June 1862

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Military Bridge Aacross the Chickahominy

One photograph entitled, "Military Bridge Aacross the Chickahominy" taken by David B. Woodbury dated June 1862. Image is of federal soldiers armed with axes, shovels, and other tools are lined up on the nearly complete Woodbury's Bridge constructed over the Chickahominy River in Virginia. A supply wagon can also be seen.

GLC05111.01.0018

October 1862

Armstead, George, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: A Camp Meeting With a Purpose

A print of a photograph taken near Corinth, Kentucky in October 1862. Image shows a large assemblage of troops stretching across the entire photograph. A few soldiers sit in the shade under trees next to horses in the foreground, apart from the assembled troops. Published in Photographic History of the Civil War (2:161) which describes the image as : "With arms stacked, the soldiers are gathered about an improvised stand sheltered with a canvas, listening to a speech upon a burning question of the hour -- the employment of colored troops in the field. . . General Thomas, at the moment this…

GLC05111.01.0019

circa 1861-1865

Armstead, George, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Depot at Stevenson, Ala.

A print of a photograph taken between 1861 and 1865 in Stevenson, Alabama. The photograph shows a large contingent of men, most likely soldiers, standing in front of the building at the Stevenson Railway Depot. Three men stand in the foreground in front of the others. The depot was built in 1852 and rebuilt in 1872, the second structure still stands and as of 2017 serves as a museum. On the verso: a purple ink inscription on adhered tag: "No 10. Depot at Stevenson, Ala. with troops and citizens."; graphite inscriptions: "Use for Chattanooga article identify figures Brig Gen'l. Logan," "10…

GLC05111.01.0020

1862

Armstead, George, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Battery Williams and winter quarters at Corinth, Miss.

A print of a photograph taken of Battery Williams in Corinth, MS. In October 1862, Confederate forces attacked Corinth in an attempt to recapture the strategically important rail lines there. Union forces had taken Corinth the previous spring and erected seven batteries to defend it. On 4 October 1862 the cannonade from Battery Williams devastated the Confederate troops attacking Battery Robinett[e]. The assaults were made bloody and futile for the Confederates by the overwhelming fire laid down. A mounted albumen print. On front: "16 Armstead" in ink on tag; "#805," "6 1/2," and "9738-9-175…

GLC05111.01.0021

1863

Photograph

Title: Battery Williams and Robinette at Corinth taken the winter after the battle.

A print of a photograph taken in Corinth, MS in the winter after the Second Battle of Corinth (roughly 1862-1863). Purple ink inscription on adhered tag on back side. No. 13. Details given: Valuable view of Batteries Williams and Robinette, at Corinth, Miss. Railroad shown is Memphis & Charleston: camera faces west toward Memphis with Corinth behind the camera position to the east. Battery Williams appears on the south side of the RR [left], distinguishable by its flagstaff. Battery Robinette is at the extreme right, facing north. The line of works running to the railroad was built after…

GLC05111.01.0022

circa 1861-1865

Armstead, George, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Federal garrison [winter] quarters, Corinth or Memphis.

A print of a photograph taken during the Civil War. Groupings of three rifles balanced together stand in front of garrison quarters with Federal soldiers sitting and standing and sittingagainst the quarters. Perhaps, Quarter Masters or Sutler's shop, last quarter on the left in row. On verso: purple ink inscription on adhered tag: "No 7. Good view of comfortable quarters. Same time and place. See 'Plato House' and 'Fox River Avenue' on house to the right. [in black ink] (Corinth or Memphis.)"; stamp of Century company; "7 Armstead," "5790-31," and another illegible two words in pencil.

GLC05111.01.0023

1862

Armstead, George, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Corona College, Corinth.

A print of a photograph of the main building of the former Corona College in Corinth, MS. The building is three stories and made of brick. A horse-drawn ambulance is parked at the entrance. Note that the columns are also made of brick. Corona College was founded in 1857 as a female seminary. After the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, the Union Army commandeered the college to use as a hospital. The Army left the area in 1864 and burned the building to the ground, the college never re-opened. On verso: purple ink inscription on adhered tag: "No 18. Corona College, Corinth. Used as a hospital.";…

GLC05111.01.0024

1862

Armstead, George, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Camp of 57th Ill. Infantry, Corinth, MS.

