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to Galloway Cheston

Writes to his uncle about Baltimore at the beginning of the Civil War. Reports again that everything is quiet and there is no business. Feels that Union sentiments are on the increase. "...the whole of East B. [Baltimore] is strong for the Union...

GLC03228.08

to William North

Written by General Hamilton as commander of the Provisional Army to Brigadier General North. Says he has enclosed a letter from the Secretary of War that explains itself (the letter is not included here). Says he wishes to see North as soon he...

GLC02523

to Henry Knox

Copy of a letter from Major General Charles Scott to the Secretary of War, Henry Knox. Informs Knox the rear of his command passed the Ohio [River?] this morning. Requests Knox makes all the necessary arrangements prior to their arrival so they are...

GLC02437.06149

to his sister

Comments that everyone thinks that the war is coming to a close. Likens main Street in Richmond to Chestnut Street in Philadelphia and observes that the people of the city are beginning to "come out of their holes and reconcile themselves to the new...

GLC02016.081

to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: a welcome period of tranquility

"The most turbulent Spirits amongst us do not expect the arrival of any Troops at present. Mr. Colden says it was only propogated to facilitate the introduction of the Connecticut Forces amongst us - We are now enjoying as much tranquility as ever...

GLC03107.03333

Roll of honor. (no. XXII) Names of soldiers who died in defense of the American Union, interred in the National Cemetery at Nashville, Tennesee

Submitted by Quartermaster General and Brevet Major General Meigs. Printed by the Government Printing Office. Prepared in the central office of the Quartermaster General under Brevet Brigadier General Alexander J. Perry. Contains record of 16,485...

GLC00267.322

[Presidential commutation for William J. Dodge, convicted of sedition according to the Espionage Act on 16 September 1918 and sentenced to six years]

William J. Dodge was convicted in the U.S. District Court of Western New York of making seditious utterances while the U.S. was a war, in violation section 3 of the Espionage Act of 16 May 1918, appeal was denied by the Second Circuit Court of...

GLC05678

[Circular to applicants for the Society of the Cincinnati]

Writes in full, "I have the honor to acknowledge, on the part of the General meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati, held in May 1787, at Philadelphia, the receipt of your application to be admitted as a member of the said society - I am commanded...

GLC02437.03615

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 21, no. 10 (January 11, 1862)]

Burnside's Expedition has gone into Pamlico Sound, preparations for battle of Roanoke Island, New Year's Day fight at Port Royal, Report on General Jackson's shelling of Hancock, Jackson plans attack on General Kelly's command, Federals attack...

GLC05959.56.101

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Discusses submitting testimony for Hunt, on the issue of military rank and retirement pay. Notes that Hunt is correct in his opinion of brevet pay for brigadiers and majors, referring to General Roger Jones. Writes "in good law you had no right to...

GLC02382.084

to Mr. Farmer

George E. Farmer writes to his father that he is in excellent spirits after being present at Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender. He discusses the Appomattox Campaign and indicates that he participated in the fighting near Dinwiddie...

GLC00808.01

to Lester D. Gardner

Letter signed as Brigadier General, Air Service, Assistant Chief of Air Service. Advises that he will come to New York as soon as possible but that he has to have his tonsils out. He remarks that the Air Force "has almost ceased to exist ... " and...

GLC00950

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Thanks Hunt for the manuscript of an article he previously enclosed. Praises Hunt's account, and his skill while serving as Chief of Artillery. Says, "When I remember what positions you held under me & what the relative work done was, I am amazed...

GLC02382.067

to David Strother

Details the life of John Brown. Describes his interactions with Brown as a business partner, their conversations about slavery, and actions of Brown's that he did not witness but only read about. Says Brown discussed his plan for Harper's Ferry with...

GLC00496.113

Atlanta, and its rebel defences

Printed Civil War map from the Atlanta Campaign. Names major streets. The Fair Ground, Cemetery, the Locomotive House of the W & A Railroad, the Atlanta Steam Tannery, White Hall, and the headwaters of South River are indicated. The tracks for the...

GLC02710.38

to C. C. Leigh

Writes to Leigh in New York: "It occurs to me, that occasionally there may be colored servant girls- refugees- to be obtained, and that through the National Society, you may have something to do with finding places for them. I should like a good...

GLC05029

to Alfred Howe Terry

Lengthy letter describing the war-time sacrifices of Erhandz Richter, a Richmond brewer, presumably of German origin, who sacrificed his fortune and risked his family to serve in the Union Army. Schurz pleads Richter's cause with the commander of the...

