Search

to the Secretary of War

Inspector General of the army close accounts near the end of the Quasi War.

GLC08343

State War and Navy Departments

One print entitled, "State War and Navy Departments" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a view of the State, War, and Navy Depatments building, Washignton, D.C.

GLC08878.0217

[World War II Victory Ribbon]

World War II Victory Medal Ribbon. Awarded for service in the Armed Forces of the United States between 1941-1946.

GLC09620.417.01

[World War II Victory Ribbon]

World War II Victory Medal Ribbon. Awarded for service in the Armed Forces of the United States between 1941-1946.

GLC09620.417.02

[World War II Victory medal]

Victory medal, World War II. Rainbow ribbon with medal depicting allegorical female image of victory. Included with diary and photograph album of Charles P. King.

GLC09554.03

[Revolutionary War] American Naval Commanders

One engraving entitled "[Revoultionary War] American Naval Commanders" circa 1861-1877. Portraits of Esek Hopkins, Silas Talbot, John Paul Jones, Richard Dale, and John Barry. Engraved by J. Rogers.

GLC08878.0108

[Revolutionary War] New England Officers

One engraving entitled "[Revolutionary War] New England Officers" circa 1861-1877. Portraits of General John Sullivan, Colonel William Barton, General David Wooster, Genral James Mitchell Varnum, Colonel David Humphreys. Engraved by J. Rogers.

GLC08878.0107

to Hillsborough Board of War

Entreats the Board of War for a magazine of salted meats to sustain the Southern Army during the upcoming winter, which they have been tardy in getting done.

GLC04684

[William Averell Civil War diary]

One of three of Union General Averell's Civil War-era diaries (see GLC06581.02-.03). The entries are highly detailed with a great deal of battle content, particularly cavalry actions. Also contains content related to his conversations with military...

GLC06581.01

[William Averell Civil War diary]

One of three of Union General Averell's Civil War-era diaries (see GLC06581.01,.03). The entries are highly detailed with a great deal of battle content, particularly cavalry actions. Also contains content related to his conversations with military...

GLC06581.02

[William Averell Civil War diary]

One of three of Union General Averell's Civil War-era diaries (see GLC06581.01,.03). The entries are highly detailed with a great deal of battle content, particularly cavalry actions. Also contains content related to his conversations with military...

GLC06581.03

to the Board of War

Discusses a situation with Pennsylvania soldiers concerning their term of service. See GLC02437.00899 for a letter written by Richard Peters, on behalf of the War Department, responding to Knox's letter. Possibly incomplete.

GLC02437.00887

[Civil War era newspaper clippings]

Four newspaper clippings possibly contained within the 1863 diary of Calvin Symmes Mixter (refer to GLC06583.02), a Civil War soldier. No publication information is included. The first clipping contains Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin's poem "Ode to...

GLC06583.05

to Board of War and Ordnance

Reports that Lord Cornwallis' surrender at the Battle of Yorktown precludes the need for the additional ordnance requested from Williamsburg (see GLC02437.01204). Indicates that by order of General George Washington, some arms will be kept on...

GLC02437.01264

[Salaries for War Department employees]

Written in two different hands. Lists the salaries for War Department employees, including Caleb Swan and Constant Freeman, for the period of January, February and March, 1792. Signed by nine War Department employees: John Stagg Jr, R.J. Vanden...

GLC02437.05389

[Prisoner of war autograph book]

Prisoner of war autograph book of Capt. George Washington Gordon of the 48th Tennessee Regt. of Volunteers, from Union prison at Johnson's Island, in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie. Over 650 autographs of Confederate soldiers and sailors, most listing their...

GLC09309

[Continental Army War Council minutes]

Minutes of a council of war held by Washington with his generals on 6 September 1780 at Camp Bergen County. Discusses the effects of a blockade in Rhode Island Harbor by the British fleet on the amount of supplies and the issue of raising troops as...

GLC02437.00838

War Department Technical Manual

One pamphlet entitled War Department Technical Manual dated September 1944.

GLC10047.03.314

to Board of War and Ordnance

Reports that almost all the stores are embarked at Head of Elk, Maryland. He has not yet received a full account of ordnance sent from Philadelphia from Samuel Hodgdon, the commissary general of military stores, so he does not know if the Board's...