A print of a photograph taken in Corinth, MS during the Civil War. Image of well constructed buildings made from planks. Railroad tracks run in the foreground. This was the camp of the 57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment from October 1862 to November 1863. On verso: purple ink inscription on adhered tag: "No 21. Winter quarters 57th Illinois. Shown also in No. 16 from a different point."; inscriptions in graphite: "VIII", "21 Armstead," "Winter [illegible,]" and "154."; and stamps of the Century Co. On recto, in graphite from top left: "2753 Final," "258," "-13 1/2- shift negative in…

GLC05111.01.0025

1862-1863

Armstead, George, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [Eight Union officers in front of barracks]

A print of a photograph taken during the Civil War. It shows seven Union Army officers and one sergeant standing in front of and leaning on a porch of a Union barracks. The building is a simple clapboard structure and others like it are visible to both sides and the rear. The men are staring off to the left-hand side. On verso: purple ink inscription on adhered tag: "No. 5 Cannot fix location with certainty. May be Memphis or Corinth. Tenn. 1862-3."; in graphite: "5 Armstead," "X 11" and "5790-31[illegible] War."; stamp of the Century Co. Crops marks on recto.

GLC05111.01.0026

circa 1861-1865

Armstead, George, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Ruins of Mississippi Valley Mill.

A print of a photograph taken of ruins during the Civil War. Civilian sitting in foreground, another standing with white frock coat in middleground, and a third on the other side of the tree from the second. The size of the final figure in contrast to the ruins gives evidence to the massive scale of the structure. Identified in Photographic History of the Civil War as "Mississippi Valley Mill." Purple ink inscription on adhered tag: No 9. "Cannot locate this is a typical war scene burned mill or factory." Inscription on verso: "XI 317." Stamp of the Century Co.

GLC05111.01.0027

circa 1865

Bachrach & Chase

Photograph

Title: Practice Ship Constellation

One undated photograph entitled, "Practice Ship Constellation," printed by Bachrach & Chase. Image is of the U.S.S. Constellation which was the last Civil War vessel afloat, that launched August 26, 1854 and was the last all-sail warship built by the U.S. Navy.

GLC05111.01.0028

circa 1865

Bachrach & Chase

Photograph

Title: Gun Deck of "Santee"

One undated photograph entitled, "Gun Deck of 'Santee'" printed by Bachrach & Chase. Image is of a sailor working on his knees on the gun deck of the USS Santee.

GLC05111.01.0029

circa 1865

Bachrach & Chase

Photograph

Title: [Spar deck of the U.S.S. Santee]

One undated photograph entitled, "Spardeck 'Santee,'" printed by Bachrach & Chase. Photograph was taken on upper deck and includes canons and the ship's wheel. Three sailors visible in the middle of the deck.

GLC05111.01.0030

March 1867

Bell, Charles Milton, 1848-1893

Photograph

Title: Successful primary excision of the head and four inches of shaft of the right humerus for gunshot fracture.

One photograph entitled, "Successful primary excision of the head and four inches of shaft of the right humerus for gunshot fracture," taken by Charles Milton Bell dated March 1867. Image is of Major Tomas G. Morrison of Indiana, five months after undergoing surgery on his right arm. Verso features a photograph of the 4" shaft removed from Morrison's forearm, alongside a description of his medical condition and the operation he underwent. Description indicates that Morrison was "wounded at Big Shanty, Georgia, on October 4, 1864 by a conoidal ball, which passed through the surgical neck of…

GLC05111.01.0031

1864

Bostwick Brothers (photographers)

Photograph

Title: Hd. Qrs. Gen'l. Hay(e)s

A print of a photograph taken at the headquarters of Union General Ink inscription on recto: "Hd Qrs. Genl. Hay[inserted: e]s [sic]. Bostwick Bros." Large group of people standing in front of two cabins. The flag over the 2nd Corps flies over the cabin to the left. Barrels sit on top of the chimneys of both cabins. The Musicians pose with their instruments.

