1864

Photograph signed

Title: [Channing Clapp, carte de visite]

White mount. Ink inscription on recto: "Channing Clapp, Capt and [illegible]." Vignette bust portrait in military dress.

GLC00919.24.12

December 10, 1866

Photograph signed

Title: [Alex F. Dix, carte de visite]

White mount with gold border. Ink inscription on verso: "Alex. F. Dix, Midway, Ala., Dec. 10, 1866." Vignette half length portrait in civilian dress.

GLC00919.24.13

1861-1877

Photograph signed

Title: [J. Franklonfort, Jr., carte de visite]

White mount with gold border. Franklonfort signed in ink on verso. Full length standing portrait in [military?] dress, with hat placed on the chair beside him.

GLC00919.24.14

1861-1877

Fowx, Egbert Guy, 1821-1891

Photograph signed

Title: [H. M. Hannay, carte de visite]

White mount with gold border. Signed in ink by Hannay on recto. Stamp of Fowx on verso, along with ink inscription: "Bemis Heights, Saratoga Co., N.Y." Vignette bust portrait with beard.

GLC00919.24.15

January 18, 1863

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He talks about not feeling well and reassures his wife that he will be fine and not to worry. He says he's not sure what it would be like to be out of camp and be home. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg

GLC02744.131

January 20, 1863

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He has been sick. But the doctor has broken up his fever. He continues to get better. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg

GLC02744.132.01

January 20, 1863

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph document

Title: to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

Note folded like a triangle. He says Lucien on one side. Inside there are three words, illegible.

GLC02744.132.02

January 22, 1863

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

While he aware of the claims of his country he is also aware of the claims of his family. Still laid up in his tent. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg

GLC02744.133

January 23, 1863

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

Glad she looks forward to the idea of keeping house. He talks about their unique relationship. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg

GLC02744.134

January 25, 1863

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph letter

Title: to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He gives a recipe for headaches, details troop movements, and describes things getting stuck in the mud. End of letter indicates prescence of additional smaller sheet but there is no extra page in folder.

GLC02744.135

22 October 1863

Swisher, James S., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lydia A. Bishoff

He had a difficult time at St. George and "traveled like the Devil" until arriving at Rowlsburg. He wants Bishoff to tell Dan to come down and visit if he comes home, and he asks how everyone is getting along at the mill. Swisher mentions some gossip he has heard from home (Johnny Whiller told him that "the old woman had left him"). He would like to know how John Deets and Ellen Heckert are getting along.

GLC03523.40.28

1861-1877

Bishoff, Lydia A., fl. 1861-1877

Autograph manuscript

Title: Lines to my Husband

The poem describes the feelings of a wife as she contemplates being replaced by another after her death. "The love which once I called my own/To her will then be given," Bishoff writes, later describing how "My children will then be taught/ To call her mother dear." Presumably, Bishoff is referring to her own familial situation, as she was Major David Stemple Jr.'s second wife, and took over the duties of mothering the seven children Stemple had by his first wife, Elizabeth Wotring (who died in 1862).

GLC03523.40.29

1861-1877

Bishoff, Lydia A., fl. 1861-1877

Autograph manuscript

Title: Young Sandy the Sailor

The poem describes the story of a sailor who dies at sea, and who is attempting to console his loved one, telling her that, "The storm is past and I'm at rest/ So mary weep nomore for me."

GLC03523.40.30

1861-1877

Bishoff, Lydia A., fl. 1861-1877

Autograph manuscript

Title: The Copperhead Song

The poem describes "the southern copper head/It's head is big its heart is black/In treacherous deeds there will nothing lack." The author discusses the possibility of "desert[ing] this glorious union cause and join[ing] the rebel side," but concludes that, "We would rather die than thus disgrace our flag in dicksies land."

GLC03523.40.31

February 14, 1863

Swisher, Daniel, fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: [valentine to Lydia A. Bishoff]

Swisher writes that "Sure as the grape grows round the vine I chose you for my valentine in hopes it may your sweet attention gain or else in vain in vain." He goes on to say that, "the rose is red the violet blue Sugar is sweet and So are you my fun is had my ink is pale my love to you shall never fail."

GLC03523.40.32

1861-1877

Jeffreys, Mary Stemple, fl. 1861-1877

Pamphlet

Title: Mother, 1841-1914

This pamphlet provides a short family history of Lydia A. Bishoff, as well as a list of all of Bishoff's children.

GLC03523.40.34

1861-1877

Jeffreys, Mary Stemple, fl. 1861-1877

Pamphlet

Title: David Stemple, 1816-1906

This pamphlet provides a short family history of Major David Stemple, Jr., as well as a list of all of Stemple's children.

GLC03523.40.35

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: [envelope to Lydia A. Bishoff}

Envelope, addressed to Miss Lydia A. Bishoff, German settlement, Preston Co., VA.

GLC03523.40.36

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: [envelope to Lydia A. Bishoff}

Envelope from Martinsburg, VA, with the poem, "On Guard" printed on the front, addressed to Miss Lydia A. Bishoff, German settlement, Preston Co., VA.

GLC03523.40.37

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: [envelope to Lydia A. Bishoff}

Envelope from Falmouth, VA, addressed to Lydia A. "Bishop," Wolf Creek Mills, VA.

GLC03523.40.38

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: [envelope to Lydia A. Bishoff}

Envelope from Rowlsburg, VA, addressed to Miss Lydia A. Bishoff, German settlement, Preston, VA.

GLC03523.40.39

7 March 1865

Photograph

Title: [photograph of Major David Stemple, Jr.]

Photograph of Major David Stemple, Jr.

GLC03523.40.41

1869

Photograph

Title: [photograph of Lydia A. Bishoff]

Photograph of Lydia A. Bishoff

GLC03523.40.42

1861-1877

Photograph

Title: [photograph of Archibald Jerome Stemple]

Photograph of Archibald Jerome Stemple, oldest son of Major David Stemple, Jr., by his first wife, Elizabeth Wotring. "A.J." was killed during the Civil War at the battle of Cold Harbor.

GLC03523.40.43

1861-1877

Photograph

Title: [photograph of Luther Startzman]

Photograph of Luther Startzman, cousin of Major David Stemple, Jr.

GLC03523.40.44