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Castle Thunder, Carey St., Richmond, Va., [Prisoners of War] [stereocard]

GLC00242.05

Approx. 35 Civil War Items, including two David Porter [decimalized]

GLC03619

Civil war patriotic envelope with cartoon: A Rebel attack on Pickin's

GLC08674

British Soldiers Gleaning in the Fields of War, Menin Road.

A British soldier uses a long plank to move a piece of wood aside on a ravaged battlefield at Menin Road, likely to pick up a valuable left behind by a fallen German.

GLC09584.039

[Josua Pool's request for wages owed for Revolutionary War service]

Asked that his pay for service in a Massachusetts company be given to the bearer. On the verso is a receipt dated 15 October 1778 for eighteen pounds for Joshua Pools, drawn by the Select Men of Newburyport on the town treasurer and signed by his...

GLC01450.224.01

Cannon & stores in Pennsylvania required of the Board of War

Lists the gun weight of cannons and the numbers needed along with other artillery materials. Written at a Park of Artillery.

GLC02437.00823

[Requests for wages for Revolutionary War service in Cambridge, Massachusetts]

Also signed by William Peirce, Jonathan Whitney, Jacob Chamberlain, William Gibbs, John Barrett, and Phineas Chamberlain. Asks Captain Royel to pay Ensign James Gould the wages of the seven signatories for their service.

GLC01450.218.02

Materials pertaining to Mixter, a Civil War soldier. [Decimalized .01-.05]

GLC06583

The Civil War Collection of the Illinois State Historical Library

GLC08880.116

Acts and Resolutions re: preparing for war [with manuscript note]

Printed folio, stab stitched and signed by Henry Ward as Secretary. Addressed to the Town Clerk of Cumberland, Rhode Island.

GLC01491

to: Thomas H. Scott, Asst. Secy. of War, Cairo Ind.

"Buell did not respond."

GLC05601.090

Sketches from the Battle-Fields of the War. Bull Run.

Recollection of the Battle of Bull Run, written in three parts. Draft of an article with pen corrections. Fifty-six pages combined (Part I is twelve, Part II is thirteen, and Part III is thirty one).

GLC08572

Civil War naval officers: 17 letters & docs [decimalized .01-.17]

[decimalized 02466.01-02466.17]

GLC02466

[Nathan Lovell's military enlistment during the French and Indian War]

Lovell enlists himself in the British army from the Province of Massachusetts Bay, noting that he received five dollars as bounty money from Captain Timothy Hamant. Indicates that he is joining a mission for "the total Reduction of Canada."...

GLC01450.290

[Anti-war protesters sitting on statue of George B. McClennan]

One undated black and white photograph taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are protesters sitting by George B. McClennan Statue. Police officers observe nearby.

GLC09650.236

[Certification of the Civil War service of William B. Swingle]

Signed by Shaffer as P.C. (Post Commander) and Layton T. Smith as Post Adjutant. Partially printed certification that Swingle had "served as a Union Soldier... in Company A, 137th Regt Pennsylvania Volunteers and also in Battery D, 6th New York...

GLC08442.07

to Acting Secretary of War re: burning of Washington by British

Winchester also requests to be reassigned. Docketed "Copy of a letter to the Acting Secretary of War."

GLC06824

to Anthony Collamore re: pensions for Revolutionary War veterans' widows

Letter of Adams, with conjugate leaf (p. 3) containing clerical "Copy of Mr. Edward's letter to Hon. J.Q. Adams." Docketed p. 4. (Text loss on page 1 to center lower left affecting some words.)

GLC06933

Resolutions respecting the present war, and the causes leading thereto.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.036

[Carte-de-visite of a black soldier in the Civil War]

Photograph of a First Sergeant in the U. S. Colored Troops.

GLC08976

War of 1812 re: fortifying coast against attack by England

GLC07184

An act to organize forces to serve during the war.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.006

Neutrality of Great Britain in the Civil War [SD 18]

1861 diplomatic correspondence

GLC00267.365

[Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Rappahannock Station]

Shows pontoon bridges, batteries, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, various fortifications, the locations and movements of the 5th and 6th Army Corps, and the routes of Confederate reinforcements. Also shows General John Sedgwick's headquarters....

GLC06013.03

Bill for surveying and patenting land grant French & Indian War

Document signed for claim against James Ludlow with another Washington document, cosigned by William Crawford 2/25/1774, assigning the debt to Crawford.

GLC01963