circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Pratt's Castle.

Inscription on verso: "Pratt's Castle." Numeric Notation on verso: "134."

GLC05111.01.0725

1862/9/19-20 ca.

Photograph

Title: Ruins of Mumma house, Antietam battlefield, Md. [September 19-20, 1862 ca.]

Although inscription on verso reads, "Ruins of Summit House," the image is clearly of the Mumma homestead at Sharpsburg [Antietam], Md. The image has also been identified by Frassanito in his book "Antietam" as "Ruins of the Mumma house" and was taken by Gardner on either 9/19/62 or 9/20/62. The house was ordered to be burned by Confederates fearing that Federal forces would occupy the buildings for sharpshooting. Numeric Notation on verso: "142."

GLC05111.01.0726

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Merchants Cotton Mill.

Inscription on verso: "Merchants Cotton Mill." Numeric Notation on verso: "145."

GLC05111.01.0727

1865/04 ca.

Photograph

Title: Ruins of Gaines Mill, near Cold Harbor, Va. [April 1865 ca.]

Inscription on verso: "Ruins of Gaines Mill." Numeric Notation on verso: "148."

GLC05111.01.0728

1864/02

Photograph

Title: Steamboats loading and unloading supplies at Vicksburg docks. February 1864

Three steamboats moored at the docks in Vicksburg, loading and unloading cargo as evinced by the horse-drawn wagons. Inscription on verso: "The levee at Vicksburg Missi, Feb., 1864." Numeric Notation on verso: "137."

GLC05111.01.0729

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Two men looking off to Chickasaw Bluffs Point.

Inscription on verso: "Chickasaw Bluffs Point." Two men, one standing and the other reclining on the ground, look off to a steep, wooded rise in the background--Chickasaw Bluff Point.

GLC05111.01.0730

1 August 1862

Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lorenzo Thomas

Badeau, captain and aide-de-camp, writes to Thomas, United States Adjutant General. Writes, "I have the honor to report my continued presence in Washington City, awaiting orders for the field, with Brig Gen T. W. Sherman, to whom I was reassigned by the Secretary of War. Includes his address. Includes a note written by Edward Davis Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, 11 August 1862. Townsend states that Badeau will report to General Thomas Sherman, from whose staff he has not been properly relieved.

GLC05022

25 April 1863

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Marked "unofficial" at the top. General Benham writes to a general whose name is not included. Discusses complaints leveled against him. Encloses a letter pertaining to such complaints (not included). Recently sent one of his best officers to Belle Plain, Virginia to address matters pertaining to pontoon bridges there. Mentions Generals Reynolds and Wadsworth (possibly John F. Reynolds and James Wadsworth).

GLC05023

20 October 1863

Casey, Silas, 1807-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Cullen Bryant

General Casey, who served as president of the Board for the Examination of Candidates for Officers of African American troops, encloses an article which he cut from the New York Evening Post (not included). Informs Bryant, editor of the Post, that assertions made by the newspaper regarding the Board were false. States that Colonel Bowman, in charge of the Board during Casey's absence, also attests that the Post's allegations were false. Reports "The objectionable part of the article, will I fear have a tendency to keep persons of true merit from presenting themselves for Examination."…

GLC05027

1 November 1865

Eaton, Joseph Horace, 1815-1896

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frank M. Etting

Brevet Brigadier General Eaton, paymaster, writes to Colonel Etting, Chief Paymaster in Baltimore, Maryland. Discusses the question of bounty due to loyal owners of slaves. Marked "Confidential" at top. Written on War Department, Paymaster General's Office stationery.

GLC05031

1 March 1864

Gibbs, Alfred, 1823-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F. S. Cozzens

Written from camp near Culpeper. Missed Cozzens on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. On the train to Washington, sat beside a Presbyterian parson. Told the parson he was a brevet Bishop in the Army of the Potomac. Notes that the parson was respectful in consequence, but drank a large amount from Gibbs's canteen. Writes, "I can't be funny under any circumstances... They have just sent the best part of my brigade, and left me here to watch the [river?]." Requests tacks. Wishes he had "redeye" instead of "'certain death' suttler whiskey."

GLC05033

14 December 1863

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888

Letter signed

Title: to Henry W. Halleck

Gillmore, commanding the Department of the South, discusses the measures for improving the condition of African Americans in his department with Halleck, United States General-in-Chief. States "The wisdom of the course pursued, (under my uniform rule to treat the white and the colored soldier alike,) has been fully vindicated upon the field of battle and in the trenches. Every vestige of the prejudice and ill feeling, which existed, between the white and the colored troops ... has disappeared under the excitement of an active campaign ... " States that the troops in the Department of the…

GLC05034

3 September 1862

Mansfield, Joseph K.F., 1803-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry W. Halleck

Marked "Confidential." Advises Halleck "You want the best troops in the line of Washington" and not scattered over the Peninsula, since he expects Washington will be the focus of Confederate plans. Thinks the regiments in Washington should be sent to Norfolk to be trained, and battle-tested men from Norfolk should be sent to join the Army of the Potomac for the climactic campaign. Also offers his services, if wanted, in the Army of the Potomac. 1 black and white bust engraving of Mansfield included.

