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10 February 1864
Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906
General orders no. 2
Orders several schools for military instruction to be established. Outlines the officers and purposes of the different schools.
GLC08603
3 June 1863
[General Joseph Wheeler's General Orders No. 7]
Contains Wheeler's orders transmitted by D. G. Reed, Assistant Adjutant General. Wheeler, commanding cavalry corps, Army of Tennessee, states "...The commanding General of this Army relies solely upon information received from Cavalry, to make his...
GLC08604
1863- circa 1896
Correspondence related to George W. Koonce [Decimalized .01-.08]
GLC08606
1840
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Life of Major General William Henry Harrison.... [election campaign biography]
Election campaign biography. Bound in green paper boards with glazed cloth spine. Frontispiece and three plates. Printed by Grugg and Elliot. (The only printing cited by Howes.) Howes H246, Miles 133.
GLC08607.01
1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Report of the select committee relative to the Soldiers' National Cemetery, together with accompanying documents, ...
Title continues, " ... as reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864. First edition printed by Singerly & Myers, state printers, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Early printing of Abraham Lincoln's...
GLC08611
1813-1814
American weekly messenger. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (September 25, 1813)-v. 1, no. 26 (March 19, 1814)]
A weekly compilation of government documents, for the early part of the War of 1812. Vol. 1 no. 1-26. Includes two addenda. Printed (and edited by?) John Conrad.
GLC08617
1862/10/04
Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 6, no. 301 (October 4, 1862)]
Includes a printing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on the third page titled, "THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY." Discusses the Emancipation Proclamation, including an article titled "Slavery Practically abolished." Includes coverage of...
GLC08620
11 March 1865
Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866
New York weekly tribune [Vol. XXIV, no. 1226 (March 11, 1865)]
Printing of the text of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address and news about the inaugural ceremony and celebrations. Also includes news on the Civil War, local and international news, and updates on Congress. Other printed material includes...
GLC08624
6 March 1865
Earle, John Milton, 1794-1874
Worcester daily spy [Vol. 20, no. 55 (March 6, 1865)]
Printing of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address (given March 4th) and news about the inaugural ceremony and events. Inaugural on column 1 of first page. The famous quote is misprinted - "with malice toward no one." Also includes articles on...
GLC08625
1966
Menconi, Ralph, 1915-1972
[Thomas Jefferson medal]
Issued by the Society of Medalists and based upon Jean-Antoine Houdon's portrait of Jefferson.
GLC08626
30 August 1864
Elmore, Edward Carrington, fl. 1861-1865
to George H. Poindexter
Elmore, Confederate Treasurer, discusses the activities of G. W. Butler, a late Teller in the Treasury. Informs Poindexter, a Lieutenant and Enlistment Officer, that Treasury clerks have had little time to work on Butler's accounts. States that...
GLC08633
1 September 1861
Dawes, Rufus Robinson, 1838-1899
[Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores, 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry]
Signed by Dawes as Captain of Company "K" in the 6th Wisconsin Volunteers. Printed form filled out by hand listing ordnance stores Dawes turned over to Colonel Lysander Cutler. Written at Camp Kalorama.
GLC08638
1867
Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905
Speeches and Papers Relating to the Rebellion and the Overthrow of Slavery
Published by Little, Brown & Co. in Boston. Stereotyped and printed by John Wilson and Son in Cambridge. Dedicated to the citizens of Groton, who supported Boutwell in his career as a public servant. Contains 35 chapters, each one a different speech...
GLC08645
1863-1865
Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis [Decimalized .01-.12]
Pertains to a project to aid freed slaves by the army. Most documents in this collection are related to T. A. Walker, who served as Superintendent of Freedmen, District of West Tennessee. Consists mostly of financial records, and contains...
GLC08649
1876
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Life Studies of the Great Army [print portfolio -- incomplete set]
20 of 40 copperplate etchings made by Forbes while accompanying Union armies. Complete set under GLC02199. The condition of this collection is not as good as the complete set listed above.
GLC08653
5 July 1862
Laughton, Joseph B., fl. 1838-1865
to John H. Laughton
Laughton, a Union soldier from New York taken prisoner at Libby Prison, writes about being captured on 3 July 1862. Reports that conditions are fairly good at the prison and he can finally rest from the fatigues of the campaign. "I was surprised to...
GLC08654
6 February 1866
Dunphy, Richard D., 1824-1904
to Gideon Welles
Letter written for Dunphy, who lost both his arms during the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, to Secretary of the Navy Welles. Also includes a carte de visite (10.1 x 6.2 cm.) pasted to the letter of Dunphy in his uniform with no arms. Wants to...
GLC08655
23 May 1863
Fred, fl. 1861-1864
to his father
Written by a Union sailor aboard the USS "Morse". References his father's letter. Says that last Saturday "the mail boat was coming up and the rebels fired into her with field pieces and struck twice, and we got under way and went down and by the...
GLC08658
25 March 1864
Dielman, George W., fl. 1864
[Certificate in favor of a substitute soldier]
GLC08661
29 February 1776-6 March 1776
Hall, Samuel, 1740-1807
New-England chronicle, or the Essex gazette. [Vol 8, no. 396, (February 29 to March 6, 1776)]
Includes a call for female nurses needed for the Continental hospitals. " ... Wanted for the General Hospital, a number of Nurses for the houses at Cambridge and Roxbury, the preference will be given to Boston and Charlestown women, and some men...
GLC08663
24 March 1864
Harris, Thomas H., fl. 1864-1865
[General order no. 31 regarding the designation of African American troops]
Lists numerical designations for troops of African descent. Issued by Thomas H. Harris, Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Major General Stephen Augustus Hurlbut. Established by the order of Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant...
GLC08664
1861
The Constitution of the state of Texas.... [and] of the Confederate States...
Printed by John Marshall
GLC08669
1862
West Viriginia General Assembly
Acts of the General Assembly, Passed at the Regular Session, Held December Second, 1861, at the City of Wheeling
Printed at the Daily Press Book and Job Office. These acts were passed to set up West Virginia as a state. Pages 3-91 contain the various acts with descriptive summaries printed in smaller font in the margin next to the pertinent text. Each act is...
GLC08670
28 May 1864
Civil war patriotic envelope with cartoon: A Rebel attack on Pickin's
GLC08674
circa 1863
An Appeal to the Federal Soldiers
Written by "A New Englander, Now A Confederate Soldier." Dated from first line: "Two years of our sanguinary conflict..." Says he is going to lay aside "weapons of strife" and reason together on the lessons the war can teach. Says it was ill-will...
GLC08676
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