Meet the 2024 History Teachers of the Year!
24 December 1863
Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902
to mother
Mr. Page came to see him yesterday. He took him to a grand artillery review. He is looking forward to carving the turkey tomorrow.
GLC02161.109
8 May 1865
to Friend Bemis
Relates events that took place during April 1865 in Fort Hell, Virginia (also known as Fort Sedgwick). Refers to the Seventh Regiment (possibly of the Rhode Island Volunteers). States that his Company was traveling to Farmville, Virginia when they...
GLC02750.034
21 May 1863
Bell, Grove L., 1844-1863
to home friends
Received their letter the night before last; would have answered earlier but has had a lot to do. Had a lot of fun bathing and fishing. Recently fought at Chancellorsville. "Anything but fighting for me" after the horror of his first battle. Soldiers...
GLC08913.11
27 July 1865
Hayward, J.H., fl. 1865
to Amos J. Harding
Does not feel much like writing this afternoon but remembered his obligation and will say a few words. Arrived at St. Louis one week ago this morning (Thursday) at 3 o'clock. His company had been mustered out the day before. Panicked about getting...
GLC02178.11
1862/4/20
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
to his mother
Writes from camp Scott that his regiment has not been paid yet. He believes his brother George is not healthy enough to be a soldier. Discusses the condition of his clothing, says he gets along well with the other officers, and hopes that one day...
GLC04662.005
1 July 1863
Magie, Mary, fl. 1863
to James K. Magie
"No. 14." Extensively details every aspect of her day. A sketch James drew has been printed in Harper's Weekly [see # 49]. The Doctor measured Eddy's feet for special shoes. Another child in town has a foot just like Eddy's.
GLC05241.44
9 June 1864
Donahue, Thomas, fl. 1863
to: Almira Winchell
Written from camp "in front of" Richmond. Reports that the battery left Brandy Station on 4 May and has been fighting every day since then. Writes about the entrenchments around Petersburg: "Grant has drove them into their breast works around the...
GLC04706.09
29 December 1861
Magie, James K., fl. 1862-1863
to unknown [incomplete]
His regiment is guarding a bridge between New Haven, Kentucky and Boston, Kentucky. Guerrillas (led by John H. Morgan) cut the telegraph lines in Boston and then stayed over night in the house of a noted secessionist. Also mentions Confederate raids...
GLC05241.01
2 March 1863
to Mary Magie
Sends his wife $10 and asks her to allow the bearer of the letter, Mr. Freeman, to stay at the house for one night. Notes that he believes there will be a battle soon but does not expect to be involved. A pencil sketch of a grave marker and verse...
GLC05241.17
11 August 1862
Churchill, Byron, 1846-?
to: Drazilla Churchill.
Churchill is well at present, and expects "a little brush" with the Confederate Army soon. He describes the seventy mile march from Mississippi to Tennessee, and briefly mentions that the soldiers were recently paid.
GLC03859.03
24 August 1864
Churchill reports very little going on: "[We] don't have ena thing [anything] to do onlee to eat and sleap." This respite apparently comes after a busy period of building works. Churchill received a letter from Olive in Illinois, who reports that...
GLC03859.25
1862/11/3
A southerner came into the picket lines in order to ask that he and his family be allowed to cross into union territory and move north. The order was given to move the family and its property. Walbridge headed the detail to move the man and his...
GLC04662.018
1862/12/27
Regiment is being transferred, possibly to North Carolina. Christmas Day was dull. Christmas eve was full of excitement as rebels fired on a picket line, causing the entire union line to prepare for attack. The only casualty was a hog.
GLC04662.022
1863/2/11-13
Continued on February 13. Worries that their current expedition will turn out to be as bad as Banks' expedition. The men are shooting crocodiles and gathering oranges.
GLC04662.027
1863/4/30
Continued 5/1. A lengthy description of the camp. Discusses real estate values, gardening, asks about family members and hopes for a renewed attack on Charleston. Section dated 5/1 says that the regiment will move about 5 miles down river.
GLC04662.033
16 November 1863
Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de, 1813-1893
[to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia] [in French]
No. 2334. Asserts that Louis Eugene Bouvier (a.k.a Cullen) deserted from the Imperial Ship the "Renommee" in the Sea of China. Asks Maury what the sailor's nationality is and inquires about the man's position on the Georgia. Villeneuve signs as...
GLC04572.08
1907/10/09
Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
to: Messrs. Moffat Yard & Co.
