1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: The rear of the column

Marked "Plate 18." Depicts stragglers and wagon guards bringing up the rear while the wagon train is seen coming down the distant hill, with flankers thrown out to protect it from the enemy's horseman. Depicts a black man, possibly a freed slave, among the lead figures. Actual size of the image without the margins is 28.3 x 40.7 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents from GLC02199. Paper is brittle and edges are damaged.

GLC08653.10

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: Stuck in the mud

Marked "Plate 19." Contains 2 images. Top half titled "Stuck in the Mud," depicts a pontoon wagon with a boat stuck fast in the mud. A regiment of infantry is pulling on a rope attached to the head of the team, trying to drag them to firmer ground. Bottom image titled "A Flank March Across Country During a Thunder Storm," shows a drenched column of men marching. Actual size of the image without the margins is 28.3 x 40.7 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents for GLC02199. Paper is brittle and edges damaged.

GLC08653.11

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: On picket at the river bank

Marked "Plate 22." Has 3 images. Upper left image is titled "On Picket at the River Bank," and shows several large trees along the edge of a river with a solider standing next to one of them. Upper right image is titled "An Old Saw Mill," and shows mill with several wagons next to it. The wheel is not visible. Bottom image is titled "Wating for Something to Show Up," and depicts a scene behind a breastwork during a lull in a battle. The troops defending this position of the line are sleeping under their tents or lounging under the shade of trees and house. A lookout is posted in a tree to…

GLC08653.12

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: The "Reliable Contraband"

Marked "Plate 23." A scene at the cavalry outpost. In the foreground a black runaway slave, a contraband of war, is leading an old horse and is seen hesitatingly imparting to anxious officers what little information he posses of the enemy's movements. Cavalrymen and their horses are grouped about the house in the middle ground, and in the distance a look-out is sitting on his horse watching the road through the woods, in anticipation of the approach of the enemy. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.4 x 40.5 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image…

GLC08653.13

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: A distant battle

Marked "Plate 25." Battle seen from a distance of about 6 miles. In the foreground is an abandoned breastwork; and on the road to the left a column of troops is seen hurrying toward the sound and smoke of distant cannon. Actual size of the image without the margins is 17.9 x 40.3 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents for GLC02199. Paper brittle and edges damaged.

GLC08653.14

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: A hot day

Marked "Plate 27." Group of five images. Upper left is titled "A Hot Day," and depicts soldiers grouped about a gun in position, and sleeping under a shelter. Upper right is titled "Beef Steak Rare," and shows a grizzled soldier in camp holding a frying pan with a long handle over a fire, Bottom left image is titled "A Straggler," depicting a soldier with his knapsack hanging from his rifle -- table of contents says he is "Always sick when a fight is expected." Lower middle images is titled "A Quiet Nibble on the Cavalry Skirmish Lines," and shows a cavalryman smoking a pipe and looking into…

GLC08653.15

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: Newspapers in camp

Marked "Plate 28." The newsman is sitting on horseback, surrounded by men in camp who are buying and reading the latest news from the front as it comes from the rear. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.9 x 40.3 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents from GLC 02199. Paper is brittle and edges are damaged.

GLC08653.16

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: Gone off with the Yanks

Marked "Plate 32." Contains 4 images. Upper left image is titled "Gone off with the Yanks," and shows what appears to be an abandoned slave shack. Upper right image is titled "A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey," and shows soldiers appearing to plunder a Confederate farm. One soldier is taking a bee hive, while another was knocked down by a cow he was trying to lead away. The lower left image is titled "A Scouting Party," and shows a group of cavalrymen about to cross a wooden bridge. Lower right image is titled "An Old Campaigner," and shows a black cook with a mess mule. Actual size of the…

GLC08653.17

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: The outer picket line, winter

Marked "Plate 33." A stunning landscape with several tents and men in the foreground. The mountains dominate the background. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.4 x 40.2 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents from GLC02199. Paper is brittle and edges are damaged.

GLC08653.18

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: Traffic between the lines

Marked "Plate 35." Depicts pickets trading for coffee and tobacco between the fortified lines during a truce. the enemy's works, protected by abattis and cheveaux-de-frise, are seen in the background, with groups of soldiers on the parapet. The landscape is dominated by left over tree stumps. The forest was probably decimated to make the fortifications in the background. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.7 x 40.3 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents from GLC02199. Paper is brittle and edges are damaged.

GLC08653.19

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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Title: Bummers

Marked "Plate 39." A group of cavalrymen huddles on a road, watching a body of men who have just appeared at the turn in a road. One says, "They're 'Johnnies,' boys, as sure as you're born." Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.3 x 40.3 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents from GLC02199. Paper is brittle and edges are damaged.

GLC08653.20

4 May 1862

Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lile Miller

Writes from Camp Washington to his wife. Comments on his quarters being full of lice.

GLC02155.043

circa 1861

Ford, Nicholas, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his sister

Written from Camp Graham, in Washington, D.C. No date listed, but previous research estimated it was written about 1861.

