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1859 circa

Manuscript document

Title: [Poem, with a drawing of an officer]

A poem accompanied by a drawing of an officer sitting in a chair and reading. The poem reads "You are bewildered, and you want a guide, To one refer your choice and you shall find, The light break open to your darkened mind; For I will seek a lady good and kind, Patient, gentle, meek and most refined." Likely written for James B. McPherson.

GLC03746.03.10

1861-1865

Newspaper clipping

Title: Lieutenant-General Philip H. Sheridan

Image of an engraving of Philip H. Sheridan, clipped from a newspaper. Text on verso of clipping describes a reunion of Union and Confederate soldiers after the war.

GLC03789.02

1864

Photograph

Title: [General John A. Logan memorial statue]

Slightly overexposed. The sculpture is located in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, and depicts Logan triumphantly atop his horse, holding an enemy banner. The statue was created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the famous sculptor, in the late 1890s. Photograph is possibly sepia tinted.

GLC03975.03

7 May 1864

Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant Colonel J. Condit Smith

Major General Logan writes from the field near Gordon's Gap. Instructs Smith to send food for General Osterhaus, who has not received forage since he left Rossville, Georgia (often referred to as Rossville Gap). Will send his own cavalry tomorrow to meet Smith and General Grenville Dodge's train. Requests that Smith send a quartermaster to assist him in the field. Written on Headquarters, Fifteenth Army Corps stationery.

GLC04385.03

20 March 1865

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George William Curtis

Thanks Curtis for a congratulatory letter he recently sent. Notes that his reply was delayed due to the publication of a court proceeding (possibly related to the Battle of the Crater debacle). Defends his actions, and criticizes General George Meade, who had accused Burnside of misconduct following the Crater. Writes, "It will all come right in the end- The temporary, or even permanent disgrace of a General officer is of small importance compared with the great harm that might result from a quarrel among General officers. I sincerely thank you for your kind friendship, which I value all…

GLC04385.04

22 June 1880

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Document signed

Title: [National Bank of Galena check]

Signed by Grant for the amount of $250. Contains a two cent stamp.

GLC04385.05

circa 1864-1865

Newspaper

Title: [Proceedings of the court of inquiry in the case of the Petersburg mine explosion (Battle of the Crater)]

Three clippings consisting of two articles on the explosion. General Winfield Hancock presided over proceedings: "Notwithstanding the failure to comply with orders, and to apply proper military principles, ascribed to Gen. Burnside, the court is satisfied he believed that the measures taken by him would insure success."

GLC04385.06

3 November 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 97, whole no. 3752 (November 3, 1863)]

Notice of search for stolen army goods. General orders from Texas State Headquarters. Interview between Rosecrans and a Confederate captain. On necessity paper.

GLC05959.51.092

21 May 1864

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 386 (May 21,1864)]

Unbound.

GLC08427.02

4 June 1864

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 388 (June 4,1864)]

Unbound. General William T. Sherman.

GLC08427.03

9 July 1864

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 393 (July 9,1864)]

Unbound.

GLC08427.04

16 July 1864

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 394 (July 16,1864)]

Unbound.

GLC08427.05

13 August 1864

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 398 (August 13,1864)]

Unbound.

GLC08427.06

1 October 1864

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 405 (October 1,1864)]

Unbound.

GLC08427.07

8 October 1864

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 406 (October 8,1864)]

Unbound.

GLC08427.08

10 December 1864

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 415 (December 10,1864)]

Unbound.

GLC08427.09

January 14, 1865

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 420 (January 14, 1865)]

Unbound.

GLC08427.10

27 May 1864