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1861-1865
Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
Abstract of materials
Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the third quarter, 1865.
GLC02016.152
Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the fourth quarter, 1865.
GLC02016.153
Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the first quarter, 1866.
GLC02016.154
15 June 1865
Redmond, Robert, fl. 1865
Receipt for issues to Major Robert Redmond
Includes issues for Springfield rifles, bayonnets, cartridges, and waste belts among other items. Written in Manchester neighborhood of Richmond
GLC02016.158
20 January 1866
Clay, Cecil, fl. 1842-1866
Receipt for issues
Includes issues for Springfield rifles, bayonnets, cartridges, and waist belts among other items.
GLC02016.159
27 January 1866
Ramsay, George Douglas, 1802-1882
Includes issues for muskets, cartridges, and waist belts among other items. Written at Camp Cadwalader.
GLC02016.160
29 January 1866
Includes issues for saddles and bridles. Written at Camp Cadwalader.
GLC02016.161
30 June 1864
Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
to his brother-in-law, parents and sister
Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment. He reports that he is in good health and still in the same location. He writes that his regiment has been relieved from the front lines and are now in the third line. He has washed his clothes and...
GLC07460.084
5 July 1864 - 6 July 1864
Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment. States that he is in good health and that his division is near the 23rd Corps. The 1st and 2nd divisions of his Corps is on the front lines where the Confederates are making a stand near Marietta...
GLC07460.085
15 July 1864
Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment near the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. A friend of the family - a colonel in the Union Army- will be visiting his family soon if he has not called on them already. He has sent his watch home with...
GLC07460.086
18 July 1864
Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois south of the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. His Corps. has crossed the river on a pontoon bridge. Soon afterward his regiment was sent on picket duty. To his left he has heard the sound of musketry. The 3rd...
GLC07460.087
19 February 1869
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
to James M. Shute
"I almost despair of securing any financial legislation this season, thought we shall try to pass a bill legalizing Gold Contracts and also declaring the 5.20 Bonds and greenbacks are ultimately payable in Gold...The late decision of the Supreme...
GLC09143
4 March 1803
Gazette of the United States [Marbury vs. Madison]
Landmark Supreme Court decision reported in the Gazette of the United States. "The Chief Justice this day declared the opinion of the court...on the motion of Mr. G. Lee for a rule to shew cause why a Madamus should not issue to compel James Madison...
GLC09144
22 May 1815
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
to Mrs. J. Sargent Murray
"By glancing my eye on a passage or two in your brother's history of his use, in multitude of instances during two years, of the 'eau medicinale' d'Husson, I noticed the precision of description which I should expect from Govr. Sargent, and which is...
GLC09145
20 March 1864
Breese, Kidder Randolph, 1831-1881
Orders
Ordering the "officer in charge of Picket Tug" to relay Porter's order to the fleet: "Keep the tug as close to the falls as possible and a bright lookout for anything up the bend. Blow one whistle if you see a vessel coming down. Examine all...
GLC09146
10 June 1861
Wayne, Henry C., fl. 1861
About a Union rally by Baptists and Methodists. "The leaders of these two systems, are either designing demagogues, or ignorant enthusiasts...The President [Jefferson Davis] has proclaimed next Thursday as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer...
GLC09147
circa 1862
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to David D. Porter
During Arkansas expedition. "admiral Porter As soon as General Steele reports in the Continental, will fire a Gun and run down the Gaines's Landing at the rate of ten miles the hour Sherman."
GLC09148
24 February 1893
Smith, Edmund Kirby, 1824-1893
to Darwin C. Pavey
"Fitz John Porter was my classmate and has always been and is one of my dearest friends. He was always faithful and true in his allegiance and devotion of his country and I place him amongst the very best of your Generals...a born soldier and leader...
GLC09149
29 July 1862
Civil War recruiting broadside
Partially printed recruiting poster for Captain Pierce's company of Monroe County Regiment, headed "War!" above an eagle bearing slogan, "Stand up for the Old flat, Now or Never!" A. Strong & Co., Rochester. 14 x 20 inches.
GLC09150
11 December 1865
Monthly return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage
Monthly return for November 1865.
GLC02016.113
1 January 1866
Monthly return for December 1865.
GLC02016.114
30 September 1862
Buyers, John, fl. 1862-1863
Account for quarter ending September 30, 1862
Indicates that all the clothing, camp and garrison equipage are accounted for with the exception of fourteen hat trimmings and ten pairs of stockings.
GLC02016.115.01
29 November 1865
Inventory and inspection report
Includes nineteen shelter tents which are to be turned into the depot quatermaster and sold at public auction.
GLC02016.116
30 May 1863
Invoice of camp and garrison equipage
An invoice of camp and garrison equipage delivered by Captain John Buyers to Lieutenant Thomas Birmingham of "I" Company, 58th Pennsylvania. Also signed by Thomas Birmingham as received by Captain Buyers.
GLC02016.117
31 December 1862
Returns of ordnance and ordnance stores
Includes returns for the quarter ending December 31, 1862. Adds remarks on the loss of some Austrian rifles. There are three copies of this document numbered 118a, 118b, and 118c. Written at Batchelder's Creek.
GLC02016.118
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