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1865/12
Camp Hamilton Fort Monroe
Title, date and "No 147" inscribed on verso. Orange tax stamp. Shows A-frame tents with open flaps in front and rear. Zouave band and troops in center of photograph.
GLC05137.010
1861-1865 ca.
Cavalry Guarding the Viaduct on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Tax stamp cut from verso.
GLC05137.017
1861/05
Battery at the Relay House Near Baltimore, MD
[Title and date inscribed on verso.]
GLC05137.018
1864/07/12
Graves of U.S. Soldiers
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Graves of U.S. Soldiers Killed in the attack on Ft. Stevens, July 12, 1864 -- View in front of the Barracks." Well marked graves with soldiers sitting in front of the grave markers and standing behind them.
GLC05137.077
Graves of U.S. Soldiers [copy 2]
GLC05137.078
15 August 1863
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Ulysses S. Grant
Sherman writes to thank General Grant for the promotion to Brigadier General of the regular army (from Major General of Volunteers). He writes: "I know that I owe this to you, and beg to acknowledge it, and to add that I value the commission far less...
GLC05619
22 June 1867
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Albumen photograph of Union general Henry Chapman and staff
With tax stamp. Includes oval bust portrait of George M. Gilchrist.
GLC07802
25 March 1862
Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant
Photograph taken as Major General. Unknown imprint on verso.
GLC07814
1865 ca.
Barr & Young (photographer)
Signed in ink on recto. Imprint of Barr and Young, Army Photographers, Vicksburg, Miss., on verso.
GLC07796
Black, J.W., 1825-1896
Carte de visite of Ambrose Everett Burnside
Three quarter length standing carte de visite portrait, in uniform. Signed in ink on recto. Imprint of J.W. Black, Boston, on verso.
GLC07797
Irwin McDowell
Half length seated carte de visite portrait Irwin McDowell, in uniform. Imprint of E. & H.T. Anthony, New York. Published from a negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery.
GLC07798
7 April 1862
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
to Jacob Dolson Cox
Scammon, as Colonel of the 23rd Ohio writes to General Cox commanding the division in Charleston proposing postponing a move until tomorrow due to heavy rains. Mentions that Colonel Piatt will not be able to arrive today anyway. Year inferred from...
GLC02414.069
25 May 1863
Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 82, no. 11, 763 (May 25, 1863)]
Heavy Firing at Vicksburg, Yankee Report of Capt. of Alexandria.
GLC05959.43.13
3 July 1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 797 (July 3, 1863)]
GLC05959.43.15
11 August 1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 830 (August 11, 1863)]
Operations of the James River, Operations in La. and the Lower Mississippi.
GLC05959.43.30
20 August 1864
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 85, no. 12, 144 (August 20, 1864)]
Action on James River.
GLC05959.43.39
28 September 1864
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 85, no. 12, 177 (September 28, 1864)]
The Campaign in Georgia, News from the Valley.
GLC05959.43.41
18 April 1863
New South. [Vol. 1, no. 33 (April 18, 1863)]
Charleston.
GLC05959.47.05
2 April 1864
New South. [Vol. 2, no. 30, whole no. 82. (April 2, 1864)]
The Florida Expedition, Affairs at Morris Island.
GLC05959.47.06
1851-1861 ca.
[Nathaniel Lyon]
Carte de visite of Lyon appears to be mounted on a larger page. Carte measures 7.6 x 4.8 cm.
GLC05040.02
1861-1862 ca.
[General Joseph King Fenno Mansfield]
Mansfield does not appear to be wearing the uniform of Major General, a post to which he was promoted July 1862. Carte measures 8 x 5.1 cm. and is mounted on a larger page.
GLC05042.02
4 June 1864
Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 388 (June 4,1864)]
Unbound. General William T. Sherman.
GLC08427.03
15 July 1898
Stevens, Edwin, fl. 1865-1898
Encampment announcement
Notice for the 32d National Encampment, G.A.R.
GLC04558.199
Reunion announcement
Reunion announcement for the 32d National Encampment, G.A.R.
GLC04558.200
1862
[Carte-de-visite of General Robert H. Milroy]
Carte de visite of General Robert H. Milroy, with Milroy's name written at the bottom. Published by "E. & H. T. Anthony."
GLC03215.02
18 December 1862
Wharton, Bell, 1843-?
to Joseph M. Maitland
Begins letter, "To write a letter tonight or not that is the question I have been thinking of for some time & I have come to the conclusion that it will be nobler for me to write." Tells him, "if you come home I hope you see your girls especially...
GLC03523.10.055
13 May 1863
Wortham, George, fl. 1823-1883
[Blank permit to leave picket duty for one week]
A blank permit, granting permission to pass the picket for one week from the date of this document. Written at "Headquarters of Richette on Moseley Creek."
