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A Selection of patriotic addresses, to the President of the United States

Title continued: "Together with the President's answers." Petitions from towns regarding the Quasi-war with France. Printed by John W. Folsom.

GLC05944

[Commission of James B. McPherson as Captain in the Corps of Engineers]

This document is a record of the commission of James B. McPherson, signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and countersigned by Simon Cameron, Secretary of War. Also signed recorded in the Adjutant General's office 10 August 1861 by L. Thomas...

GLC04680

to Mamma

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated July 3, 1945. Pertains to life while stationed in the Philippines. Mentions sending photographs of where is stationed, description of local Filipinos, and what other men are planning...

GLC09954.306

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 38 (August 15, 1861)]

From Missouri - The Federals Again Defeated, Affairs at Fortress Monroe, The War in Missouri, The Burning of Hampton.

GLC05959.56.045

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 84 (October 10, 1861)]

The War in Missouri, The Confederate Tax in Tennessee, Engagement at Santa Rosa Island, The Exploit at Chickamacomaco.

GLC05959.56.083

to "the Collectors of the Customs'

"Issue no commission to any private armed vessel . . ." (Complying with Convention with France ending the Quasi war.)

GLC08364

Paying Off the Democratic Public Debt

re: Civil War debts and "the legacy which the Democratic administration of James Buchanan bequeathed the Republican party."

GLC07722

to W[alter] Patterson re: poor state of lumber trade

Due to the war, the author notes that the lumber trade has suffered greatly. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.04544

to Henry Knox

Signature has been clipped. Discusses a purchase of paint and oil. Written in a secretarial hand. Noted as written at the War Office. Creator identified from docket.

GLC02437.01996

[Prisoner Petition]

"The Petitioned Number of American Prisoners of War . . .," requesting exchange for British officers and seamen. Penned from Kinial Prison, signed by 10 American POW's.

GLC08390.02

Daily chronicle & sentinel. [Vol. 28, no.25 (January 16, 1864)]

From Charleston, Late News From Texas, Latest From the North.
The results of the Edgefield District elections are listed. The Secretary of War reports the achievements of the army for 1863. The culprit who has cut the telegraph lines for the past...

GLC05959.07.07

[Collection of Witter H. Johnston, I company, 144th regiment, New York, infantry] [decimalized]

Letters written from South Carolina, Jacksonville, FL, and Washington. Includes 17 post-war items. Member of 144th NY Vols.

GLC02167

Journal

Journal with signatures, poems, and notes written by Johnson's Island prisoners of war. Including poem, "The Prison on Lake Erie."

GLC09187

to Thomas Smith

Reveals his anti-Lincoln sentiment, and discusses hardships due to war. Smith, an ardent secessionist, writes to his son Thomas. Mentions hardship, the number who have died for "The Cause," scarcity of money and provisions from "Lincoln's war." He...

GLC06370

to Elhenan M. Mast

Discusses with his brother-in-law the idea of a draft in Kingston. Describes a "war meeting" he recently attended, where a great number of men from their community decided to volunteer for the war. Reports that "I was in town this afternoon and I...

GLC03523.10.026

The life, campaigns and public services of Lieut. General Grant

Biography of Ulysses S. Grant "With a full history of his Life, Campaigns, and battles, and his Orders, Reports, and Correspondence with the War Department and the President in relation to them, from the time he first took the field in this war...

GLC00267.260

Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 22 (December 3, 1861)]

Subjects include proclamation by Gov. Brown urging Georgians to fight, Evacuation of Tybee, Our Defenses on Islands. This issue contains fragments of local war news stories, including information about the Richmond Dispatch, a report of the burial of...

GLC05959.01.03

to Joseph B. Varnum

re: thanks for copy of president's speech, troubles with France, popularity of war with Spain. {6}

GLC03845.01

[The steamer Robert E. Lee]

"R. E. Lee" is handwritten on front, and "Steamer Robt. E. Lee" is written on back. Circa dates based on Civil War.

GLC05137.186

Amendment to Senate bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and so to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country

Minor ammendments to a Confederate act concerning the use of slaves or free negroes during the Civil War.

GLC08979.07

Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 16, no. 53 (May 6, 1862)]

Proclamation by President Jefferson Davis, Editorial - The people of Nashville on trial for "Treason," sickness of the soldier's, using disease as a tactic of war, the wisdom of West Point, Movements of the War - the prospect about Corinth, The fall...

GLC05959.72.016

[Series of documents regarding the genealogy of William Wallace Noyes]

Various documents regarding the Civil War Service, pension, marriages, and death of William Wallace Noyes. All are photocopies of the original documents.

GLC02150.41

Southern literary messenger. [Vol. 37, No. 3] March 1863

History of the war.
Cupid's Freak
A Molasses Stew in the Country
Scenes from the Life of a Bashful Man
A Horrible Scrape
Anecdotes of Paganini

GLC05959.75.04