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25 June 1868
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
to Henry Knox Craig
Expects Craig to visit in July. Mentions his son Conway Hunt. Discusses his plans for the Fourth of July, and whether Craig should travel to Maine by steamer or train.
GLC02382.043
21 October 1868
Hopes Craig will consider spending future summers in Eastport, if he (Hunt) remains stationed there. Discusses the upcoming presidential election (won by Ulysses S. Grant). "So the October Elections are over and we are beaten on all the fields - This...
GLC02382.044
10 January 1868
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Mentions Upton (probably Emory Upton, who published a book on infantry tactics in 1867). Praises and discusses Hunt's artillery tactics, a topic on which Hunt had co-published in 1864. Discusses his European tour, including a meeting in Paris with...
GLC02382.062
1 March 1869
McClellan writes to Craig, a brevet general who previously served as chief of ordnance. Discusses the appointment of Hunt's son to Annapolis Naval Academy. Asks if he should write to Admiral David Dixon Porter or Ulysses S. Grant to secure the...
GLC02382.063
18 May 1871
General McClellan mentions General Randolph Barnes Marcy. Discusses transmitting a written document, possibly to the Count de Paris Philippe d'Orléans, who had served as a volunteer under McClellan during the Civil War. Suggests omitting a...
GLC02382.064
circa 1875-1880
Date inferred, based on the fact that Hunt was the military commander of Charleston, South Carolina 1875-1880. McClellan notes that at date this letter was written, Hunt was in Charleston. Mentions delivery of a letter to a person whose name is...
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25 March 1871
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
Porter replies to a letter from Hunt. Mentions McClellan, and initials on verso of page one. Recalls his experience in the Mexican American War for Hunt, who was writing on the topic. Suggests Hunt attempt to publish his writings in a magazine....
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16 January 1870
Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891
to M. S. Worth
Letter copied by "M.S.W" (possibly General William Worth's daughter, Margaret. Worth's wife, Margaret Stafford Worth, died in 1869). Describes events of the Mexican War, including General Winfield Scott's march toward Mexico City via Cerro Gordo...
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20 March 1866
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to Officers Commanding Troops in Southern States
Instructs troops in Southern States to welcome historian Benson J. Lossing. Lossing was visiting the South for the purpose of "seeing different battle fields and [illustrating] them for the benefit of the future reader of the scenes though which...
GLC02306
9 March 1866
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
to unknown
Granting permission to visit Washington on legal business. On Navy Department printed stationery. Document has been trimmed, affecting the department name.
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1 October 1872
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Horace Rublee
Thanks Rublee for gifts and hospitality on his recent trip to Switzerland. Discusses President Ulysses S. Grant's reelection contest, declaring, "I see the President daily and he takes things as easy as though he had no interest in the Contest that...
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21 October 1870
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
to Aaron F. Perry
Congratulates Perry on winning his Congressional election and praises him as "honest, true, and capable." Declares, "I have always been for a free tariff, and I believe that that is all the country requires now, to fulfil its mission. My idea of...
GLC02310
10 December 1867
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
to Carroll Spence
Writes that he has been sick. Hopes that Spence was somewhat cheered by the fall elections. Laments fanaticism and states, "There is no hope however except through tribulation and suffering, either for the South or for the North. Madness &...
GLC02328
1 September 1869
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
[1000 dollar Selma, Marion, and Memphis Railroad Company first mortgage eight percent bond]
Bond was "No. 465." Signed twice by Nathan Bedford Forrest as president of the railroad company; co-signed by company secretary, Alpheus Monroe Fowlkes. On verso, includes endorsement of the State of Alabama, signed 25 May 1870 by Governor William...
GLC02347
circa 1870
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Testimonial regarding eyeglasses
Testimonial, also signed by former Confederate generals Simon B. Buckner, William J. Hardee, Jubal A. Early, and William Mahone. Signers claim "Hurtz V. [Leja?] has supplied us with spectacles which suit out eyes far better than any we have ever...
