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[Presidential pardon of Thomas McNaney, convicted of assault and battery, and resisting arrest].

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC05104

Report of Lieutenant General U.S. Grant, of the armies of the United States--1864-'65

Inscribed to John Sherwood on the title page. This is Grant's last report to Congress on the conclusion of the war. With provenance notice on later flyleaf from Sherwood to his son.

GLC05105

[Deed for sale of lot number 54]

Bruce, former United States Senator from Mississippi, signs as the recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. Hugh Nelson and James W. Greer sign as trustees, transmitting the lot to Charles H. Gladden. Howard M. Norris signs as notary public.

GLC05108

Civil War photograph collection: Brady, Gardner; Lincoln [separate inventory]

Word processed inventory available. Approximately 2000 photographs, mostly period, from the Civil War era. Includes battles, portraits, group portraits of regiments and officers, medical photographs (3), retouched original prints or photographs with...

GLC05111

White House, Washington, D. C. [Tad Lincoln standing in front] [unique]

A print of a photograph taken by Henry F. Warren of Waltham, MA of the White House. Probably taken on March 6th, 1865, as Warren photographed Lincoln at the White House on that date (Ostendorf no. 112 & 113). The photograph is of the Northern facade...

GLC05111.01.0005

Re-Inauguration of President Lincoln, 4th March, 1865.

One photograph entitled, "Re-Inauguration of President Lincoln, 4th March, 1865," taken by Alexander Gardner. Image is of crowds at·the Capitol Building during Lincoln's inauguration on march 4, 1865. Negative by Wm. H. Smith. Positive by A. Gardner...

GLC05111.01.0006

Wing of the Capitol building with flag at half-staff.

A print of a photograph taken of the Grand Review of the Union Army on May 23rd, 1865. The photograph shows the north wing of the US Capitol building with the camera facing south-west. There is a large crowd in front of the Capitol, presumably...

GLC05111.01.0011

Long bridge from a little above 14th Street

A salt print of a photograph taken of the Long Bridge in Washington, D.C. circa 1862. The camera is facing nearly due south. The picture must have been taken before 1864 when a second bridge was completed shortly downriver, as it is not present in...

GLC05111.01.0017

Successful intermediate excision of the head, neck and trochanters of the right femur.

One undated photograph entitled, "Successful intermediate excision of the head, neck and trochanters of the right femur," tatken by Charles Milton Bell. Image is of Private Hugh Wright of New Jersey. Printed description on verso describes Wright's...

GLC05111.01.0032

Simple fracture of the middle third of the left femur, united without deformity.

One photograph entitled, "Simple fracture of the middle third of the left femur, united without deformity," taken by Charles Milton Bell dated August 1865. Image is of Lieutenant A. W. Starkweather of Indiana, who was thrown from his horse at Black...

GLC05111.01.0033

Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, VA. March, 1862.

One photograph entitled, " Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, VA," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Published by Philp & Solomons. Page taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. Volume...

GLC05111.01.0035

Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. March, 1862. No. 2.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. March, 1862. No. 2," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Page taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. Incidents of the War."...

GLC05111.01.0036

Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. No. 3. March 1862.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. No. 3. March 1862," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Image shows two Quaker guns and several men posed near the interior wall of the fort. View...

GLC05111.01.0037

Incidents of the War. Ruins at Manassas. No. 1. March, 1862.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the War. Ruins at Manassas," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. This page was taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War." Image is of a young boy, a dead horse, and a Federal...

GLC05111.01.0038

Incidents of the War. Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run. No. 2. March, 1862.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the War. Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. This page was taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War." Image is of debris from bridge lying in the...

GLC05111.01.0039

Ruins at Manassas Junction. No. 9. March, 1862.

One photograph entitled, "Ruins at Manassas Junction," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Image is of ruins of several buildings used by the Confederate railroad company, Orange and Alexandria, as a depot. The remains of a few mud huts...

GLC05111.01.0040

[Sassacus-class gunboat]

A print of a photograph taken of a US Navy riverine patrol boat during the Civil War. It is a steam double-ended sidewheel gunboat of what is popularly referred to as the "Sassacus"-class. Built for patroling rivers, many were deployed to Virginia...

