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1881
Gardner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919
The Battles of "Gravelly Run", "Dinwiddie Court-House", and "Five Forks", Va.
Defending Sheridan's behavior. See .338 on the Warren Court of inquiry
GLC00267.334
1889
Kurz & Allison
Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark.
Published by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers at 76 and 78 Wabash Avenue in Chicago. Depicts a charging column of mixed Confederate calvary and infantry on the right side of the image. Most of the Confederate calvary are American Indians dressed in...
GLC00317.01
December 11, 1881
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Edgar A. Hamilton
Sherman writes to Reverend Hamilton to eulogize General Hugh Judson Kirkpatrick shortly after his death, praising Kirkpatrick's merits as a soldier and a officer during both peace time and the Civil War. He writes, in part, "I never knew a more...
GLC00223
1885
Sartain, John, 1808-1897
The Battle of Gettysburg
Headline reads "From the Original Picture painted for the State of Pennsylvania under award of Commission appointed by the Legislature." Caption reads "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by P. F. Rothermel in the office of the...
GLC02980.01
4 May 1884
to John E. Tourtelotte
Addressed to Tourtelotte as Major, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Comments upon his retirement three months earlier. " ... I feel that the End which we have so long contemplated has at last come, and looking at it in a Common Sense view it is better this than a...
GLC02964
1898
Currier & Ives
Our victorious fleets in Cuban waters [chromolithograph]
GLC03534
circa 25 March 1892
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
[Final page of manuscript praising book on Civil War by Mr. Trent ]
Writes that Trent has "studied too deeply to waste his time" and discusses his proposition "that a battle for human slavery can really be called a battle for civil liberty." Roosevelt's signature is struck. Date is inferred from a stamp on verso...
GLC04725
15 April 1893
Leaming, Mack J., 1842-1893
[Unpublished manuscript relating events of the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee]
Colonel Leaming, former Adjutant of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, reports the graphic details of the 12 April 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow. Describes Fort Pillow as "the stormy days, when, added to the ordinary intensity of civil strife, the masters for...
GLC05080.01
26 September 1878
to David Douty Colton
Expresses gratitude to Colton, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railroad, for the convenience the railroad offers transcontinental travelers. States that the railroad is "'a great civilizer', and will enable the Military Authorities to...
GLC05095
3 February 1883
Stanley, Lucius T., 1844-1934
to John G. Farnsworth
Requests a copy of his military discharge papers. Explains his enlistment history in the 107th New York Volunteers from 1862-1865. Notes that there were several endorsements on the discharge and asks for a transcript. Written on stationary of the...
GLC02710.46.01
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