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1856
Is Millard Fillmore an abolitionist?
Printed at the American Patriot office. Additional title: "The agitation of slavery. Who commenced and who can end it? Buchanan and Fillmore compared from the record."
GLC00267.201
1860
United States. Congress
Invasion at Harper's Ferry
Congressional report on John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. Report investigated the plans and motives of the raiders, and concluded no legislation should be made to try prevent similar occurrences in the future. Includes a "Journal" of the...
GLC00267.206
1859
Curry, Jabez Lamar Monroe, 1825-1903
Speech of J. L. M. Curry, of Alabama, on the election of speaker, and the progress of anti-slaveryism.
Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 10, 1859. Printed by Lemuel Towers. Contains the initials "A.B.N." written in pen on the front cover. Curry writes, "...the ideas, the principles, the politics of the Republican party are...
GLC00267.211
1872
United States.
The case of the United States, laid before the Tribunal of arbitration convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Her Majesty the queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871.
The United States' case in arbitration against Great Britain regarding the "Alabama Claims." The United States sought compensation from Great Britain because the British supplied commerce raiding ships, including the "Alabama," to the Confederacy....
GLC00267.221
1882
Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims
Rules of the court of commissioners of Alabama claims
Printed rules established for the court overseeing the "Alabama Claims," as well as the law that created this court. Also includes the treaty with Britain and subsequent arbitration that preceded this court. During the Civil War, British firms...
GLC00267.222
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
James Buchanan, his doctrines and policy as exhibited by himself and friends.
Attacks Buchanan as a Southern supporter using letters and speeches from Buchanan himself and his supporters. Includes editor headings as charges against Buchanan, such as "Mr. Buchanan in favor of seizing Cuba" "If you can't buy Cuba, steal it" and...
GLC00267.202
Walker, Robert J., 1801-1869
An Appeal for the Union. Letter from the Hon. Robert J. Walker
Printed by John F. Trow. An appeal for James Buchanan for President.
GLC00267.203
Dix, William Giles, ?-1898
The Presidency: a reply to the letter of Hon. Rufus Choate to the Whig Committee of Maine.
Printed by John P. Jewett and Company. A pro-Fremont campaign document. Supports John C. Fremont in the Presidential election. Criticizes Millard Fillmore.
GLC00267.204
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
A political text-book for 1860: Comprising a brief view of presidential nominations and elections: ...
Title continues, " ... Including all the national platforms ever yet adopted: also, a history of the struggle respecting slavery in the territories, and of the action of Congress as to the freedom of the public lands, with the most notable speeches...
GLC00267.205
Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867
Speeches of John A. Andrew at Hingham and Boston, together with his testimony before the Harper's Ferry Committee of the Senate, in relation to John Brown.
Campaign pamphlet for John A. Andrew while running as Republican for Governor of Massachusetts. Contains campaign speeches, the party platform, transcript of Andrew's testimony before the Senate regarding John Brown, and a defense of an attack on...
GLC00267.207
Miller, Charles D., 1818-1896
Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York
Reprinting of the correspondence of a dispute between Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York. Miller attacks the Association for implying in its "Manifesto" that Smith supported the violence at Harpers Ferry. Says that...
GLC00267.208
Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868
Boston Courier report of the Union Meeting in Faneuil Hall
Speeches and letters condemning John Brown and his raid, and preaching an end to sectionalism. Prints speeches given by Massachusetts governor Levi Lincoln, Edward Everett and Caleb Cushing during a meeting in Boston. Also contains related letters...
GLC00267.209
Baker, James Loring, fl. 1860
Slavery.
Printed by John A. Norton. Claims that Anglo Saxon and African races can only coexist "in their present relative condition, but in no other way." Calls for free labor to gradually and permanently overtake slavery, but does not advocate slavery's...
GLC00267.210
Redpath, James, 1833-1891
Public life of Capt. John Brown, by James Redpath, with an auto-biography of his childhood and youth.
Tells John Brown's life in heroic terms, praising him as a hero and a martyr. Same book as GLC08581.05.
GLC00267.212
1880
Brown, George Washington, 1820-1915
Reminiscences of Old John Brown
An account of John Brown's time in Kansas, based largely on George W. Brown's recollections. Title page states "The Truth at Last. History Corrected...Thrilling Incidents of Border Life in Kansas." Attempts to be fair, "neither am i laboring to...
GLC00267.213
1910
Villard, Oswald G., 1872-1949
John Brown 1800-1859: A biography fifty years after
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, the Riverside Press Cambridge, Massachusetts.
