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November 28, 1861
Pearce, Selina, fl. 1861-1869
to Brother
Selina writes to her brother, likely Eben, regarding Thanksgiving. Includes a poem about having a "soldier brother." Possibly written from Marietta, Ohio.
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May 23, 1861
Pearce, Priscilla, fl. 1861-1868
to William
Discusses crops.
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August 27, 1861
Writes about William not getting a chaplain appointment.
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July 15, 1862
Discusses church finances.
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August 10, 1862
Pearce, William, fl. 1861-1869
to Priscilla
Comments on being paid and spending instructions.
GLC00066.102
August 18, 1862- August 20, 1862
Mentions church finances and his salary reduction.
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September 19, 1862
Writes that she does not see need to leave Marietta. Also discusses finances.
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November 27, 1862
to Selina
Writes to his sister about church and family.
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May 12, 1861
Pearce, Thirza, fl. 1861-1869
to Father
Writes about her position as a schoolteacher. Also refers to the death of someone called McBride.
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23 May 1861
to Papasy
Written most likely to her father, who she calls "Papasy." Discusses the arrival of soldiers, as well as crops. Letter is signed "Your aff daughter."
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September 27, 1861
to Papa
Writes about her visits with her nieces and nephews (her father's grandchildren), and provides humorous anecdotes about her nephew Wallie, "the most mischievous grandson you've got."
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August 3, 1862
Discusses the beginning of the state draft. Reports that with the draft beginning, they are still finding volunteers. Also expects not to attend college in the next year.
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September 17, 1864
Joy, Ada, fl. 1864
to Lena
Writes to Selina about teaching.
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1862/06/20, 1862/06/21
Daily Republican.
4 pp. each. Vol. 5 nos. 145 and 146. Discusses Benjamin Franklin Butler's "women around town" order in New Orleans.
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1861
Daily true delta.
Amongst the typical foreign and local news and advertisements, the front page of this paper contains two very interesting secession-related items. A women in Charleston Owned the table used for signing the Declaration of Independence of the United...
GLC05960.01
24 April 1864
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to William Fitzhugh (Rooney) Lee
General Lee offers condolence to his son Rooney on the death of his wife, Charlotte Wickham, from tuberculosis. Although Lee mourns her death, he maintains that "we cannot indulge in grief however mournful yet pleasing." Lee experienced a series of...
GLC05979
24 July 1864
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
to Mark Alexander
Cooper, Adjutant General and Inspector General of the Confederate Army, writes to his friend Alexander. Mentions that his son recently travelled with Mrs. Captain Lee of the Confederate Navy. Complains that he is overworked, and fears he will not...
GLC05980
15 July 1864
Memoriam of Capt. G. T. Burch
Broadside created as a memoriam for Captain George Tilley Burch of Co. I, 29th Georgia Regiment who was killed in the Battle of Atlanta. Died at City Hall Hospital on 13 July 1864 from wounds that pierced both his knees in a charge near Kenesaw...
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February 1864
Chase, George, fl. 1864
To the veterans of the Confederate army
Asking for the public, especially soldiers, to furnish written accounts of "incidents of remarkable daring in battle, endurance, sufferings, sacrifices and other trials in imprisonment, camp, hospital or marches." Says if contributors want to wait...
GLC05987.18
27-28 February 1862
Donald, H. D., fl. 1862
Letter from Fort Craigg
From a soldier detailing the little-known Confederate expedition to capture New Mexico Territory. Appears to be two letters printed in a Southern newspaper. Written by H.D. Donald to R.V. Cook at Soloro which is "30 miles above Ft. Craigg." In first...
GLC05987.33
circa April 28, 1862
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
[Endorsement regarding defense of New Orleans]
Beauregard's signed pencil docket on telegram from General Mansfield Lovell regarding defense of New Orleans. Lovell telegramed Beauregard to inform him that he is prepared to defend New Orleans, but "will not be responsible for the loss of life to...
GLC05812
1864
American Anti-Slavery Society
Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at its third decade, held in the City of Philadelphia, Dec. 3d and 4th, 1863.
Contain an appendix and a catalogue of anti-slavery publications in America from 1750-1863. Includes writings and/or speeches by William Lloyd Garrison (Anti-slavery Society President), Henry Ward Beecher, Stephen S. Foster, Abby Kelley Foster...
GLC05821
1863/10/30
Kilgore, Legrand, fl. 1863
Document of sale for 3 slaves to be transferred from Louisiana to Texas
Sale from Kilgore to E. W. Rogers. The slaves were Bill (25), Patsey (33) and her son John (2). (Through a punctuation error the document seems to say that Kilgore fathered the boy John.)
GLC05838
1863-1865
Bloom Family
Four letters of Bloom Family of Pennsylvania [Decimalized .01- .04]
Four letters (no soldier content), with 3 envelopes. Family may be Jewish, but no significant content on that subject. Letter #1, dated 3 February 1863 in Birmingham, Iowa, is from Sarah W. Braun to Ruthanna Bloom. She misses her family and hopes...
GLC05733
16 April 1861
Sheldon, J., fl. 1861
Departure of the Lynn Light Infantry for the Defense of Washington
Color lithograph by artist J. Sheldon, lithographed by J.H. Bufford's Company at 260 Washington Street, Boston. Shows regiment in red beefeaters style uniform marching toward viewer. A three story stone building in a salmon color dominates the left...
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