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circa 1864
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
[Assistant Surgeon Henry H. Fuller]
Fuller signed, "Most Respectfully, Henry H. Fuller, MD." Vignette bust portrait with mustache, in civilian clothes.
GLC05528.14
1 November 1862
Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863
The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 17 (November 1, 1862)]
Exemption Bill outlines people exempt from military service. Local news items. Printed on floral pink and white pattern with green outlining dots.
GLC06208.07
14 March 1863
The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 36 (March 14, 1863)]
Conclusion of Vallandigham's speech. Blue and tan floral pattern.
GLC06208.20
1862/10/21
Sutton, George S., fl. 1862
to David Sithen or Thomas Sharp
Gives permission for D. V. M. Smith's wife to have a cord of wood.
GLC04189.12
1863-1864
Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921
[Diary 1863-1864]
Autograph manuscript. Written from various places. Contains all military content, mostly involving camp life and movements. Dated December 2, 1863-May 26, 1864.
GLC00919.23.04
1864
[Diary 1864]
Autograph manuscript signed. Written from various places, but the majority of entries written from City Point, Virginia, which was the headquarters for General Ulysses S. Grant. Contains mostly military content dealing with camp life and activities...
GLC00919.23.05
1863
[Diary 1863]
Autograph manuscript signed. Entries made from several locations, mostly from Virginia. Dated January 1, 1863-December 18, 1863
GLC00919.23.03
1862/02/11
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872
to: Col. Carlin, Pilot Knob, Mo.
"What additional forces do you require to occupy Doniphan [Mo] & to capture Pocahontas [Arkansas]? When can you move. I have two regiments of Cavalry ready to send you if you say so. Col. Callender is preparing the light artillery you asked for....
GLC05601.025
1862/02/13
to: Brigadier General Don Carlos Buell, Louisville.
"We are constructing telegraph line to Fort Henry as rapidly as possible.
GLC05601.038
1862/02/15
to: Col. J. B. Wyman.
"Will send you reinforcements if absolutely necessary. We have plenty of sabers for Mood's Cavalry. Send requisitions to Col. Callender immediately."
GLC05601.053
1862/02/25
to: Brigadier General Cullum, Cairo.
"Have you Com[modore] Foot[e] & Genl. Sherman received my telegram of today about troops Gun boats & mortars?" [Signed in initials].
GLC05601.072
1862/03/07
to: Adjt. General S. Noble, Indianapolis.
"They will be shipped as soon as the Quartermaster can supply them."
GLC05601.086
1862/03/30
to: Capt. Newstader, Paducah.
"If the siege guns are in order & supplied with ammunition send them to Genl. Grant."
GLC05601.096
13 February 1863
to: Major General McPherson, Memphis.
Marked private at the top. The list of promotions sent to the Senate by the President was not recommended or approved of by Halleck. "It is a political list, not a military one. I have done everything in my power to break up the system of political...
GLC05601.102
15 March 1865
State of New York
[Order to issue a commission to A.B. Olin; defendant's interrogatories; plaintiff's cross-interrogatories]
Stamped as pages 102-108. Pages 102-103 comprise the New York State Supreme Court order to issue a commission to A.B. Olin to examine Edwin M. Stanton. Noted, and signed, as "A copy" by John Wood, clerk, on page 103. A 18 March 1865 note written...
GLC00720.06
30 July 1864
To the citizens of Macon...
"To the citizens of Macon...the enemy is now in sight of your houses. We lack force. I appeal to every man, citizen or refugee, who has a gun of any kind, or can get one, to report at the court house with the least possible delay.""
GLC08128
03 December 1860
Gourdin, M., fl. 1860
to George W. Cullum
Prominent South Carolinian writes of the secession of that state and the dissolution of the Union
GLC08143
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917
[Carte-de-visite of Major General George B. McClellan and his wife]
Carte-de-visite of McClellan and his wife Ellen Marcy McClellan. Titled "Maj. Gen. Geo B. McClellan and Lady."
GLC00664.03
circa 1862
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
to Lieutenant Gardner
Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio reports that Captain Gilmore at Raleigh needs forage and asks when Gardner can get him some. Not dated, year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.
GLC02414.095
28 March 1862
to Captain G.M. Bascom
Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio writes Bascom, the Assistant Adjutant General in Charleston, West Virginia about a Lieutenant asking for leave. Mentions that Lieutenant Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes will obtain recruits. Year inferred from Scammon's...
GLC02414.098
circa spring 1862
Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio writes Bascom, the Assistant Adjutant General in Charleston, West Virginia about room for stores in Princeton, Raleigh, and Fayette, West Virginia. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.
GLC02414.099
to Captain Gilmore
Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio writes to report that 12 days forage was sent to Raleigh on 25 March and that two large shipments of oats are leaving for Raleigh tomorrow. Only dated the 3rd, year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.
GLC02414.102
4 June 1864
Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 22 (June 4, 1864)]
Defenses of Richmond.
GLC05959.50.21
14 September 1864
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 35 (September 14, 1864)]
Particulars from Atlanta.
GLC05959.50.30
1 March 1865
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 2, no.3 (March 1, 1865)]
The tottering Confederacy, Evacuation of Richmond & Petersburg reported.
