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to James Kelly

He hopes that with all the hard work in his regiment, that Jim will receive a promotion. The present condition of the roads prevents movement near Louisville, with no active operations for at least two more months. He mentions a congressional...

GLC04195.01

to Mary Moore Kelly

Troops are passing through on their way to important work in Paducah and "there is a rumor here that 20 or 30 thousand may be sent from the Army of the Potomac into Ky. We are being victorious everywhere, and everyone looks for victories as a matter...

GLC04195.02

to John Bryant

Notes his receipt of "the return of Ordnance and military Stores for February." Indicates he sent $240 for Captain Bryant's pay for 1789 and $480 for 1790. Instructs Bryant to maintain the revenues from the sale of damaged ordnance stores "as a...

GLC03432.022

[Accounts during Saratoga Campaign according to David Geddes]

Created by Geddes as acting paymaster under British General John Burgoyne. This was written after the British defeat at Saratoga in October 1777. Document is divided into two sides, one side which marks expenditures by officers under Burgoyne and...

GLC04764.82

State of Cash Extraordinary Service

Account created by David Geddes, acting paymaster for the Convention Army. First part of account shows cash received from various people amounting to slightly over 61,890 pounds. Shows that the money was paid out by Burgoyne to settle accounts before...

GLC04764.93

[Letter discussing post Civil War party politics in West Virginia] [incomplete]

An unknown author discusses the details of a West Virginia election. States, "The voters at Chaplin & Shepherdstownship all voted. Some rebels who were at the polls in said townships on the day of election offered colored ballots which were refused...

GLC08606.07

to Henry Knox [incomplete]

Colonel Jackson discusses military details, noting that "the Court," (referring to the Court of Massachusetts) has ordered the draft of every seventh man from towns that have not met enlistment quotas. Has persuaded the court to allow drafted men to...

GLC02437.00591

to John Bryant

Notes his receipt of the returns for ordnance and military stores for August 1791. Directs Captain Bryant to send 100 suits of clothing to Chauncy Whittlesey in Middletown, Connecticut, who will, in turn, forward them to New York. Written from the...

GLC03432.025

to John Bryant

General Lincoln discusses selling certain items from the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Comments on the operations of mechanical and chemical stores. Notes that he has put Captain Hawes in charge of the artificers and that he desires Captain...

GLC03432.035

to Joseph Williams

Shepard, a Massachusetts congressman, responds to a letter from Williams, a lawyer in Springfield, Massachusetts, to defend the integrity of Captain John Bryant (against an unspecified accusation or question regarding his character). Writes Bryant...

GLC03432.079

to John Armstrong

Captain Bryant writes to Secretary of War Armstrong after being informed by the new superintendent that he will be dismissed from his position as Master of Ordinance and Assistant Military Storekeeper at the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts....

GLC03432.115

to Charles Sumner

Asks Sumner to help a graduate of Harvard, Edward B. Drew, to obtain a post in the Chinese Customs Service. Drew hopes Sumner will help him arrange a meeting with Sir Frederick Bruce, British representative at Washington, D.C.

GLC02095.38

Union Ticket

Union ticket for the 1864 presidential election. Lists Abraham Lincoln for President and Andrew Johnson for Vice President. Lists electors for districts in California. Printed in orange. Printed on verso is an engraving of the ships, the Alabama...

GLC08498.01

[Journal and account book related to the New York campaign of 1776]

The first segment of this manuscript contains lists of officers, troops, and provisions kept by Quartermaster William Sawyer for Colonel Jonathan Brewer's Massachusetts militia regiment serving in New York. Following the military section, there are...

GLC01626.01

to unknown

Postscript to an unknown letter, stating that he was not present at Lee's surrender, but was with Sherman when Johnston surrendered.

GLC04195.54

to unknown

Mentions Mr. Woodman and a provostship. Writes "Charleston is to be taken on the field of battle - by beating their armies," a reference to the unsuccessful ironclad attack on Fort Sumter 7 April 1863 undertaken by Union admiral Samuel F. DuPont.

GLC02095.11

to Henry Knox

Says he arrived in New York 2 days ago after a passage of 39 days from Falmouth. Reports that he left London on 29 June and that William Knox and their friend Brett saw his post chaise off. Notes the enclosed letter is meant for him (not included)...

GLC02437.05133

to Henry Knox

Says he wrote to Knox last Sunday and enclosed a copy of the contract. Reports that [Royal] Flint left Boston for New York on 3 July. Will forward Flint the maps tomorrow. Says the maps are accurate and well copied and give a good "insite into the...

GLC02437.05055

[Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores at West Point, New York. Items listed by type, weight and ammunition.

GLC02437.10712

[Major Villefranche's estimate of boards necessary to repair the long barracks]

Contains a pencil note on verso.

GLC02437.10065

[Return]

Return for Captain Thomas Patten's company of artillery men. Men listed by name (more than 70), date of enlistment, length of service, hometown and state including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

GLC02437.10706

to Mary Epperly

Describes the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia.

GLC02715.010

to Mary Epperly

States the army returned to Virginia (likely referring to the men who fought in the Battle of Antietam, which his unit did not.) Asks Mary to write to him the moment anyone becomes ill so he has an excuse to come home.

