1880

Randolph, Theodore F. (Theodore Fritz), 1826-1883

Pamphlet signed

Title: Speech of Honorable Theodore F. Randolph of New Jersey, in the Senate of the United States, Monday, March 1, 1880...

(title continues)... on the bill for the restoration of General Fitz John Porter to the United States Army. Argues in support of Porter. Signed by Randolph on the front cover.

GLC00267.314

1882

United States. Congress (47th, 1st session : 1881-1882). Senate

Pamphlet

Title: Memorial of Fitz John Porter, in favor of such action by Congress as will restore him to the positions of which he was deprived by the action of a court-martial.

Pertains to the case of General Fitz John Porter. Includes letters and documents that support Porter's case. President Chester A. Arthur remitted a part of Porter's sentence in 1882. Appears to have been removed from a larger volume.

GLC00267.315

1886

Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, February 18, 1886.

Curtin praises Fitz John Porter.

GLC00267.316

January 27, 1866

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

Book

Title: Roll of Honor. Names of soliders, victims of the rebellion, buried in the National Cemetery at Alexandria, Virginia

Marked "General Order No. 10" by the Quartermaster General's Office. Submitted by the Quartermaster Brevet Major General Meigs. Says it "is published, by authority of the Secretary of War, for the information of their comrades and friends." Preface, written by Assistant Quartermaster James M. Moore, gives total number of internments: 3,367 white solders, 2 sailors from the United States Navy, 1 white citizen, 2 white females, and 229 colored soldiers, for a total of 3,601. Describes cemetery: "Well-kept gravel walks traverse the grounds, the graves have been sodded, and white tablets,…

GLC00267.318

1888

Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896

Book

Title: Drum-beat of the nation : the first period of the war of the rebellion from its outbreak to the close of 1862

First edition, published by Harpers & Brothers. Focuses on campaigns in the first half of the Civil War.

GLC00267.243

1900

Members of the regiment

Book

Title: The story of the twenty-first regiment, Connecticut volunteer infantry, during the Civil War

From the Press of the Stewart Printing Co. Inside front cover signed by "Lucien F. Burpee," who appears to be related to Thomas F. Burpee, one of the colonels of the 21st Connecticut killed during the war. The book plate of Lucien Burpee partially covers his signature. Written because "The survivors of the Twenty-First Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, proud of their record and achievements during three years of active service, feel that is due to their children and those who may come after them, that their experiences in camp, in bivouac and on the field of battle should be more…

GLC00267.245

1885

Walker, William C., fl. 1885

Book

Title: History of the eighteenth regiment Conn. volunteers in the war for the Union

Written by Chaplain Walker. Published by the committee in charge of compiling the history of the 18th Connecticut. The committee consisted of: Walker, H.M. Durfey, Geo. C. Setchel, James McKee, Wm. Caruthers. Printed by Gordon Wilcox. Bookplate of the Wyoming Historical & Geological Society marked "19211." Stamped throughout with a blue ink stamp of "Wyoming Historical & Geological Society Wilkes-Barre, Pa." Also stamped "Jul 6 1923." Sheet pasted on the title page says the book was started in early 1884 and was finished in 1885. Says it was written "to transmit to posterity…

GLC00267.246

1873

Dana, Malcolm M., fl. 1873

Book

Title: The Norwich memorial: The annals of Norwich,... in the Great Rebellion

History of Regiments and men from Norwich in the Civil War

GLC00267.247

1864, 1867

Crafts, William August, 1819-1906

Header Record

Title: The Southern rebellion: being a history of the United States from the commencement of President Buchanan's administration through the war for the suppression of the rebellion

Published by Samuel Walker. Copyright 1863. Two volumes, illustrated with steel engravings. Contains "a record of political events, military movements, campaigns, expeditions, battles, skirmishes, etc. prepared from official documents and other authentic sources."

GLC00267.250

1965

McCrea, Tully, 1839-1918

Book

Title: Dear belle: Letters from a cadet and officer to his sweetheart, 1858-1865

I Nevins 125

GLC00267.251

1887

Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1829-1892

Book

Title: The Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter, 1860-1861

Discusses the events leading to the Civil War both from his vantage point as an officer at Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter and from a larger context. Focuses both on events he witnessed firsthand and those he researched. Printed by Charles Webster and Co. Contains drawing of Charleston and the fort.