GLC05111.01.0043

Incidents of the War. No. 203. General Johnston's Headquarters, Centreville.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the War. No. 203. General Johnston's Headquarters, Centreville," taken by Mathew Brady dated 1862. Image is of uniformed men in front of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's Headquarters.

GLC05111.01.0047

[Portrait of Major Sidell]

A salt print of a photographic portrait of a man identified as Maj. Sidell. Heavily touched-up by Brady studio artists. Posibly an original painting and not a photograph. Research brings up a William Henry Sidell, born 1810 in New York, NY. Sidell...

GLC05111.01.0054

to Eliza Brooke, Jr.

News of a Quaker community in Philadelphia, where she had recently moved. Includes comments on the marriage of local couples. Signed "D. Payne."

GLC05102

Map of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44

Lithograph by E. Weber & Co. of Baltimore, Maryland. Map part of Frémont's "Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44" (see GLC05103.01). Outlines Frémont's...

GLC05103.02

The St. Clair papers: The life and public service of Arthur St. Clair: Soldier of the Revolutionary War; President of the Continental Congress; and Governor of the North-Western Territory with his correspondence and other papers

Published by Robert Clarke & Co., 1882. Signed by former President Rutherford B. Hayes on 11 February 1882. Includes some of St. Clair's addresses and correspondence. Contains ordinances and treaties related to the Northwest Territory. This is...

GLC05106

Profiles in Courage

First edition, published by Harper & Brothers. Inscribed to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and signed by Kennedy. Written during a period of convalescence, Senator Kennedy highlights the great courage and integrity of eight past senators. Kennedy's...

GLC05107

General Order. No. 14

Written to Lieutenant Comdt. H.J. Hartstone. Orders to collect maritime information to improve charts of the Mexican coast.

GLC05109

[Gerrit Smith]

Mounted (for an album?) to 16.3 x 10 cm. Inscribed on the mount: "I am, my dear Mary R. Smith, your old friend, Gerrit Smith."

GLC05110

Civil War era photographs

Includes 112 Gardiners, 19 Brady, 30 O'Sullivans, plus Faux, Armistead, French, Gessner and McPherson & Oliver. Includes many salt prints. Glass plate negatives #478-487; Cased images #488-507. Numbered separately and described in separate...

GLC05111.01

[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]

A printing of a photograph taken of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler in Chicago on February 28th, 1857. The photograph portrays Lincoln's head and shoulders as he faces to the right. Lincoln had intentionally touseld his hair as he claimed his...

GLC05111.01.0001

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking right, May 20,1860]

A print of a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by William Marsh, in Springfield, Illinois on May 20th, 1860. It is a half-length photograph, Lincoln is facing right but looking directly at the camera. Taken two days after Lincoln recieved the...

GLC05111.01.0002

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, June 3, 1860.]

A print of a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Alexander Hesler in Springfield, Illinois on June 3rd, 1860. The photograph portrays Lincoln's head and shoulders as he faces to the right, the photograph is oval-shaped. Hesler's "tousled hair"...

GLC05111.01.0003

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.]

A print of a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Alexander Hesler in Springfield, Illinois on June 3rd, 1860. The photograph portrays Lincoln's head and shoulders as he faces to the right, the photograph is oval-shaped. Hesler's "tousled hair"...

GLC05111.01.0004

[Lincoln funeral caisson in New York]

One photograph of Abraham Lincoln's funeral caisson dated May 1865. Shows the funeral caisson stopped in front of the Clinton Market on a cobblestoned street.

GLC05111.01.0007

[Fassett] Photographer Chicago

One photograph of the road where Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois may have been located, taken by Samuel M. Fassett. Fassett's name appears to be rubbed out on mount; full title taken from pencil inscription underneath. Image shows...

GLC05111.01.0008

President Lincoln's house, with Congressional Delegation

A print of a photography taken by Fredrick William (F. W.) Ingmire of the Congressional funeral delegation outside the house of Abraham Lincoln. Taken on May 3rd, 1865, the day before Lincoln's funeral. The Lincoln house is draped in banners and...

GLC05111.01.0009

[Illinois Soldiers College, 1866-1873]

A print of a photograph of the main building of Illinois Soldiers College, established March 30th, 1866 in Fulton, IL as a school where disabled veterans and their children, as well as orphans of Union soldiers, could receive an education. The school...

