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1861
Magee, J., fl. 1861
[Print of Major General Henry W. Halleck]
Engraving of Halleck standing in uniform. Done by J. Magee, 3126 Chesnut St, Philadelphia, 1861. Same image as GLC03619.02.03.
GLC03619.02.04
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Jennison's Jayhawkers
Depicts a group of Union guerillas, known as Jayhawkers, attacking a Southern homestead. During the war, the Jayhawkers were the Seventh Kansas Calvary commanded by Colonel Charles R. Jennison. A man rides off with a woman on his horse amidst a scene...
GLC00493.17
Smuggling medicine into the South
Depicts a boat laden with medical supplies being unloaded quickly by a group of men, both civilian and military. A gentleman, perhaps a doctor, climbs down from his perch in a tree, presumably from whence he has been waiting for the shipment to...
GLC00493.18
Albert S. Johnston crossing the desert to join the Southern army
Depicts Albert Sidney Johnston in the right foreground, dressed in deerskin garb with a Native American guide and a ragtag group of men following behind. Like many other Confederate leaders, Johnston was serving in the United States army when war...
GLC00493.20
Gen'l Stuart's return from Pennsylvania
Depicts a line of cavalrymen stopping to allow their horses to rest. The officer at the left of the picture blows a bugle as his horse drinks from a stream. The other horses, some of which have their tongues sticking out, appear tired and thirsty. As...
GLC00493.22
Butler's victim of Fort St. Philip
Depicts a heavily fortified prison where reputable and well-dressed citizens of New Orleans are shown at manual labor, shackled with ball and chain. The prisoners are guarded by members of the local home guard African American Zouave unit, who point...
GLC00493.23
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
20 May 1862
Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
to his family
Writes about his servant, formerly an enslaved man, selling his old horse, The Governor, for $100, of another officer having "the piles" which is apparently common among the men and that he is the one who is to seize the liquor sent to soldiers in...
GLC03603.108
June 23, 1862
Writes that he hopes to have a tailor in the company make his a coat if his family will send fabric. Is also excited that his company plans to raise up a band.
GLC03603.115
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