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[Report on Department of War to the successor of James McHenry]

Written shortly after McHenry's resignation as Secretary of War on 13 May 1800. McHenry wrote this report to his successor. He offered his resignation to President John Adams after an angry Adams accused him of working behind the scenes with...

GLC05230

[Endorsement on parole for Confederate Prisoner of War captured at Vicksburg]

Partially printed document created at Vicksburg, indicating that Confederate Daniel C. Staley vows not to take up arms against the United States. Signed 8 July by Captain and paroling officer William [Demean?]. Confederate General Vaughn's...

GLC03822

[Diary of Robert Moses kept during the French and Indian War]

Moses served in a New Hampshire regiment under the command of Colonel Joseph Blanchard. He describes, sometimes in graphic detail, accounts of fighting Indians and the French in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire during the early...

GLC04944

At a council of war held at Frederickburgh Octr 16th 1778

Knox's handwritten copy of Washington's queries to his Council of War. Washington informs the Council that the British force consists of two divisions (one at New York and one at Rhode Island). A detachment from New York were recently "employed in...

GLC02437.00731

[Libby prison autograph album with sketches of Union prisoners of war]

Signed by U. S. Navy Lieutenant Sears "with his mark". Hand drawn titlepage and watercolor drawings of Libby Prison and Castle Thunder. Also contains a sketch of a prisoner of war titled "Prison scene" with the quote, "Gentlemen, I wish to God I...

GLC01885

Reports of the Secretary of War and the Commander-in-Chief.

Includes reports submitted to President Abraham Lincoln by Stanton, Secretary of War, and Halleck, General-in-Chief. Stanton states "The colored troops have been allowed no bounty, and, under the construction given by the department, they can only...

GLC00267.325

Group of 7 Letters regarding the French and Indian War. [Decimalized .01- .07]

Group of 7 Letters regarding the French and Indian War.

GLC08014

Civil War - Medal of Honor winners, Union Generals [Decimalized .01-.04.02]

Five documents from Civil War General who received the Medal of Honor.

GLC03472

Regulations which all Prisoners of War on Parole are bound to observe.

Signed by Clark, master of an American merchant vessel, imprisoned during the War of 1812 and countersigned by Thomas Gribble as agent for prisoners of war on parole at Ashburton, England. Outlines the rules Clark must follow and the freedoms he...

GLC02247.01

Why We are at War. Messages to Congress January to April, 1917

Signed in front endpaper. Content surrounding America's entry into World War I. Deckle edges.

GLC02186

Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, VA. March, 1862.

One photograph entitled, " Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, VA," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Published by Philp & Solomons. Page taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. Volume...

GLC05111.01.0035

12 miscellaneous newspapers re: Nat Turner, slavery, Lincoln, War of 1812

GLC08430

Ordnance and stores requested on War from the State of Massachusetts

Title from docket. Lists cannon by pound and other artillery materials and number needed.

GLC02437.00820

Map of the seat of war to accompany the American conflict

Removed from Harper's Weekly, Vol. 8, 1864 (GLC01733.06).

GLC01733.16

Carte de visite bust view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of War

Stanton's hair appears slicked back. Graphite inscription on verso "Stanton - Sect. of War Edwin M." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC05111.02.0105

[Captain Lincoln's Revolutionary War log book containing detailed copies of reports]

Includes rolls containing the names of soldiers, accounts of arms returned to the quartermaster, inspection returns, and other military reports. On the inner front cover, notes the capture of a prisoner and the transfer of a soldier.

GLC03846

to Benjamin Rush re: Jefferson and Madison's Presidential terms, War of 1812

"Those who brought us into this confusion are the best qualified to bring us out of it" (War of 1812).

GLC07492

Senator Hartke's 7-Point Program for Ending the War and Beginning Rehabilitation

One typed document by Vance Hartke dated circa 1966. This is Hartke's plan to end the Vietnam War, He outlines seven steps; One, it must be announced that the United States will cease bombing the North. Two, reaffirm our position as allies to South...

GLC09787.08

A Quarterly Journal of Studies in Civil War History Vol. 1, No. 4

GLC08880.038

Civil War History, A Journal of the Middle Period, Vol. 27 No. 3

published by Kent State University

GLC08880.042

After the Strenuous War Days -- American Boys Enjoying a Rhine Excursion.

After the armistice, American soldiers enjoy an excursion on a river steamer on the Rhine River.

GLC09584.256

Turks Eager for War--Germany's Most Distant Ally Mobilizing Her Army.

A parade of Turks (possibly soldiers) march through the streets holding flags.

GLC09584.047

to Matthew Buckle re: requesting meeting to prevent war between Cherokee peoples

Attempting to stop war between two Cherokee tribes.

GLC06741.01

3 portraits of Civil War soldiers in uniform: 1 quarter type, 2 sixth type

3 tintype images accompanied by a "Union" military case with cannon.

GLC03090.04

History of the ninth regiment New Hampshire volunteers in the war...

I Nevins 123, Dornbusch 36.

GLC00267.291

Twelfth regiment Rhode Island volunteers in the Civil War, 1862-1863

I Nevins 151, Dornbusch 123. Service in Virginia and Kentucky

GLC00267.328

[Appointment of Eleazer Sarsons as a volunteer sergeant in the Civil War]

Signed by Colonel Whipple and countersigned by Adjutant Henry W. Fuller. Partially printed document appointing Sarsons the third sergeant in Company C of the 4th Regiment of the New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry.

GLC03953.05

[Speech on Declaration of War on Mexico in the House of Representatives]

Concerning the constitutionality and necessity of Polk's declaration of war with Mexico. Printed by J.& G.S. Gideon. See also GLC02025.

GLC01638

An act relative to prisoners of war. . .Approved May 21, 1861

GLC06745.003

[Note certifying the Revolutionary War service of a man, possibly named Joseph Scavitt]

Short note certifying the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Scavitt. He fought with a regiment in Rhode Island in 1776 under Captain Augustus Stanton and Colonel Henry Babcock.

GLC02150.15

Where Hell Was Loosed; War's Indescribable Desolation and Unburied Victims, Lens.

A desolate, ravaged battlefield with the bodies of dead soldiers in Lens, France.

GLC09584.040

Reminiscence of Frances Ormsbee regarding the Vermont regiments during the Civil War

One document written by Frances Ormsbee dated July 8, 1895. The document is a reminiscence of Vermont regiments during the Civil War.

GLC03523.09.58

Group portrait of Civil War officers at the front by Gardner

19 men seated and standing in two rows in various poses.

GLC00557