1904

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Book

Title: Recollections and letters of General Robert E. Lee

Written by his son. Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, New York.

GLC00267.270

1909

Page, Thomas N., 1853-1922

Book

Title: Robert E. Lee the southerner

GLC00267.271

1886

Long, A.L., 1827-1891

Book

Title: Memoirs of Robert E. Lee

Title continues "His Military and Personal History embracing a large amount of information heretofore unpublished...together with incidents relating to his private life subsequent to the war." Published by J. M. Stoddart & Company, New York and B.F. Johnson and Co., Richmond, Virginia. Long served as military secretary to General Lee.

GLC00267.272

1904

Leonard, Albert C., fl. 1904

Book

Title: The Boys in blue of 1861-1865, a condensed history worthy of preserving

I Nevins 196, Dornbusch (Penn.) 181, Coulter 290.

GLC00267.273

1928

Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927

Header Record

Title: Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858

Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company and The Riverside Press Cambridge of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Details the life of Abraham Lincoln. Divided into sections based on time and location. Beveridge meant this work to be a companion to his book, The Life of John Marshall, where he chronicles the history of the United States through the life of a historical figure. With both works, Beveridge covers the history of America from colonial days to the end of the Civil War. In volume one, the first two pages are glued together at the bottom, and the right edge of the first four pages in the…

GLC00267.274

1928

Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927

Book

Title: Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858 ["manuscript edition" - expanded]

Howes B408aa. Limited "manuscript" edition

GLC00267.275

November 1910

Newton, Joseph Fort, 1876-1950

Book

Title: Lincoln and Herndon

Published by The Torch Press. Dedicated "To Josephine Kate "The Blessed Baby" with love and joy." Written as a "study of [Lincoln and William H. Herndon's] personal and political fellowship..." Describes the relationship between Lincoln and Herndon both in the field of law and in politics. Gives a brief biography of Herndon. Includes selected letters of Herndon. Green cover with stamped lettering and design on the spine and front cover. Sewn binding.

GLC00267.277

circa 1909

Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947

Pamphlet

Title: Abraham Lincoln in contemporary caricature

GLC00267.278

1945

Randall, J .G. (James Garfield), 1881-1953

Header Record

Title: Lincoln the president: Springfield to Gettysburg

First two volumes of a four volume set. Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Printed by the Vail-Ballou Press, Inc. in Binghampton, New York. Dedicated "To Ruth, whose unfailing help and interest illumined the labor of these pages." Details the life of Lincoln from his birth and time growing up in Springfield, Illinois to his speech at Gettysburg. In volume one, the right edges of chapter fourteen are uncut. Red cover with gold stamped lettering on the spine and front cover. Sewn binding.

GLC00267.279

1896

Book

Title: The Story of one regiment: The Eleventh Maine infantry volunteers...

I Nevins 127, Dornbusch 73, Union bookshelf 136.

GLC00267.280

1921

McKim, Randolph H., 1842-1920

Book

Title: A Soldier's recollections: Leaves from the diary of a young Confederate...

I Nevins 126, Coulter 311 cites the first edition. 2nd Maryland Infantry Also published in London, Bombay, and Calcutta

GLC00267.281

1862

Massachusetts General Court, fl. 1862

Pamphlet

Title: Proceedings in the Legislature of Massachusetts, upon the Act of the State of Maryland appropriating seven thousand dollars for the families of those belonging to the sixth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, who were killed or disabled by wounds received in the riot at Baltimore April 19th, 1861.

Published by Wright and Potter. Includes Massachusetts Mayor John Albion Andrew's statement requesting the Maryland General Assembly to inform the Massachusetts General Court of action taken regarding relief of Massachusetts soldiers slain or disabled in the Baltimore Riot. Contains acts passed in Maryland and Massachusetts for relief of these soldiers and their families.

GLC00267.282

1884

Book

Title: History of the thirty-fifth regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, 1862-1865

I Nevins 129, Dornbusch 305, Union bookshelf 150.

GLC00267.283

1868-1871

Schouler, William, 1814-1872

Header Record

Title: A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War

Written by Schouler as the former Adjutant General of Massachusetts. Two volume history. First volume published 1868, second volume 1871. First volume has 670 pages and the second volume has 711 pages. First volume published by E.P. Dutton & Co. and second volume published by the author at 39 Kilby Street in Boston. Both volumes stereotyped in Cambridge, Massachusetts by John Wilson and Son. First volume dedicated to Levi Lincoln and second to Harrison Gray Otis. Engraving of Governor John A. Andrews opposite the title page of first volume. Preface of first volume says "that one…

GLC00267.284

December 31, 1861

Schouler, William, 1814-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Annual report of the Adjutant-General, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with reports from the Quartermaster-General, Surgeon-General, Commissary-General, and Master of Ordnance

