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Joint Resolutions in reference to the treatment of colored troops

Confederate act resolves that the abolition of slavery is against the rules of war and that former slaves who are captured while fighting for the Union will be returned to their masters. States "emancipation of the negro slaves within the...

GLC08979.05

"And Now We Lie in Flanders' Fields." Vallee Foulon, France.

A military cemetery, for fallen soldiers in World War I, in the mountains of Northern France.

GLC09584.169

Niles weekly register. [Vol. VII, no. 22 (January 28, 1815)]

A leading national periodical discusses the Hartford Convention, Britain's war aims, the possibility that American forces at New Orleans can rebuff a British invasion, and African Americans' participation in the war effort. Pages numbers 337-352.

GLC08725.02

to Major Bewell re: Bewell's appointment as head of recruiting party in Vermont

Detailed instructions on supplies, strategies preparing for war with France

GLC06818

Southern literary messenger. [Vol. 37, No. 2] February 1863

History of the war.
French Appetite
A Sketch by "Skill"
How I Won Her
A Tale

GLC05959.75.03

Columbian centinel. [No. 2965 (September 5, 1812)]

Contains news near the beginning of the War of 1812. Notable reports on Napoleon's invasion of Russia and other foreign news. Also reports on the American surrender at Fort Detroit by General William Hull in August 1812, editorializes against...

GLC08725.01

to Gov. Edward Rutledge SC

The letter discusses the European war and military preparedness.

GLC00122

Portrait of Capt. Champlin of Ship "Scorpion" by J.T. Upson, Buffalo [salt print] [1861-1866 ca.]

Title taken from inscription on recto. Commanded the schooner "Scorpion" in the War of 1812, as well.

GLC05111.01.0306

to Jacob Wendell

Pepperrell writes to Colonel Wendell about recruiting soldiers during the French and Indian War.

GLC01450.260

[Presidential proclamations and executive orders]

Proclamations dealing with war with Germany, emergency powers, and armistices.

GLC08540

to Henry Knox

Later copy of a letter to Henry Knox regarding possible peace settlement and the office of Secreatary of War. Asks Knox if he would be interested in becoming Secretary of War, and discusses the views of Congress opinion on a "Peace Settlement," with...

GLC02437.09326

Newsmap: Monday, October 4, 1943

One newsmap dated October 4, 1943. Depicts the war fronts within Europe and the Pacific Islands. Also shows developments through articles, photographs and maps. Shows a bomb raid over italy, technological advancements and a map of Western Europe.

GLC09865.08

to Charles C. Pinckney re: (retained draft) Federalist party factionalism

Written two months after President Adams demanded his resignation as Secretary of War. Curiously, McHenry writes his belief that (due to Adams' refusal to go to war with France) he had formed a coaltion with Jefferson.

GLC03254

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia discusses a Post War Planning Meeting she attended.

GLC09414.0415

Weird Desolation of Berry au Bac, after Four Years of Fighting, France

The destroyed countryside of Berry au Bac at the end of the war.

GLC09584.097

to unknown

French Revolutionary War officer, re: searching for food for troops' horses

GLC08099

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 62 (September 14, 1861)]

The War in Missouri, Battle in Western Virginia, General Polk's Proclamation.

GLC05959.56.070

To: William Stedman.

Ellery feels that there should be no war with Great Britain.

GLC07922

to Henry Knox

Writes that he did not pick a side during the war, and was against the war entirely. Now regrets that he is being made to suffer the repercussions of a war he did not support. Discusses importing clergy members from Britain, as well as belief in...

GLC02437.07955

Gibson and Staff [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 432. Group, Gibson and Staff."

GLC05111.01.0813

New York Herald. [Whole no. 10,117 (May 29, 1864)]

War news. General Crook's expedition. Sherman. Grant, our army south of the Pamunkey River.

GLC08427.14

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia notes various reactions to end of war. This is a letter fragment.

GLC09414.0589