Defense of his book Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign, with enclosed copy of a reader's opinion of the book.
GLC03921.22
1910/02/15
to Sam Chapman
Defense of Stuart's absence at Gettysburg, prompted by a newspaper article; treason case against Jefferson Davis.
GLC03921.30
17 June 1865
to: "Well Brothe."
Churchill's doctor has taken another bone out of his toe, thus his recovery has been slightly delayed. He seems bored and restless ("I can't find anything to do….I have nothing to write so I do this to amuse myself…"), and asks the recipient to send...
GLC03859.33
5 January 1865
to Louise Walbridge
Trip to Winter Garden to see Booth in Hamlet, had to leave early to get a birth in the sleeping car. Leaving for Norfolk this evening.
GLC04663.56
4 June 1864
Wishes he was with Grant's army, where there is more excitement and work. "I have great faith in Grant, and the old army of the Potomac . . . ." Mentions Sherman's expedition in Georgia.
GLC04663.41
1863/1/10
Smith, David V.M., 1823-1863
to Elizabeth Smith and children
The army is still in the same location and is in a state of suspense concerning what will happen next. General Burnside announced a Grand Review which was canceled due to rain. One man in the regiment contracted small pox. The doctors isolated him...
GLC04189.23
1863/4/13
He is ill with dysentery. He requests a box [i.e. care package] containing Wrights pills, medicine for diarrhea, and food. The regiment has not been paid in a long time. Thirty-six men in the regiment are now fit for duty.
GLC04189.35
circa 1861-1862
[Battle of First Manassas maps].
Battle map rendered by a Confederate veteran, identifying various landmarks and troop positions. Includes references to Union forces (Retreat of Hessian Cavalry after repulse"; "Retreat of the Grand Army of A. Lincoln, L.L.D.") and pasted-in...
GLC08244
7 October 1863
Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865
to Nancy E. Jones
The mail has stopped. The Confederates are only a mile away and they can see them through a telescope. They have not attacked since 20 September, the Battle of Chickamauga. He describes Lookout Mountain.
GLC02739.076
26 November 1863
to Nancy E. Jones [incomplete]
They attacked two days ago and their right wing took Lookout Mountain while the left wing held its position. Yesterday the left wing drove the Confederates from Missionary Ridge, reaching Chickamauga creek this morning. They could not push them...
GLC02739.088
30 November 1862
He is on picket and it is difficult to write because "there is so many generals passing and we [have] to fall in to line evry time one comes along to salute him." On 27 November his brigade was ordered to scout towards Murfreesboro and skirmished...
GLC02739.026
3-4 December 1862
Apologizes for not being able to keep her letters but asks that she save his until he comes home; regiment will likely move towards Alabama and Georgia; rumors that Richmond was captured; advises her not to visit as "here is no place for a woman."
GLC02739.027
8 March 1863
He will not pretend to be sick just to get a discharge like many others. He was discouraged after Stones River but is in good spirits again. The fort "is going to be the greatest in the United States when it is done."
GLC02739.040
27 April 1865
Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891
General Orders # 18
General orders #18, announcing terms of his surrender to Sherman: "sparing the blood of this gallant army and saving our country from further devastation": clerical copy, made in the field, signed by WD Gale
GLC08108
14 May 1864
Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 19 (May 14, 1864)]
Grant & Sherman's victories, Fighting in Louisiana, Lee abandons the field, Butler ships Beauregard, Longstreet & Pelgram wounded, General Jenkins Killed, Butler reported within 10 miles of Richmond, Rebel gunboat sunk in Albemarle Sound, Strategical...
GLC05959.50.18
1876
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Traffic Between the Lines
Marked "Plate 35." Depicts pickets trading for coffee and tobacco between the fortified lines during a truce. The enemy's works, protected by abattis and cheveaux-de-frise, are seen in the background, with groups of soldiers on the parapet. The...
GLC02199.35
16 May 1864
Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865
to parents
Discusses "very hard fighting" in recent battles, and lists the names of the men from the regiment killed in action. Most likely referencing the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse that occurred on 12 May, though this is not indicated in the letter...
GLC03523.18.10
25 September 1861
A.F. Crutchfield & Co., fl. 1861
Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 229, whole no. 3770 (September 25, 1861)]
From Western Virginia - Lee gone to join Floyd, Lincoln's pilots killed, The blockade of the Potomac, letter from General Floyd's camp.
