25 October 1862

Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898

Pamphlet

Title: General orders no. 151

Celebrating the Union victory at Corinth and explaining "the magnitude of the stake" involved there. "The possession of West Tennessee, and perhaps even the fate of operations in Kentucky," had depended on this victory. Says his army had been outnumbered two to one, lists dead and wounded on both sides, and thanks his men. The Battle of Corinth was not as decisive a victory as Rosecrans claims, and the Union was badly outfought on the first day. However, they rallied and were able to prevent the Confederates from achieving any strategic objectives, and did force them to retreat.

GLC00267.331

June 25, 1863

Shenk, Samuel D., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

The letter discusses Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania, slaves, and northern racism. Mentions Lee's offensive into Pennsylvania and offers insight into his own attitudes toward race. "I am very sorry to hear that the Rebels are in Pennsylvania But I hope the men will be Patriots enough to turn out and Chase or Drive the traitors from our soil...I think if our government would take more interest to how they used the Poor Soldiers and less these stinken old worn out Negroes for the Rebs to feed and take that which to give to the Negroes I think this war would a great deal quicker get settled…

GLC00267.332

1865

Denison, Charles Wheeler, 1809-1881

Book

Title: The life, campaigns, and services of Philip H. Sheridan

Published by T.B. Peterson & Brothers. Pages uncut.

GLC00267.333

1865

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Book

Title: The Hero's own story. General Sherman's official account of his great march through Georgia and the Carolinas ...

Title continues, "...from his departure from Chattanooga to the surrender of General Johnston, and the Confederate forces under his command." Also includes, "General Sherman's evidence before the Congressional Committee on the conduct of war; the animadversions of his Secretary Stanton and General Halleck; with a Defence of his Proceedings, etc." Published by Bunce & Huntington, New York. Original front cover, back cover missing, binding broken.

GLC00267.335

1958

Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949

Book

Title: Sherman: fighting prophet

Reissue of 1932 original with foreword by Bruce Catton

GLC00267.336

1869

Smith, Edward Parmelee, 1827-1876

Book

Title: Incidents of the United States Christian Commission

Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co. Serves as a collection of descriptions of Civil War events contributed by Union soldiers and sailors. Includes chapters pertaining to various Civil War battles and locations.

GLC00267.337

circa 1880-1890

Stickney, Albert, fl. 1865

Book

Title: Warren Court of Inquiry. Argument of... counsel for General Warren

I Nevins 45, who finds this defense of Warren's conduct at Five Forks convincing. See .334

GLC00267.338

1912

Tyler, Mason W. (Mason Whiting), 1884-1923

Pamphlet

Title: Recollections of the Civil War [Mass. 37th regiment]

I Nevins 171, Coulter 456, Dornbusch (Mass.) 330, Union Bookshelf 241

GLC00267.342

1947

Blackford, Susan L., 1835-?

Book

Title: Letters from Lee's army...

Dornbusch 1194

GLC00267.343

1886

Walker, Francis A., fl. 1886

Book

Title: History of the second army corps in the Army of the Potomac

III Dornbusch 1311 (citing 1886 ed.). With 30 maps.

GLC00267.344

1986

Wheeler, Richard, 1922-?

Book

Title: Sword over Richmond

GLC00267.345

1952

Wiley, Bell I., 1906-1980

Book

Title: The Life of Billy Yank

I Nevins 178.

GLC00267.346

1949

Williams, Kenneth P., 1887-1958

Header Record

Title: Lincoln finds a general: A Military Study of the Civil War

GLC00267.347

1889

Wilson, William Bender, fl. 1889

Book

Title: A few acts and actors in the tragedy of the Civil War....

II Nevins 33, Dornbusch II 2557, Nicholson 937.

GLC00267.350

1905

Wright, Louise Wigfall, 1846-1915

Book

Title: A Southern girl in 61: The war-time memories of a Confederate Senator's daughter

GLC00267.351

1861

Ziegler, George J., fl. 1861

Pamphlet

Title: The soldier's friend; or, hints for the physical and moral welfare of the soldiers of the United States

Published "for gratuitous distribution" by Samuel S. White. Pamphlet is a morale booster as well as a health guide. Page 2 cover has a copy of the poem "Army Hymn" by Oliver Wendell Holmes from the June 1861 Atlantic Monthly. Pages 3-7 has 24 tips on how to stay healthy because "War is an evidence of barbarism, but as it is upon us we must recognize its obligations, and do everything we can to mitigate its dreadful evils and promote the cause of justice and peace." Page 8 has a section of a patriotic speech Henry Clay gave in the Senate during the Compromise of 1850 debates, titled "The…

GLC00267.352

1863

Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886

Book

Title: The Barbarities of the Rebels...

