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[Muster roll for Company C, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain George W. Burnell, Captain F. K. Fletcher, and 2nd Lieutenant D. B. Holmes. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company C...

GLC06133.12

[Muster roll for Company D, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Reports that Company D was led by Captain James Blakeley. Signed by 2nd Lieutenant W. S. Faulkner. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company...

GLC06133.13

[Muster roll for Company E, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Lieutenants William Davis and Joseph Wheatley. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company [illegible, possibly E] between October...

GLC06133.14

[Muster roll for Company F, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain Frederick K. Fletcher, 2nd Lieutenant D. B. Holmes, and 1st Lieutenant Tyler Stearns. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of...

GLC06133.15

[Muster roll for Company G, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain James H. Rickard. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company G between October and December 1864. States that the Company...

GLC06133.16

[Muster roll for Company H, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain Dan Mason and Lieutenant Tyler B. Stearns. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company H between October and December 1864....

GLC06133.17

[Muster roll for Company [I or J],19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by 2nd Lieutenants James A. Arbuthnot and Henry S. Clapp. Reports that Company [illegible, possibly I or J] was led by Captain Frank Holsinger. Includes signatures (or marks) of and...

GLC06133.18

[Muster roll for Company K, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain William Welsh and 2nd Lieutenant Henry S. Clapp. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company K between October and December...

GLC06133.19

[Reciept of payment for one private servant]

Signed by Hoyt as United States Army Paymaster. Signed by Joseph C. Oliver as Captain of Company E, 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards. Oliver confirms that he received payment (possibly for the service of a servant William Pane) from Major M...

GLC08474.03

[Reciept of payment for one private servant]

Signed by Hoyt as United States Army Paymaster. Signed by Ernest Longpre, of French Creole descent, who served as First Lieutenant, Company H, Third Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards. Longpre confirms that he received payment (possibly for the...

GLC08474.04

to John Eaton

General Grant states "I should have liked to have seen you ... about ... utilizing the negroes down about Grand Junction, Tenn. In writing on that subject for my book I had to rely on memory." States that the first volume of his personal memoirs is...

GLC05485.02.01

to Alexander Shiras

Discusses her husband's sickness and impending death. Comments on sympathetic visitors, her friendship with the Shiras's, and the tragedy the death will be for their son.

GLC02429.42

to Frances B. Shiras

Apologizes for not writing and explains how various chores have kept her too busy. Notes that Cecelia, the half-Indian girl living with her has gone to live with Reverend James Cook. Discusses separation from her husband Daniel. Apologizes for not...

GLC02429.23

[Watercolor of Indian family standing in front of a teepee]

Appears to be trimmed down. Associated with two 1849 issues of "The Chugg Water Journal" from Fort Laramie (see GLC05067.01 and GLC0567.02).

GLC05067.03

Christian banner. [Vol. I, no. 6 (June 11, 1862)]

Pro-slavery newspaper, vol. 1 no. 6. Misdated June 11 but actually 14th, as noted inside newspaper. Anti-secessionist newspaper speaks of disloyal slaves now fighting against the survival of Virginia. There are also articles that argue that in...

GLC08493

to "my darling little buttercup"

re: Hartsuff opens with the speculation that his address may be "Pine Ridge, &c. &c." forever and goes on to complain about the speed with which the Indians continue to deliberate and negotiate the settlement. He also asserts that peace is the only...

GLC05201.022

to "my dear wife"

re: Hartsuff reports his arrival at Fort Fetterman from Laramie, Wyoming (a journey of about one week through bad weather). On arrival at Fetterman, Hartsuff reports that he was attached to the staff of General Crook as Medical Director and that...

GLC05201.002

Proclamation: prohibiting herding or grazing on Cherokee strip

Printed document without seal or signature.

GLC01861

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 5, no. 210 (January 5, 1861); vol.7, no. 314 (January 3, 1863) - vol. 9, no. 470 (December 30, 1865)] [Decimalized .01-.04]

Features article and illustration on emancipated children in New Orleans.

GLC00623

to Estelle Spero

Diamond writes that, as a result of his position as executive officer, he now gives instructions on Japanese weapons. He also comments that, having "fought and worked…side by side with the negro soldiers", he is "nauseated" by the reports of growing...

GLC09120.408

to Estelle Spero

Diamond mentions that the sixth anniversary of the couple's meeting has passed, and proceeds to discuss their relationship. He writes about army policy regarding different races.

GLC09120.479

to his wife re: siege and fall of Fort Wagner

Transcript available.

GLC02970

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Elisabeth Von Groidl to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated February 1, 1974. Elisabeth Von Groidl is against the impeachment of President Nixon. She hopes he received a petition she previously sent with 15 signatures. She notes that...

GLC09613.02.3722.02