GLC05959.74.21
17 March 1865
Describes "St. Patrick's Day in the morning." Mentions that there is a great deal of sport in camp. Reports that they are having a review by General George Gordon Meade, Major General Horatio Gouverneur Wright, and Senator Henry Wilson from...
GLC03523.18.53
24 June 1865
Ballou, E.G., fl. 1865
to Rueben Morey Jr.
Written from Camp near Balls Cross Roads, Virginia. Receipt of payment for $45.00 for the sale of Morey's jacket, pants and vest, "the property of the late Capt. CC Morey," sold to D. C. Dunham. On the verso a brief biography of Captain Ballou is...
GLC03523.18.58
26 September 1862
J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 23, no. 73 (September 26, 1862)]
Cofederate victory over the Yankees at Shepherdstown, Interesting incidents of the late Battle of Manassas, News that the recent Battle at Sharpsburg is not being considered a Federal victory, Scenes after the surrender at Harper's Ferry Bridge...
GLC05959.56.113
2 January 1863
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 24, no. 10 (January 2, 1863)]
The carnage at Fredericksburg, The removal of Butler, Confederate account of the Battle of Murfreesboro.
GLC05959.56.117
27 February 1862
Edwards, Oliver, 1835-1904
to Eunice Lombard Edwards
Edwards, senior aide-de-camp on the staff of General Darius N. Couch, writes to his mother, from head quarters, Couch's brigade. Remarks that he will take the train to Washington, D.C., on 28 February. Does not know his precise destination, but...
GLC02163.01
10 August 1863
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 25, no. 35 (August 10, 1863)]
The Federal steamer "Ruth" burns with General Grant's Army's payroll, loss estimated at 30 lives and $260,000, Colonel A.B. Watts killed at Vicksburg.
GLC05959.56.127
12 November 1863
The Record. [Vol. 1, no. 22 (November 12, 1863)]
Battle of Lewisburg, Virginia, Neutrality rights at sea, Official battle reports of the operations of the Aarmy of Northern Virginia by General R.E. Lee and J.E.B. Stuart.
GLC05959.58.08
13 January 1863
Writes to his mother from head quarters, 37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Location inferred from content. States, "You see I am back at last and that without seeing my mother that was too bad. I had a splendid time in Cleveland but it made...
GLC02163.06
13 March 1863
Replies to his mother from head quarters, 37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Relates, "If the young man you wrote of is in Hospital the surg must send for his descriptive lists, if not the surg Gen (Dale) of Boston as we have positive orders...
GLC02163.11
18 June 1862
William Lloyd and Co. (Richmond, Va.), fl. 1861-1865
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 16, no. 89 (June 18, 1862)]
Arrival of Union soldiers in Richmond under a flag of truce, McClellan's struggle for Richmond - Sickness in his Army, the evacuation of Fort Pillow, Battle on James Island, Promotion of Capt. G.W. Alexander to Brig. Gen.
GLC05959.72.019
1862/10/15
Morris, Jesse M., fl. 1862
to: George M. Morris.
Jesse is getting better and his shoulder only hurts occasionally. He thinks "the girls will soon think different after the soldiers" return and if there are not enough, "two or three can take one in partnership." Joseph has not been well and is...
GLC06451.018
1862/11/13
Jesse is sorry their brother Charles has died but says they must console themselves "as we know he died for a good cause." Jesse had a piece of bone removed from his shoulder and encloses it with the letter. He has heard that no more men will be...
GLC06451.019
15 November 1860
Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 55, no. 11, 011 (November 15, 1860)]
News from Mexico, What Senator toombs Says, Resolve of Governor Brown of Georgia.
GLC05959.44.01
circa 1861-1863
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Free Negroes in Hayti
One print entitled, "Free Negroes in Hayti" by Adalbert John Volck dated approximately 1861-1863. Volck's illustration is a caricature of Haitians. To raise money for the Confederacy, he has satirized Black Haitians as savages who sacrifice their...
GLC00493.27
circa 1880-1890
Tracks of the armies
Depicts a Confederate soldier returning home to find his home destroyed and his wife and dog dead. All of his belongings lay scattered and ruined, while in the distance another building burns. Vultures are perched above, more symbols of death. It is...
GLC00493.15
29 November 1862
Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 244 (November 29, 1862)]
"Effects of the Blockade" reports that blockading the South actually helped in the "development of domestic industry and diversifying [their] pursuits." An article entitled "Butler Sequestering Property in Western Louisiana" refers to events in the...
GLC05959.09.102
Showing results 36701 - 36750