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13 April 1864
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
to John G. Walker
Discusses artillery, ammunition, commissions, assignments, and other military matters in the trans-Mississippi Department. Praises General Walker's command.
GLC02218
18 August 1864
Bryan, Gerry M., fl. 1864
to John George Walker
Bryan, Assistant Adjutant General, writes from the Confederate Head Quarters of the Trans Mississippi Department on behalf of Department Commander Edmund Kirby Smith. Informs General Walker that Smith withdraws a previous order to make a public...
GLC02219
April-May 1865
Collection of documents related to the surrender of the Army of Tennessee [Decimalized .01-.04]
GLC02220
15 December 1823
Colvin, Richard, fl. 1823
to Robert Wharton
Requests that Wharton, the Mayor of Philadelphia, prevent the exportation of specie to the East Indies, which has a negative effect on the prices "of Property, of Labour and of Work, and of Produce." Also discusses DeWitt Clinton's suitability as a...
GLC02221
24 July 1861
Jay, John, 1817-1894
to unknown
Jay, prominent abolitionist and grandson of the Revolutionary War patriot of the same name, argues "We have an agency at work for the abolition of slavery in the pending war more powerful than all the Conventions we could assemble. Every battle...
GLC02222
1 May 1864
Wickes, James H., fl. 1864
[General orders no. 15 announcing equal pay of troops]
Signed by Wickes as Captain and acting Aide-de-Camp (possibly to Brigadier General Edward Ward Hinks). Informs African American soldiers "By an act that has passed the Senate of the United States, and been favorably reported to the House of...
GLC02223
31 August 1864
Pratt, William M., fl. 1864
[General orders no. 59 regarding the purchase of African Americans to serve in place of drafted persons]
Signed by Pratt, Aide-de-Camp (possibly to Brigadier General Innes Newton Palmer). Relates the story of John H. Irish, a recruiting agent, who attempted to bribe officers to allow him to cite previously enlisted men in order to satisfy recruiting...
GLC02224.01
1 September 1864
[General orders no. 60 regarding the recruitment of African American soldiers]
Signed by Pratt as Aide-de-Camp (possibly of Brigadier General Innes Newton Palmer). States that some officers "procure negroes and send them to particular agents, receiving from them pecuniary reward." Orders that commanding officers must send...
GLC02224.02
26 August 1852
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Commonwealth. extra. [(August 26, 1852)]
Sumner's argument for the appeal of the Fugitive Slave Law was that the slaveholding southern states, and not the United States as a whole, condone the institution of slavery, and thus having a national law in which such an institution is aided and...
GLC02226
20 February 1862
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863
[Proclamation to the inhabitants of Clarksville, Tennessee]
Proclamation under the name of Rear Admiral Foote after the capture of Forts Donelson and Henry and the city of Clarksville. Written to the inhabitants of the city, at the suggestion of former Congressman Cave Johnson, after the town dignitaries...
GLC02227
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