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to Abraham Lincoln, re: seeking position of military governor of Arkansas

Asking Lincoln to be considered a candidate for military governor of Arkansas

GLC06886

WWI diaries of soldiers in Company A, 7th Engineers, with vivid battle details [Decimalized .01- .04]

The dates of the individual volumes are as follows:
I. 3 June 1917-2 June 1918; II. 3 June-20 October 1918; III. 8 December 1918-12 April 1919; IV. ca. 20 April-5 August 1919.

Bound manuscripts housed in Primary: Range 3B, Shelf 1-2.

GLC06888

Captains Jane and Clark

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. With tax stamp. Shows three soldiers and a civilian servant [?] in front of a tent.

GLC05137.206

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac -- Warrior's Rest

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Group of soldiers posing in frame of a wooden structure.

GLC05137.210

Tent Life of the 31st Pennsylvania Regiment

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Famous photograph of a woman holding a basket, her soldier husband and three children posed in front of tent. Cooking utensils, stool and other amenities are visible.

GLC05137.220

Maj. Gen Burnside and His Staff

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Maj. Gen. Burnside and Staff at his Headquarters in the field near Richmond, Va."

GLC05137.239

General Mulford, Agent of Exchange, Richmond, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Gen'l Mulford, Ageny of Exchange, Richmond, Va." Shows Mulford leaning on a tree outside a mansion. Two men standing on left side of photograph, large house...

GLC05137.240

General Ord, at Jeff Davis's Mansion

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Col. [sic] Ord, at the mansion formerly occupied by Jeff Davis, Richmond, Va. In the doorway is the table upon which the surrender of Gen. lee was signed."

GLC05137.241

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac -- Gen. Neal Dowd's Tent

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Gen. Dowd and two officers in side a tent.

GLC05137.242

Generals Hancock, Gibbon, Bartlett and Birney

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Group of Generals: Hancock, Gibbon, Barton [sic], Birney, in the field, near Richmond, Va." With tax stamp. Handwritten: "Emma G. Griggs, From my Husband"

GLC05137.243

The old Stone House in Richmond

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "The old Stone House in Main st., Richmond, Va. This is the first dwelling erected in the city and was at one time occupied by Gen. Washington." Shows a group of...

GLC05137.245

Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Reviewing stand

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. The stand in front of the President's House occupied by the President...

GLC05137.253

Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Maj. Gen. Humphrey and Staff

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. Looking up Pennsylvania Avenue from the Treaury Buildings. Maj. Gen...

GLC05137.254

Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Maj. Gen. Humphrey and Staff

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Same as GLC 5137.254. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. Looking...

GLC05137.255

Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Maj. Gen. Frank Blair and Staf

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. Looking up Pennsylvania Avenue...

GLC05137.256

Return of the New York 69th Regiment

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "The Return of the New York 69th Regiment, N.Y.S.N.G."

GLC05137.258

[Frederick Douglass]

Inscribed on front "Frederick Douglass. Born 1817." Inscribed verso: "Frederick Douglass. Born February 1817." With newspaper obituary pasted on the back. The albumen surface has been slightly scratched.

GLC05146

Scene in the Hospital (leg amputation)

No identification. Label on front: "Scene in the Hospital." Zouave soldiers helping a doctor with a leg amputation. Handwritten on verso: "Hospital Scene at Fortress Monroe, Va." Not the same as 5137.201

GLC05137.200

Scene in the Hospital. (arm amputation)

No identification. Label on front: "Scene in the Hospital." Zouaves soldiers helping a doctor prepare for amputate an arm. Doctors kit visible ion a table in the foreground. Handwritten on verso: "Hospital Scene at Fortress Monroe, Va." Not the...

GLC05137.201

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac. Taking it Easy

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. "Taking it Easy." Large number of men sitting around posing for the camera. Some have climbed on top of buildings and sit in trees in order to be in the photograph.

GLC05137.202

Camp Life [militia musicians in camp?]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. A group of soldiers, possibly musicians, with several men in top hats and suits standing in front of a tent. Uniforms on soldiers are light with dark strips on seams of pants and dark accenting on jacket.
Two...

GLC05137.203

Camp Life [militia unit?]

No identification. Label on front. "1668 War Scenes. Camp Life." A regiment of soldiers in a field in marching formation. Officers wear dark uniforms and the soldiers wear light uniforms with dark stripes on the seams of the pants, white gloves and...

GLC05137.204

Camp Scene, 44th Regt. Halls Hill, Virginia, Butterfield's headquarters....

C. A. Palmer. A group of soldiers among their tents. Label on back: "Camp Scene, 44th Regt. Halls Hill, Virginia, Butterfield's headquarters in distance." Label on back includes information for the developing of the negative.

GLC05137.205

The Battlefield of Bull Run

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Soldiers and part of a Battery, on the Battlefield of 'Bull Run.'" One cannon in place and it appear

GLC05137.207

Soldiers posing in front of building

Nineteen soldiers in an empty building, possibly a train station. Soldiers are wearing light pants with light stripes on seams and waist coats.

GLC05137.208