2 August 1859

Ellis, J. J., fl. 1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James B. McPherson

Invites McPherson to go sailing to "Acatraz...this young Gibralter." McPherson was in charge of the erection of fortifications on Alcatraz island. Date inferred.

GLC03746.03.02

22 December 1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James B. McPherson

Invitation to the "Oriental Party," hosted by Mr. Jaffy. Signed simply "Kellogg."

GLC03746.03.03

February 6, 1861

Unknown

Manuscript letter

Title: to Col. James B. McPherson

Invitation to dine with Mr. Stickney.

GLC03746.03.04

circa 27 March 1861

Printed document

Title: Mr. & Mrs. Geo. C. Potter. At Home

Printed note stating that Mr. & Mrs. George C. Potter will be at home.

GLC03746.03.05

21 February 1859

Hensley, Samuel J., 1817-1866

Document signed

Title: to James B. McPherson

Inviting McPherson on an expedition on the steamer "Cornelia." Signed by Hensley as the President of the California Steam Navigation Company.

GLC03746.03.06

29 November 1860

Haven, Richard, fl. 1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James B. McPherson

Invitation to the burial of Haven's brother. Date inferred.

GLC03746.03.07

July 2, 1858

Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James B. McPherson

Invitation to dine with "Col. C's daughters." Date inferred.

GLC03746.03.08

1 June 1858

Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James B. McPherson

Invitation to dinner. Date inferred.

GLC03746.03.09

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

27 October 1863

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

Letter signed

Title: to Joseph S. Fullerton

Major General Commanding Sheridan writes to Major Fullerton to relay Confederate troop movements from camps on Missionary Ridge during the siege of Chattanooga.

GLC03789.01

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

20 November 1863

Newspaper

Title: Camden Confederate. [Vol. 3, no. 4 (November 20, 1863)]

Letter from President Jefferson Davis.

GLC05959.41.17

4 April 1861

Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863

Newspaper

Title: Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 116 (April 4, 1861)]

The Fortifications on Morris Island.

GLC05959.44.03

3 December 1863

Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863

Newspaper

Title: Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 82, no. 11, 925 (December 3, 1863)]

Operations Against Charleston, A General Battle Expected in Northern Virginia, The Battle of Missionary Ridge, Fight on the Rappahannock, Yankee Accounts from Chattanooga & Knoxville.

GLC05959.44.31

1 July 1864

Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 30 (July 1, 1864)]

News and dispatches from Petersburg, including the capture of a Federal brigade and Union General James Wilson. News tidbits from the "Baltimore Gazette." Several items about "colored subjects" breaking laws, mostly stealing. Casualties from the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 11th, 24th Virginia regiments. Letter titled "Provisional Navy of the Confederate States," written by "A Friend to the Navy." Article by Tom Burke describing activities of partisan John S. Mosby's command. Tear along the fold in the middle. Some stains.

GLC05959.80.01

10 December 1864

Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 158 (December 10, 1864)]

Reports of from the 2nd Session of the 2nd Confederate Congress -- both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Also, reports on the state legislature of Virginia -- both the House of Delegates and the Senate. Tidbit on an explosion at the Nitre and Mining Bureau "mangling one of the negroes horribly and injuring another severely." Another tidbit of two captured spies. 2nd page dominated by a "Message of Abraham Lincoln" on a variety of topics, including foreign affairs, the war, and an amendment for the abolition of slavery. Edges damaged and some staining.

GLC05959.80.02

11 January 1865

Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 179 (January 11, 1865)]

Note in pencil above masthead says "Brought from Libby prison by S. Moore Finley" while the back has pencil signature "S. M. Finley." News from the front, including an update from outside Richmond where "It is said that the enemy have one corps of white soldiers ... and a brigade of negroes." Report of the removal of General Benjamin F. Butler from his command. Richmond city news says a slave poisoned an infant. Reprint from "New York Daily News" of ill treatment of Confederate prisoners of war at Rock Island. Report on an extensive raid in Alabama. Letter to the editor about the education of…

GLC05959.80.03

27 January 1865

Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 195 (January 27, 1865)]