Title continues, "...as Shown in their Cruelty to the Federal Wounded and Prisoners; in their Outrages Upon Union Men; in the Murder of Negroes, and in their Unmanly Conduct Throughout the Rebellion." Written by Bartlett as Secretary of State for Rhode Island, under the pseudonym of Colonel Percy Howard, supposedly late of the Royal Horse Guards. Printed privately and marked "printed for the author." The preface states that the author has seen wars in both Europe and Asia but "has been shocked with the barbarities with which the war has been conducted by the South; barbarities which no war…

GLC00267.355

1863

Howard, Frank Key, 1826-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Fourteen months in American Bastiles.

Published by Kelly, Hedian & Piet, Baltimore. Howard writes of his experience in prison. In the preface, Howard criticizes President Abraham Lincoln's policies during the Civil War, "The unlawful and oppressive acts of Mr. Lincoln ... " Francis Key Howard, the grandson of Francis Scott Key and a pro-Confederate Baltimore editor, was imprisoned for treason for fourteen months at Fort McHenry in September 1861. In all, 30 legislators from Maryland were seized for suspected disloyalty to the U.S. government. Most if not all were never given any criminal charge, and all were denied trial.

GLC00267.356

1864

United States Sanitary Commission, 1860-1870

Pamphlet

Title: Narrative of privations and sufferings of United States officers & soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the Rebel authorities.

Disbound. Title continues, "Being the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an Appendix, containing the Testimony." Reprints the report of the Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the U.S. Sanitary Commission, published at the office of Littell's Living Age, Boston. Includes woodcuts of starving Union POWs, based on photographs. Priced at 20 cents.

GLC00267.357

1912

Sturgis, Thomas, 1846-?

Book

Title: Prisoners of war, 1861-1865

I Nevins 203, Dornbusch (Mass.) 418. Recollections of a POW at Libby Prison

GLC00267.359

1865

Harcourt, William G.G.V.V., 1827-1904

Pamphlet

Title: American neutrality

Written by Harcourt as a journalist in Britain under the pseudonym "Historicus." Cover says the pamphlet is reprinted version of his letters to the London Times of 22 December 1864. The letters focused on questions of international law resulting from the Civil War in the United States. He was against recognition of the Southern states as belligerents and was influential in the formulation of English public opinion on this problem. He also sought to define Great Britain's role as a neutral country.

GLC00267.360

1909

Bigelow, John. 1817-1911

Header Record

Title: Retrospections of an active life

Howes B436, I Nevins 246. (Diplomacy) An additional 2 v. were printed in 1913.

GLC00267.361

1862

Willard, Joseph, 1798-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Letter to an English friend on the rebellion in the United States, and on British policy

Published by Ticknor & Fields. Printed by J.E. Farwell and Company at 37 Congress Street in Boston. Letter, dated 3 March 1862, is a calm rejoinder to an English correspondent concerned about the deteriorating relations between Britain and the United States at the beginning of the Civil War. The Englishman is urged not to be influenced by New York rowdies or muckraking newspapers. Says to look to New England, ever sober and thoughtful, because the region is fundamentally calm and still rationally engaged with events. Says the rebellion that has been encouraged by "that imbecile…

GLC00267.363

1 October 1863

Loring, Charles Greely, 1794-1867

Book

Title: Neutral relations of England and the United States

Published by D. Appleton and Company at 443 & 445 Broadway, New York. Printed in Boston by John Wilson and Son, 5 Water Street. Various articles on diplomatic relations between Great Britain and the United States. Preface states the articles first appeared in the "Boston Daily Advetiser." Claims "There is no subject of greater present concern than the position of England in reference to her relations, as a neutral nation, to the United States; and none, probably, soon to become of more engrossing public thought and anxiety." Gets into the history of neutrality laws and discusses…

GLC00267.364

1843

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Pamphlet

Title: [Daniel Webster's Dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument]

Published by the Press of T.R. Marvin. Serving as Secretary of State, Webster dedicates the monument commemorating The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought in June 1775 during the Revolutionary War .

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