GLC02405
1876
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Life studies of the Great Army
Print portfolio of 40 copperplate etchings made by Forbes while accompanying Union armies. All the etchings have been separated and put in individual folders. Created by Forbes, a member of the French Etching Club, while he travelled with the Union...
GLC02199
circa 1875
Gaul, Gilbert William, 1855-1919
[Oil painting of General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback overlooking a battlefield]
Depicts Grant writing in a notebook while overlooking a battlefield. Several Confederate soldiers lay dead and dying in the foreground. Other Union leaders confer on horseback. Completed in black, white, gray, and brown. Signed by the artist in...
GLC02201
18 November 1874
Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874
[Naval pass]
Issued from the Navy Yard. Pass for one ton of coal, private property of R. T. Hieston. Cushing signs as commander, one month before his death. Two names appear on verso (possibly signatures): John P. Cahill, watchman, and John O'Neill.
GLC02463.04
1869/05/13
Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877
to W. R. Darling re: reply to someone asking him for a job
Motley was an American historian.
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1871/08/01
Parton, James, fl. 1871
to an unknown recipient re: about a lecture tour
Parton was an American biographer
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20 April 1866
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879
to Philip Henry Sheridan
Former Confederate General John B. Hood writes to Commander of the Military Division of the Gulf, General Philip Sheridan (1865-1867). Requests permission for Colonel Harding to visit Mexico on business. Includes initials after post script that...
GLC02455.06
19 May 1866
Ord, Edward Ortho Cresap, 1818-1883
to John Aaron Rawlins
General Ord writes to Rawlins, Chief of Staff, General Headquarters of the United States Army. Encloses a report of Brevet Brigadier General Hoyt (report not included), whom Ord had sent to Cleveland, Ohio under special telegraphic instructions....
GLC02456.20
25 May 1874
Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904
to George Henry Williams
Senator Gordon transmits "a certified copy of the Record in the case of the unfortunate man Mallory" to Williams, United States Attorney General. Gordon had applied for Mallory's pardon several weeks before. Written on United States Senate Chamber...
GLC02460.06
1867
Meagher, Thomas F., 1823-1867
to Charles G. Halpine
Sending various papers to Halpine, which he may print if he wishes. Also wonders why he has stopped receiving copies of the Citizen, Halpine's paper. Written on Stationary of the Executive Office of the Territory of Montana. Written before June...
GLC02458.11
11 December 1874
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
to Ulysses S. Grant
Smith, a prominent abolitionist, philanthropist, and political reformer, transmits a circular (not included) which contains an extract from one of President Grant's recent speeches (not included, but possibly on the topic of civil rights).
GLC02448.14
1868/08/01
Wade, B.F., 1800-1878
to Henry C. Whitney
States that the Osage treaty was not ratified before Congress recessed. Vows to not let the treaty ever be ratified, until it is just "to the Government, the State of Kansas, and the people."
GLC02448.17
12 December 1874
Will the American people never cease to oppress and torture the helpless poor?
Begins with an excerpt from the New York "Tribune" indicating that thirty-five black children were ejected from public schools in Brazil, Indiana, by order of local trustees. Smith criticizes the children's ejection and urges the Republican Party to...
GLC02448.20
1876/11/27
Gilder, Richard W., fl. 1876
to Stedman re: a letter enclosing other people's poems (not included)
Gilder was an American poet and editor
GLC02453.15
1874/09/26
Hayne, Paul H., fl. 1874
to an unknown recipient re: publication of a poem "My Daughter"
GLC02453.16
1867/10/01
Holland, Josiah, fl. 1867
to Edward De Forest re: about lecture tour
Holland was the founder of "Scribner's" magazine
GLC02453.18
Helper, Hinton R., 1829-1906
Nojoque; a question for a continent.
Published by George W. Carleton & Company. In the introduction, Helper states, "Were I to state here, frankly and categorically, that the primary object of this work is to write the negro out of America, and that the secondary object is to write him...