GLC05111.01.0010

[Lincoln's tomb showing his and Willie's caskets, covered with flowers and crepe]

A print of a photograph of the caskets of Abraham Lincoln and William Wallace Lincoln in the receiving vault of Oak Ridge Cemetary, Springfield, IL. Taken sometime in May, 1865. Willie's remains were exhumed upon his father's death and transferred to...

GLC05111.01.0012

[Confederate Flag raised over Ft. Sumter]

Extremely rare salt print taken by George S. Cooke of the interior of Fort Sumter after it was taken by Confederate troops. With pencil inscription at the top of the mount: "With the new flag of the south now raised and our Southerners in the...

GLC05111.01.0013

[Port Hudson, Provost Marshall's Quarters]

A print of a photograph taken in Port Hudson, Louisiana in 1863. It portrays a cabin with black women laborers gathered in front and black soldiers lined up on the side. Pencil description written on back notes that Provost Marshall Captain Schenk [...

GLC05111.01.0014

Sleigh-ride at Port Hudson, La. Friday Jan. 8, 1864

A print of a photograph taken on January 8th, 1864, in Port Hudson, LA. Colonel Cyrus Hamlin [later made Brig. Gen]--son of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin--sits in the small one-horse sleigh at left. Behind him are officers of the 80th U.S. Colored...

GLC05111.01.0015

Arrival of Ohio Troops at Balti

A print of a photograph taken of a various trains arriving at a yard. Likely Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD, as the masts of ships in the harbor can be seen in the background. The trains are mostly enclosed boxcars, though a passenger car can be seen...

GLC05111.01.0016

Military Bridge Aacross the Chickahominy

One photograph entitled, "Military Bridge Aacross the Chickahominy" taken by David B. Woodbury dated June 1862. Image is of federal soldiers armed with axes, shovels, and other tools are lined up on the nearly complete Woodbury's Bridge constructed...

GLC05111.01.0018

A Camp Meeting With a Purpose

A print of a photograph taken near Corinth, Kentucky in October 1862. Image shows a large assemblage of troops stretching across the entire photograph. A few soldiers sit in the shade under trees next to horses in the foreground, apart from the...

GLC05111.01.0019

Depot at Stevenson, Ala.

A print of a photograph taken between 1861 and 1865 in Stevenson, Alabama. The photograph shows a large contingent of men, most likely soldiers, standing in front of the building at the Stevenson Railway Depot. Three men stand in the foreground in...

GLC05111.01.0020

Battery Williams and winter quarters at Corinth, Miss.

A print of a photograph taken of Battery Williams in Corinth, MS. In October 1862, Confederate forces attacked Corinth in an attempt to recapture the strategically important rail lines there. Union forces had taken Corinth the previous spring and...

GLC05111.01.0021

Battery Williams and Robinette at Corinth taken the winter after the battle.

A print of a photograph taken in Corinth, MS in the winter after the Second Battle of Corinth (roughly 1862-1863). Purple ink inscription on adhered tag on back side. No. 13. Details given: Valuable view of Batteries Williams and Robinette, at...

GLC05111.01.0022

Federal garrison [winter] quarters, Corinth or Memphis.

A print of a photograph taken during the Civil War. Groupings of three rifles balanced together stand in front of garrison quarters with Federal soldiers sitting and standing and sittingagainst the quarters. Perhaps, Quarter Masters or Sutler's shop...

GLC05111.01.0023

Corona College, Corinth.

A print of a photograph of the main building of the former Corona College in Corinth, MS. The building is three stories and made of brick. A horse-drawn ambulance is parked at the entrance. Note that the columns are also made of brick. Corona...

GLC05111.01.0024

Camp of 57th Ill. Infantry, Corinth, MS.

A print of a photograph taken in Corinth, MS during the Civil War. Image of well constructed buildings made from planks. Railroad tracks run in the foreground. This was the camp of the 57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment from October 1862 to...

GLC05111.01.0025

[Eight Union officers in front of barracks]

A print of a photograph taken during the Civil War. It shows seven Union Army officers and one sergeant standing in front of and leaning on a porch of a Union barracks. The building is a simple clapboard structure and others like it are visible to...

GLC05111.01.0026

Ruins of Mississippi Valley Mill.

A print of a photograph taken of ruins during the Civil War. Civilian sitting in foreground, another standing with white frock coat in middleground, and a third on the other side of the tree from the second. The size of the final figure in contrast...