GLC02715.028

to Eunice Lombard Edwards

Writes to his mother from head quarters, 37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Reports, "We are to cross the Rappahannock again tomorrow morning, although I am not so foolish as to allow myself to think that in the coming struggle I must die, yet...

GLC02163.09

to Eunice Lombard Edwards

Replies to his mother from head quarters, 37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Comments on his location, noting that although he ordered his men to establish comfortable quarters, he does not think they will spend the winter there (possibly at...

GLC02163.14

Commissary's Quarters in Winter Camp

Marked "Plate 2." The commissary sergeant is in the foreground weighing out rations of meat for the company cook. Structure to the left is an improvised stable built of pine boughs. The camp contains a log cabin and is situated on a lake, which is...

GLC02199.02

Officers' Winter Quarters

Marked "Plate 13." Depcits officers waiting for dinner after dress parade. In the doorway the sergeant of the guard is seen reporting to the officer of the day. One officer is lounging is a chair with a newspaper in front of the fireplace. Actual...

GLC02199.13

Fall in for Soup - Company Mess

Marked "Plate 20." Depicts a scene in winter camp, giving a general idea of the style of huts built and occupied by the troops. Shows a line of troops waiting to get soup. A wagon train is coming down the road from the distant camp on its way to the...

GLC02199.20

Going into Camp at Night

Marked "Plate 21." Depicts column of troops marching over a hill in the distance. Background has fields filled with troops cooking supper. Two soldiers in the lower left foreground huddle around a fire. Actual size of the image without the margins...

GLC02199.21

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 69 (March 21, 1864)]

President Abraham Lincoln's official order calling for 200,000 additional Northern Troops, Report of the recent barbarous expedition up the Peninsula, supposedly to revenge the death of Dahlgren, Major-General W.J. Sherman's official report to Lt...

GLC05959.56.149

Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 2, no. 2 (October 10, 1863)]

The enemy driven back from Georgia, Lincoln Draft of 60,000 men to fill up the Ranks Lost during the campaign of 1863 at Chancelorsville, Gettysburg and Vicksburg.

GLC05959.61.03

Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [no. 67 (March 7, 1862)]

Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.71.01

Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 14, no. 174 (September 19, 1861)]

Our forces in the vicinity of Williamsburg - sketch of General Magruder and his headquarters, Skirmishing on the Potomac, Capture of General Reynolds.

GLC05959.72.008

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 28 (August 2, 1861)]

The Battle of Manassas - 1st Major Land Battle of the War.

GLC05959.56.034

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 31 (August 6, 1861)]

Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.56.037

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 38 (August 14, 1861)]

Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.56.044

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 133 (December 7, 1861)]

Abe Lincoln's Message, Important Decision Under the Sequestration Act.

GLC05959.56.099

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 26 (January 30, 1864)]

Report on the movements of Lt. General Longstreet's Army in East Gtennessee, Correspondence between General McClellan and General Halleck during General Pope's campaign, A tlegraphic dispatch from Charleston states that the enemy has reopened fire on...

GLC05959.56.142

Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, no. 70 (May 20, 1864)]

Banks escaped to New Orleans with 5,000 men, Alexandria surrendered to General Taylor, Baton Rouge evacuated by enemy, Heavy skirmishing at Petersburg.

GLC05959.72.107

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 185, whole no. 3726 (August 5, 1861)]

Particulars of the Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.74.06

Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 227, whole no. 3768 (September 23, 1861)]

Thrilling and patriotic appeal by General Buckner to the freemen of Kentucky, Lexington attacked by General Price.

GLC05959.74.20

to his family

Writes that he has been to see Mr. C. Coit at his office. Requests that his family send him his "Tactics" which he left behind by accident. Describes the strangeness of wearing a uniform and being concerned with horses. Writes from the United States...

GLC03603.002

to his mother

Encourages more letter-writing on his family's part. Describes his Sunday activities and writes of his Assistant Adjutant General not receiving the monthly report he worked on for nearly a whole day.

GLC03603.029

to his family

Writes about the new clothing he has bought and of its cost. Also says he is enclosing a watch which stops daily and needs to be cleaned and oiled. Discusses a position in General Silas Casey's staff which had been offered to him. Writes from the...

GLC03603.006

to his family

Writes that word has gotten back to him about his family sharing his feelings about Colonel Cunningham and the Lieutenant Colonel. Demands to know how word of this got around. Tells his family about the construction of an underground stove in his...

GLC03603.026

to his family

Responds to a letter from home saying he is very concerned and will send $200 as soon as he can. Writes about officers who have resigned and one who has written a critical article about the 8th Regiment for a newspaper. This letter was dated by Coit...

GLC03603.060

to his family

Written on board the ship "H. J. Brookman." Writes about the terrible crowding of the soldiers on the ship and compares the ship's packed condition to slave ships.

GLC03603.066

to his family

Responds to three letters he has received from his family all at once. Reports that he has been transferred to another ship where the field staff shares a cabin.

GLC03603.072

to his family

Writes of having command to the picket of his brigade. The brigade is 20 miles from Richmond and Coit writes of his uncertainty of the mission's plan. Also mentions hoping to be involved in the capture of Richmond. The Division has been reassigned...

GLC03603.117

to his family

Mentions the band and glee club performing. Compares General McClellan and General Burnside in respect to physical appearance, dress and character.

GLC03603.138