1 June 1865-31 July 1865

Letterbook

Title: [Telegram book from the Treasury Department]

Contains a title page with the initials H. B. written in the bottom left corner. Includes some correspondence handwritten on tissue paper. This correspondence lists the date, name of the recipient(s), body of the message, and name of the sender(s). Other messages are handwritten on stationery of the American Telegraph Company, and are attached to thicker paper, bound within this volume. Company stationery contains the company address, terms and conditions of transmitting messages via telegraph, and the names of Cambridge Livingston as company Secretary, and Edward S. Sanford as company…

GLC03519.02

November 1, 1865 - December 31, 1865

Letterbook

Title: [Telegram book from the Treasury Department]

Includes some correspondence handwritten on tissue paper. This correspondence lists the date, name of the recipient(s), body of the message, and name of the sender(s). Other messages are handwritten on stationery of the American Telegraph Company, and are attached to thicker paper, bound within this volume. Company stationery contains the company address, terms and conditions of transmitting messages via telegraph, and the names of Cambridge Livingston as company Secretary, and Edward S. Sanford as company President. On the stationery, handwritten telegraphs follow the printed portion,…

GLC03519.03

1862-1893

Header Record

Title: Civil War - Medal of Honor winners, Union Generals [Decimalized .01-.04.02]

Five documents from Civil War General who received the Medal of Honor.

GLC03472

16 July 1864

Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Recommending Sergeant George F. Mott for promotion. With newspaper clipping stating Ames had become the Senator for Mississippi.

GLC03472.01

4 August 1862

Post, Philip Sidney, 1833-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James G. Wilson

Agrees to forward a biographical sketch for publication in Wilson's paper.

GLC03472.02

28 November 1880

Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Clark

Sending a biographical sketch of the life of Colonel William H. Greenwood, for publication in "Society of the Army of the Cumberland." Written at Fort Clark.

GLC03472.03

1864-1893

Header Record

Title: Two letters from Civil War Generals [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC03472.04

10 December 1838

Miles, Dixon Stansbury, 1804-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Urgently requests a promotion and to be stationed in Baltimore, so he may be close to his ailing wife.

GLC03473

1862-1879

Header Record

Title: Civil War Union Generals, artillery collection [Decimalized .01-.08]

Eight documents signed by Union Artillery Generals.

GLC03474

24 June 1863

Arnold, Richard, 1828-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Cuvier Grover

Ordering a section of Captain Nims' battery "to report to General Erickson at Newport tomorrow at 500 A.M." Written at Head Quarters, Department of the Gulf, likely in New Orleans.

GLC03474.01

9 August 1862

Barry, William Farquhar, 1818-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Hillhouse

Forwarding a note from Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas, and recommending the bearer for a post as a subaltern with the rank of Lieutenant. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm. Written along the James River in Virginia.

GLC03474.02

12 December 1863

Hays, William, 1819-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Requests that Sprague provide a copy of a muster roll for a New York Artillery regiment to William Turner.

GLC03474.04

February 2, 1865

Seymour, Truman, 1824-1891

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

Recommending Captain Briggs for promotion. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03474.07

February 22, 1864

Tyler, Robert Ogden, 1831-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew A. Humphreys

Expressing his high regard for Humphreys and the Army of the Potomac.

GLC03474.08

1862-1865

Header Record

Title: Civil War - Union Generals, Cavalry collection [Decimalized .01-.04]

Four documents from Union Generals who served in the Cavalry.

GLC03475

3 March 1864

Averell, William W., 1832-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to C. B. Richardson

Requesting a subscription of the United Service Magazine, of which Richardson is the publisher.

GLC03475.01

7 August 1864

Chapman, George Henry, 1832-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Recommending Major Caleb Moore of the Eighth New York Cavalry for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. Mounted on paper 29 x 20 cm.

GLC03475.02

10 February 1865

Devin, Thomas Casimer, 1822-1878

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: to unknown

Recommending Captain John T. Rutherford for promotion. Cut from document, mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03475.03

1859 - 1886

Header Record

Title: Civil War - Union Generals, Eastern Theater [Decimalized .01-.16]

Sixteen documents from Union Generals who served in the Eastern Theater.

GLC03476

7 April 1863

Bartlett, Joseph Jackson, 1834-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Brigadier General Bartlett recommends Engineering Corps officer Alfred F. Manning for commission in a New York Regiment. Addressed to Sprague as major general and adjutant general of New York. Autograph note signed on verso by Colonel Charles B. Stuart of the 50th New York Engineers also recommends Manning.

GLC03476.01

6 August 1863

Couch, Darius Nash, 1822-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Offers to give his recommendation regarding the recipient's character, but cannot testify to his bravery at Fair Oaks. The recipient's name is illegible, however he was a Captain in the Thirty Sixth New York Volunteers.

GLC03476.02

23 April 1863

Davis, William Watts Hart, 1820-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John T. Sprague

Recommending Lieutenant Colonel William C. Raulston of the Eighty First New York Infantry for promotion. Autograph endorsement signed on verso by Henry M. Naglee, dated 23 April 1863.

GLC03476.03

29 March 1886

Devens, Charles, 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. A. Christian

Says it would not be "consistent with propriety" for him to answer certain legal questions, due to his position as a judge.

GLC03476.04

12 September 1872

Ferry, Orris S. (Orris Sanford), 1823-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to L. Merchant

Requesting six copies of 1871 agricultural report. Pencilled note on bottom states that six copies of the agricultural report were sent out the next day.

GLC03476.06

1 April 1862

Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Regarding a furlough request]

Birney's autograph endorsement signed on verso of a letter in which Captain Daniel E. Gavit writes to his captain Chauncey McKeever requesting a fifteen day furlough because his family house is in foreclosure. Other autograph endorsements signed include McKeever, Colonel George W. Mindil, John Henry Hobart Ward and Charles S. Hamilton. Although the other officers approve the furlough, Hamilton, the senior officer, disapproves of it, and the furlough is rejected.

GLC03476.08