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1858
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Father Henson's story of his own life.
Life of Father Josiah Henson with frontis portraits. Published by John P. Jewett & Co. in Boston and Henry P. B. Jewett in Cleveland. First edition.
GLC05957
8 June 1799
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Henry Remsen
Discusses the tobacco market and the high quality of tobacco grown at his estate. Reports that they should take advantage of the price of 11 cents per pound since it is so much lower than the Richmond price. States that he has sold his tobacco...
GLC05958
1861-1865
Confederate newspaper collection [decimalized]
Confederate newspapers collection. First-hand accounts of the war by Confederate journalists in the field and soldiers at the front, soldiers' and officers' letters written home, general orders and military directives issued by the commanders on the...
GLC05959
29 November 1861 - 6 December 1861
Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes
Daily federal union.
The collection contains five 1861 issues with particular attention to war news and minutes of the Georgia Legislature. Many of the same articles appear reprinted in each issue, namely lists of the members of the various standing committees of the...
GLC05959.01
1862 - 1865
Turner, Joseph Addison, 1826-1868
The Countryman.
Magazine format. Literary digest with verse and wry comments. Vol. 3 nos. 1-3, 6-8, 11-12, and vol. 20 [sic] no. 2.
GLC05959.02
1861, 1864
Gilbert, Thomas, fl. 1861-1864
Daily sun.
The first three issues have four pages and the last one has two pages. Each issue has at least one column of "Telegraphic" war dispatches. The back page (except the last two-page issue) always contains the Georgia State Constitution. The 29 March...
GLC05959.03
10 December 1862
Clisby, Joseph, fl. 1862
Macon daily telegraph. [no. 881 (December 10, 1862)]
Subjects include Confederate War Debt, Lincoln's Emancipation Policy, Article on Compensated Emancipation. Includes general advertisements and land sale advertisements.
GLC05959.04
1861/07/30, 1861/07/31
The Daily morning news. (Savannah, Ga.)
4 pages each. Vol. 12 nos. 177-178. Coast invaded by the Lincolnites, Incidents after the Battle of Manassas, The Maryland Regiment in the Battle at Stone Bridge, The killing of Colonel T.E. Rawlings, New York Republican Press on the Battle of...
GLC05959.05
1862/11/20, 1865/04/14
Hayes, J.E., fl. 1862
Savannah republican. [necessity newspaper]
Vol. 61 no. 671 and vol. 65 no. 85. Dated 11/20/1862 and 4/14/1865. The latter issue is printed on brown wastepaper. Topics include Fredericksburg, St. Alban's raiders, suffering in Petersburg, Jefferson Davis's flight.
GLC05959.06
1862 - 1864
Morse, N.S., fl. 1862-1864
Daily chronicle & sentinel.
Each issue contains telegraphic reports and Northern news, mostly covering battle reports and war news. Commercial reports indicate stock values in Augusta markets, including financial, cotton, dry goods, grain, groceries, country produce, and sale...
GLC05959.07
10 May 1863
Gardner, James, fl. 1863
Daily constitutionalist. [Vol. 20, no. 109 (May 10, 1863)
Details of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Yankee Strength in the Field, Rebels Recapture Tupelo. Includes "An Act To provide for the funding, and further issue of Treasury Notes." There are several general advertisements as well as land sales.
GLC05959.08
1861-1863
Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865
Southern Confederacy.
Most issues 4 pages. Scattered issues 1861; most issues 1862 and 1863. Issue dated 12/8/1862 should be 12/9. Some issues with Tennessee Historical Society stamp (deaccessioned).
GLC05959.09
1861, 1862, 1864
Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865
Southern cultivator.
The Southern Cultivator was published monthly (sometimes combined) with 32 pages at the first of this run, which reduced to 24 pages and then 16 by the end of the run. Each issue contains letters to the editor with detailed responses. Regular...
GLC05959.11
1861
Louisville (Ky.) daily courier
Vol. 33 nos. 12, 24; and New Series no. 19. July 13, 27 and Nov. 4 1861. The November number issued a New Series at Bowling Green (due to Federal Troops). 11/4 issue with Tennessee Historical Society stamp. Written also at Bowling Green, Kentucky
GLC05959.12
July - December 1863
Prentice, George Dennison, 1802-1870
Louisville (Kentucky) daily journal.
The bulk of the paper is taken up by ads, many for military supplies, railway lines, schools, and others for medical needs and retail supplies. Telegraphic news lists special dispatches of war news. A back page statement of assets lists stocks and...
GLC05959.14
1862, 1864, 1865
Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864
Opelousas courier.
The paper was edited by Joel H. Sandoz and William H. Spencer during the first year of this run; by 1864, Sandoz had become chief editor. Sandoz had previously edited the Opelousas Gazette, the town's first paper. Each issue includes war...
GLC05959.15
1862
Lumsden, F.A., & G.W., fl. 1862
Daily picayune. (New Orleans, La.)
