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26 April 1864

Nelson, Geo. E.W., fl. 1864

Printed document

Title: Report of the Superintendent of Public Printing.

GLC06745.214

January 1862

Cooper, Jeremiah, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A. McKinney

re: march through Kentucky; letters from home

GLC02179.01.021

February 1, 1862

Cooper, Jeremiah, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A. McKinney

re: leaving Bird's Point and boarding a boat

GLC02179.01.022

25 March 1862

Cooper, William, fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jane Edwards

re: encounters with Confederate bushwhackers

GLC02179.01.023

February 1862

Cooper, Jeremiah, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Al[illegible] McKinney

re: a recent battle with the rebels

GLC02179.01.024

18 February 1862

McKinney, Erastus R., fl. 1851-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to father

re: devastating battle at Fort Donelson, which McKinney missed, but was later assigned to helping the wounded and collecting the dead Written at Fort Donelson

GLC02179.01.025

February 23, 1862

McKinney, Erastus R., fl. 1851-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife

re: caring for the sick and wounded; possibility of a 2 month furlough; deciding whether to work in a hospital or stay with the regiment. Written on board Steamer Fanny Bullit.

GLC02179.01.026

February 26, 1862

McKinney, A.S., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Erastus R. McKinney

re: the recent battle at Fort Donelson

GLC02179.01.027

23 March 1862

McKinney, Erastus R., fl. 1851-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to father, friends and wife

re: not getting paid on time; move to Pittsburg Landing

GLC02179.01.028

22 April 1862

McKinney, A.S., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Erastus R. McKinney

re: McKinney's hip wound

GLC02179.01.029

25 April 1862

McKinney, Erastus R., fl. 1851-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Cynthia McKinney

re: his wound, details of a recent battle

GLC02179.01.030

8 May 1862

McStevenson, Sallie, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Dear Brother"

re: wishes for his safe recovery from a wound, death of a loved one

GLC02179.01.031

3 June 1862

Austin, Charles E., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Erastus R. McKinney

re: wish to return to his regiment

GLC02179.01.032

29 October 1862

McKinney, A.S., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Erastus R. McKinney

re: news from home regarding money and children

GLC02179.01.033

30 June 1863

Curren, Mary Ann, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Dear Sister"

re: family news

GLC02179.01.034

11 December 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: (House of Representatives.) . . . A bill to raise a tax for the support of the government.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.058

14 December 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: (House of Representatives, no. 23.) . . . A bill to be entitled An act to permit the funding of certain treasury notes not now fundable.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.059

14 December 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: (House of Representatives no. 9) . . . Resolution on finance.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.060

16 December 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: (House bill, no. 15.). . . A bill to be entitled "An act to raise a revenue by direct taxation.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.061

18 December 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled An act to amend an act entitled "An act to prevent fraud in the Quartermaster's and Commisary's Departments, and the obtaining under false pretense transportation for private property," approved May 1st, 1863.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.062