1870

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Book

Title: Descriptive key to the painting of the Repulse of Longstreet's Assault at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Published by Bachelder, New York. The original painting was historically arranged by Bachelder, and painted by James Walker. The book outlines the battle, shows the relative positions of the contending forces, and explains the points of local and military interest delineated in the painting. Also has a fold out sketch of the painting with a key. With an appendix containing private letters and official reports from both armies showing the authorities for the painting, and a complete index of the officers and troops mentioned.

GLC03522

1861-1865 ca.

Header Record

Title: Gibson collection of Civil War soldiers archives [decimalized] ca. 2340 wartime

GLC03523

1862-1946

Dodd, Ira S., fl. 1862

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Ira S. Dodd, F company, 26th regiment, New Jersey, infantry]

The collection includes a songbook, four lists of killed and wounded, and a roll call.

GLC03523.01

1861-1865

Bope, Conrad, 1839-1917

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Conrad, Abraham and John Bope] [decimalized]

Collection consists of 10 Conrad Bope letters (1861-63), 4 John Bope letters (1862) and 9 Abraham Bope letters (1862-65). Conrad and John Bope served in the 49th Ohio Volunteers, while Abraham served in the 61st Ohio Volunteers. Letters mention the Battle of Shiloh, General William Starke Rosecrans, and the Chattanooga campaign. Abraham Bope served in the Army of the Potomac and mentions the Battle of Chancellorsville and Confederate General John Hunt Morgan.

GLC03523.03

January 26, 1864

Fairchild, Lewis D., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sephronia Fairchild

Fairchild writes to his wife from his barracks in Norwich, New York. Year not indicated, but inferred from research and context. Appears to be written in the beginning of his military service as it is quite general in nature. He writes about the food that is available: "as far as food is conceserned we get the best kind, we have roast beef beef steak hash potatoes, butter corn beef pork and beans..." He discusses a possible furlough that he decides against taking and asks to be remembered to his children. He offers encouragement to his wife and tells her "to keep up good spirits." In a…

GLC03523.06.01

circa 1860-1890

Davenport, George D., fl. 1860-1890

Header Record

Title: [Collection of George D. Davenport, B company, 5th regiment, Vermont, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.62]

Mainly concerns Davenport's death and his widow's efforts to learn details and arrange burial. Includes 62 documents, 45 envelopes, and 1 card.

GLC03523.09

1861-1865, 1866-1902

Maitland, Joseph M., 1836-1918

Header Record

Title: Collection of Joseph M. Maitland, G company, 95th regiment, Ohio, infantry [Decimalized .001-.258]

Maitland (1839-1918) was a pro-Union Democrat. His correspondence discusses the war and politics. Maitland's collection includes commentary on the 1863 political campaign for Governor of Ohio, Morgan's Raid, religious matters (Baptists in Ohio), the Peninsula Campaign, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Vallandigham, Nathan B. Forrest, black soldiers, assassination of Lincoln, and mustering out. Includes a Hymn Book, 3 military papers, 28 pre-war items (letters and documents) and 88 post-war or undated letters or documents.

GLC03523.10

1861-1865

Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865

Header Record

Title: Collection of Abram Bogart [Decimalized .01-.32]

Abram Bogart's correspondence discusses the war and his experience in the army. The collection of letters primarily details army life, much of which focuses on his disdain for senior officers and the treatment of privates in the army. The vast majority of the letters are written to his wife, with some of them also addressed to their children. Bogart struggles with loneliness and often complains of homesickness throughout the collection. Of particular interest are his war date letters from South Carolina and Florida.

GLC03523.11

1861-1863

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Frederick W. Wilkinson] [decimalized]

Also includes a roster and an ambrotype photograph of Wilkinson. All but four letters were written by Wilkinson to his wife. The letters mention First Bull Run, General George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, Antietam, the replacement of McClellan with General Ambrose Burnside, General Joseph Hooker, and preparation for Vicksburg. Expresses disapproval of McClellan, and praises Hooker. The letters end on 19 June 1863 when he complains of weakness from long-term illness. Pension records are also available.

GLC03523.13

1862-1865

Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913

Header Record

Title: Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry [Decimalized .01-.86]

Damuth's letters include the following topics: Vicksburg, General Banks, black troops (of whom he approved), the presidential election of 1864 (pro-Lincoln), the Red River campaign. He also reports news from Chattanooga and Atlanta from afar.

GLC03523.14

June 8, 1862 - October 23, 1864

Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933

Header Record

Title: Collection of Jesse Brown [decimalized GLC03523.15.01-.20]

Consists primarily of letters written by Brown to his parents, Caleb and Emily Brown (4-8, 10, 13-18), to his sister Maria and his brother [unnamed] (1, 3, 19), to Nen (9), and to his sister Marenda (2). Also includes a letter from Brown's brother, Harvey J. Brown, to their parents (11) and a letter to Caleb Brown from family friend Sergeant James Canty (12). Many of Brown's letters candidly express financial troubles (4, 10, 11, 13-17). He often requests supplies, such as stamps, money, and red pepper. Letters reveal the economic hardship his parents experienced in their hometown of Perry…

GLC03523.15

circa 1860-1890

Munsell, Otis D., fl. 1860-1890

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Otis D. Munsell, I company, 22nd regiment, Massachussetts, infantry]

Collection includes 20 documents, 16 envelopes, and one wallet containing a metal coin.