GLC05959.50.50
5 April 1865
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 2, no. 8 (April 5, 1865)]
Capture of Georgetown, The Fall of Richmond, Raleigh being evacuated.
GLC05959.50.55
25 February 1863
Botsford, James Lawrence, 1834-1898
to Eliakim P. Scammon
Partially printed. Telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from Botsford, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of the 23rd Ohio Infantry. He writes, "Steamers Meigs Silver Lake Cottage & Victor No two 2." On stationary of Western Union Telegraph...
GLC02414.197
15 March 1863
Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863
to James L. Botsford
Telegram from Colonel Paxton of the 2nd [West] Virginia Cavalry to Captain Botsford of the 23rd Ohio Infantry. Reports that Captain Dove and 125 men began for Summerville, West Virginia and will rest in Gauley for the night. On stationary of the U...
GLC02414.207
13 September 1863
White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871
Copy of a telegram to Brigadier General Eliakim P. Scammon possibly in his hand. Colonel White states that he has sent a scout to Lewisburg and expects to hear from him and from Princeton, West Virginia soon. He has organized a scouting company of...
GLC02414.140
3 August 1863
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
Major General Burnside writes a telegram to Scammon stating he will send the two requested gunboats at once. Marked headquarters, Cincinnati.
GLC02414.144
10 March 1863
[Scammon endorsement on an autograph letter signed from George J. Stealey]
Stealy, a captain and assistant quarter master writes to Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio. Asks if he may pasture his stock on the other side of his post in Gallipolis, West Virginia, where there is good pasture land and fine farms. Gives...
GLC02414.147
18 June 1861
J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 19, no. 138 (June 18, 1861)]
Governor Jackson of Missouri Calls for 50,000 Militia.
GLC05959.56.006
29 June 1861
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 19, no. 148 (June 29, 1861)]
The Skirmish on the Rappahannock, Arrest of Marshall Kane.
GLC05959.56.014
5 July 1861
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 19, no. 153 (July 5, 1861)]
The First Battle on the Upper Potomac.
GLC05959.56.019
6 July 1861
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 6 (July 6, 1861)]
Battle Near Martinsburg, Battle Near Williamsport, Battle on the Upper Potomac.
GLC05959.56.020
8 July 1861
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 7 (July 8, 1861)]
The Fight at Kelley's Island, Death of Captain Richard Ashby, Engagement Near Martinsburg.
GLC05959.56.021
16 July 1861
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 14 (July 16, 1861)]
Fight at Rich Mountain, Recognition of Southern Independence, A Naval Brush at Ship Island, The Reported Fight in the Northwest.
GLC05959.56.028
31 August 1861
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 51 (August 31, 1861)]
Capture of Fort Hatteras.
GLC05959.56.058
12 October 1861
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 86 (October 12, 1861)]
Further Particulars of the Fight on Santa Rosa Island, Firing on the Potomac, Engagement on Cape Henry Beach, Account of the Battle on Greenbrier River.
GLC05959.56.085
circa 1863
[Scammon endorsement on a telegram from T K. McCann]
Telegram from McCann to Brigadier General Scammon informing that he can get two mountain howitzers for his division. With autograph endorsement signed by Scammon in initials stating "Yes! When will you come?" On stationary of the U.S. Military...
GLC02414.131
2 March 1863
Colonel Paxton of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry writes to Captain Botsford of the 23rd Ohio Infantry stating he has started L. Shurtliff of the 23rd Ohio in care of Captain Hill by orders of the General [Eliakim P. Scammon]. Written in Camp Piatt
GLC02414.167
28 August 1863
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 25, no. 50 (August 28, 1863)]
The enemy beyond Staunton, The enemy on the Peninsula.
GLC05959.56.133
January 28, 1864
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 24 (January 29, 1864)]
News reports discussing the horrors of the cold, and resulting hardships of our armies, Telegraphic dispatch from East Tennessee reports that the cavalry is still in the vicinity of Knoxville.
GLC05959.56.141
3 February 1864
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 29 (February 3, 1864)]
Mobile is bracing herself for an attack by the enemy.
GLC05959.56.145
7 June 1864
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 135 (June 7, 1864)]
Staunton, Virginia occupied.
GLC05959.56.172
7 May 1863
Smith, Bailey & Co. (publishers)
The Sentinel. [Vol. 1, no. 48 (May 7, 1863)]
The Yankee raid in Georgia.
GLC05959.57.01
25 June 1863
The Record. [Vol. 1, no. 2 (June 25, 1863)]
Loss of the Steamer Atlanta in a Fight in Warsaw Sound.
GLC05959.58.01
4 September 1861
William Lloyd and Co. (Richmond, Va.), fl. 1861-1865
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 14, no. 161 (September 4, 1861)]
Capture of Fort Hatteras, official report.
GLC05959.72.004
7 September 1861
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 14, no. 164 (September 7, 1861)]
Movements about Fort Pickens, Action near Munson's Hill.
GLC05959.72.005
7 January 1864
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 17, no. 253 (January 7, 1864)]
The enemy off Charleston.
GLC05959.72.040
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