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24 September 1861
McKenzie, Duncan, fl. 1861
Patent, Camp Cooking Apparatus
Patent, Camp Cooking Apparatus. An early "portable and convenient device" for Union soliders cooking in the field.
GLC08303
01 May 1863 - 30 June 1863
Jewett, William Henry, fl. 1863
Observations composed in journal form by soilder, 47th Ohio volunteer Infantry.
"Notes from my Napsack," observations composed in journal form by soilder, 47th Ohio volunteer Infantry, Co. B. Reports on Vicksburg Campaign, prisoners for Camp Douglas, skirmishing along heights of Walnut Hills. Observes that "About two hundred of...
GLC08306
04 May 1863
Hunter, David, 1802-1886
to Governor Andrew Curtain
Requests that several regiments of "colored troops" being raised in PA be sent to the Dept. of the South: "These regiments are very generous, temperate, patient, strictly obedient, possessing great natural aptitude for arms and deeply imbued with...
GLC08307
22 June 1863
The black hawk chronicle. [Vol. 1, no. 3 (June 22, 1863)]
Union newspaper with tongue-in-cheek war reports, mentioning Grant at Vicksburg and Naval Operations in the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.
GLC08308
[1863]
Union Recruiting Poster
Litchfield, Connecticut recruiting: "ENLIST NOW AND SAVE YOUR BOUNTY/ only a few days before the draft."
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[ 23 September 1863 ]
Buckland, L.L., fl. 1863
Ink and watercolor sketch of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C. by 1st Lt, 1st NY Engineers.
Ink and watercolor sketch of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C. by 1st Lt, 1st NY Engineers, two weeks after Fort's capture. Overview, with approaches, and positions of 16 guns and 2 mortars.
GLC08310
1864 - 1865
Wells, Edmund C., fl. 1864-1865
[Collection of Edmund C. Wells, 3rd regiment, Pennsylvania, heavy artillery] [Decimalized .01- .55]
Union soldier, PA Heavy Artillery, Archive of 48 letters, Jan, 1864 - June, 1865. Reports on prisoner taking, the battle of Cedar Creek, the action of "Moseby's men," fighting alongside "Zoaves", black troops,etc.
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13 September 1864 - 25 September 1864
Githens, William, fl. 1864
Two letters from the Illinois surgeon on the burning of Atlanta and conduct of the war. 1st letter to his daughter & the 2nd letter to his wife.
Two letters from Illinois surgeon on the burning of Atlanta and conduct of the war: To Daughter: Confederate machine shops were burned and property destroyed; " I saw the flames rolling up mountains high, away off at Jonesboro nearly twenty miles...
GLC08312
24 January 1864
Thomas, Rile, fl. 1864
to Amanda Rile
Thomas Rile, Sergeant, Co. H. 13th United States Colored Troops, reports to his wife on his life in the infantry.
GLC08313
February 1865
Illustrated Philadelphia recruiting poster for "Major General Hancock's First Army Corps of Veterans" including "Union man and Woman."
Illustrated Philadelphia recruiting poster for "Major General Hancock's First Army Corps of Veterans" including "Union man and woman" who want the "accursed rebellion stopped."
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