GLC02094

to John Breckinridge

Writes to Breckinridge, a former neighbor of Monroe in Albemarle County, Virginia who moved to Kentucky in 1793. Was a member of Kentucky House of Representatives when he received this letter. Monroe had recently returned from France, burdened with...

GLC02323

Ruins at Manassas Junction. No. 9. March, 1862.

One photograph entitled, "Ruins at Manassas Junction," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Image is of ruins of several buildings used by the Confederate railroad company, Orange and Alexandria, as a depot. The remains of a few mud huts...

GLC05111.01.0040

Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 25 (December 6, 1861)]

Proclamation by Joseph E. Brown. The capture of Montgomery and the surrounding of Siegel occupy the front page of this issue. Separate reports from Tennessee, Pensacola, and the Mississippi River detail war events. The Ladies Relief Society of...

GLC05959.01.05

Order No 12

Orders to his company of engineers on board the "Clinton" stating that there is no smoking between decks, only officers are allowed in certain areas, roll calls will be at Reveille, Retreat, and Tattoo, inspections will be nightly, gives schedule for...

GLC08953.01

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Date inferred from contents. Pertains to the funeral of Harvey Brown. Bessie transmits the address of her father's funeral. Gives Hunt, who is to write a memorial for her father, insight into his "home life, his gentleness, consideration and...

GLC02382.208

People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 16 (August 20, 1863)]

From England - Roebuck Withdraws his motion for Recognition of the South, The Pope on the American War, Geiorgia Impressment Case.

A long letter to the editor regarding secession and its incumbent responsibilities takes up almost the entire front...

GLC05959.27.15

Let's get it over Quick!

One poster entitled, "Let's get it over Quick!" printed by Carrier, dated 1941-1945. Poster features a soldier holding a gun and yelling over his shoulder. The poster reads in part, "Let's stop thinking of a long war! Let's start speeding up a short...

GLC09654.56

to P.P.F. Degrand

Thanks Degrand for sending Boston newspapers containing "The Message of Govr. Gerry concerning libels, and the Act of Incorporation of the State Bank." Mentions lost correspondence from Degrand. Comments on an anecdote about assassination and...

GLC03299

[General order no. 16 to abolish the system of peonage in the Territory of New Mexico]

Transmits the act of Congress abolishing peonage in New Mexico "and other parts of the United States." States "that the holding of any person to service or labor under the system known as peonage is hereby declared to be unlawful, and the same is...

GLC08668

to Richard W. Hutson

Discusses a visit to Charleston, South Carolina, possibly on furlough from his post as Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. He arrived by train and met up with William F. Colcock, Jr. He also visted with Livingston and...

GLC08165.50

[Collection of Henry S. Figures, F company, 4th regiment, Alabama, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .33]

Figures was a member of Law's Brigade, Longstreet Division, of the 4th Alabama Infantry. Letters mention prisoners from the "Star of the West," the Battles of Manassas, Yorktown, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, enslaved people, etc. Figures was...

GLC00653.01

Amendment to senate bill (s. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defences of the country.

Provides corrections for Confederate Senate Bill 129. Establishes guidelines for the number of slaves that can be impressed from one owner. States that the Secretary of War is authorized to exempt certain areas from the act if "the labor of the...

GLC08418

Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 38. "Lightning Joe" Collins

One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "38. 'Lightning Joe' Collins" depicting a portrait of Collins and his four stars symbolizing his rank. Also included is a map of Europe in the background. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative...

GLC09627.38

to Sarah Knox

Knox writes to his wife from Spring Hill, Virginia. Worries about her lack of letters and wonders if her health is compromised. Expresses desire to "...enjoy each others society again..." Mentions he will be exempt from any future drafts unlike "...

GLC03523.20.15

Generals of Departments

Maquette comprised of 7 cartes de visite of Union Army generals who served in the American Civil War and 2 separate oval pieces of scalloped paper inscribed with the words "Generals of" and "Departments." Each carte de visite is pasted on scalloped...

GLC05111.01.0468

to Earl G. Hunt

Ridgway responding to Hunt's request for favorite quotations. The first quotation is Book of Joshua 1:5. The second quotation can be found on the base of the monument to the Scottish-American soldier dead of World War I. He describes the monument...