Vol. 26, nos.199 and 272. 4 p. each. 1862/09/14 and 1862/12/09. Volume 272 is printed on darker paper.
GLC05959.16
1861/09/28, 1861/12/07
True witness (New Orleans, La.)
Vol. 8 nos. 31 and 41. Presbyterian religious newspaper. The 12/7/1861 issue discusses slavery and religious readings for soldiers.
GLC05959.18
5 March 1862
M. Shannon & W.H. M'Cardle (publishers)
Vicksburg weekly Whig. [ Vol. 24 no. 10 (March 5, 1862)]
Battle of Fort Donelson; Fayetteville, Ark. Ordered burned.
GLC05959.19
2 July 1863
Swords, J. M., fl. 1863
Daily citizen. [July 2, 1863]
The famous wallpaper issue with the "Note" added by Grant's soldiers in the last column. This issue has the banner title spelled correctly. (See also GLC 6043, the variant issue with misspelled masthead.) Docketed on verso, signed by Lt. Tom Custer...
GLC05959.20
Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892
Weekly standard.
The paper gives regular reports of the latest war news. Advertisements include runaway slave notices and slaves for sale; retail, real estate, and other items for sale; conscription substitutes wanted; lost items; and market reports. Telegraphic...
GLC05959.22
1861-1864
Semi-weekly standard.
This selection focuses on congressional reports and state records and minutes, with repetitive lists of state governors, and political parties. Articles, editorials, and letters focus on the impending issue of secession and legislative action....
GLC05959.23
October 1861
Spelman, John, fl. 1861
State journal. (Raleigh, NC)
Vol. 1 nos. 90 and 95; 10/9/1861 and 10/26/1861.
GLC05959.24
Spelman, John, 1821-1899
Weekly state journal.
A column titled "Latest News" gives war briefs and reports, as well as a column with "the very latest from the North," detailing war news. Notices from particular North Carolina troops are printed. Laws, minutes, and reports of the state of North...
GLC05959.25
Syme, John W., fl. 1861
Semi-weekly Raleigh register.
Correspondence includes news items from other locations and other newspapers. North Carolina State Convention minutes are often printed. Most articles are war-related, and often an article on coast defenses is present. Contributions to soldiers...
GLC05959.26
26 April 1861
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
to Benjamin Franklin Butler
United States General-In-Chief Scott relates orders received from President Abraham Lincoln to General Butler, Brigadier General of Militia, regarding the Legislature of Maryland scheduled to assemble at Annapolis. Hoping to prevent further uprising...
GLC05996
7 March 1866
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
to James Wilson Grimes
Written in secretarial hand and signed by Secretary of the Navy Welles to Grimes, U.S. Senator from Iowa who chaired the Committee on Naval Affairs. Wants to "invite your attention" to the estimate submitted last November to provide for the...
GLC05997
1881/12/12
Guiteau, Charles, 1841-1882
to Appleton re: sends autograph with authenticity note of warden John S. Crocker
Countersigned and authenticated by John S. Crocker, the warden. On U.S. Jail stationery.
GLC05999
1876/02/02
Gordon, G. A., fl. 1876
to Theophilus Rodenbough re: Indians as skirmishers
"The Indians are the best skirmishers in the world." Gordon says he received orders from Sheridan to join the regiment in Chicago. He says that fighting Indians is hard and dangerous since they are frequently better armed, better shots and better...
GLC06008
3 November 1879
Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
to A. C. Barstow
Secretary of the Interior Schurz writes to the Chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners about the Meeker Massacre at the White River Ute Reservation in Colorado. Mentions that Special Agent General Charles Adams secured the return of women and...
GLC06009
1804/02/19
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
to unknown re: protecting independent judiciary, trial of judges; attacking Aaron Burr
"It is an axiom with me that he will be the most dangerous chief that Jacobism can have."
GLC06019
20 September 1926
Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941
National Monument Mount Rushmore Black Hills South Dakota: Report addressed to the Harney Peak Memorial Association
Detailed carbon copy report signed by the sculptor and engineer of Mount Rushmore. Covers everything involved in creating the Mount Rushmore carvings including among other information, the location, the presidents chosen, the time needed, the...
GLC06031
circa 1862-1865
Lawther, Robert R., ?-1911
To the people of Missouri
Printed call to arms from Colonel Lawther, the famous Missouri partisan fighter. Says he has been appointed and authorized by President Davis to organize a regiment of "Partizan Rangers, to serve in the Western Department." Says he has been...
GLC05987.37
1863
Howell, R.H., fl. 1861-1863
Sea Coast of Georgia
Lithographed and published by Howell, cartographer unknown. Printed Civil War map showing the coastal area of Georgia from Florida to South Carolina. Marks railroads, canals, and major geographical points of interest. According the previous owner...
GLC05987.38
14 March 1863
[Poem attacking Benjamin F. Butler]
Consists of an unsigned acrostic poem with the name "BF Butler" as the basis. An attack against General Benjamin F. Butler [possibly for his "women around town" order while he was administering New Orleans]. The notorious declaration was issued on 15...
