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to Isaac Mayo

Marked Private. Captain Rodgers writes to Lieutenant Mayo who is in Annapolis, Maryland. Says Secretary of the Navy Southard is about to appoint a lieutenant to superintend the naval school just established on board the frigate "Guerriere" at Norfolk...

GLC04604.10

to Isaac Mayo

Secretary of the Navy Southard commands Lieutenant Mayo, who is in Annapolis, Maryland, to report to Commodore Banon for duty on board the frigate "Guerriere." Signed note on verso says an attack of bilious fever kept him from joining the ship. He...

GLC04604.11

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Secretary of the Navy Southard to First Lieutenant Mayo. Revokes previous order to join the frigate "Guerriere" (see GLC04604.11). Signed note on bottom of recto by Mayo says the order was revoked at his request.

GLC04604.12

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Secretary of the Navy Southard to Lieutenant Mayo. Says the order of 14 October 1828 for Mayo to report to a ship in Baltimore is revoked. Signed note by Mayo on recto says "at my request."

GLC04604.13

[Later copy of a letter August 24, 1782 letter to Lord Stirling]

"My Lord: I thank you for naming a gentleman for the officer of Commissary of Prisoners...I thank you, also for the loan of the History of Jno. Sobeiski...If your Lordship is done with the map of Staten Island, I should be glad to have it returned as...

GLC09069

to Samuel Medary

Writes about the Fugitive Slave Act: "...the law of 1850...is the most unwarrantable violation of the rights and sovereignty of the states we have ever witnessed. The South, in my opinion, are committing a fatal error in urging and insisting on this...

GLC09070

to Paul J. Semmes

Jasper S. Whiting, major and assistant adjutant general, tells Semmes to ascertain which regiments in his command do not have proper medical officers. Also requests that he makes sure to enforce General Orders no. 27 and 69. Written from the...

GLC00572.35.02

Copy of General Orders No. 20

Copy of orders from Acting Assistant Adjutant General A.P. Mason by command of General Johnston. Information on recruiting to fill companies. Advises each company should have 125 rank and file who will be compensated with $50 bounty upon joining...

GLC00572.35.03

to Paul J. Semmes

Major and Assistant Adjutant General Whiting gives instructions on leaves and furloughs and stresses that leaves should not be granted except under extraordinary circumstances. Written from Headquarters, 1st Division A.P.

GLC00572.35.04

to Paul J. Semmes

Major and Assistant Adjutant General Whiting informs Semmes of modifications made to recruiting details. He also instructs that as per General Joseph E. Johnston's directions, "it is expected that a Bill providing for recruiting the One year...

GLC00572.35.05

to Paul J. Semmes

Major and Assistant Adjutant General Whiting replies to a report Semmes filed noting deficiencies in supplies for his command. He informs Semmes that he should do whatever is necessary to obtain the necessary supplies. He advises that brigade...

GLC00572.35.06

to Joseph Curtis

Written on the Mississippi River. Gorsuch, Captain of the 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, writes to his uncle in Hamilton, Ohio regarding the recent Battle of Chickasaw Bayou. He relates that his regiment left Memphis, Tennessee on December 23...

GLC00653.09.01

[Depiction of the battle of Chickasaw Bayou]

Drawn by Gorsuch, Captain of the 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Depicts the Yazoo River, fleet location, Confederate fortifications, Chickasaw Bayou, the Mississippi River, and the Vicksburg Texas Railroad, among other details. Indicates...

GLC00653.09.02

to Joseph and his wife

Written in the field near Vicksburg, on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River. Gorsuch, Captain of the 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, discusses recent Union attempts to take Vicksburg, Mississippi by way of a constructed canal. He...

GLC00653.09.03

to Paul J. Semmes

Encloses a copy of the "Southern Guard" (see GLC 715.09.01) a publication of the proceeds of a meeting held at Temperance Hall on 13 November. Announces that Semmes has been appointed commander. Ask that Semmes accept this proposition. Signed all in...

GLC00715.09.02

to Alexander Robert Lawton

Letter written by a member of the Jones family to Confederate Brigadier General and Quartermaster General Lawson. Says his brother-in-law Mr. Charles Moncine was expelled from his home near Rapidan Station, Culpepper County, Virginia and has recently...

GLC01448.01

to his mother

An officer named "Rob," writing to his mother. Says his most recent duty as "Brigade Field officer of the Day" kept him up all night. He was in charge of a long line of pickets and several scouting parties. Says "The troops in our part were negroes,...

GLC01448.02

to Philip B. Jones

One letter addressed to Philip B. Jones from William W. Jones dated December 31, 1862. Pertains to paying $1,400 to enslave a man named Joe. Also states his concern that cost for enslaved people are rising. Mentions possibly selling two enslaved...

GLC01449.01

to Philip B. Jones

One letter addressed to Philip B. Jones from William W. Jones dated Feburary 18, 1863. Letter pertains to paying $1,400 for a 35-year old enslaved man named Joe currently being held in Gradys Jail. Also mentions that Joe's wife (unnamed) was included...

GLC01449.02

to Jefferson Davis

Morgan beseeches Confederate president Davis to return his former regiments to his command. Mentions Breckinridge's Regiment, Dortch's Battalion, and other units. On verso is a Davis autograph note signed (with initials), asking the adjutant general...

GLC02460.10.01

to Fidelia E. Stanley

Governor Fenton follows up on a letter written by his military secretary (see GLC02710.44.01) and reiterates that there are currently no openings for a lieutenant in the 107th New York Volunteers, but states that the he will promote her son, Lucius T...

GLC02710.44.02

to Fidelia E. Stanley

Informs Mrs. Stanley, the mother of Lucius T. Stanley, that the New York Governor, Reuben E. Fenton, will promote her son, Lucius T. Stanley, to 1st Lieutenant in the 107th New York Volunteers as soon as there is a vacancy. But if it is preferred...

GLC02710.44.03

to Fidelia E. Stanley

Governor Fenton sends Mrs. Stanley a duplicate of a commission for her son, Lucius T. Stanley, as a 1st Lieutenant in the 65th New York Volunteers. Tells her that he holds her son in high esteem. He was placed in the 65th because there were no...

GLC02710.44.04

[Lucius T. Stanley certificate of Civil War service]

Signed by Adjutant General Farnsworth and countersigned by the Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Partially printed document sent to Stanley by the New York Adjutant General's Office by his request (see GLC02710.46.01). The filled in blanks...

GLC02710.46.02

[Envelope to Lieutenant Mayo]

Addressed to "Lieut Mayo U.S.S. Franklin." Docketed as "1823 Comr Stewart on Leave of Depositions to the U. State." This is the envelope for the letter at GLC04604.03

GLC04604.02