GLC05043

circa 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: Letter and carte de visite [Decimalized .01-.02]

Letter from George Washington Morgan to Andrew Johnson and carte de visite of Morgan.

GLC05045

20 October 1863

Pelouze, Louis Henry, 1831-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Adam Badeau

Pelouze, major and aide-de-camp, writes to Captain Badeau, also an aide-de-camp. Pelouze reports that when reading the Army and Navy Official Gazette, he discovered that Badeau will be recommended for dismissal unless he appears before a military commission in Washington, headed by General James Ricketts, within seven days. Offers his services to Badeau, asking if he may present his case to the board. Reminisces about old times spent at the "E.C." Feels confident that Badeau can defend his case in person. Notes that he will write to General Richard Busteed and his wife. Remarks, "I want…

GLC05047

2 April 1862

Wool, John E., 1784-1869

Letter signed

Title: to Preston King, Erastus Corning, and Abram B. Olin

Defends his actions, questions why McClellan should rank above him, and advocates a more aggressive military policy. States that he has done everything within his power to prepare his army, and any failings are the fault of others. Also claims that his actions saved Washington, even though he has not been given proper credit for this. Is angry that McClellan, a much younger officer, is being given command over him. Asserts that the Union could have already taken Richmond if they had listened to him and been more aggressive. Also states that he warned about the Civil War before it began,…

GLC05056

circa February 12, 1864

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written by Rear Admiral Dahlgren to an unknown recipient. Dahlgren notes that "The Gunners perpendiculars & Levels you speak of must be some recently invented and highly skientific [sic] tools not generally known, as yet they are certainly beyond our limited ken here." Says "We are doing well as you say, and the Navy are just the ones to Foote the bill." ("are" and "Foote"are underscored; latter may be a humorous reference to Admiral Andrew Hull Foote ). Says last December he tried to get iron vessels, but was brushed off and claims "If they had heeded my prayer, the matter would have…

GLC05058

1863-1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Header Record

Title: [General orders, 1863, no. 1-400 (3 vols), and 1864 no. 1-380 (3 vols)]

Bound copies of general orders for 1863 and 1864 printed by the Government Printing Office. Includes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863 #1), "Regulations for the care of field works, and the government of their garrisons" (1863 #45), Lincoln's proclamation "Respecting soldiers absent without leave" (1863 #58), orders "In respect to the regulating of intercourse with the insurrectionary states..." (1863 #100). Finally, concerning Black military troops, some of them recently freemen, "A Bureau is established... relating to the organization of colored troops" (1863 # 143). Volume 1, 2,…

GLC05061

18 February 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to pardon Nathan Darling].

1 black and white bust engraving of Lincoln included.

GLC05062

17 July 1939

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Thomas McAllister

Mentions that he enjoyed reading McAllister's report and editorials on the Regional Conferences being held by the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. Discusses women's role in politics.

GLC05064

1861-1865 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph signed

Title: [Joseph Hooker]

GLC05066

1864

United States. Congress (38th, 1st session : 1864)

Book

Title: [House report no. 65 regarding the Fort Pillow massacre and no. 67 regarding returned prisoners of war]

Contains a full report of the April 1864 battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, based on an investigation of the battle itself, as well as the operations of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest "and his command immediately preceding and subsequent to that horrible transaction." Includes testimony from soldiers present at the battle, who witnessed Forrest's violations of the conduct of war, including shooting unarmed Union troops following their surrender. Contains the testimony of Lieutenant Mack J. Leaming, who wrote a detailed account of the events of Fort Pillow in 1893 (refer to…

GLC05080.06

1895/12/09

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: Appointment of Rufus W. Peckham as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Counter-signed by Judson Harmon.

GLC05085.01

1870s ca.

Peckham, Rufus W., 1838-1909

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Listing of court cases and abstracts]

Notebook listing important court cases and their abstracts, in Peckham's hand. Most of Peckham's papers are believed destroyed. A small group of 800 items is at the Library of Congress. A.K. Wigdor, The Personal Papers of the Supreme Court Justices (NY 1986).

GLC05085.02

5 October 1872

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of Henry Smith, convicted of counterfeiting.

Pardon of Henry Smith, convicted of passing counterfeit money. (c/s Hamilton Fish)

GLC05086