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19 January 1863
Confederate States of America. Congress
(House bill, no. 4.) . . . A bill to be entitled An act to prohibit quartermasters and others from speculating.
stamp of record division
GLC06745.034
August 1865
Smith, William Morris, fl. 1865
[District of Columbia. Men and gun of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at ornamental gate of Fort Totten]
A print of a photograph bronze artillery gun [12 lb. Napoleon] and caisson inside Fort Totten's (1st, at Washington, DC. NY Ft. Totten not named so until 1898) gate. "Totten" painted across the top of the entrance. Six Union artillerymen stand...
GLC05111.01.0183
3 March 1865
Report of the Joint select committee appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war.
GLC06745.010
1862
Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
Sketches of the rise, progress, and decline of secession; with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels.
Published by George W. Childs. 458 pages of text followed by eight pages of advertisements. Contains a frontispiece engraved portrait of Brownlow, editor of the Knoxville Whig. Brownlow writes, "I have prepared this work from the single stand...
GLC06189
7 September 1863
King, & Baird, 1839-1876
The Road to Peace through Pennsylvania via Washington, as Engineered by Southern Rebels and their Democratic Allies.
Includes several excerpts from the Richmond Enquirer, described as Jefferson Davis' Organ. States that the next Congressional session will be important, as "During its deliberation, the Presidential campaign of 1864 will be marked out." Proposes...
GLC05645
1865/01 ca.
Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade with man in center. [January 1865 ca.]
The outer walls of the fort extend across the image, bordered at its base by the outer wooden stockade. There is a lone man in the center of the image and a cannon is barely visible between the center mounds of sand of the fortification in the...
GLC05111.01.0549
5 March 1792
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Act for making farther and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States
Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Decided at the first session of the second Congress held at the city of Philadelphia on 24 October 1791. Lists the salaries and allowances for officers and recruits. Mentions employing Indians for...
GLC02342
18 December 1863
A bill to be entitled An act to amend an act entitled "An act to prevent fraud in the Quartermaster's and Commisary's Departments, and the obtaining under false pretense transportation for private property," approved May 1st, 1863.
GLC06745.062
1861
Ziegler, George J., fl. 1861
The soldier's friend; or, hints for the physical and moral welfare of the soldiers of the United States
Published "for gratuitous distribution" by Samuel S. White. Pamphlet is a morale booster as well as a health guide. Page 2 cover has a copy of the poem "Army Hymn" by Oliver Wendell Holmes from the June 1861 Atlantic Monthly. Pages 3-7 has 24 tips...
GLC00267.352
circa March 6, 1781
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
General Return of Ordnance and Military Stores at the several places under mentioned, agreeable to their several dates
A very detailed list of artillery, ammunition, supplies and stores by type, weight and location. Date added later in pencil.
GLC02437.00903
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