GLC02233.21
1 June 1864
Edmundson, Jesse Wright, 1845-1917
[Pass for J.A. Lloyd to pass through the picket lines for one month]
Permitting J. A. Lloyd, a local resident of Plymouth, to pass through the picket lines for one month. Printed on back of map fragment.
GLC02233.43
14 March 1863
Curdy, Richard M., fl. 1863
[Certificate for membership in the Loyal League of Union Citizens]
Signed by Curdy as Chairman of the Executive Committee and [Crosper?] Westmore as Secretary of the League, admitting David B. Scott as a member.
GLC03619.01.13
6 March 1865
Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
Two copies of The New York times [Vol. XIV, no. 4195 (March 6, 1865)] [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC08822
1862-1865
Ten printed Confederate Acts concerning military exemption, substitution, and conscription [Decimalized .01-.10]
GLC08980
11 October 1862
Confederate States of America. Congress
A bill to be entitled an act to amend the existing acts for the exemption of persons from military service
Confederate act detailing possible exemptions from military service, the purpose being "to secure the proper police presence."
GLC08980.01
20 January 1863
A bill to be entitled an act to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service
Confederate act making all men between eighteen and forty-five not serving in the government eligible for military service.
GLC08980.02
21 January 1863
Conferate act listing all person and professions exempted from military service, with amendments at the end.
GLC08980.03
1865/11/01
Parker, Ely S., 1828-1895
To: H. A. Spaulding
Parker modestly recounts his military career with General Grant for possible publication by Spaulding. "There is nothing particularly brilliant in my military history . . . ."
GLC04360.037
1895/11/14
Grant, Frederick D., 1850-1912
To General Wilson
Thanking Wilson for "Life of General Lee" which he has not finished reading. Encloses a newspaper account of a speech he made in Cincinnati [not included].
GLC04360.012
1861
Carte de visite of General Halleck
General Halleck, 1861 copyright. Verso; imprint of "D. Appleton & Co."
GLC04360.080
13 January 1862
Woods, I.T., fl. 1862
to George M. Williams
Receipt for stay at the Exchange Hotel in Richmond, Virginia.
GLC06582.01
[Carte de visite of George Washington Morgan]
Carte de visite of George Washington Morgan. Mounted on paper 23 x 20 cm.
GLC05045.02
[1861-1865]
"13th N.Y. artillery at [F]ort Burpee."
Shows several groups of soldiers gathered behind the breastworks. Companion with image #14 (right half of stereo).
GLC03029.13
"13th N.Y. artillery at Ft. Burpee."
Companion with image #13 (left half of stereo).
GLC03029.14
"Fort Brady."
Image shows two cannons in a fortified trench, each manned by four soldiers.
GLC03029.19
circa 1887-1897
[General Albert Ordway]
Portrait of General Albert Ordway in dress uniform with four medals. Based on the uniform, the photograph appears to have been taken during Ordway's time as the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard. Ordway became Commanding...
GLC07000.53
circa 1863
[Aldehoff School, Lookout Mtn]
Pencil inscription on verso: "Aldehoff School, Lookout Mtn." Image of men and women gathered in front of a white two-story building. Some of the men are carrying musical instruments.
GLC04749.10
1862 circa
[Envelope addressed to George Wortham]
Envelope addressed to Major George Wortham as Commander of a Battalion at Point of Rock. (May be the envelope that contained GLC02233.17.)
GLC02233.18
circa 1864
[Confederate General Richard Taylor]
Carte de vissite. Half length photograph of Taylor seated, in civilian dress.
GLC00825.02
1865
Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879
Abraham Lincoln, his life and its lessons : a sermon, preached on Sabbath, April 30, 1865 by Joseph P. Thompson
Published by the Loyal Publication Society of New York. Number 85 in a series. Discusses and praises Lincoln's intelligence and mental abilities. The last page has been torn off.
GLC02913.05
28 February 1862
McCall, Paul, fl. 1862
[Document regarding the mortgage of McCall's cotton crop]
Indicates that "the cotton crop of Paul McCall for the year 1862 and subsequent years is mortgaged to AS Morgan... conditioned that the said crop of cotton shall be delivered on the Ouachita River and thence shipped to New Orleans by said Morgan..."...
GLC06261.01.03
24 July 1863
Clabaugh, Fentin, fl. 1863
[Confederate permission for William A. Williams to visit Richmond, Virginia]
Printed with Williams' name filled in. Issued by the Provost Marshal's Office. Clabaugh signed for Joseph G. Lockhart, Captain and Provost Marshal.
GLC00496.254.02
9 November 1864
Cooper, James, fl. 1864
Special field orders no. 144
Signed by Captain James Cooper. Details Lieutenant John McKinley Gibson to the 13th La Vols. for 60 days. Written on a printed form with titled Head Quarters Army of Tennessee, Special Orders form. Docket on reverse signed by Assistant Adjutant...
GLC04501.029
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