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21 June 1865
Rogers, Alva Z., fl. 1865
Invoice of camp and garrison equipage
Invoice of equipment transferred from Lieutenant Alva Z. Rogers to Lieutenant Heber Painter. Written in Manchester neighborhood of Richmond
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31 March 1865
Birmingham, Thomas, fl. 1865
Invoice of clothing camp and garrison equipage
Invoice of equipment ransferred from Lieutenant Alva Z. Rogers to Lieutenant Heber Painter.
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5 April 1865
Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores
A partially prnted document including ordnance and ordnance stores turned over to Heber Painter.
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31 May 1865
Hested, Joseph, fl. 1865
Invoice of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage
Includes a list of articles transferred by Lieutenant Joseph Hested to Heber Painter. Written in Manchester neighborhood of Richmond
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27 July 1865
Includes a list of articles transferred by Lieutenant Joseph Hested to Heber Painter.
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28 November 1865
Smith, John, fl. 1865
Includes a list of contents transferred by Captain John Smith to First Lieutenant Heber Painter.
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1 January 1866
Clay, Cecil, fl. 1842-1866
Invoice for 625 rounds of EB cartridges turned over to Heber Painter by Colonel Cecil Clay.
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29 November 1865
Stevens, Charles L., fl. 1836-1865
Invoice for contents turned over to Heber Painter by Captain Charles Stevens. The invoice includes saddles, blankets, curb bridles, halters and straps, combs and horse brushes. Written at the Hanover Court House
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13 January 1866
Invoice for contents turned over to Heber Painter by Colonel Cecil Clay.
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30 September 1865
Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
Monthly return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage
Monthly return for the month ending September 30, 1865.
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23 January 1866
Monthly return of quartermaster's stores
Partially printed document monthly return of stores issued at City Point, Virginia.
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30 June 1865
Quarterly return of ordnance and ordnance stores
Includes returns for the second quarter, ending June 30, 1865, for Company I, 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by 1st Lieutenant Heber Painter. Written in Manchester neighborhood of Richmond
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Includes returns for the third quarter, ending September 10, 1865, for Company I, 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by 1st Lieutenant Heber Painter.
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1861-1865
Includes returns for the fourth quarter for Company I, 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by 1st Lieutenant Heber Painter.
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4 June 1864
Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
to his brother-in-law, parents and sister
Written behind the breastworks of the Illinois 105th regiment. Reports that his regiment had received marching orders but it rained so hard they only marched a short distance. He marched with the regiment toward the left wing and then to the front...
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7 June 1864
Written at Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment. Explains that the mail has not gone out for a while because of the Battle of Resaca. He is glad to hear everyone at home is doing well. Writes that he hopes that when the fighting is done the war is...
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14 June 1864
Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment. He explains that they are still in the same camp as the last time he wrote. Writes that the Union artillery ha been shelling the rebels for two or three days but the effect of the shelling is not...
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18 June 1864
Written at Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment. He is glad that everyone is doing well and states that he is as well. Writes that he is unsure of exactly where the army is as they have marched on such a "crooked course" through Georgia. Reports that...
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24 June 1864
Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment. He is unharmed and doing well. His corps, the 20th, has been joined by the 23rd Corps. Others have told him the corps are only a few miles from Marietta, Georgia. Reports that both armies are...
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26 June 1848
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Proceedings of a Board of Survey
Signed by Major Francis Lee. "Lt. U.S. Grant, Commissary & Regimental Quartermaster, 4th Infantry, had deposited in the trunk of Capt Gore, 4th Infantry, for safe keeping, the sum of $1,000 public money...and the trunk [was] stolen...[N]o blame can...
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23 June 1862
Hartranft, John F., fl. 1862
to Quartermaster General Hale
"All quiet in front! No enemy here to fight. Our transportation will not allow us to go into the interior of the state to hunt them up: we want to go to Richmond. In the grand review of our Corps de Armee by Genl. Burnside, the 51st was the largest...
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9 October 1859
Lyon, Nathaniel, 1818-1861
to Dr. George Work
Abolitionist and future Union Brigadier General writes of tension in "Bleeding Kansas." "I was stationed here about a year ago, after leaving California. I have marched about 450 miles in reaching here...we were ordered...to protect the emigrants...
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8 January 1865
Houghton, M., fl. 1865
to a family member
"[Nashville is] under the control of our guns from the forts and batteries...I saw 3 or 4 dead Rebs still lying on the ground unburied and some that had been buried with some parts still visible above the ground...the point B.F. is where the greatest...
GLC09139
December 1862
Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1821-1896
to Secretary of War James Seddon and various Confederate generals
Seven retained telegrams to Union General John G. Foster's expedition towards Goldsboro, NC. "I have no cavalry with a view to the navigation of the Mississippi from New Orleans upwards, sails to-day from the North River, near the State Prison, to...