GLC05111.01.0034

1855-1860

United States War Department

Book

Title: [Reports of explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean]

Thirteen volumes bound as twelve. Volumes 1 through 11 were issued in the Congressional series of U.S. public documents as 33d Cong., 2d sess. House ex. doc. 91, and also as Senate ex. doc. 78. Volume 11 was issued also (1861) as 36th Cong., 2d sess. Senate ex. doc. [no number]. Large folio volumes with modern leather binding.

GLC04963

24 December 1807

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Dinsmore

Discusses instructions for a table at Monticello. Lists mahogany forwarded to Monticello by Oldham and copies out a note he received from Oldham about the wood planks and the delivery of them to the estate. Jefferson's note to Dinsmore instructs on the size of the table. He uses "I" as the notation for inches. Signed Th: J.

GLC04964

1885

International Polar Expedition, 1882-1883

Book signed

Title: Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska [by Lt. P.H. Ray] in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of December 11, 1884.

Authored by Lieutenant P.H. Ray of the Eighth U.S. Infantry, A.S.O., Commanding Expedition, Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, under the auspice of the International Polar Expedition, 1882-1883. Published by the Government Printing Office. Titlepage signed by George Davidson on 5 December 1885. Davidson was a geodesist, geographer, astronomer who served with U.S. Coast Survey from 1845-1895. Illustrated with color and duotone lithographs.

GLC04966

24 June 1865

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Broadside

Title: [Proclamation lifting restrictions on trade west of the Mississippi River]

Printed signature of President Johnson and Acting Secretary of State William Hunter. Proclamation will "restore unrestricted commercial intercourse between and in the several States ... and Territories west of the Mississippi river." Opens all trade except that in arms, ammunition, all articles from which ammunition is made, gray cloth, and property purchased by agents of the former Confederate forces. Says customs agents will supervise trade and that they shall receive any captured or abandoned property that should be confiscated by law.

GLC04973

17 July 1868

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Pardon of Nathan B. Forrest for rebellion]

Pardon for ex-Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest of Tennessee. The pardon includes a provision against Forrest attempting to enslave people, and that he claim no property or the proceeds of any property that has been ordered sold by court of law. Accompanied by a Free Franked envelope. (c/s by William H. Seward). Features embossed seal on verso.

GLC04977.01

10 August 1868

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

Document signed

Title: Receipt of pardon form. [N. B. Forrest]

Partially printed receipt of pardon form sent by William H. Seward to Nathan B. Forrest along with his pardon. Forrest, as per the specifications of the pardon, returns the completed form to Seward.

GLC04977.02

6 August 1868

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

Document signed

Title: Acknowledging receipt of presidential pardon [for Nathan B. Forrest].

GLC04977.03

24 June 1848

McLain, William, 1806-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George A. Baltimore

McLain writes to Baltimore in Whitehall, New York. Describes the difficulty of a free black man traveling to Washington: "I shall be glad to see you here. But there will be some difficulty in your getting through Baltimore. At the R. Road Depot you will have to get some white man to sign a bond of $5,000 that you are free. And when you leave here the same thing will have to be done." Offers to sign Baltimore's bond in Washington, D.C. Predicts that James Hall, agent of the Maryland Colonization Society, will sign the bond in Baltimore.

GLC04981

18 October 1854

Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to W. B. Todd

Custis, the adopted son (and step-grandson) of George Washington, writes to Todd in Washington, D.C. Recently read a letter stating, "from a prohibitory Law in the District of Columbia touching the hiring of Negro Slaves from Virginia in the District, there was much probability of said Negroes so hired recovering their freedom." Writes, "I have no desire that any of my Negroes should be getting their freedom otherwise than by my giving it to them. I regret these circumstances as the girl Amanda is hired to you much to my satisfaction, & I have no wish to take her from so good a…

GLC04989

1842/08/29

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert M. Patterson re: thanks for new electrotype, improving art of coining

Brief thank-you note, written in a shaky hand.

GLC04990