GLC02157.01

13 November 1861

Ford, Nicholas, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his sister

GLC02157.02

December 16, 1861

Ford, Nicholas, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George E. Armstrong

Written from Camp Palmer, Washington, D.C. Writes to answer Armstrong's questions about enlistment and life as a soldier.

GLC02157.03

30 October 1862

Armstrong, George E., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his mother

Written from "Camp Washington, [S.I.]," likely in Staten Island, New York.

GLC02157.05

26 August 1862

Day, Mark, fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his friends

Writes from camp near Warrenton Junction, Virginia. Describes his long journey by ship to Alexandria. Says he still feels incapacitated by his wound, but has rejoined his regiment despite this. States his concern about not receiving any word from home concerning his mother, who is not expected to live. Concludes by asking Ogden to forward his mail to him in Washington. Includes an embossed seal in the upper left hand corner.

GLC06559.014

29 November 1862

Day, Mark, fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Reports on his health and on his mother's death. His regiment is attempting to obtain his discharge, but he does not want to go home yet. Tells Ogden that he would like to visit her if he lives. Also comments unfavorably on the care he received in the Detroit Hospital. Includes an embossed seal in the upper left hand corner.

GLC06559.016

9 January 1863

Day, Mark, fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Writes from Camp Pitcher that he has been in the hospital since he last wrote to Ogden. He hopes to go home soon, and promises to visit her at the Broad and Cherry on the way. Says he will also have a photograph taken for her. Informs her that seven men from his regiment were wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia. He and the men do not think very much of General Ambrose Burnside and asks Ogden's opinion on the subject. Includes an embossed seal in the upper left hand corner.

GLC06559.017

6 June 1864

Ekings, John, fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Writes from Mt. Holly, a present day township in Burlington County, New Jersey. Inquires about the condition of his son, Thomas, about whom he has received contradictory reports. Says he traveled to Washington, D. C. to obtain information and spoke with an officer from his son's regiment. The officer told him that his son had been taken prisoner, but could not say whether or not he was wounded. States it has been four weeks since his son was last seen on the field and there has been no mention of his name in any of the army lists. Envelope includes a three cent stamp.

GLC06559.018

28 December circa 1862

Ekings, Thomas, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his friend

Writes from camp near "White Oak Chapel" that he wishes he had been sent to Philadelphia for the wound he received at Manassas. However, if he had, he would not have been able to fight at the Battles of Crampton Pass and Antietam. Says he has fought in every one of his regiment's engagements and survived. Writes, "It seems wonderfull that I am still in the Land of the living after going through what I have. I have seen instances of New Recruits going into their first fight and manny [sic] of them were killed. Says, "the reverse at Fredericksburgh [sic] was a heavey blow to us. It has…

GLC06559.021

January 14, 1863

Ekings, Thomas, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his friend

Writes from camp near "White Oak Chapel." Says he is still in his old camp, where the men occupy their time doing drills. States despite Ogden's advice, he cannot help feeling disheartened by the defeat at Fredericksburg, Virginia, for he believes the battle was unnecessary. Notes all of the mistakes that the commanders of the army have made thus far. In particular, he feels that General Ambrose Burnside should never have been given command of the Army of the Potomac. However, Burnside himself cannot be blamed for current problems; instead, those in Washington who gave him the command must…

GLC06559.022

28 February 1864

Ekings, Thomas, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Writes from camp near Perrine. Says upon arriving at Trenton, he received orders to proceed to Washington, D.C. with a detachment of deserters and "stragglers." Describes his activities at camp and the various people he met during the course of his duties. Also describes an industrious escape attempt by a group of Rebel prisoners, which he and his men thwarted. Informs Ogden that a detachment of recruits will be sent to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Expresses his anger over the way Mr. Patterson treats Ogden and says, "he used language to me which to a soldier was an insult," and calls Mr.…

GLC06559.027

11 May 1864

Ford, Charles, fl. 1863-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Writes that his company was sent to Washington with prisoners, while he and three other men were sent to New York with more prisoners. While in New York, he was able to go home for two days, where he found his family in good health. Describes his journey to Brattleboro, Vermont, and life in his camp just outside the town. Says duty is not hard, because no troops are stationed there as of yet. Notes he is waiting to be paid, which will take a while because they do not have a paymaster. Includes an embossed seal in the upper left hand corner. Envelope includes a three stamp.

GLC06559.032

15 August 1864

Ford, Charles, fl. 1863-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Writes from Camp Chemung known as Elmira. He is glad that both Ogden and her family are healthy after the "rebel raid in Pa." His regiment has been stationed in Vermont, guarding Rebel prisoners, for the last few months. Says plans to send the regiment to Washington fell through because the State militia detailed to take over guard duty consisted mainly of young boys incapable of controlling the prisoners. Explains that there are 8,000 prisoners or more being housed in his regiment's old barracks. Informs Ogden that the regiment will probably stay in Vermont because the time is almost over…

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