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4 September 1839
Noble, Patrick, fl. 1839
to George R. Gilman, Governor of Georgia
Letter about the crisis over fugitive slaves and the landmark Supreme Court case, Prigg vs. Pennsylvania, which determined that states were not required to enforce slave laws of other states. From South Carolina Gov. Patrick Noble to Gov. of Georgia...
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27 July 1872
Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875
to John W. Frughs
Writes shortly after being nominated as Grant's Vice President. "I find your note and the Platform of 'The Young Men's Continental League' ...I have long hoped and believed that the people inhabiting the North American Continent will be united under...
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25 July 1865
McGuiness, John, fl. 1865
to Heber Painter
A form letter stating that the return for ordnance and ordnance stores pertaining to I Company 58th Pennsylvania, has been reviewed and referred to the Secon Auditor. Includes a copy of Circular No. 42, from the Ordnance Office which provides advise...
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13 September 1865
A partially printed form letter from the Quartemaster General's office stating that the return of quartermaster's stores for the month of July, 1865 will be examined and forwarded onto the Third Auditor of the Treasury for settlement. The stamped...
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14 September 1865
A partially printed form letter from the Quartemaster General's office stating that the return of quartermaster's stores for the month of August, 1865 will be examined and forwarded onto the Third Auditor of the Treasury for settlement. The stamped...
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December 1865
Includes returns for the fourth quarter ending in December 1865 for Company I, 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by 1st Lieutenant Heber Painter.
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December 1865 - January 1866
Includes returns for "part of" the quarter ending on January 28, 1866 for Company I, 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by 1st Lieutenant Heber Painter.
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28 January 1866
Quarterly returns of ordnance and ordnance stores
Includes returns for I Company 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry for the first quarter, 1866.
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31 December 1865
Abstract of articles
Includes articles received from officers at Louisa Court House, Virginia in the month ending December 1865 by Heber Painter. The docket indicates that the document was retained.
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Includes articles expended, lost, destroyed, in public service, and sold at Louisa Court House, Virginia in the month ending December 1865 by Heber Painter.
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31 January 1866
Includes articles transferred to Border Colonel George B. Cadwallader at Richmond, Virginia in the month ending on the 31 January,1866, by Lieutenant Heber Painter, Appointed Provost Marshal.
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Abstract of materials
Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the second quarter, 1865.
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Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the third quarter, 1865.
GLC02016.152
Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the fourth quarter, 1865.
GLC02016.153
Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the first quarter, 1866.
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15 June 1865
Redmond, Robert, fl. 1865
Receipt for issues to Major Robert Redmond
Includes issues for Springfield rifles, bayonnets, cartridges, and waste belts among other items. Written in Manchester neighborhood of Richmond
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20 January 1866
Receipt for issues
Includes issues for Springfield rifles, bayonnets, cartridges, and waist belts among other items.
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27 January 1866
Ramsay, George Douglas, 1802-1882
Includes issues for muskets, cartridges, and waist belts among other items. Written at Camp Cadwalader.
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29 January 1866
Includes issues for saddles and bridles. Written at Camp Cadwalader.
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30 June 1864
Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment. He reports that he is in good health and still in the same location. He writes that his regiment has been relieved from the front lines and are now in the third line. He has washed his clothes and...
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5 July 1864 - 6 July 1864
Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment. States that he is in good health and that his division is near the 23rd Corps. The 1st and 2nd divisions of his Corps is on the front lines where the Confederates are making a stand near Marietta...
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15 July 1864
Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment near the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. A friend of the family - a colonel in the Union Army- will be visiting his family soon if he has not called on them already. He has sent his watch home with...
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18 July 1864
Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois south of the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. His Corps. has crossed the river on a pontoon bridge. Soon afterward his regiment was sent on picket duty. To his left he has heard the sound of musketry. The 3rd...
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19 February 1869
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
to James M. Shute
"I almost despair of securing any financial legislation this season, thought we shall try to pass a bill legalizing Gold Contracts and also declaring the 5.20 Bonds and greenbacks are ultimately payable in Gold...The late decision of the Supreme...
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4 March 1803
Gazette of the United States [Marbury vs. Madison]
Landmark Supreme Court decision reported in the Gazette of the United States. "The Chief Justice this day declared the opinion of the court...on the motion of Mr. G. Lee for a rule to shew cause why a Madamus should not issue to compel James Madison...
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22 May 1815
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
to Mrs. J. Sargent Murray
"By glancing my eye on a passage or two in your brother's history of his use, in multitude of instances during two years, of the 'eau medicinale' d'Husson, I noticed the precision of description which I should expect from Govr. Sargent, and which is...
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