June 1776

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

Document

Title: [Abstract for Lieutenant Burbeck's company in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June 1776. Docket indicates Burbeck's company was paid in August 1776.

GLC02437.09530

June 1776

Dana, William, 1745-1809

Document

Title: [Pay abstract for Captain Dana's company in Henry Knox's regiment of artillery]

Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June 1776. Note on verso refers to a deduction taken for clothing. Docket indicates that Dana's company was paid 13 August 1776.

GLC02437.09532

16 July 1776

Newell, Eliphalet, 1735-?

Document

Title: [Pay abstract for Captain Newell's company in Henry Knox's regiment of artillery]

Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June 1776. Docket indicates that Newell's company was paid 16 August 1776.

GLC02437.09533

17 July 1776

Pierce, Thomas, fl. 1775-1778

Document

Title: [Pay abstract for Captain Thomas Pierce's Company of artillery in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June 1776. Docket indicates that Pierce's company was paid 13 August 1776.

GLC02437.09534

19 July 1776

Crafts, Edward, 1746-1806

Document

Title: [Ammunition return pertaining to Captain Crafts]

Lists pounders, cannon, paper cartridges, and canisters.

GLC02437.09536

5 October 1776

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

Document

Title: [Return of Captain Stevens's company]

Lists numbers of officers presently fit for duty, sick in hospital, sick present, on command, and sick absent.

GLC02437.09539

11 May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Abstract of pay for officers serving under Henry Knox]

Lists the names of 13 officers, including Henry Burbeck, William Dana, and Jotham Drury, among others. Docketed by Knox as "Captn Mortons abstract."

GLC02437.10439

26 January 1784

Hull, William, 1753-1825

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for troops at West Point, New York. Lists men by rank and current status. Includes a list on the verso of absent officers.

GLC02437.10576

20 January 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father

Writing from Camp Pierpont, he summarizes the military news for his father. Recently heard that some New York troops are coming across Chain Bridge, and that Birneys Zouaves (23rd Regiment) are coming to the area. Mentions that General George McClellan was supposed to come as well. Tells his father, "and when the word is given forward march you will not hear tell of any more blunders such as Bull Run. Ball Bull firing into their own Regiments and &c. But of a Victory as we know no such word as Defeat." Notes that his Division is to be increased to 20,000 soldiers, and that it is currently…

GLC03523.08.27

26 January 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister

Writes from Camp Pierpont, informing his sister that they are preparing to move against the enemy at Centreville and Manassas Junction, Virginia. He estimates however, that it will be two weeks before they actually make a move. Encloses a daguerreotype with the letter (not included).

GLC03523.08.28

26 January 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister

Reports from Camp Pierpont, telling his father that they expect an attack from the Rebels any day. Relays that Centreville is fortified by about 60,000 Rebel troops and 175 pieces of artillery. Informs him about General George McClellan's plan to attack from the front and rear and comments, "McClellan dont intend that his men shall be cut up by them." Notes that General George McCall is attempting to get his division to go on General Ambrose Burnside's expedition. Discusses his father's approval to General George McClellan's recent address. Confides in his father about his sadness that…

GLC03523.08.29

30 January 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister

Summarizes daily duties to his sister, from Camp Pierpont. Tells her that he expects that General Ambrose Burnside's expedition will take place soon. Writes "I got nothing new to write it is the same old thing out here Rain Rain Rain Mud Mud Mud Slush Slush Slush..."

GLC03523.08.30

4 February 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father and Sister

First half of letter written to his sister from Camp Pierpont. Reports that The Burnside [General Ambrose Burnside] Expedition is "somewhere down South now." Communicates to her his opinion that "you better hunt of husband than a situation as a School Teacher." Refers to a previous camp of his as "Camp Starvation." The second half of the letter is written to his father, thanking him for looking into "Spiritous Liquers" for him. He professes that "not one cent of mine" has been used to buy any. Confesses that he has had some to drink a few times, noting that once it was because there was water…

GLC03523.08.31

11 February 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father

Reports to his father from Camp Pierpont, mentioning that Union General Charles Stone has been rearrested and sent to Fort Lafayette. "The following are the charges brought against him. 1st For misbeavior at the Battle of Balls Bluff. 2nd For holding correspondence with the enemy before and since the Battle of Balls Bluff and receiving Rebel officers in his camp. 3rd For treacherously suffering the enemy to build a fort or strong work since the Battle of Balls Bluff under his guns without molestation." Tells him that he will include an abstract which he cut out of the Sunday Mercury; however…