GLC05111.01.0027

Practice Ship Constellation

One undated photograph entitled, "Practice Ship Constellation," printed by Bachrach & Chase. Image is of the U.S.S. Constellation which was the last Civil War vessel afloat, that launched August 26, 1854 and was the last all-sail warship built by the...

GLC05111.01.0028

Gun Deck of "Santee"

One undated photograph entitled, "Gun Deck of 'Santee'" printed by Bachrach & Chase. Image is of a sailor working on his knees on the gun deck of the USS Santee.

GLC05111.01.0029

[Spar deck of the U.S.S. Santee]

One undated photograph entitled, "Spardeck 'Santee,'" printed by Bachrach & Chase. Photograph was taken on upper deck and includes canons and the ship's wheel. Three sailors visible in the middle of the deck.

GLC05111.01.0030

Successful primary excision of the head and four inches of shaft of the right humerus for gunshot fracture.

One photograph entitled, "Successful primary excision of the head and four inches of shaft of the right humerus for gunshot fracture," taken by Charles Milton Bell dated March 1867. Image is of Major Tomas G. Morrison of Indiana, five months after...

GLC05111.01.0031

Hd. Qrs. Gen'l. Hay(e)s

A print of a photograph taken at the headquarters of Union General Ink inscription on recto: "Hd Qrs. Genl. Hay[inserted: e]s [sic]. Bostwick Bros." Large group of people standing in front of two cabins. The flag over the 2nd Corps flies over the...

GLC05111.01.0034

[Assistant Adjutant-General DeGarmo Jones]

A print of a portrait of Assistant Adjutant-General Colonel DeGarmo Jones, 3/4 length sitting, wearing epaulettes and holding sword. Jones, born ca. 1833-1835 Wayne, MI, was the son of DeGarmo Jones, Mayor of Detroit in 1839 as well as a businessman...

GLC05111.01.0041

Headquarters U.S. Engineers Battalion Sept. 1864. (Petersburg Campaign)

A print of a photograph taken of a large group of soldiers standing in front of a small house. There are various small tents to the left and right. Two soldiers hold bundles of telegraph wire in the center of the image. The house, presumably the main...

GLC05111.01.0042

Brady's Incidents of the War. Harpers Ferry & Vicinity, VA. 22nd Regt. N.Y.S.N.G.

One undated photograph entitled, "Brady's Incidents of the War. Harpers Ferry & Vicinity, VA. 22nd Regt. N.Y.S.N.G.," taken by Matthew Brady. Image is of 12 soldiers of the 22nd Regiment of the New York State National Guard. Pictured with them is a...

GLC05111.01.0044

[General George Meade and 35 staff members at Cold Harbor]

One photograph taken by Mathew Brady dated June 12, 1864. According to Photographic History of the Civil War Vol. 2, p. 1067, image is of Union General George Meade who is seated at center with legs crossed, surrounded by his staff. Major General...

GLC05111.01.0045

Views In and Around Richmond, VA.

One photograph entitled, "Views In and Around Richmond, VA," taken by Mathew Brady dated 1865. The image shows a large number of soldiers, sailors, civilians, freedmen, and women posed in front of the U. S. Sanitary Commission (USSC) building in...

GLC05111.01.0046

[General French and 14 staff members]

A print of a photograph taken of a group of Union Army officers taken in September 1863. Major General William H. French stands fifith from the left among his 3rd Corps staff officers (10 standing and four seated, not counting French). In 1864, the...

GLC05111.01.0048

[Gen. Ambrose Burnside and 20 staff members, 9th Corps headquarters]

A print of a photograph of General Ambrose Burnside and his staff in 1862. A wood carving copy of this photograph was printed in Harper's Weekly on July 23rd, 1864. Graphite inscriptions on verso: "Burnside, Hancock" and "9333." Brigadier General...

GLC05111.01.0049

[Oval portrait of Admiral Andrew Hull Foote in dress uniform]

One undated photograph of Admiral Andrew Hull Foote. Foote is wearing a dress uniform including epaulettes and sword.

GLC05111.01.0050

[Oval portrait of George Henry Thomas in uniform]

One undated photograph of Union Major General George Henry Thomas. Image is of his right profile. See GLC00556 for another portrait view of Thomas.

