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December 9, 1861
Pendleton, Alexander S., 1840-1864
to Rose
Writes to his sister. Discusses personal news, a skirmish, and General Rosecrans at Cumberland. Requests she send him a song. Written on blue paper.
GLC00835
August 10, 1862
to his mother
Written in pencil, just after the battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia. Discusses their victory over Banks and the death of Morgan.
GLC00836
November 1860
Ferrill, Julius A., ?-1861
[Resolutions of the Southern Rights Vigilance Club]
Signed by Ferrill with over 25 others. Concerns their opposition to Abraham Lincoln and abolitionism. Resolves to "resist and prevent" Lincoln's inauguration (if elected), to offer their services to any seceding state, to resist anyone who would...
GLC00837
8 January 1800
Adams, John, 1735-1826
[Commission for privateer "Active."]
Countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering. Partially printed document. John Adams, as president, gives permission to David Stewart, a Baltimore merchant, to use his ship "Active" as a privateer during the Quasi War with France. The ship...
GLC00838
July 28, 1887
Grant, Lewis A., 1828-1918
to George Norton Galloway
Disputes Captain Galloway's account of Upton's Brigade at "Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania during the Civil War, which Galloway has published in June in The Century Magazine. Grant thought more should be said about the other brigades involved...
GLC00840
1865
2 documents related to the Army of Tennessee [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC00841
17 January 1865
Bryan, Henry, fl. 1865
Memorandum of condition of the Army of Tennessee, Jan. 17/19th 1865
A report on the general condition of Confederate General Stephen D. Lee's corps of the Army of Tennessee. Documents corps, divisions, brigades, number of soldiers, supplies needed by soldiers, health, and general remarks following Confederate losses...
GLC00841.01
20 January 1865
Otey, John M., fl. 1862-1865
Returns of the Army of Tenn Commanded by Gen. J.B. Hood for period ending Jany 20 '65
Table of present and absent for each section of John Bell Hood's army. More that three fourths of the men listed as absent. Written just after the battle of Franklin, where the Army of Tennessee suffered heavy losses.
GLC00841.02
10 November 1864
Daily wanderer. [Vol. 1, no. 24 (November 10, 1864)]
Published as Railroad Edition. Printed on smaller size paper. Partial reprint of an article from the New Orleans correspondent of the "New York Times," says "Although the cotton crop is naarly [sic] a total failure, the laborers are being employed...
GLC00842
21 March 1863
Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864
The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 16 (March 21, 1863)]
With French text. Prints a proclamation by Governor Moore calling for a General Assembly in Shreveport, the temporary capital of Louisiana. Articles describe female soldiers and war industries. Includes several ads, among which is one offering full...
GLC00843
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