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December 1865
Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
Abstract of articles
Includes articles expended, lost, destroyed, in public service, and sold at Louisa Court House, Virginia in the month ending December 1865 by Heber Painter.
GLC02016.149.02
1861-1865
Abstract of materials
Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the second quarter, 1865.
GLC02016.151
Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the first quarter, 1866.
GLC02016.154
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
GLC02016.158
29 January 1866
Ramsay, George Douglas, 1802-1882
Receipt for issues
Includes issues for saddles and bridles. Written at Camp Cadwalader.
GLC02016.161
30 June 1864
Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
to his brother-in-law, parents and sister
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...
GLC07460.084
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...
GLC07460.085
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...
GLC07460.086
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...
GLC07460.087
30 September 1862
Buyers, John, fl. 1862-1863
Account for quarter ending September 30, 1862
Indicates that all the clothing, camp and garrison equipage are accounted for with the exception of fourteen hat trimmings and ten pairs of stockings.
GLC02016.115.01
29 November 1865
Inventory and inspection report
Includes nineteen shelter tents which are to be turned into the depot quatermaster and sold at public auction.
GLC02016.116
31 December 1862
Returns of ordnance and ordnance stores
Includes returns for the quarter ending December 31, 1862. Adds remarks on the loss of some Austrian rifles. There are three copies of this document numbered 118a, 118b, and 118c. Written at Batchelder's Creek.
GLC02016.118
Stevens, Charles L., fl. 1836-1865
Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores
Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores turned over to Heber Painter. Written at the Hanover Court House
GLC02016.120
August 1862
Freedley, Samuel, fl. 1862
Invoice of clothing, camp and garrison equipage
A list of clothing and camp equipment delivered by Lieutenant Samuel Freedley to Captain John Buyers. The docket indicates that this is the second invoice of the quarter for "I" Company, 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
GLC02016.122
September 1862
Includes a list of clothes, camp and garrison equipment delivered by Lieutenant Samuel Freedley to Captain John Buyers. The docket indicates that this is the third invoice of the quarter for "I" Company, 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
GLC02016.124
11 April 1864
Written at Lookout Valley, Tennessee. He writes that spring is coming and the army is excited. Notes that the weather is much better and that some of the apple trees are beginning to blossom. Believes that the farming here at camp will be poor as...
GLC07460.073
18 April 1864
Written in Lookout Valley, Tennessee. He reports that the weather is nice but there has been some rain. States that he left his overcoat in Nashville, Tennessee with Ann the regiment's "negro woman." Notes that prices are high both at home in...
GLC07460.074
4 May 1864
Written in the woods near Ringgold, Georgia. The regiment marched through Chattanooga, Tennessee and camped just past the Chickamauga battle ground. At Gordons Mills near Chickamauga, Georgia the regiment got into its first fight. The regiment went...
GLC07460.075
12 May 1864
Written at Snake Creek Gap, Georgia. The regiment marched again and is currently working on roads for the army to march on. Writes that he thinks they are about five miles from the main body of the rebel army. The brigade took such a circuitous march...
GLC07460.076
31 May 1864
Written on the battle field near Dallas, Georgia. He explains that he is unsure of what effect the army has had on the war being in Georgia but hopes that it is good. Writes that they have had all the rations they can eat and keep several days worth...
GLC07460.077
16 May 1864- 2 June 1864
Written at Camp of the Illinois 105th. States that he is in good health although he is worried about the casualties the Union army is sustaining. Writes that he is glad his mother worries less even though her feelings are natural. Part of the...
GLC07460.078
18 December 1864
to his parents, brother-in-law, and sister
Writes that he is alright and has survived the march. General William T. Sherman's army is in front of Savannah, Georgia. The army has captured Fort McAllister at the mouth of the Ogeechee River. This allows the Union forces to have communication...
GLC07460.108
23 December 1864
Writes that the mail is becoming somewhat regular as more has come in today and is being sent out as well. He is happy to report that their camp situation has improved from when he last wrote. The regiment has advanced into the trenches around...
GLC07460.109
30 December 1864 - 4 January 1865
Writes about those who have died during the past year and the sacrifice they made for their country. General William T. Sherman reviewed the 20th Corps. today. General Ulysses Grant was supposed to review the men as well but he failed to show up. A...
GLC07460.110
22 January 1865
It is almost impossible to receive or sent out any mail, the last letter he received from home was from 25 December. They are about 23 miles from Savannah, Georgia. It has been raining so hard for the past few days that it was nearly impossible to...
GLC07460.111
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