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8 April 1865
Selma union. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 8, 1865)]
Occupation newspaper printed by Union soldiers W.W. Van Antwerp and Theo. T. Scribner. Reports the capture of Selma and of the Chattanooga "Rebel" (newspaper) printing press.
GLC01187
25 March 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Lincoln's appointment of Joshua Reed Giddings as Consul General]
Also signed by William Henry Seward as Secretary of State. President Lincoln appoints former Ohio Representative Giddings to serve as Consul General of the United States for the British North American Provinces. Has a seal on bottom left corner.
GLC01413
20 July 1865
Ordway, K.G., fl. 1855-1865
[Congressional mourning ribbon]
Black ribbon with gold trim and fringes. There is a white rosette sewn on to the top with a gold sequence star and two sequence stars on the black part of the ribbon directle below the rosette. The entire ribbon is covered in black transparent silk...
GLC01423.01
13 March 1862
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
[Special orders no. 14: appointment of Robert E. Lee as commander-in-chief]
On order of the secretary of war, General Lee is ordered to Richmond, and under the direction of the president, is charged with the "conduct of military operations in the Armies of the Confederacy." Addressed from the Adjutant and Inspector Generals...
GLC01426
1866
Valentine's bust of Gen. T.J. Jackson
Carte de visite vignette photograph of Valentine's bust of Jackson, with Valentine's copyright notice. Remnants of two cent tax stamp on verso.
GLC01442.06
Valentine, Edward V., fl. 1866-1869
Valentine's bust of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart
Carte de visite vignette photograph of Edward V. Valentine's bust of James Ewell Brown Stuart, with Valentine's copyright notice dated 1866. Remnants of tax stamp on verso.
GLC01442.16
1861-1862
Confederate collection - Florida [decimalized]
[decimalized 01430.01-01430.05]
GLC01430
December 1861
Items related to the capture of three men in Apalachicola, Florida. [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC01430.05
1865-1870 ca.
Boude & Miley, fl. 1865-1870
[Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]
Carte de visite bust vignette portrait, signed on front. Lee is posed as a Union lieutenant, with mustache. With presentation on verso to Mrs. Caskie by Mary Custiss Lee ("M.C. Lee"). Reprinted by the Stonewall Gallery circa 1865-1870.
GLC01437
1865 ca.
Lee Gallery, fl. 1865
Signed on front mount by Lee. Oval bust portrait in uniform as Confederate General. Published by Lee Gallery, Richmond.
GLC01438
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