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15 August 1867
Rogers, John F. (fl. 1867)
Great Sale of Government Clothing
Advertises a public auction of army-issue clothing on 3 September 1867 by order of Quartermaster General Rogers. With some calculations on the verso.
GLC03619.02.14
1862
Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)
Battle Hymn of the Republic and Suffrage Song
One undated broadsheet with a print of the Battle of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe. Also on verso "Suffrage Song to be sung to the tune of 'America.'"
GLC09748
29 July 1862
Civil War recruiting broadside
Partially printed recruiting poster for Captain Pierce's company of Monroe County Regiment, headed "War!" above an eagle bearing slogan, "Stand up for the Old flat, Now or Never!" A. Strong & Co., Rochester. 14 x 20 inches.
GLC09150
1865
[South Carolina's 1860 Act of Secession]
Lithographic facsimile of South Carolina's 1860 Act of Secession. On March 3, 1865, a detachment of the 102 U.S. Colored Troops captured what they believed to be the original manuscript of South Carolina's Secession ordinance. (In fact, they had...
GLC09237
26 August 1861
Clark, Edward (fl. 1861)
Proclamation to the People of Texas
Recruitment Broadside by Governor of Texas: "You require no appeal to animate your patriotism.... Then should every man be up and doing. If you want a speedy peace, you must be prepared to conquer it."
GLC09280
July 1862
News by Telegraph.
Headlines "Good News by McClellan! The Rebels Beaten in the F[i]ght of Tuesday!" reporting the Seven Days Battles; article on "The Army Signal Corps-How Intelligence is Transmitted"; and reactions to "the news of the sanction given by the people of...
GLC09303
11 January 1865
[Resolutions]
The Confederate House of Representatives, resolving that "the Confederate States are prosecuting the war in which they are engaged for the purpose of establishing their independence as a separate power, and that in so doing they are exercising the...
GLC09310
News by Telegraph
Includes the New York Herald's reports of McClellan's battles in the Peninsular Campaign; summarizes the news recently received from Europe; reports on "The Colored Race in Illinois" concerning the denial of "negroes" the right to vote in Illinois.
GLC09314
15 July 1865
Van Wyck, C.H.
Untitled
Brig. Gen. commanding Military District of Western South Carolina during the Southern Occupation period, orders equal rights for the newly freed black population. Recounts incidents of abuse of freedmen and threatens punishment if such acts continue...
GLC09325
4 July 1865
Rouse, E.S.S. (1828-1913)
The Soldiers' Welcome!
Broadside of a poem recited at a celebration of the Fourth of July at Mount Vernon. The poem mocks the defeated Confederates. It also mentions Copperheads, and people who fled to Canada to avoid the draft. There is also a section about Jefferson...
GLC09665
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