GLC02437.01175

Free Masonry and the War

Full title is "Free Masonry and the War. Report of the Committee Under the Resolutions of 1862, Grand Lodge of Virginia, in Reference to Our Relations as Masonic Bodies and as Masons; in the North and South, Growing Out of the Manner in Which the...

GLC03773.02

[Regulations from Confederate War Department]

Printed circular leaflet describing regulations put forth by the Secretary of War Benjamin. Divided into five sections for a total of 17 regulations. First sections deals with "Rules of Organization," describing size of military units and types of...

GLC04026

[Miscellaneous World War II documents]

Documents of Raymond D. Henley, a marine in World War II. Includes his squad record which notes weapons used, has personal information about squad members, and lists men killed in action. Also contains a color certificate noting that Henley...

GLC06567.10

[to a former Civil War Colonel]

Allen updates a Colonel, whose name is not specified, whom he previously served under regarding his post-war activities. Reports that he worked as a school teacher in Texas before his ill health required him to move to the National Soldier's Home in...

GLC03619.01.04

[Rhode Island Council of War account relating to the French and Indian War]

Rhode Island Governor Hopkins lists a few expenses related to the War Council. Sent to Thomas Richardson, the Rhode Island treasurer.

GLC01450.256

Notes for speeches, mostly in opposition to "the war" [quasi-war with France?]

Mostly in opposition to "the war" (possibly the quasi-war with France). In addition to discussing his objections to war with Great Britain, Gallatin's other speeches mention the "Jealousy" arising between North and South, and the need for a balance...

GLC03160

The War With the South

One engraving entitled "The War With the South" dated 1867. Depicts Union soldiers clustered around a hill. One solider stands triumphantly atop the hill holding a torn American flag. Above them an angel looks down from the clouds, proffering a...

GLC08878.0176

[Petition of prisoners of war]

Date added later in pencil. Petition asks that the undersigned prisoners of war, due to want of clothing for the approaching winter, be allowed to move to Albany to be with family and friends, and so they might more easily be exchanged to Canada....

GLC02437.01656

One hundred for war expenses

GLC02470.36

[Journal of a privateer and of prisoner of war during the War of 1812]

Diary written while aboard the privateer Alfred and as a prisoner of war in Melville Island Prison, Halifax, and Dartmoor Prison. Records many sightings and occasional capturing of ships. Entry on 22 February 1814 records the capture of Green's...

GLC00498.01

to the Board of War

Discusses artillery and stores in Pennsylvania and the situation regarding the term of service for the enlisted men of Pennsylvania.

GLC02437.00897

Prisoners of war, 1861-1865

I Nevins 203, Dornbusch (Mass.) 418. Recollections of a POW at Libby Prison

GLC00267.359

Six Civil War patriotic covers

GLC08482

[Prisoner of War autograph album]

Includes signatures of Union generals captured during the siege of Charleston: Eliakim Scammon, Henry Wessells, Truman Seymour, Alexander Shaler, as well as many soldiers and officers. Also signed by Confederate Stephen D. Mobley, Capt. 32nd Georgia...

GLC04225

Campaigns of the Civil War

I Nevins 30, III Dornbusch 1391

GLC00267.257

Civil War Union patriotic covers

Including Ellsworth, Anderson and Baltimore

GLC08414

[Civil War Patriotic Postal Cover]

Depicts a woman sitting by the shore beside a shield with the American flag, a bushel of wheat, a sack of coins and a quiver with an ax in it. There is a ship visible in the ocean. In color. Envelope is not used.

GLC03619.02.20

[Civil War Patriotic Postal Cover]

Depicts a woman draped in a sheet with stars on it and holding a flag. An eagle sits beside her. Underneath it reads: "Our Union and Our Laws we must maintain And drive foul treason from our land again." Envelope is not used.

GLC03619.02.21

Humorous incidents of the war

Dornbusch 995. The only personal account from 12th Tenn. Conf. Cav with Forrest story

GLC00267.340

The War with Mexico reviewed

Autographed inscription reads "G.L. Wston Esqr., With the respects of John Ball."

GLC00267.130

Food will win the war

Color poster by Charles E. Chambers of people standing on a boat or shoreline at New York Harbor. They appear to be European immigrants. In the foreground, a man appears to be pleading with a woman holding a basket of food. In the background can be...

GLC09522