GLC00267.076
1870
Lyman, Theodore, 1833-1897
Papers related to the Garrison mob.
Describes the October 1835 mob which kept William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the Liberator, an anti-slavery newspaper, from having a meeting where Mr. George Thompson, an abolitionist, was to speak. Garrison had to be put in the jail to be...
GLC00267.089
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
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
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
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
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
3 December 1867
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
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
1866
Higginson, Thomas W., 1823-1911
Harvard memorial biographies
Edited by Higginson. Published by Sever and Francis. Page opposite inside cover of Vol. II signed by E.L. Motte. Biographies of Harvard students and graduates killed in the Civil War.
GLC00267.263
1868-1871
Schouler, William, 1814-1872
A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War
Written by Schouler as the former Adjutant General of Massachusetts. Two volume history. First volume published 1868, second volume 1871. First volume has 670 pages and the second volume has 711 pages. First volume published by E.P. Dutton & Co...
GLC00267.284
4 January 1876
Peyster, John Watts de, 1821-1907
Nashville. The decisive battle of the rebellion
Address delivered before the annual meeting of the New-York Historical Society by Major General dePeyster. Part of a paragraph on page 4 is crossed out, but still legible. Also a sentence on page 6 is crossed out, but still legible. Gives an...
GLC00267.290
1868
Mason, John, fl. 1868
Recollections of the early days of the national guard comprising the prominent events in the history of the famous seventh regiment New York militia
Published by J.M. Bradstreet & Son. Image of the regiment's seal opposite the title page. By "an ex-orderly sergeant" named John Mason. Publisher advertisement before the text says the manuscript, which had been disregarded for "two or three years...
GLC00267.296
Stevens, George Thomas., fl. 1832-1921
Three years in the Sixth Corps
Full title is: "Three years in the Sixth Corps. A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April 1865." Published by D. Van Nostrand in New York. Printed by Weed, Parsons and Company at 18...
GLC00267.297
Pollard, Edward A., 1831-1872
The lost cause; a new southern history of the war of the confederates
Written by Pollard, the former editor of the "Richmond Examiner," which supported the Confederacy but was hostile to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. First edition copy published by E.B. Treat & Co. in New York. Sticker at bottom of title...
GLC00267.307
1869
Life of Jefferson Davis, with a seceret history of the Southern Confederacy, ...
Title continues: "gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond." Containing curous and extraordinary information of the principal southern characters in the late war, in connection with President Davis, and in relation to the various intrigues of his...
GLC00267.310
27 January 1866
Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892
Roll of Honor. Names of soliders, victims of the rebellion, buried in the National Cemetery at Alexandria, Virginia
Marked "General Order No. 10" by the Quartermaster General's Office. Submitted by the Quartermaster Brevet Major General Meigs. Says it "is published, by authority of the Secretary of War, for the information of their comrades and friends."...
GLC00267.318
Roll of honor. Names of soldiers who died in defence of the American Union
Full title is: "Roll of honor. (No. XV.) Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defence of the American Union, Interred in the National Cemeteries at Antietam (Maryland) and at Arlington, (Additional,) Culpeper Court-House, Cold Harbor, Winchester, Staunton...
GLC00267.319
21 February 1868
Perry, Alexander James, 1828-1913
Alphabetical index to places of interment of deceased Union soldiers in the various states and territories
Full title: "Alphabetical Index to Places of Internment of Deceased Union Soldiers in the Various States and Territories, as Specified in Roll of Honor Nos. I-XIII, Being Those Issued from the Quartermaster General's Office, Between June 15, 1865...
GLC00267.320
United States. Army. Quartermaster's Dept.
The Martyrs who, for our country, gave up their lives in the prison pens in Andersonville, Ga.
Contains a report by Captain James M. Moore, the assistant quartermaster for the United States army, dated 20 September 1866 followed by a list of those interred at Andersonville, Georgia (which takes up 216 pages). Issued by the Quartermaster...
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