GLC00267.214
1906
Avey, Elijah, fl. 1906
The Capture and execution of John Brown: A tale of martyrdom
Avey gives an eye witness account. Printed by the Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, Illinois.
GLC00267.215
1930
Norton, Clarence C., fl. 1930
The Democratic Party in ante-bellum North Carolina, 1835-1861
Part of the James Sprunt Historical Studies series
GLC00267.216
1892
DuBose, John Witherspoon, fl. 1892
The life and times of William Lowndes Yancey
GLC00267.217
1890
Abbot, Willis J., 1863-1934
Battle fields and camp fires
I. Nevins 21, III Dornbusch 1366.
GLC00267.218
1905
Oates, William C., 1835-1910
The war between the Union and the Confederacy and its lost opportunities
Howes O2aa, Dornbusch (Alabama) 53, I Nevins 139.
GLC00267.220
1864
Alexander, Charles Wesley, 1837-1927
The volunteers' roll of honor. A collection of the noble and praiseworthy deeds performed in the cause of the Union by the heroes of the army and navy of the United States.
Brief sketches of the heroic acts of Union soldiers. Some of the stories are illustrated. "In this collection, the greatest care has been taken to obtain and record the proper name of each soldier or seaman who has, during the great rebellion...
GLC00267.223
1887
Andrews, Robert W., 1790-?
The Life and adventures of Capt. Robert W. Andrews...
Dornbusch II, 863, Nicholson p. 21. Andrews was a veterinary surgeon.
GLC00267.224
1876
Barrett, Joseph Osgood, 1823-1898
"Old Abe!" the live war-eagle of Wisconsin
Tells the story of "Old Abe" the eagle who for years accompanied a Union Army Company into battle.
GLC00267.225
5 May 1864
United States. Congress (38th, 1st session : 1864)
[Senate report no. 65 regarding the Fort Pillow massacre and no. 67 regarding returned prisoners of war]
Contains a full report of the April 1864 battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, based on an investigation of the battle itself, as well as the operations of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest "and his command immediately preceding and subsequent...
GLC00267.230
Letter from the Secretary of War
Title continues, "transmitting, in compliance with the law, certain information relative to the negotiation with the legal representatives of the late Confederate Generals Bragg and Polk for the purchase of certain papers relating to the late war."...
GLC00267.231
Major General Don Carlos Buell. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of March 1, 1872, relative to Major General Don Carlos Buell.
Report of an investigation into Major General Don Carlos Buell's military conduct during operations in Tennessee and Kentucky in 1862. House Executive Document No. 262.
GLC00267.233
1862
Wade, B.F., 1800-1878
Conduct of the war
Senate report from the "joint committee on the conduct of the present war" regarding Confederate indiscretions at Manassas. Committee was directed to "Collect evidence with regard to the barbarous treatment by the rebels, at Manassas, of the remains...
GLC00267.234
1896
Dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Created by the Joint committee on dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga national military park and compiled by H.V. Boynton. Printed by the Government Printing Office by order of the Senate in the 54th Congress. The military park was created...
GLC00267.239
12 March 1866
State of Missouri
Statement in reference to the claim of the state of Missouri for expenses incurred in the support of her militia during the war
Report of the expenses of the Missouri militia during the Civil War submitted by the state to the House of Representatives. Contains a combination of correspondence on expenditures and charts detailing costs. Dated from the date the report was...
GLC00267.241
1946
Bill, Alfred Hoyt, 1879-1964
The Beleaguered city: Richmond, 1861-1865
II Nevins 212.
GLC00267.226
9 September 1865
Campbell, B. B., fl. 1865
[General orders no. 52 pertaining to members of the United States Colored Troops who were court martialled]
Issued by Captain Campbell, Assistant Adjutant General, based on the orders of Major General William Tecumseh Sherman. Discusses charges against and sentences dictated to members of the United States Colored Troops. Charges vary, including...
GLC00267.229
1867
Brockett, L.P., fl. 1867
Woman's work in the Civil War : a record of heroism, patriotism and patience.
Co-authored by Mary C. Vaughan. Biographies of: Dorothea L. Dix, Clara Barton, Helen L. Gibson, Mrs. John Harris, Mrs. Eliza C. Porter, Mary A. Bickerdyke, Mrs. Stephen Barker, Amy M. Bradley, Arabella G. Barlow, Nellie M. Taylor, Mrs. Adaline Tyler...
GLC00267.232
1863
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
Speech of Major-General Butler
An after dinner speech made in New York after Butler's return from New Orleans during the Civil War.
