20 July 1862

Keyes, Samuel. fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Annie

marched 20 miles without food or water when the Rebels attacked them. there were heavy losses on both sides. writes that Sunday is like any other day in the army and there is no time off to attend church.

GLC09354.09

27 April 1862

Keyes, Samuel. fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Annie

thinks the coasting affair was quite funny. still very homesick but makes it clear he doesn't want to get out of the army but he does think of home at time. currently experiencing a drenching rain.Written at Camp Hamilton

GLC09354.10

21 December 1862

Keyes, Samuel. fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Annie

has received a full discharge from the army. hopes his arm will be entirely well by the Spring.

GLC09354.13

5 February 1863

Barwood, James, fl. 1863-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bill

writes at great length about slavery and abolition. thinks the institution of slavery is repugnant, but at the same time, thinks it helped to introduce blacks to civilization and that they are better off now than they were before.

GLC09358.1

18 September 1863

Barwood, James, fl. 1863-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bill

one side of Fort Sumter is battered and they have the whole of Morris Island. 12 of their crew are prisoners. predicts it will take one or two more years for the war to end.

GLC09358.2

7 October 1870

Barwood, James, fl. 1863-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bill

slept with his door open the night before and someone walked in and took eighty dollars. discusses a land dispute in Omaha.

GLC09358.3

1861-1864

Addis, R.W., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Oval albumen of Captain Frank A. Cole]

Full-length portrait of Frank A. Cole, Captain of the Wisconsin 37th Regiment.

GLC08291.31

31 March 1864

Envelope

Title: Rooms of the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair, Under Lindell Hotel, St. Loius, MO

dark yellow

GLC08413.01

7 October 1861

Envelope

Title: Union

features George Washington on a horse

GLC08413.09

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Why Don't You Take It?

features one dog looking down at a piece of meat that says Washington on it as another dog walks by.

GLC08413.15

12 November 1862

Envelope

Title: Union

features woman in dress with American flag holding a flag that says Union.

GLC08413.31

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Union

features tree filled with flags

GLC08413.41

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: One Nation--One Government

features arc with all the states written in it. eagle sits on top with flags.

GLC08413.44

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Union-State of Vermont-Freedom and Unity

light blue. features woman holding flag against circular picture of Vermont.

GLC08413.53

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Headquarters, Pennsylvania State Agency

GLC08413.54

26 September 1861

Envelope

Title: Major Gen. George B. McClellan

picture of McClellan on the morning of July 26, 1861

GLC08413.55

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Why Don't You Take It?

features picture dog wearing collar that says Scott and another dog wearing collar that says Jeff looking at a piece of meat that says Washington

GLC08414.4

20 November 1861

Envelope

Title: The Fence that Uncle Abe Built

features B&W picture of Abraham Lincoln and poem beneath

GLC08482.4

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Jeff Davis Boasts that Cotton's King...

features color picture of man holding flag and standing by sign that reads To Washington Through Baltimore. Rhyme about Jefferson Davis beneath.

GLC08482.5

20 August 1861

Envelope

Title: Washington

features picture of Washington and reads "A Southern Man with Union Principles."

GLC08482.6

24 May 1863

Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He discusses Hooker's defeat and why it occurred. He talks of changing attitudes toward the war.

GLC02744.058

14 June 1863

Patrick, Marsena Rudolph, 1811-1888

Autograph document

Title: Granting permission to Burpee to take a leave of absence

Burpee has permission to go to Ft. Monroe en route for Baltimore and he can also take his horse,

GLC02744.368

30 April 1864

Adams & Co. (Express company)

Autograph document

Title: Forwarding note for Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

Said to contain 650 dollars.

GLC02744.369

10 February 1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to friends

Mentions Angeline, Adeline's sister who died.

GLC02744.370

25 March 1913

Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company

Envelope

Title: to Col. Lucien F. Burpee

Written in pencil: Execution of Dr. Wright.

GLC02744.371