Adjutant General Schouler submitted his report along with the reports of the Quartermaster General, Surgeon General, Commissary General, and Master of Ordnance to Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew. All the reports contain an update on the department, sometimes with pertinent correspondence, and various financial statements. Pages 1-91 contains the report of Schouler. Next is the report of Surgeon General William J. Dale, which is paginated 1-15 (with charts and tables on page 8-15). Next is the report of the Master of Ordinance Charles Amory, which is paginated 1-21 (with charts and…

GLC00267.285

04 July 1863

McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

Printed document

Title: [General orders number 20, congratulating soldiers for their performance in the Battle of Vicksburg]

McPherson, Commander of the 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, declares: "With tireless energy, with sleepless vigilance, by night and by day, with battery and with rifle pit, with trench and mine, you made your sure approaches, until overcome by fatigue, and driven to despair in the attempt to oppose your irresistible progress, the whole garrison of over thirty thousand men with all their arms and munitions of war, have, on this, the anniversary of our NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE surrendered to the invincible troops of the ARMY of the TENNESSEE."

GLC00267.286

[1904?]

Book

Title: Record. Twenty-second Michigan infantry, Civil War 1861-1865

Volume 22 of the Michigan Adjutant General Reports. Illustrated.

GLC00267.287

1899

Book

Title: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865. Volume II Official reports...

Second edition.

GLC00267.288

4 January 1876

Peyster, John Watts de, 1821-1907

Pamphlet

Title: Nashville. The decisive battle of the rebellion

Address delivered before the annual meeting of the New-York Historical Society by Major General dePeyster. Part of a paragraph on page 4 is crossed out, but still legible. Also a sentence on page 6 is crossed out, but still legible. Gives an account of the build-up to the Battle of Nashville, as well as the battle itself. Originally wrappers and stab stich binding. Speaks positively about Union Major General George H. Thomas.

GLC00267.290

1895

O., Edward, fl. 1895

Book

Title: History of the ninth regiment New Hampshire volunteers in the war...

I Nevins 123, Dornbusch 36.

GLC00267.291

1904

Livermore, Thomas L., 1844-1918

Book

Title: History of the eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, 1864-5

I Nevins 121, Dornbusch 76

GLC00267.292

1888

Toombs, Samuel, 1844-1889

Book

Title: New Jersey troops in the Gettysburg campaign

Title continues, "from June 5 to July 31, 1863." "To the memory of the gallant Jerseymen who sacrificed their lives at the battle of Gettysburg for the maintenance of the Union this book is reverently dedicated." Inscription inside cover: "Butler Post, 35. Compliments of Ye Olde Booke Store, 95 Van Houten St., Jan. 6--92." Published in Orange, NJ. Illustrated with wood engravings, with battlefield maps, monuments erected by the state of New Jersey, and portraits of brigade and regimental commanders.

GLC00267.293

1864

Eddy, Richard, 1828-1906

Book

Title: History of the sixtieth regiment New York State volunteers

Full title is: "History of the Sixtieth Regiment New York state volunteers, From the Commencement of its Organization in July, 1861, to its Public Reception at Ogdensburgh as a Veteran Command, January 7th, 1864." Written by Eddy, the chaplain of the regiment. Published by Eddy himself in Philadelphia at 133 Congress Street. Stereotyping by J. Fagan and Son. Printed by Crissy & Markley. A former owner signed the front twice, once in pen and once in pencil. The name is illegible, but it is dated "Phil 1880." On inside front cover there is a glued paper advertisement for the…

GLC00267.295

1867

Stevens, George Thomas., fl. 1832-1921

Book

Title: Three years in the Sixth Corps

Full title is: "Three years in the Sixth Corps. A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April 1865." Published by D. Van Nostrand in New York. Printed by Weed, Parsons and Company at 18 North Pearl Street in Albany, New York. Written by Stevens as the surgeon of the 77th Regiment of New York Volunteers. Says the book is written mostly from extensive notes he took "amid the scenes described." Says engravings in the book are all from sketches taken by the author and the artist Captain J. Hope, who submitted finishing touches all…

GLC00267.297

1900

New York, Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Ch

Header Record

Title: Final report on the battlefield of Gettysburg

Spine title: New York at Gettysburg. Monuments commission report for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Albany: J.B. Lyon Company. Written in accordance with a New York state act "to provide for designating the positions and movements of the troops of the State of New York on the battlefield of Gettysburg." Contains itineraries, rosters, and casualty lists of the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia, and reports of monument dedication ceremonies. Contains maps in each volume related to the Battle of Gettysburg.

GLC00267.298