This item is two internal pages from the newspaper; no front page. Article on Hemma Micco, aka John Jumper, a Seminole Indian chief who became a colonel in the Confederate Army. Notes from the Virginia state legislature session and the Confederate Congress. List of casualties from the ironclad "Virginia." Update on the Army of the Tennessee. Report on the anger of Virginia Masons; over the burning of a lodge. Report of the return of Admiral David Porter's fleet to Hampton Roads from attacking Fort Fisher, North Carolina. News tidbit about a free black man who died in an alley, probably of "…

GLC05959.80.04

29 November 1862

Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 36, no. 201 (November 29, 1862)]

From the "Chicago Times," a report of the Congressional returns from the North. Report from the "Galveston News" on the Bombardment of Port Lavacca. Update on "The Siutation in Tennessee." Report that the Army of the Potomac under General George McCellean was crippled at the battle of Sharpsburg. Advertisement for the hire of 500 negroes to work as laborers for the army in 1863. Editorial on "The People and the War," which says "We are delighted with the displays of patriotism of which our exchanges continue to bring us the evidence from all parts of the Confederacy." Short tidbit claims that…

GLC05959.80.05

30 November 1863

Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 36, no. 100 (November 30, 1863)]

Pencil signature of "Dr D Haskins" above the masthead. Report of the arrival of 175 severely wounded men from the fight at Germanna Ford. Article praising the cavalry in Northern Virginia. News that General William T. Sherman might be reinforcing the army of the General Ambrose Burnside. Summary news from the "Batlimore Gazette," which is mostly an update on the action around Chattanooga. News of the shelling of forts around Charleston, South Carolina. Published dispatches of General Robert E. Lee. Details of the battle around Chickamauga. Letter to the editor on "The Bank Convention Scheme…

GLC05959.80.06

24 March 1864

Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 36, no. 96 (March 24, 1864)]

Proclamation of Jefferson Davis for a day of fasting and prayer. Article on the reorganization of the Maryland Line. Article titled "Charleston Impregnable from the Sea Approaches," which states "Charleston will not be taken from the sea approaches, and therefore that the land forces now here may, ere long be withdrawn." Article from the "New York Times" stating that letters found on the body of Colonel Dahlgren were forgeries -- the "Times" claims that Federal troops would never kill Jefferson Davis and his cabinet when they reach Richmond. Police items on a slave woman involved in a theft…

GLC05959.80.07

28 June 1864

Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 27 (June 28, 1864)]

Update on the situation around Petersburg from the "Petersburg Express." Report on military activity in the Shenandoah Valley from the "Lynchburg Republican." Article on the rise of gold prices in the North. News of the movement of General Philip Sheridan and General John Morgan. Item stating that the Rt. Rev. Bishop McCloskey of Albany has been named Archbishop of New York. Printed copy of the congratulatory address that General E. Kirby Smith gave to his troops. A column of police items, including one of an Irishman accused of drunkenness, a slave woman accused of stealing dresses, etc.…

GLC05959.80.08

18 April 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 39 (April 18, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Published 6 days after the start of the war. Issue filled with military news, including troops movements. Contains "Full Particulars" of the "First Day's Bombardment of Fort Sumter." Update on the Virginia state convention of secession. Includes news of Confederate policies from Montgomery. Page 2 article on European machinations in Mexico. Page 4 article says "every true Southerner" is subscribing to a loan for the defense of the Confederacy, causing an uptick in the Confederate markets. Page 4 blurb says "Mr. Lincoln's cabinet are very anxious to keep up…

GLC05960.02.08

22 April 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 42 (April 22, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Three columns of local military news on front page. Story about a local abolitionist, John Pike, who was arraigned before the New Orleans mayor -- he was released since no one would appear against him. It is believed he left the city directly afterward. Update on secessionists in Missouri. Blurbs state the governor of Delaware has not responded to a call for troops, Major Robert Anderson was presented with a sword to cheers in New York, and the Arkansas state convention will meet on 6 May. Correspondence from Havana, Key West, Texas, and California. Latest…

GLC05960.02.09

23 April 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 43 (April 23, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Front page article says the Confederacy has seized Harper's Ferry. Account of the capture of the steamship "Star of the West." Local news says "Abolition Sympathsizers to be Looked After." The meeting named ex-Brigadier General Palfrey to lead the efforts to watch over the abolitionists. Several stories of abolitionists in the South. One story says a bald aboltionist lost his hair because of his sentiments. Says free slaves have been posing as slaves and visiting real slaves in New Orleans. The newspaper says "It would be a good joke to catch and sell a few."…

GLC05960.02.10