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Battle of Nashville

Six stanza poem dramatizing the action at the Battle of Nashville. Each stanza has a heading: "The Preparation," "The Night Scene," "The Prelude," "The Second Day," The Chief," and "The Charge." The stanza titled "The Chief," is the shortest and is...

GLC02135

Carte de visites of Civil War generals [decimalized]

GLC02136

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

Signed as Lieutenant General.

GLC02136.01

[Carte de visite of Philip Henry Sheridan]

Bust portrait of Union General Philip Sheridan. Signed on image.

GLC02136.03

[Cabinet photograph of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman]

Signed on mount and verso. On mount of the West End Gallery, St. Louis, Mo., inscribed on verso to "Dr. Thomas T. Mirror, Seattle, W[ashington]. T[erritory]." on 1886 August 24.

GLC02136.04

[Carte de visite of Quincy Adams Gillmore]

Signed on mount, 3/4 standing by Anthony from Brady.

GLC02136.05

[Carte de visite of George Gordon Mead]

Meade, the hero of Gettysburg. Signed on image, bust by Brady

GLC02136.06

[Carte de visite of Robert Anderson]

GLC02136.07

[Carte de visite of P.G.T. Beauregard]

Signed on image & verso 3/4 bust by R.A.Rees, Richmond. Inscribed to Miss C. M. J. Kearn, New Orleans, 1869 May 26.

GLC02136.08

[Benjamin Franklin Butler]

Carte de visite signed on mount. Butler photographed in civilian clothing, 3/4 seated profile.

GLC02136.09

Carte de visite of Henry Wager Halleck]

Signed on mount. 3/4 standing by Brady.

GLC02136.10

Major General John Sedgwick

Signed carte de visite of Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick

GLC02136.13

[Carte de visite of Nathaniel Prentiss Banks]

Inscribed by Banks to L. J. Cist (see GLC 749 Lincoln ALS to same for the Mississippi Sanitary Commission). Dated in another hand from the same time. With two cents revenue stamp on verso.

GLC02136.14

[Cabinet photograph of Horace Porter]

With short biographical description on verso. Inscription on verso reads: "Brevet General Horace Porter, of Pennsylvania. Medal of Honor - Chickamauga."

GLC02136.17

[Cabinet photograph of William W. Averell]

Signed on mount, 3/4 seated in civilian clothing. With short biographical description on verso. Inscription on verso reads: "Maj. Gen. W.W. Averill. He led the advance on Manassass of Gen. McClellan. Took part in the famous Stoneman's Raid toward...

GLC02136.18

[Cabinet photograph of Joseph Wheeler]

Seated in military jacket and fake boots worn over his civilian clothing. Signed "A. Dupont" on negative.

GLC02136.19

[Carte de visite of Alfred P Rockwell]

Inscribed to Capt. Tidball.

GLC02136.21

[Cabinet photograph of Henry Harison Bingham]

With short biographical description on verso. Inscription on verso reads: Congressional Medal of Honor, Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. Brigidier General H.H. Bingham, Postmaster, Philadelphia, Pa. March 1867-December 1872. Resigned when he...

GLC02136.22

[Cabinet photograph of Henry Heth]

Henry Heth, wearing Confederate uniform. Clean and bright.

GLC02136.23

[Cabinet photograph of Alexander R. Lawton]

Alexander R. Lawton in civilian clothing. Lacks original backing of the mount. Bust portrait signed on mount. Lawton was the Quartermaster General of the C.S.A. The inscription "late" in on the recto, possibly indicating this reproduction was...

GLC02136.24

[Carte de visite of Thomas E.G. Ransom]

Signed on mount. 3/4 length, sitting.

GLC02136.25

[Carte de visite of Capt. James Wilson]

Signed, profile bust. Noted on verso, in another hand: "Peoria, Ill." Note: this is not General James Wilson, but a Captain of the same name.

GLC02136.26

[Carte de visite of Alfred Sully]

Signed on image and verso as Brig. Gen., bust

GLC02136.27

[Carte de visite of Lorenzo Thomas]

GLC02136.28

Special field orders

Signed "W.T.S." Apparently a draft of orders, unnumbered, with cross outs and additions. Concerns the strategy for rationing supplies at the start of Atlanta campaign. Also details procedures for dealing with deficiencies of supplies due to...

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