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1866
Carte de visite in civilian dress (bust), signed on image
Carte-de-visite of Mosby in civilian clothes. With manuscript name on verso, scratched out. Signed on image
GLC01881
12 July 1862
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
to Earl Van Dorn
Confederate General Polk writes to Confederate General Van Dorn to discuss Captain R.A. Stewart's record of service and recommend him for a promotion. Also discusses the request of some Louisiana parishes to raise artillery reinforcements for...
GLC01883
29 June 1865
Long, Eli, 1837-1903
to Eugene B. Beaumont
Copy of part of the report on Battle of Selma given to private Henry Prince. A secretary's copy of the official Battle Report from the Battle of Selma, 2 April 1865, signed by Long. Prince is praised for distinguished service, exhibiting "coolness...
GLC01902
4 May 1865
Steele, Frederick, 1819-1868
General Orders no. 3
Signed official at bottom by Lieutenant Joseph Lyman, A.D.C. Orders that Federal troops are not to pillage homes and plantations since the hostilities of the Civil War have ended. Advises newly freed blacks to stay on their plantations with their...
GLC01908
8 January 1862
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
to Bishop Wittingham
Burnside, commander of the North Carolina Expeditionary Corps, writes, "...I was so occupied with my military duties that I was compelled to forego the pleasure of attending to my private correspondence; but I can assure it was and has been ever...
GLC01912
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