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2 April 1864
Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864
Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 3, no. 13 (April 2, 1864)]
Sketch of Major General John C. Breckinridge and Illustration of "Laird's Anglo-Rebel Ram."
GLC05959.76.59
9 April 1864
Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 3, no. 14 (April 9, 1864)]
Sketch of Brig. General Ambrose R. Wright.
GLC05959.76.60
16 April 1864
Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 3, no. 15 (April 16, 1864)]
Sketch of Brig. General Gordon of North Carolina.
GLC05959.76.61
23 April 1864
Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 3, no. 16 (April 23, 1864)]
Sketch of Major General C.M.Wilcox.
GLC05959.76.62
30 April 1864
Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 3, no. 17 (April 30, 1864)]
General Forrest's Attack on Fort Pillow.
GLC05959.76.63
2 January 1861
Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 259 (January 2, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Contains article "We Must Act Promptly" in regards to the "trouble between South Carolina and the General Government." This front-page article criticizes President Buchanan for inconsistencies in his actions towards South...
GLC05960.02.01
7 January 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 263 (January 7, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Front page: List of the Louisiana Southern Rights Ticket at the State Convention; article titled "A Southern Congress," says South Carolina has called for a Congress of the seceded Southern states -- asks "Shall Louisiana...
GLC05960.02.04
8 January 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 264 (January 8, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Results of elections to State Convention from New Orleans. A full ticket of secessionists is to be sent. References to Mississippi state convention, military preparations in Mississippi - including a call for the...
GLC05960.02.05
27 February 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 307 (February 27, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Reference to the gathering of the Southern Congress, which formed a committee to deal with public lands and also dealt with the formation of the cabinet. Announcement of Henry J. Ellet of Mississippi as Postmaster-General...
GLC05960.02.07
1876
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
The rear of the column
Marked "Plate 18." Depicts stragglers and wagon guards bringing up the rear while the wagon train is seen coming down the distant hill, with flankers thrown out to protect it from the enemy's horseman. Depicts a black man, possibly a freed slave...
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Stuck in the mud
Marked "Plate 19." Contains 2 images. Top half titled "Stuck in the Mud," depicts a pontoon wagon with a boat stuck fast in the mud. A regiment of infantry is pulling on a rope attached to the head of the team, trying to drag them to firmer ground...
GLC08653.11
On picket at the river bank
Marked "Plate 22." Has 3 images. Upper left image is titled "On Picket at the River Bank," and shows several large trees along the edge of a river with a solider standing next to one of them. Upper right image is titled "An Old Saw Mill," and shows...
GLC08653.12
The "Reliable Contraband"
Marked "Plate 23." A scene at the cavalry outpost. In the foreground a black runaway slave, a contraband of war, is leading an old horse and is seen hesitatingly imparting to anxious officers what little information he posses of the enemy's movements...
GLC08653.13
A distant battle
Marked "Plate 25." Battle seen from a distance of about 6 miles. In the foreground is an abandoned breastwork; and on the road to the left a column of troops is seen hurrying toward the sound and smoke of distant cannon. Actual size of the image...
GLC08653.14
A hot day
Marked "Plate 27." Group of five images. Upper left is titled "A Hot Day," and depicts soldiers grouped about a gun in position, and sleeping under a shelter. Upper right is titled "Beef Steak Rare," and shows a grizzled soldier in camp holding a...
GLC08653.15
Newspapers in camp
Marked "Plate 28." The newsman is sitting on horseback, surrounded by men in camp who are buying and reading the latest news from the front as it comes from the rear. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.9 x 40.3 cm. Outline from...
GLC08653.16
Gone off with the Yanks
Marked "Plate 32." Contains 4 images. Upper left image is titled "Gone off with the Yanks," and shows what appears to be an abandoned slave shack. Upper right image is titled "A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey," and shows soldiers appearing to...
GLC08653.17
The outer picket line, winter
Marked "Plate 33." A stunning landscape with several tents and men in the foreground. The mountains dominate the background. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.4 x 40.2 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image...
GLC08653.18
Traffic between the lines
Marked "Plate 35." Depicts pickets trading for coffee and tobacco between the fortified lines during a truce. the enemy's works, protected by abattis and cheveaux-de-frise, are seen in the background, with groups of soldiers on the parapet. The...
GLC08653.19
Bummers
Marked "Plate 39." A group of cavalrymen huddles on a road, watching a body of men who have just appeared at the turn in a road. One says, "They're 'Johnnies,' boys, as sure as you're born." Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.3 x 40.3...
GLC08653.20
27 February 1863
Pope, John, 1822-1892
to Valentine Baxter Horton
General Pope, commander of the Department of the Northwest, writes to father-in-law. Notes that his mother's health is better than it has been for the past two years. States, "I find the whole public mind in the West possessed with the belief that...
GLC04385.01
18 May 1863
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894
to George G. Meade
Pennsylvania governor Curtin responds to a letter from Major General Meade, commander of the 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac. Defends himself, saying that he did not intend to make General Cadwalader think that Meade had lost all confidence in General...
GLC04385.02
7 April 1863
David, T. B. A., fl. 1862-1863
to Eliakim P. Scammon
Telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from David, the Assistant Superintendent of the telegraph office. States he cannot comply with Scammon's wishes and that a Mr. Thomas can do all the work at the post. On stationary of the U.S. Military...
GLC02414.221
13 April 1863
Sloan, Alexander A., 1838-?
Telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from Sloan, a private in Co. D., 34th Ohio Infantry. Informs him of a young girl caught at Fayette, West Virginia dressed in Zouave clothing. She told a woman at the 91st military hospital that she was spy...
GLC02414.222
5 April 1863
Hasting, Russell, 1835-1904
to James L. Botsford
Telegram to Captain Botsford of the 23rd Ohio Infantry from Lieutenant Hastings of the 23rd Ohio. Reports that three companies of Confederate General Albert Gallatin Jenkins's troops were seen at Trouts Hill, two were wounded. On stationary of the U...
GLC02414.223
16 April 1863
Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863
Telegram from Colonel Paxton of the 2nd [West] cavalry to Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio. States he will be ready to march in the morning with 250 men. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Written in Camp Piatt.
GLC02414.224
17 March 1863
Scammon, J. Young, fl. 1863
Telegram to Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio stating that he has heard General Scammon is confirmed. Says that the NY Tribune printed the same information. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.
GLC02414.225
20 August 1862
Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914
to John M. Schofield
Has received desired information, but wishes to know the recipients full name. "Your very complete sketch came to hand this morning and contains all the information desired with the single exception of your full name, which you will oblige me by...
GLC03477.07
5 December 1865
Morey, Rueben Jr., fl. 1865
to Washburn
From the father of Charles C. Morey to a "Sir Washburn." Includes a response from H. B. Bradley, a clerk in Adjutant General's office, to Rueben Morey, on page two. Morey inquires as to the whereabouts of his son's belongings, including his trunk...
GLC03523.18.59
13 January 1866
Johnson, E.E., fl. 1845-1866
to Rueben Morey, Jr.
Written from the Medical Department of the University of Michigan. Johnson writes to Morey, father of Charles C. Morey, regarding the whereabouts and character of a soldier named Ballou, and the whereabouts of his son's money and belongings.
GLC03523.18.60
4 August 1864
Smith, J. Gregory
Discharge papers for Charles C. Morey
Recto consists of official discharge orders for First Seargeant Charles C. Morey "of late Captain Orville Bixby." Verso contains signatures of officers and preprinted "Oath of Identity" card.
GLC03523.18.62
24 December 1864
Commission for Captain Charles C. Morey.
Commission for Captain Charles C. Morey by J. Gregory Smith, "Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of Vermont."
GLC03523.18.63
1864
[General John A. Logan memorial statue]
Slightly overexposed. The sculpture is located in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, and depicts Logan triumphantly atop his horse, holding an enemy banner. The statue was created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the famous sculptor, in the late 1890s....
GLC03975.03
7 May 1864
Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886
to Lieutenant Colonel J. Condit Smith
Major General Logan writes from the field near Gordon's Gap. Instructs Smith to send food for General Osterhaus, who has not received forage since he left Rossville, Georgia (often referred to as Rossville Gap). Will send his own cavalry tomorrow...
GLC04385.03
20 March 1865
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
to George William Curtis
Thanks Curtis for a congratulatory letter he recently sent. Notes that his reply was delayed due to the publication of a court proceeding (possibly related to the Battle of the Crater debacle). Defends his actions, and criticizes General George...
GLC04385.04
circa 1864-1865
[Proceedings of the court of inquiry in the case of the Petersburg mine explosion (Battle of the Crater)]
Three clippings consisting of two articles on the explosion. General Winfield Hancock presided over proceedings: "Notwithstanding the failure to comply with orders, and to apply proper military principles, ascribed to Gen. Burnside, the court is...
GLC04385.06
1861-1865 ca.
[General John Charles Frémont]
Carte de visite mounted on larger page. Carte measures 5.3 x 7.7 cm. Depicted as Major General. Appears to be sepia tinted.
GLC05032.02
1851-1861 ca.
[Nathaniel Lyon]
Carte de visite of Lyon appears to be mounted on a larger page. Carte measures 7.6 x 4.8 cm.
GLC05040.02
1861-1862 ca.
[General Joseph King Fenno Mansfield]
Mansfield does not appear to be wearing the uniform of Major General, a post to which he was promoted July 1862. Carte measures 8 x 5.1 cm. and is mounted on a larger page.
GLC05042.02
3 November 1863
Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 97, whole no. 3752 (November 3, 1863)]
Notice of search for stolen army goods. General orders from Texas State Headquarters. Interview between Rosecrans and a Confederate captain. On necessity paper.
GLC05959.51.092
January 1861 - December 1863
Averell, William W., 1832-1900
[Three William Averell Civil War diaries][Decimalized]
Accompanied by three war-era notes from 1862 and three pressed flowers, orginally contained in the diaries and now housed separately.
GLC06581
26 Febraury 1862-31 December 1862
[William Averell Civil War diary]
One of three of Union General Averell's Civil War-era diaries (see GLC06581.01,.03). The entries are highly detailed with a great deal of battle content, particularly cavalry actions. Also contains content related to his conversations with military...
GLC06581.02
January 29, 1863-December 31, 1863
GLC06581.03
21 May 1864
Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 386 (May 21,1864)]
Unbound.
GLC08427.02
4 June 1864
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 388 (June 4,1864)]
Unbound. General William T. Sherman.
GLC08427.03
9 July 1864
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 393 (July 9,1864)]
GLC08427.04
16 July 1864
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 394 (July 16,1864)]
GLC08427.05
13 August 1864
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 398 (August 13,1864)]
GLC08427.06
1 October 1864
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 405 (October 1,1864)]
GLC08427.07
8 October 1864
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 406 (October 8,1864)]
GLC08427.08
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