GLC05508.212

to Joseph E. Brown

Writes to the Governor of Georgia enclosing a plan and specifications for a powder magazine, with estimated costs. Advises that the magazine will hold 1250 barrels of 100 pounds of powder and that it was requested from Mr. E.J. Dupont de Nemours & Co...

GLC00446.01

[General orders number 20, congratulating soldiers for their performance in the Battle of Vicksburg]

McPherson, Commander of the 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, declares: "With tireless energy, with sleepless vigilance, by night and by day, with battery and with rifle pit, with trench and mine, you made your sure approaches, until overcome...

GLC00267.286

to Paul J. Semmes

Telegram to Semmes requesting the service of his troops in Pensacola, Florida immediately. Advises him to go see Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown for further details. On telegram stationery of The Magnetic Telegraph Company and written six days after...

GLC00572.26

to Stephen Arnold Douglas

Hickox, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, discusses President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers to suppress "revolutionary combinations opposing the laws of the Union." Encourages Douglas, a Democratic United States Senator from...

GLC05621.01

to William T. Sherman

Writes that his brother, Thomas Ewing and himself came to Cincinnati yesterday and relays that Ellen (Sherman's wife and Ewing's sister) and the children are doing well. Remarks on Sherman's role in the Civil War, " ... we watch with interest the...

GLC03601.02

[Copy of a receipt related to army warrants]

Knox's signature is struck. Knox, Secretary at War, notes receipt of ten warrants from John Pierce drawn by the Board of Treasury "in favor of Michael Hillegas." Intends to forward the warrants to Jeremiah Wadsworth and to issue warrants for the...

GLC02437.03842

to Robert M. T. Hunter

Writes as a prisoner of war and requests Confederate Senator Hunter's help in getting out of prison. " ... McLean has called upon me to-day, with the generous proffer of an endeavour to procure my release. Will you contribute to that object? I am...

GLC02236

to Andrew Johnson

Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Lee as Commander of the Mississippi Squadron to President Johnson. Lee says that John Mercer Brooke of Virginia, who is now in Richmond, is deserving of amnesty. Says Brooke was trained in the U.S. Navy, resigned to...

GLC02029.01

Philip Kearny, carte de visite, in officer's uniform, 3/4 standing view, wearing cape & holding hat & sword

A close-up version of #505. Rank insignia obsurred by cape. In officer's uniform. He is also wearing a cape which covers his left shoulder (left arm was amputated during the Mexican War). His left sleeve is pinned to his uniform jacket just above...

GLC05111.02.0510

[Lincoln endorsement on Edwin M. Stanton letter to Lincoln]

Stanton asks Lincoln to provide a citation to an Act of Congress that excluded improper applicants from seats in House of Representatives which Lincoln has mentioned to him previously. Lincoln's note on the verso gives the citation for the act and...

GLC06553

[Captain's commission for William North]

Partly printed document signed by Hancock as President of Continental Congress and co-signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress. This commission gives William North the rank of captain. A later note at the top of the document, by North's...

GLC02524

The Speeches of Mr. Ross and Mr. Morris...in the Senate...[right of deposit, La]

Published by Bronson & Chauncey. Speeches by Federalist senators from Pa. and NY 2/24/1803 urging a declaration of war on Spain, seizure of West Florida and New Orleans, and fortification of the Mississippi because of Spain's ending rights of deposit...

GLC04285

to Thomas Jefferson

Secretary of War Knox writes Secretary of State Jefferson apparently in answer to Jefferson's question about the upcoming ceremony to ratify the peace treaty with the Creeks (see GLC02437.04689). Provides information regarding who may attend the...

GLC02437.04686

to Benjamin Lincoln

Knox recommends a Mr. Payton for work. Mentions Payton's "great distress owing to some peculiarly unhappy circumstances in his family," and suggests there might be an available post "within the Quartermaster or Commissary[']s line" under General...

GLC01466

American herald of liberty. [Vol. 8, no. 37 (March 18, 1794)]

Discusses continued tensions, especially regarding commerce, between Great Britain and the United States following the 1783 Peace Treaty. Letters to the editor cover issues such as the United States' relations with the Creek Nation, illegal actions...

GLC08740

[Appointment of Philip R. Ward, First Lieutenant of Artillery]

Appointment of Philip R. Ward to First Lieutenant of Artillery, beginning August 10,1900. Signed by William McKinley as President, countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Docketed at top by Adjutant General, reads "Recorded Adjutant General...

GLC00778.17