GLC03523.17

1861-1865

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Charles C. Morey, E company, 2nd regiment, Vermont, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.63]

Consists of letters written from Morey to members of his family while enrolled as a member of the Second Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry. The Second was organized at Burlington, and was mustered into the United States service on 20 June 1861. It was the first three-year's regiment raised in Vermont. The letters begin in August of 1861 and span almost the entirety of the war ending on 26 March 1865, shortly before his death. Most of the letters are written to his mother and sister Mamie. Some letters are written to other family and friends. Collection includes 60 letters, 9 envelopes,…

GLC03523.18

1861-1865

Knox, Andrew, 1835-?

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Andrew Knox, B company, 1st regiment, Connecticut, heavy artillery] [Decimalized .01-.23]

Knox served as Lieutenant in the 1st Connecticut Artillery. The letters discuss the sieges of Yorktown and Petersburg, support Lincoln's re-election, condemn McClellan's Peace Platform, and mention William, a freeman working for McClellan as a servant. States that William was the most consistent "Christian" he ever met.

GLC03523.20

January 31, 1861-January 13, 1880

McSherry Family, fl. 1861-1880

Header Record

Title: [Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy] [decimalized .01-.66] [decimalized]

Letters to Henry F. McSherry (b.1837. Many letters to him begin "Dear Fen") as assistant surgeon in the United States Navy concerning divided sympathies of the border areas, his service in the navy, as well as views of the war and home front. McSherry was from Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), where his father, the physician Richard McSherry (b. 1792), was a slave owner before the Civil War. Richard owned 7 slaves in 1850 (3 males ages 40, 17, & 11 as well as 4 females ages 35, 24, 14, and 13) and 5 slaves in 1860 (2 males ages 50 and 20 as well as 3 females ages 47, 24, & 2…

GLC03523.21

1861-1865

Allison, William A., fl. 1861-1865

Header Record

Title: Collection of William A. Allison [decimalized .01-.43]

Collection centers on letters from Allison to his friend Stockton Bates. Portrays the very real, non-glamorous life of a soldier. Mentions McClellan's dismissal, Fredericksburg, Hooker's appointment, Gettysburg (letters 17, 18, and 19), Pennsylvania campaign, Everett's oration at Gettysburg (27), and his parole as a prisoner of war (37, 38).

GLC03523.23

1862-1865

Allison, Eben, fl. 1861-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Eben Allison, A company, 15th regiment, Pennsylvania, cavalry] [Decimilized .001-.126]

Allison served in the 15th Pa. Cavalry, "Anderson's Cavalry." Allison's correspondence mentions Murfreesboro (Stones River), Chattanooga, second battle of Dalton (in Georgia against Confederate General Wheeler), Nashville, guerillas, the Presidential election of 1864, and Parson Brownlow. The collection also includes telegraphs, a rare broadside and a cardboard note to his father. Excellent battle and political content.

GLC03523.24

1864-1865

Woolston, Charles, fl. 1864-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Charles Woolston, 3rd regiment, Pennsylvania, cavalry] [Decimalized .01-.21]

Includes death certificate, description of Petersburg and Appomattox. Woolston died of typhoid shortly after Lee's surrender.

GLC03523.26

circa 1862-1879

Ewing, Addison Lee, fl. 1862-1879

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Addison L. Ewing, C company, 63rd regiment, Indiana, infantry][Decimalized .001-.172]

Collection of letters belonging to Addison L. Ewing dated approximately 1862-1879. Consists of 172 items of correspondence sent primarily to his wife Mary Ewing and others.

GLC03523.28

circa 1861-1865

Richards, Leonard H., fl. 1864-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Leonard H. Richards, D company, 75th regiment, Illinois, infantry]

Richards was a devout young soldier, greatly in love with his wife. Letters mention battle of Nashville, Lincoln's death, etc.

GLC03523.29

1861-1864

Ticknor, Horace L., 1836-1864

Header Record

Title: Collection of Horace L. Ticknor, K company, 27th regiment, Illinois, infantry [Decimalized .01-.12]

Letters mention Union victories at New Madrid, Missouri and Stone River, Tennessee. Also mentions pursuing Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's Army. Discusses a lot of difficult marching and shortages of rations and clothing. Ticknor enlisted 20 August 1861 in Illinois as a Corporal. He mustered into "K" Co., IL. 27th Infantry. He was killed in the battle of Muddy Creek on 18 June 1864.

GLC03523.30

1861-1927

Blanchard, Ira, 1835-?

Header Record

Title: Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry [Decimalized .01-.26]

This collection consists chiefly of correspondence from Ira Blanchard, Lieutenant, Company H, 29th Illinois Infantry, to Mary (Wright) Kellogg. These letters document Blanchard's service at Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee; Vicksburg, Mississippi; and other areas throughout Missouri, Tennessee and Louisiana from 1861-1863. Sometime after August 1863, Mary (Wright) Kellogg married Captain Henry Kellogg, and the letters from Blanchard ceased. In addition to the correspondence from Blanchard, this collection also includes a letter from Jason D. Wright to his niece Mary (Wright) Kellogg (…

GLC03523.31

1862-1868

Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868

Header Record

Title: Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry [Decimalized .01-.45]

Most of the letters are written by Sumner Sayles to his family. The majority are written to his sisters with a few addressed to and from other family members and friends. Letters describe camp life, marching experiences, and a few skirmishes and battles. The siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Brice's Crossroad are discussed.

GLC03523.32

circa 1861-1865

Oles, Jabez B., fl. 1861-1870

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Jabez B. Oles, C company, 1st regiment, New York, engineers] [Decimalized .01- .27]

Collection includes one carte de visite (see GLC03523.33.02).

GLC03523.33

circa 1861-1865

Personius, Walker V., fl. 1861-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Walker V. Personius, G company, 50th regiment, New York, engineers] [Decimalized .01- .49]

Written to his father Charles Personious. Also includes letters of brother Daniel.

GLC03523.36