GLC05987.39
4 August 1863
Greer, Elkanah B., 1825-1877
[General order no. 6 exempting certain persons from military service]
Orders are issued by Confederate General Greer from Headquarters, Bureau of Conscription, Trans-Mississippi Department. Exempts one person per plantation (an owner, agent, or overseer) if the plantation has at least twenty enslaved people. Contains...
GLC05987.40
circa 1864
Miller, Arnold W., 1822-1892
Christianity and slavery, by Rev. A. W. Miller, Petersburg, Virginia.
Written by A. W. Miller (possibly by the Rev. Arnold W. Miller, though most of Arnold Miller's sermons and writings were published in South Carolina). Justifies slavery through Christianity: "Thus, the relation of slavery will ever continue in the...
GLC05987.41
24 March 1864
Preston, John Smith, 1809-1881
[Circular no. 12, a blank application for exemption from service in the Confederate Army]
Unsigned. Application issued by the command of Preston, Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription. Offers exemption from conscription for "agriculturalists" or "overseers," binding them to deliver meat and sell surplus crops at fixed prices to...
GLC05987.42
7 July 1864
Mason, A.P., fl. 1864
[Circular pretaining to construction and fortification of redoubts used by the Army of Tennessee]
Based on orders issued by General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Army of Tennessee in anticipation of the siege of Atlanta. Orders strengthening of the redoubts and stockade, and fortification of defense. Contains instructions for firing and...
GLC05987.43
13 May 1865
Sparrow, Edward, 1810-1882
To the people of the State of Louisiana
Announces that all the Confederate forces in the states east of the Mississippi River have been surrendered to the United States and that the armies of Generals Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Richard Taylor are prisoners of war. States that...
GLC05987.44
24 October 1864
Williams, W.T.C., fl. 1864
To the relatives of deceased soldiers of of Leake County
File contains two documents, a broadside and an autograph letter signed. Broadside, which says "Circular" at the top, says he has received from Major J.L. Power, Superintendent of the Army Records of Mississippi Troops, many blanks for the...
GLC05987.45
1864
Goffres, Joseph Marie, 1808-1867
An Illustrated System of Bandaging
Selections from the French medical manual "Précis de Bandages," first published in Paris in 1858 by Goffres. This edition was created "By Order of the Surgeon-General." Published in Richmond by Ayres & Wade. Front free endpaper is inscribed "Sr Surg...
GLC05987.46
Chisolm, J. Julian, 1830-1903
A manual of military surgery, for the use of surgeons in the Confederate States Army: with explanatory plates of all useful operations
Written by Chisolm as Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of South Carolina and as a surgeon in the Confederate Army. He was considered the foremost surgeon in the Confederate states, and this book was the mostly widely used surgical manual...
GLC05987.47
Warren, Edward, 1828-1893
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital
Written by Warren as Surgeon General of North Carolina. He was formerly a Professor at University of Maryland. Published by West & Johnson at 145 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. First edition copy (misspelled "Frist Edition" on the cover page)...
GLC05987.48
Confederate States of America. War Dept.
Army Regulations Adopted for the Use of the Army of the Confederate States, in accordance with late acts of Congress
Signed by Confederate Cavalry officer Captain T. B. Holland, who served under General J. E. B. Stuart and General Fitzhugh Lee. Printed by West and Johnston, 145 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. Holland served in Co. F. Virginia Cavalry (Bedford...
GLC05987.49
Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States, 1863.
Signed twice by Confederate General Alfred E. Jackson at Jonesboro, Tennessee on 20 March 1863. This was signed while Jackson was serving as a brigade commander in the military department of East Tennessee. Published by J.W. Randolph at 121 Main...
GLC05987.50
Correspondence Between Governor Brown and President Davis, on the Constitutionality of the Conscription Act
Describes the differing view points of Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown and Jefferson Davis on the later's call for more troops from the state of Georgia for the Confederate Army. Printed by Atlanta Intelligencer Print. Original printed wrappers.
GLC05987.51
Correspondence Between the War Department and General Lovell, Relating to the Defences of New Orleans
Contains two reports in one bound volume. One is a printing of the correspondence pertaining to Major General Mansfield Lovell's defense of New Orleans in 1862 and the second report is the correspondence of Louisiana Governor Thomas Overton Moore...
GLC05987.52
Warder, T.B., fl. 1862
Battle of Young's Branch; or, Manassas Plain, fought July 21, 1861
Co-authored by James M. Catlett. Signed "J. R. Barlett's" on the front cover. First edition published in Richmond by Enquirer Books and Job Press. The book has been rebound in a green cloth cover. There is also another copy of this book at GLC04061...
GLC05987.53
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
General Orders from headquarters Department of the Gulf
Printed pamphlet containing the text of General Orders issued by Butler between 1 May 1862 to 9 November 1862, regarding the occupation of New Orleans. Includes Butler's infamous order establishing martial law. With orange printed wraps. Penciled...
GLC05987.54
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