henry W. Halleck]

Engraving of Halleck standing in uniform. Done by J. Magee, 3126 Chesnut St, Philadelphia, 1861. Same image as GLC03619.02.04.

GLC03619.02.03

1861

Magee, J., fl. 1861

Print

Title: [Print of Major General Henry W. Halleck]

Engraving of Halleck standing in uniform. Done by J. Magee, 3126 Chesnut St, Philadelphia, 1861. Same image as GLC03619.02.03.

GLC03619.02.04

1861-1865

Printed document

Title: [United States surgeon's affidavit]

Blank Civil War affidavit used to certify injuries sustained by incapacitated U.S. soldiers.

GLC03619.02.07

26 December 1862

Stephani, Charles, fl. 1862

Autograph note signed

Title: [Receipt of horse]

Indicates he received "One brown mare branded U.S. saddle & bridle" from Major John H. Bills on 24 December 1862. Stephani signs as "Provost Marshal." Docketed twice. Bills was a founder of Bolivar, Tennessee.

GLC03619.02.08

January 13, 1863

Topping & Freeman, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lawrence Dooly

Sends $71.34 (not included) and Dooly's military discharge to him in Athens, Ohio. Sent on stationery of the "General Military Collecting Agency." Dooly was a sergeant in the 63rd Ohio Infantry.

GLC03619.02.09

1 January 1864

Cochran, Alexander, fl. 1820-1864

Document

Title: [Receipt of ordnance stores]

Partially printed receipt for ordnance issued to Lieutenant Adolphus B. Frame from Captain Alex Cochran of the 116th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Among the items listed are 46 Springfield rifle muskets. Received at Sleepy Creek, West Virginia. Envelope stored with others at the end of the decimalized group.

GLC03619.02.10

5 November 1863

Patrick, Marsena R., 1811-1888

Printed document signed

Title: [Army of the Potomac military pass]

Partially printed pass of the Provost Marshal General's Office that gives C.C. Bray, citizen clerk, permission to pass from "Headquarters to within the lines" for the Quarter Masters Department. Expires at the end of the month. Issued by command of General M.R. Patrick. Signed by Patrick's aide-de-camp (name illegible).

GLC03619.02.11

20 April 1865

Walker, Ezra L., 1839-?

Printed document signed

Title: List of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage, transferred

Partially printed document listing items transferred by "Lieut. E.L. Walker Regt Quartermaster United States Army to, Lieut AB Frame," both of the 186th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

GLC03619.02.12

30 April 1865

Frame, Adolphus B., 1840-?

Manuscript document signed

Title: Quarterly Return of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage received and issued at Cleveland Town

Account for the month of April for items received and issued by Adjutant Frame of the 186th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

GLC03619.02.13

15 August 1867

Rogers, John F., fl. 1867

Broadside

Title: Great Sale of Government Clothing

Advertises a public auction of army-issue clothing on 3 September 1867 by order of Quartermaster General Rogers. With some calculations on the verso.

GLC03619.02.14

1881

Gibson, Ella E., fl. 1881

Printed document

Title: [Card depicting the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment's bald eagle, "Old Abe"]

With the story of "Old Abe" on the verso. The live eagle reportedly was brought on all the regiment's marches during its first three years. Gibson gives the "true history": Abe was captured by an Indian in 1861 and presented to an officer. In 1864 he was presented to Wisconsin's governor. He died in 1881 after being shown off at various fairs (including the Centennial Exposition) as a relic of the war. It also indicates that many pictures and pamphlets on Old Abe had been published by Gibson.

GLC03619.02.17

1887-1898

Printed document

Title: [Card of E.C. Cook]

Identifies Cook as Commander of the Phil Sheridan Post in Oak Park Illinois, which existed from 1887-1898. The card has a color medal insignia, with a flag and eagle.

GLC03619.02.18

31 March 1864

Frame, Adolphus B., 1840-?

Printed document signed

Title: Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores Received, Issued, and Remaining on Hand

Partially printed return for Company I, 116th Infantry Regiment of Ohio for the first quarter of 1864. Among the items listed are 46 Springfield rifle muskets. Frame was then a 1st Lieutenant in the regiment. Tri-folded.

GLC03619.02.19

1861-1865

Envelope

Title: [Civil War Patriotic Postal Cover]

Depicts a woman sitting by the shore beside a shield with the American flag, a bushel of wheat, a sack of coins and a quiver with an ax in it. There is a ship visible in the ocean. In color. Envelope is not used.

GLC03619.02.20