GLC00267.252

1947

Eisenschiml, Otto, 1880-1963

Book

Title: The American Iliad; the epic story of the Civil War as narrated by eyewitnesses and contemporaries

Edited by Eisenschiml and Ralph Newman. 1st edition, published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.

GLC00267.253

1864

Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, Sir, 1835-1901

Book

Title: Three months in the Southern states: April-June, 1863

First American edition, published by John Bradburn (the orginal British edition was published in 1863). A few comments pencilled in by a pro-Union reader (after the title: "containing the lies of a Brittsher"; below an engraving of Jefferson Davis: "The greatest scoundrel the world ever produced.") The book provides a first hand account of the war time South by a British visitor. Sabin 25832, Howes F361.

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1926

Geer, Walter, 1857-1937

Book

Title: Campaigns of the Civil War

I Nevins 30, III Dornbusch 1391

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1924

Minnigh, Luther W., fl. 1905-1924

Pamphlet

Title: Gettysburg: What they did here

Title continues, "The Standard Historical Guide Book on 'Gettysburg' with Numerous Maps and Illustrations." Covers battle plans and marches, various headquarters, and details of the three days' battle. Describes the Soldiers' National Cemetery and includes a roster of the Union and Confederate armies. Lists casualty statistics from each regiment, monuments, markers, and tablets surrounding Gettysburg. Reminiscences in poetry and prose.

GLC00267.259

circa 1865

Pamphlet

Title: The life, campaigns and public services of Lieut. General Grant

Biography of Ulysses S. Grant "With a full history of his Life, Campaigns, and battles, and his Orders, Reports, and Correspondence with the War Department and the President in relation to them, from the time he first took the field in this war, until the present time. With a portrait of General Grant, and other Illustrative engravings." Published by T.B. Peterson & Brothers.

GLC00267.260

1927

Gray, John C., 1839-1915

Book

Title: War letters, 1862-1865, of John Chipman Gray Major, Judge Advocate and John Codman Ropes Historian of the War with portraits.

Published by the Riverside Press for the Massachusetts Historical Society. Note behind cover: "I Nevins 97: "unique" / Union Bookshelf 36."

GLC00267.261

1890

Hedley, Fenwick Y., fl. 1884-1890

Book

Title: Marching through Georgia...

Title continues: "Pen-Pictures of Every-Day Life in General Sherman's Army, from the Beginning of the Atlanta Campaign Until the Close of the War." Written by Hedley, who was adjutant of the 32nd Illinois Infantry and Member of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Illustrated by F.L. Stoddard. Published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co. at 407-425 Dearborn Street in Chicago. Was copyrighted by Hedley in 1884. Contains 28 illustrations throughout. Divided into 49 chapters and covers the years 1862-1865. Covers battles at Forts Henry and Donnelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga…

GLC00267.262

1866

Higginson, Thomas W., 1823-1911

Header Record

Title: Harvard memorial biographies

Edited by Higginson. Published by Sever and Francis. Page opposite inside cover of Vol. II signed by E.L. Motte. Biographies of Harvard students and graduates killed in the Civil War.

GLC00267.263

1895, 1896

Higginson, Thomas W., 1823-1911

Header Record

Title: Massachusetts in the army and navy during the war of 1861-65

II Nevins 151, Union bookshelf 43.

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[ 1898 ]

Field, Charles D., fl. 1898

Book

Title: Three years in the saddle from 1861 to 1865

I Nevins 87, Dornsbusch 64, Coulter 159. The 13th Illinois Cavalry in AR & MO

GLC00267.265

1903

Gue, Benjamin F., 1828-1904

Book

Title: History of the Iowa... Volume II. The Civil War

II Nevins 150. Complete in itself as a history of Iowa in the Civil War.

GLC00267.266

1894

Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931

Book

Title: Campfire and battlefield : an illustrated history of the campaigns and conflicts of the Civil War

With contributions of J.T. Morgan, O.O. Howard, W. B. Howard, John B. Gordon, James Tanner, George Kilmer and Mrs. L.C. Pickett. First edition, published by Bryan, Taylor & Company. SIgned by Clark Hine on 11 November 1896. Heavily illustrated with photographs. The final chapter is "Woman's contribution to the cause." Reprinted by Trident Press International in 1999.

GLC00267.267

1951

Korn, Bertram W., 1918-1979

Book

Title: American Jewry and the Civil War

I Nevins 9.

GLC00267.268

1934-35

Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953

Header Record

Title: R. E. Lee: A biography

Howes F350. The standard biography of Lee. V. 3-4 are first editions.

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