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21 May 1861
Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 157 (May 21, 1861)]
Napolean III in Alliance with Jefferson Davis, the Blunders of Lincoln, The Germans Deserting the Lincolnites.
GLC05959.43.03
6 July 1861
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 195 (July 6, 1861)]
Movements at Fairfax, The War Policy of the South, Movements at Norfolk, Correspondence between Butler & Magruder, General Butler in Trouble, Lincoln's War Message.
GLC05959.43.04
12 July 1861
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 200 (July 12, 1861)]
Rebellion - Revolution, Fort Pickens, The Southern Rebels.
GLC05959.43.05
7 July 1862
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 493 (July 7, 1862)]
The Battle of Richmond, Bombardment of Vicksburg, The War in Arkansas, Particulars of the Defeat of McClellan.
GLC05959.43.06
4 August 1862
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 517 (August 4, 1862)]
The Battle of Secessionville, Official Report, Organ's Expedition, The War in the West.
GLC05959.43.07
23 August 1862
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 534 (August 23, 1862)]
Disbanding Hunter's Negro Brigade in South Carolina, The Blockade of Nassau by the Yankees, General Bragg and the Press.
GLC05959.43.08
21 October 1862
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 583 (October 21, 1862)]
McClellan again Advancing on Virginia, Bragg Retreating Before Buell.
GLC05959.43.09
21 February 1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 82, no. 11, 687 (February 21, 1863)]
News from Chattanooga, General Butler for Charleston, The Sea Fight Between the Hatteras & Alabama.
GLC05959.43.10
7 April 1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 82, no. 11, 722 (April 7, 1863)]
Affairs in the West, Latest from Vicksburg, From Bragg's Army, Report of the Royal Wedding of Prince of Wales & Alexandra of Denmark.
GLC05959.43.11
19 May 1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 82, no. 11, 758 (May 19, 1863)]
Latest from the West, Burning of Mills in Richmond.
GLC05959.43.12
15 November 1860
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
13 February 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 086 (February 13, 1861)]
Governor Brown's Reprisal, Slave Trade in Southern Congress, Speech by Stephens, Affairs of Pensacola.
GLC05959.44.02
27 April 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 136 (April 27, 1861)]
Minutes of an Officer in Fort Sumter, Harper's Ferry Affair, Fayetteville Arsenal Surrendered, The Border War.
GLC05959.44.04
27 June 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 187 (June 27, 1861)]
Movement at Manassas Junction, The Record of the Spy Hurlbut, The Mississippi Blockade, Two Battles in Missouri.
GLC05959.44.05
29 June 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 189 (June 29, 1861)]
Wm. H. Hurlbut, Evacuation of Harper's Ferry, Mails Between N & S.
GLC05959.44.06
2 July 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 57, no. 11, 191 (July 2, 1861)]
The Recognition of the South, News from Missouri, Seward's Threats, The War & Postal Arrangements.
GLC05959.44.07
11 July 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 198 (July 11, 1861)]
Battle Near Martinsburg, Message of Abraham Lincoln, the Abolitionist President, Death of Governor Ellis of North Carolina.
GLC05959.44.08
18 July 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 204 (July 18, 1861)]
Subjugation of the South, The Fight at Laurel Hill, News of the War, The Atrocious Message of President Linocln, The Fight at Ship Island.
GLC05959.44.09
23 July 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 208 (July 23, 1861)]
Battle of Bull Run, General Beauregard at Manassas, Great Battle in Virginia - Special Accounts from Manassas Junction.
GLC05959.44.10
1 August 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 216 (August 1, 1861)]
The Great Rout, The Pursuit at Manassas, Teh Capture of Sherman's Battery, The Flight of the Yankees.
GLC05959.44.11
13 August 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 226 (August 13, 1861)]
The Fourth Palmetto Regiment at the Battle of Manassas Plains.
GLC05959.44.12
7 September 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 248 (September 7, 1861)]
The Capture of Fort Hatteras, The Battle of Bull Run - Official Report of General Bonham.
GLC05959.44.13
10 September 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 250 (September 10, 1861)]
Battle of Cross Lanes.
GLC05959.44.14
17 September 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 256 (September 17, 1861)]
France and teh American War, The War in Missouri.
GLC05959.44.15
26 September 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 263 (September 26, 1861)]
News from Arizona, The War in Kentucky, Important from Mexico, Resignation of Fremont, The Civil War in Kentucky.
GLC05959.44.16
1 October 1861
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 263 (October 1, 1861)]
News from Texas, General McCulloch's Call, The Fall of Lexington, The Struggle in Kentucky.
GLC05959.44.17
29 May 1862
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 80, no. 11, 458 (May 29, 1862)]
The Naval Battle near Fort Wright, The Siege of the Capital, The War on Mississippi, Major General Lovell and the Fall of New Orleans, Stonewall Jackson's Victorious Advance Towards the Potomac, Banks and his Army Driven out of Virginia, The Crisis...
GLC05959.44.18
10 July 1862
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 496 (July 10, 1862)]
The Battles Before Richmond, The Siege of Vicksburg, Recapture of BR, Full Yankee Accounts.
GLC05959.44.19
5 August 1862
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 518 (August 5, 1862)]
The Night Attack on McClellan's Fleet and Camp on the James River, President Jefferson Davis on Retaliation.
GLC05959.44.20
14 October 1862
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 577 (October 14, 1862)]
Defeat at Corinth, Vicksburg in Danger, Van Dorn's Defeat at Corinth, Evacuation of Frankfort & Lexington, Kentucky, The Advance of the Enemy Towards Gordonsville.
