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To the people of Missouri

Printed call to arms from Colonel Lawther, the famous Missouri partisan fighter. Says he has been appointed and authorized by President Davis to organize a regiment of "Partizan Rangers, to serve in the Western Department." Says he has been...

GLC05987.37

[Poem attacking Benjamin F. Butler]

Consists of an unsigned acrostic poem with the name "BF Butler" as the basis. An attack against General Benjamin F. Butler [possibly for his "women around town" order while he was administering New Orleans]. The notorious declaration was issued on 15...

GLC05987.39

[General order no. 6 exempting certain persons from military service]

Orders are issued by Confederate General Greer from Headquarters, Bureau of Conscription, Trans-Mississippi Department. Exempts one person per plantation (an owner, agent, or overseer) if the plantation has at least twenty enslaved people. Contains...

GLC05987.40

Christianity and slavery, by Rev. A. W. Miller, Petersburg, Virginia.

Written by A. W. Miller (possibly by the Rev. Arnold W. Miller, though most of Arnold Miller's sermons and writings were published in South Carolina). Justifies slavery through Christianity: "Thus, the relation of slavery will ever continue in the...

GLC05987.41

[Circular no. 12, a blank application for exemption from service in the Confederate Army]

Unsigned. Application issued by the command of Preston, Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription. Offers exemption from conscription for "agriculturalists" or "overseers," binding them to deliver meat and sell surplus crops at fixed prices to...

GLC05987.42

[Circular pretaining to construction and fortification of redoubts used by the Army of Tennessee]

Based on orders issued by General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Army of Tennessee in anticipation of the siege of Atlanta. Orders strengthening of the redoubts and stockade, and fortification of defense. Contains instructions for firing and...

GLC05987.43

To the people of the State of Louisiana

Announces that all the Confederate forces in the states east of the Mississippi River have been surrendered to the United States and that the armies of Generals Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Richard Taylor are prisoners of war. States that...

GLC05987.44

To the relatives of deceased soldiers of of Leake County

File contains two documents, a broadside and an autograph letter signed. Broadside, which says "Circular" at the top, says he has received from Major J.L. Power, Superintendent of the Army Records of Mississippi Troops, many blanks for the...

GLC05987.45

Death to Traitors!

Recruitment broadside for John Sherman's Brigade's 65th Ohio Regiment, created by Recruiting Lieutenant J.N. Victor. Printed on dark blue paper. Announces that "In this, her hour of need, your country asks assistance. Patriots and Freemen! will you...

GLC05987.55

Proclamation! To the people of Estill and adjoining counties

Printed broadside published by Confederate Calvary General Morgan and Assistant Adjutant General R.A. Alston. Proclaims that he has not come among the people to disturb them of their rights of person or property. Says the Home Guards are required to...

GLC06012

Substance of the argument delivered by John H. Gilmer, before Judge J.B. Halyburton

Gilmer was a lawyer from Virginia. Printed speech on Congress suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus, Sequestion Act, Conscription Act, and Substitute Act. Speech is generally about civil liberties in a time of war. Remarks made in Virginia District Court...

GLC06014

The drunkard's progress, or the direct road to poverty, wretchedness, & ruin

Four woodcut panels showing the decline of man through drink: The Morning Dram, The Grog Shop, The Confirmed Drunkard, Concluding Scene. Each panel is accompanied by a written description of each stage of drunkenness.

GLC06025

Catalogue of Antioch College for 1853 - 1854

List of faculty by "class" (of knowledge), with admissions, course requirements and information on preparatory school and coeducation.

GLC06027.03

[Unionist epitaph for the Confederacy]

Large card printed on white glossy cardstock. Printed by James B. Rodgers at 52 & 54 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Dated the day of Lee's surrender. Says "Died near the south-side rail road, on Sunday, April 9, 1865, The Southern Confederacy...

GLC06056

Prayer at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg

Published by William S. & Alfred Martien, Booksellers. Delivered 19 November 1863, though a precise print date for this document is not cited. Delivered by Reverend Thomas Hewlings Stockton, who previously served as Chaplain to the United States...

GLC06072

[Character of Robert E. Lee defamed by Susan B. Anthony...].

A response to Anthony's accusation in her History of Woman Suffrage that Robert E. Lee banished his youngest daughter, Annie Carter Lee (1839-1862) during the Civil War because of her Unionist sentiments. The author explains that Lee protected his...

GLC06073

Sherman's campaign through the Carolinas.

Printed song written by Lawson, who served in Co. C, 46 Illinois volunteers.

GLC06074

An ordinance prohibiting slavery in the State of North Carolina.

Ordinance No. 16, introduced by Mr. Settle. Declares, "... it is hereby declared and ordained, That Slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than for crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby forever...

GLC06079

Memorial Day, May 10th, 1877, at Magnolia Cemetery, under the auspices of the Ladies Memorial Association, Charleston, South Carolina

Contains an announcement for a prayer and memorial ode delivered by Reverend W. H. Campbell. Includes odes by Grace Raymond and Reverend Charles Stuart Vedder. Announces the decoration of graves to be completed by ladies of the Association. The...

GLC06080

President's Address

President Jackson's second inaugural address. Printed in two columns with show-through. Printed at the New Hampshire Gazette Office. The notice at top notes when the address was received at the office by express, and also notes that Clay's Land...

GLC06096

How the war commenced, and how near it is ended.

Campaign broadside that includes a map showing the expansion of Union military control in the South. Includes paragraphs headed "Who commenced the War?" and "Have we made any Progress in Crushing the Rebellion?" The text underneath the map attacks...

GLC06100

Crutch--Extra.

"Glorious News." Broadside extra printing of Union soldiers' hospital newspaper reporting the capture of General Johnson's division by Winfield S. Hancock.

GLC06107.03

News-Letter Extra

Union Soldiers' newspaper printing correspondence between Commodore David G. Farragut and the Mayor of New Orleans (it is unclear which mayor, there were six in 1862). Copied from the "New Orleans Cresent" of 29 April 1862. Also includes a column...

GLC06107.19

[Extract from Transcript Extra]

Headlined "Jeff. Davis, His Staff, Family & Others, Captured!"
Written by Brevet Major General James H. Wilson for Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Says calvary under his command captured Confederate...

GLC06107.36

Herald extra

Reports on various events related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot, during which secessionists attacked Union soldiers passing through the city. Discusses a town meeting held in Calais' Horton's Hall, where "The vast assemblage was animated by...

GLC06107.40