GLC00267.235
1865
Hudson, Henry N., 1814-1886
A chaplain's campaign with Gen. Butler
Critical of General Benjamin F. Butler. See GLC00267.237 for a response. Sabin 33493.
GLC00267.236
Davenport, John Isaacs, 1843-?
Official documents relating to a "Chaplain's campaign (not) with General Butler," but in New York.
An ironic response to Chaplain Henry N. Hudson's attack on General Butler by Butler's former assistant provost marshal, John I. Davenport. Printed by Charles Hunt. See GLC00267.236 for the pamphlet being responded to. Sabin 9618.
GLC00267.237
April 1904
Christian, George L., 1841-1924
Official report of the History Committee of the Grand Camp, C.V.
Report read by committee chairman Christian at Newport News, Virginia on 28 October 1903. Published by order of the Grand Camp of Virginia. The other committee members include: R.T. Barton, Carter R. Bishop, R.A. Brock, Rev. B.D. Tucker, John W...
GLC00267.240
14 May 1888
Stewart, William Morris, 1827-1909
[Claims of the state of Nevada]
Report submitted by William Stewart, Senator from Nevada and a member of the Committee on Military Affairs, to the Senate as a whole. Requests repayment of money spent during the Civil War by the territorial government of Nevada. Says most of the...
GLC00267.242
3 December 1867
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a statement of the accounts of the Colorado militia for 1864 and 1865
Report of the expenditures of the Colorado militia from 1864-1865 compiled by Grant as Secretary of War ad interim for the House of Representatives. Pages 1-14 of report consists of correspondence between assistant adjutant generals in the Colorado...
GLC00267.244
1861
Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907
The Rejected stone: or insurrection vs. resurrection in America. By a native of Virginia
Conway's authorship marked as "By a Native of Virginia." Published by Walker, Wise, and Company at 245 Washington Street. Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co. First edition. A plea for emancipation divided into 19 chapters. Original red printed...
GLC00267.248
The Golden Hour.
Signed by Julia Piatt, 29 July 1862, Washington, D.C. Conway was an American author and preacher, and ardent abolitionist. He lectured in England during the Civil War in the interests of the North. The Golden Hour is a plea for the emancipation of...
GLC00267.249
Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909
The Engineer battalion in the Civil War (Occasional papers no. 44)
Revised and rewritten by John W. N. Schulz. Illus. Dornbusch II 1628
GLC00267.254
16 January 1862
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Letter of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, relative to the purchase of extracts of coffee for the use of the troops
Report submitted to the Senate by Secretary of War Cameron extols the advantages of Professor H.A. Tilden's coffee extract, apparently a synthetic or ersatz coffee and condensed milk mixture. Claims "[t]he coffee and sugar ration for 100,000 men for...
GLC00267.255
1888
Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896
Drum-beat of the nation : the first period of the war of the rebellion from its outbreak to the close of 1862
First edition, published by Harpers & Brothers. Focuses on campaigns in the first half of the Civil War.
GLC00267.243
1900
Members of the regiment
The story of the twenty-first regiment, Connecticut volunteer infantry, during the Civil War
From the Press of the Stewart Printing Co. Inside front cover signed by "Lucien F. Burpee," who appears to be related to Thomas F. Burpee, one of the colonels of the 21st Connecticut killed during the war. The book plate of Lucien Burpee partially...
GLC00267.245
1885
Walker, William C., fl. 1885
History of the eighteenth regiment Conn. volunteers in the war for the Union
Written by Chaplain Walker. Published by the committee in charge of compiling the history of the 18th Connecticut. The committee consisted of: Walker, H.M. Durfey, Geo. C. Setchel, James McKee, Wm. Caruthers. Printed by Gordon Wilcox. Bookplate...
GLC00267.246
1873
Dana, Malcolm M., fl. 1873
The Norwich memorial: The annals of Norwich,... in the Great Rebellion
History of Regiments and men from Norwich in the Civil War
GLC00267.247
1965
McCrea, Tully, 1839-1918
Dear belle: Letters from a cadet and officer to his sweetheart, 1858-1865
I Nevins 125
GLC00267.251
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1829-1892
The Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter, 1860-1861
Discusses the events leading to the Civil War both from his vantage point as an officer at Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter and from a larger context. Focuses both on events he witnessed firsthand and those he researched. Printed by Charles Webster...
GLC00267.252
1947
Eisenschiml, Otto, 1880-1963
The American Iliad; the epic story of the Civil War as narrated by eyewitnesses and contemporaries
Edited by Eisenschiml and Ralph Newman. 1st edition, published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.
GLC00267.253
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