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to Sarah Ogden

Writes from "Harvey Hosp Madison." He often thinks of the women from the Broad & Cherry Hospital, Ward B when he gets lonely. Describes his wound and the progress he has made rehabilitating his leg. Says he will not talk to any of the "boys" from the...

GLC06559.007

to Frances B. Shiras

Discusses Mrs. Hinman's illness and other ill women at the Santee Mission. Indicates she is making a dress and that her husband and son are in need of new clothes. Comments about how she should be thankful to God at Christmas for living another year...

GLC02429.32

to Martha Weir

Awaits the return of his wife and children to camp. The repair of the direct road to Nashville, Tennessee may make Brunt's camp into a supply station. The camp is connected by boat, train and road. Happily reports that he has gotten two black...

GLC07006.09

to Mary Kelly

Discusses balls, dramatic representations, and social meetings in camp: the first officer's ball of the season occurred last week, but soldiers' balls occur two or three times per week; dramatic representations occur twice weekly; social meetings...

GLC04194.36

to Henry Knox

Opens with, "Did my Harry let the 23rd of this month pass by unnoticed or did it occur to his mind that it was the anniversary of his wedding day..." Reflects upon her happiness when they were first married, and states, "instead of spending our...

GLC02437.00619

[List of officers]

Marked as a copy. Lists officers and pay for an unspecified company for the month of March.

GLC02437.09522

to Mary Moore Kelly

Many men are sick due to the poor climate, and he has sent many of the ill to northern hospitals. Local women have come into camp to ask for food. A Black man tells him about the marriage of their brother Robert, who had been there in Vicksburg two...

GLC04195.19

to William A. Hammond

Asks United States Surgeon General William A. Hammond to address grievances of Mrs. Bradley, a nurse at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Written on recto is a letter by S. H. Sweetland to General John Ellis Wool, with note by Lieutenant Colonel D. Whipple...

GLC00547

Labor is News

One printing of "Labor is News" published by Union Labor. Contains photographs, graphs, and articles related to labor history including; the Chicago Memorial Day Massacre of 1937; strikebreakers; unionization efforts in the South and highlights on...

GLC09640.313

Farewell to Waterbury

One undated handwritten copy of the poem "Farewell to Waterbury," addressed to Mrs. E.J. Scott from "Aunt Mercia."

GLC09832.08

to Christian M. Epperly

Says she heard that all soldiers will come home the fourth of next month. If he does get to come home, she does not want him to go back to the army. Tells him that George has been home nearly three weeks and no one has come to look for him. States...

GLC02715.048

to [Robert] Forsythe

Request to issue one day's worth of rations for a month to a Jonathan Miller. Endorsement by Jonathan Miller.

GLC02437.01878

Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, (June 2, 1864)]

The fighting during the month of May, total 70,000 killed, The big battle daily looked for.

GLC05959.72.113

to my dear Ma

He has some ladies' shoes he plans to give his mother when he finally sees her. From Colonel Sheffield, he hired a boy, possibly an enslaved individual at 20 dollars per month. Letter is very faded and illegible. Discusses family business, as well as...

GLC00653.01.29

to J. J. Speed

General Grant praises Speed, President of a Louisville, who organized the Kentucky Fair to benefit widows and orphans of deceased Civil War soldiers. Expresses gratitude, through Speed, to the ladies of Louisville for "the patriotic steps taken by...

GLC00639.08

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 125 (July 12, 1862)]

Subjects include the Account of Naval Battle on the White River in Arkansas, and Butler's Infamous Orders to the Women of New Orleans. Details "A Bold Speech in the Lincoln Senate" and "A Signifigant Present from our Friends in Liverpool."...

GLC05959.09.047

to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: arrangements to preach at the Manor of Livingston

Lansing discusses plans to preach at the Manor later that month.

GLC03107.03406

to Philip B. Jones

One letter addressed to Philip B. Jones from William W. Jones dated Feburary 18, 1863. Letter pertains to paying $1,400 for a 35-year old enslaved man named Joe currently being held in Gradys Jail. Also mentions that Joe's wife (unnamed) was included...

GLC01449.02

to Joshua Mauger

He cannot get bread or flour to Joshua Mauger before the end of the next month.

GLC03902.082

[Admiral Farragut] [split stereocard]

Image of Admiral Farragut seated and looking to his right. Inscription on verso: "Farragut," and "1861--Photographic History--1865 . . . ."

GLC05111.01.1222

to Phoebe Hathaway

Updating a fellow Abolitionist on his busy schedule. "It is too bad that I cannot come to Farmington on the first of April after that winsome little note of yesterday. But I cannot and cannot now, see any chance of visiting the kind of Domicile of...

GLC09097

[Card depicting the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment's bald eagle, "Old Abe"]

With the story of "Old Abe" on the verso. The live eagle reportedly was brought on all the regiment's marches during its first three years. Gibson gives the "true history": Abe was captured by an Indian in 1861 and presented to an officer. In 1864...

GLC03619.02.17

[Group posed outside a theater house]

One undated photograph of a group of men and women posed outside a film house at Tuskegee Army Airfield.

GLC09645.009

[Receipt of a warrant in favor of Captain David Zeigler]

Audebert, possibly a clerk at the war office, notes the warrant was for one month's pay of Zeigler's company.

GLC02437.03930

to David Holmes

Informs Mississippi Territory's Governor Holmes that on 2 November 1813, General John Coffee attacked the Creek Indians at Tallaseehatchee in upper Alabama, killing 186 warriors and taking 86 women and children prisoners. Concludes: "If I had...

GLC07371