GLC05111.01.0051

[Group portrait of five junior officers]

A print of a photograph of five union officers. Two are seated in chairs on the left and right, one on a stool at center, and two standing behind. The two behind are 2nd Lieutenants, the ones seated are 1st Lieutenants. However, the two second...

GLC05111.01.0052

[Imperial salt print of General Alexander McDowell McCook in civilian dress]

One undated photograph of Major General Alexander McDowell McCook taken by Mathew Brady.

GLC05111.01.0053

to Lorenzo Thomas

Badeau, captain and aide-de-camp, writes to Thomas, United States Adjutant General. Writes, "I have the honor to report my continued presence in Washington City, awaiting orders for the field, with Brig Gen T. W. Sherman, to whom I was reassigned by...

GLC05022

to unknown

Marked "unofficial" at the top. General Benham writes to a general whose name is not included. Discusses complaints leveled against him. Encloses a letter pertaining to such complaints (not included). Recently sent one of his best officers to...

GLC05023

to William Cullen Bryant

General Casey, who served as president of the Board for the Examination of Candidates for Officers of African American troops, encloses an article which he cut from the New York Evening Post (not included). Informs Bryant, editor of the Post, that...

GLC05027

to Frank M. Etting

Brevet Brigadier General Eaton, paymaster, writes to Colonel Etting, Chief Paymaster in Baltimore, Maryland. Discusses the question of bounty due to loyal owners of slaves. Marked "Confidential" at top. Written on War Department, Paymaster General...

GLC05031

to F. S. Cozzens

Written from camp near Culpeper. Missed Cozzens on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. On the train to Washington, sat beside a Presbyterian parson. Told the parson he was a brevet Bishop in the Army of the Potomac. Notes that the parson was...

GLC05033

to Henry W. Halleck

Gillmore, commanding the Department of the South, discusses the measures for improving the condition of African Americans in his department with Halleck, United States General-in-Chief. States "The wisdom of the course pursued, (under my uniform...

GLC05034

to Henry W. Halleck

Marked "Confidential." Advises Halleck "You want the best troops in the line of Washington" and not scattered over the Peninsula, since he expects Washington will be the focus of Confederate plans. Thinks the regiments in Washington should be sent to...

GLC05043

Letter and carte de visite [Decimalized .01-.02]

Letter from George Washington Morgan to Andrew Johnson and carte de visite of Morgan.

GLC05045

to Adam Badeau

Pelouze, major and aide-de-camp, writes to Captain Badeau, also an aide-de-camp. Pelouze reports that when reading the Army and Navy Official Gazette, he discovered that Badeau will be recommended for dismissal unless he appears before a military...

GLC05047

to Preston King, Erastus Corning, and Abram B. Olin

Defends his actions, questions why McClellan should rank above him, and advocates a more aggressive military policy. States that he has done everything within his power to prepare his army, and any failings are the fault of others. Also claims that...

GLC05056

to unknown

Written by Rear Admiral Dahlgren to an unknown recipient. Dahlgren notes that "The Gunners perpendiculars & Levels you speak of must be some recently invented and highly skientific [sic] tools not generally known, as yet they are certainly beyond our...

GLC05058

[General orders, 1863, no. 1-400 (3 vols), and 1864 no. 1-380 (3 vols)]

Bound copies of general orders for 1863 and 1864 printed by the Government Printing Office. Includes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863 #1), "Regulations for the care of field works, and the government of their garrisons" (1863 #45), Lincoln...

GLC05061

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to pardon Nathan Darling].

1 black and white bust engraving of Lincoln included.

GLC05062

to Mrs. Thomas McAllister

Mentions that he enjoyed reading McAllister's report and editorials on the Regional Conferences being held by the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. Discusses women's role in politics.

GLC05064

[Joseph Hooker]

GLC05066

[House report no. 65 regarding the Fort Pillow massacre and no. 67 regarding returned prisoners of war]

Contains a full report of the April 1864 battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, based on an investigation of the battle itself, as well as the operations of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest "and his command immediately preceding and subsequent...

GLC05080.06

Appointment of Rufus W. Peckham as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Counter-signed by Judson Harmon.

GLC05085.01

[Listing of court cases and abstracts]

Notebook listing important court cases and their abstracts, in Peckham's hand. Most of Peckham's papers are believed destroyed. A small group of 800 items is at the Library of Congress. A.K. Wigdor, The Personal Papers of the Supreme Court...