GLC05959.44.21
16 October 1862
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 579 (October 16, 1862)]
Battle of Corinth, Drilling Negro Regiments, Description of the Confederate Seal, Yankee Force in Middle Tennessee, The Campaign in Maryland, Yankee Atrocities in Florida, The Battle Between Bragg and Buell, .Confederate States Diploamcy, McClellan...
GLC05959.44.22
15 November 1862
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 605 (November 15, 1862)]
The Expedition into North Carolina, The Campaign in Kentucky, Seward on the late Piracies - the Pursuit of the Alabama, The War in the Southwest.
GLC05959.44.23
4 December 1862
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 621 (December 4, 1862)]
The Richmond Campaign of Burnside, Prospect of a Fight at Fredericksburg, The Defense of Mobile, Bombardment of Pt. Lavaca.
GLC05959.44.24
6 December 1862
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 623 (December 6, 1862)]
The Situation on the Rappahannock, Message of President Abraham Lincoln.
GLC05959.44.25
24 January 1863
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 82, no. 11, 662 (January 24, 1863)]
The Defeat of Burnside, The Galveston Victory, General Forrest's Raid into Western Tennessee, Reported Yankee Victory on the Arkansas River, The Alabama Again, Beast Butler in Boston, News from Virginia, Successes in the West.
GLC05959.44.26
7 February 1863
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 82, no. 11, 675 (February 7, 1863)]
Impending Anarchy in the North, Address of General Hooker on Assuming Command, Impressions of an English Correspondent on the Campaign in Virginia, The War on the Ocean.
GLC05959.44.27
22 January [1870]
Lee, John F., 1813-1884
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Lee requests Hunt's presence, but notes "The stage [inserted: U. S. mail coach] is slow, & regulated on the plan of Sumner's civil rights bill. (crowded with niggers) You might be wanting in some gallant attentions to a colored lady, & be legislated...
GLC02382.083
11 April 1878
Relates that he is leaving Washington to travel to St. Louis, Missouri. Notes that Senator Ambrose Burnside (a Civil War General) is doing well but may need looking after. Mentions Representative Walsh (possibly William Walsh, a Representative from...
GLC02382.096
22 February 1879
Has read unspecified notes written by Hunt to Senators Samuel Bell Maxey and Theodore Fitz Randolph. Discusses a bill before Congress, possibly pertaining to the pension of retired officers, which Hunt advocated. States that the issue may carry...
GLC02382.097
18 May 1883
States "I say you are still fit for the tented field; full pay; and to hold your own with any hero or patriot of them all (even with Cullum- I will tell you, someday, why I put him first)." Scolds Hunt for going to Little Rock, Arkansas because...
GLC02382.098
21 December 1869
Worth, Margaret, 1828-?
By the daughter of General William Jenkins Worth. Missed Hunt on his last visit. Has spent long hours in a sick room (possibly the room of her mother, Margaret Stafford Worth, who died in 1869). Mentions General Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee...
GLC02382.100
10 October 1885
Cowan, Andrew, fl. 1861-1887
Mentions Hunt's appointment as Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C. Refers to General Abner Doubleday's book, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Indignantly declares "As usual in every account or description of that Battle the 1st New...
GLC02382.104
January 1864
Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865
Southern cultivator. [Vol. 22, no. 1 (January, 1864)]
Cotton at Home and Abroad, The Wounded as Overseers of Plantations While Owners are Gone, Farmers Not Extortioners. An editorial upholds the freedom of the press, while another encourages farmers not to hoard provisions, and another implies that...
GLC05959.11.07
19 October 1863
Prentice, George Dennison, 1802-1870
Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 332 (October 19, 1863)]
Grant Reviews Troops at Vickburg, Capture of Guerrillas in Arkansas, Hindman Wounded at Chickamauga, Fight at LaGrange, Tennessee, Attack on Washington Probable. A lengthy letter from Judge George Robertson of Kentucky fills the front page discussing...
GLC05959.14.24
3 November 1863
Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 347 (November 3, 1863)]
Battle in Mississippi, Federals Outnumbered & Retreat, Tuscumbia, Alabama Captured, Preparations for a Great Battle, Latest News From Charleston. An address by the ex-governor Washington Hunt about the Constitution and Erie County is printed on the...
GLC05959.14.25
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's tent
Depicts a scene of quiet piety and great reverence in an army camp. Shows most of the men with their heads bowed in prayer, some weeping. Stonewall Jackson, a man known for his great religiosity, appears to be delivering a sermon to the men. Also...
GLC00493.24
Counterfeit Confederate notes publicly offered for sale in the "City of Brotherly Love"
Depicts a disreputable fellow, cigarette in mouth, motioning toward a broker's office which bears a sign that reads: "Counterfeit Confederate Treasury Notes for Sale. Soldiers under orders to the South supplied with lots to suit at reasonable rates."...
GLC00493.25
Free Negroes in the North
Depicts a scene of urban depravity. Volck is seeking to convey the hypocrisy of the North when it comes to the plight of blacks. The focal point of the sketch is a well-dressed white man who may be Henry Ward Beecher, a leader in the antislavery...
GLC00493.26
circa 1861-1863
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
Cave life in Vicksburg during the siege
Depicts a devout, domestic scene of a woman kneeling in prayer amidst the items associated with middle class daily life-a broom, a trunk, an ottoman, a set of silver, a fine hat atop a settee. Only upon closer inspection does one discern that all of...
GLC00493.28
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