GLC03523.08.32

19 February 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister

Writes to his sister from Camp Pierpont, informing her that Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and Roanoke Island have been captured. Also mentions "the taking of Winchester and Savannah. The evacuation of Springfield and Bowling Green." Speaks of Confederate General Henry Alexander Wise's "escape." Convey's his admiration for Union General George McClellan's military planning and states "another month goes by this vile monster of Rebellion will be crushed to rise no more. And then with that pride we shall stand forth as a nation." Comments that "their no use of having a President if he dont do a…

GLC03523.08.33

12 March 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father and Sister

In the first portion of the letter, he reports to his father from Hunter Mills, [Virginia]. Notes that Centreville, Manassas Junction, and Winchester are in their possession. Mentions that the road through Richmond is now open, and that they have also taken control of a railroad. Informs his father that they are currently staying at a railroad station called Hunter Station, which is located near the Harry Bready Farm, possibly owned by family friends. States that he went over to General George McCall's headquarters to get a pass so that he could go past the picket lines. Indicates that he had…

GLC03523.08.34

24 March 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father

Reports that he is waiting to board a fleet, but does not yet know where he is going. Notes there are 80,000 troops who will also possibly go to Richmond. Describes their march from Hunters Mill to Alexandria. States "we were a hollering Crackers at all the Generals that passed us." Mentions that there is talk of General George McClellan being superceded. Written on stationery with red and blue image of woman, wearing a crown and holding an American flag.

GLC03523.08.35

27 April 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father

Summarizes his regiment's movements for his father, noting that they are currently at [Catalin] Station, Virginia but working their way towards Yorktown. Mentions that General George McClellan has 600 pieces of artillery at Yorktown, and that General Smith's division is already there. Written in pencil.

GLC03523.08.36

12 May 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister

Writes that the Rebels have retreated, but have destroyed the bridge going across the Rappahannock River. Informs her that Fredricksburg is now in their possession, and that Rebels have destroyed two million dollars worth of property there. Speculates he will be home by September.

GLC03523.08.37

23 May 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father

Informs his father that they are preparing for battle, and will move across the river where they will meet about 25,000 Rebel soldiers. Reports that a portion of General Nathaniel Bank's troops have come, but because the Confederates have "worked their way into the rear" of General Johnson, they will have to return. Also informs him that General James Shields returned as well. Notes that President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary Edwin M. Stanton, and Major General Irvin McDowell, "with Jefferson Davis negro" reviewed them on Friday afternoon. Comments on General George McCall's position as Major…

GLC03523.08.38

8 June 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father

Provides his father with a comprehensive military report. Mentions that General Irvin McDowell has received orders to come across the river and reinforce General George McClellan. McDowell refused, so instead, a portion of General Nathaniel Bank's force had to come. Notes that Richmond is still in enemy possession. States that General George McCall has received a dispatch to proceed directly to Richmond. Speaks of the weather, telling his father that the rain has been so heavy it washed away four of the Rappahannock River's bridges.

GLC03523.08.39

6 July 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father

Writes from a camp near James River, [Virginia]. Details latest military endeavors, starting with an arms inspection by General George McClellan. Soon thereafter, the Rebels began to shell and the soldiers were ordered onto a different part of the field by General George McCall. Notes that Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was there. Describes a battle that was full of such panic he wrote, "the Rebels were right behind them, shur it was that Stonewall Jackson lost his life struck by shell from our own battery." Written in pencil on stationery with small blue and red image of man holding a…

GLC03523.08.40

15 July 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister and Father

Addresses his sister in first half of letter about her "new young man." Asks if she will send him a number of things, such as a shirt, some tobacco, and some "Jamaca Ginger" because the water there gives him diarrhea. The second half of the letter is written to his father, telling him that his regiment lost about 400 men, as well as six or eight commanding officers. States, "I dont think General [George] McClellan will attack Richmond for some time yet..." Also tells him that "the president [Abraham Lincoln] reviewed the Army of the Potomac when he was here." Mentions that he has heard…

GLC03523.08.41

28 July 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father

Writes short note, conveying that everything is well. Encloses a present for Louisa, possibly his sister, and money for Billie, possibly his brother. Remarks that they will probably leave this camp in two or three days. Written in pencil.

GLC03523.08.42

6 September 1862

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Father

Reports that they have gone on picket duty on the South side of the James River, one week before Harrison's Landing was evacuated. Details that they have been ordered to reinforce General John Pope's army at Rappahannock Station. Describes a battle, noting that his troops were commanded by General Irvin McDowell, who "made a regular piece of botched work out of it." Notes that General John Reynolds, "whose got command of the Division brought us up to time..." States that he is glad General George McClellan is in command. Written in pencil.

GLC03523.08.43