GLC05085.02

Pardon of Henry Smith, convicted of counterfeiting.

Pardon of Henry Smith, convicted of passing counterfeit money. (c/s Hamilton Fish)

GLC05086

Harpers Ferry, Va.

Writing on mount misidentifies the scene as Richmond, Va.

GLC05087

[Pardon of Edward Sheehy for assault].

Countersigned by Secretary of State James Buchanan. The pardon orders Sheehy to pay a fine and costs of $23.

GLC05090

[Hand-drawn map of portions of Dismal Swamp & environs]

Hand drawn map of a portion of the Dismal Swamp between Norfolk and Nansemond Counties in Virginia. Docket reads: "Plat of the Company's land in the Great Dismal Swamp, 40,000 ac[re]s. Watermark: Plow. (Per J. Rhodehamel letter 9/4/96, letter must...

GLC05099

Invoice of Goods to be sent for by Mr. John Gill of Baltimore for and on account of George Washington of Mount Vernon in Virginia, according to agreement

List of dry goods Washington ordered for his plantation. Includes blankets, buttons, and cloth. Most of the items are material for blankets and clothing for his slaves. Asks for "6 pieces of the largest - thickest and best striped Blanketing for...

GLC05100

to William Jarvis

Secretary of State Madison discusses the "outrage on the frigate Chesapeake" and America's political response to it. Also comments on a good agricultural growing season and the shipment and order of various goods. Jarvis was the United States...

GLC05101

to unknown

Captain Ingraham writes to a general who remains unnamed in this letter. States "I drop you a line to say we are all quiet here... Lincoln seems determined to carry it on..." Predicts that the Union will not attempt to invade the location of the...

GLC05017

An Address to the People of the Free States by the President of the Southern Confederacy.

Contemporary fake on emancipation. Imprint, "Richmond Enquirer Print." A fictitious response of Jefferson Davis to the Emancipation Proclamation, threatening retaliation by enslaving Black people. It says in part "All negroes who shall be taken in...

GLC05018

to Jefferson Davis

Requests that the Treasury Department provide $30,000 in gold for expenses of the Navy Department, as previously discussed. WIth autograph endorsement signed by Jefferson Davis on the verso: "Secty of Treasury for attention, the purpose is known and...

GLC05019

to Mattie Moore

Moore, Governor of Alabama, discusses the Civil War with his daughter following the Battle of Fort Sumter. Expresses pride in Alabama's soldiers. Consoles Mattie in her husband's absence, stating "you must not be uneasy about your husband--rather...

GLC05020

A written and printed version of a letter from William M. Peyton to William Cabell Rives discussing Virginia's secession [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC05021

to John Titcomb Sprague

Written from Camp White Oak Church. Colonel Bidwell of the 49th New York Volunteers writes to Sprague, Adjutant General of the State of New York. Attests that John C. White is "a worthy and efficient man and one who has distinguished himself in...

GLC05024

to M. Jefferson Thompson

Proposes an exchange of prisoners in response to Confederate General Richard Taylor's threat to execute ten Union prisoners from the 8th Vermont regiment. Refers to the deprivation of some property on Taylor's plantation and remarks that he believes...

GLC05025

to Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

General Carr, commander of the 14th Division/13th Corps, writes to General Blair, commander of the 2nd Division/15th Corps. Encloses a dispatch (not included) from General John Alexander McClernand, commander of the 13th Corps. Writes "I have no...

GLC05026

to unknown

Says the Union army "is inadequate to the capture of Richmond. I have at no time thought that it was" able to do so. Written just after the Seven Days, as the Union forces begin to withdraw and the Peninsula campaign comes to an unsuccessful close...

GLC05028

to C. C. Leigh

Writes to Leigh in New York: "It occurs to me, that occasionally there may be colored servant girls- refugees- to be obtained, and that through the National Society, you may have something to do with finding places for them. I should like a good...

GLC05029

to Colonel Mauray

Colonel Duffie of the First Rhode Island Cavalry writes to Colonel Mauray, Assistant Adjutant General, Company H. Discusses the state of his regiment. Writes, "Since soon 15 days I have the honor to command this regiment it is for me a sad duty to...

GLC05030