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Battle of Wilson's Creek--Fall of General Lyon

One engraving entitled "Battle of Wilson's Creek-Fall of General Lyon" circa 1861-1877. Depicts hand-to-hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861. In the center of the painting, a mortally...

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Attack at Kelly's Ford, VA

One engraving entitled "Attack at Kelly's Ford, VA" dated 1864. Depicts, Union soliders, wading through a stream, heading towards the Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA, March 17, 1863. Engraved after an original painting by Alonzo Chappel in possession of...

GLC08878.0167

Attack on Knoxville

One engraving entitled "Attack on Knoxville" dated 1865. Depicts a scene from the Battle of Knoxville, November 17- December 4, 1863. Union soliders defend Knoxville from a Confederate attack. In the center of the image a Union solider shoots a...

GLC08878.0168

Attack at Rocky Face Ridge, GA

One engraving entitled "Attack at Rocky Face Ridge, GA" dated 1864. Depicts Union Soliders Marching towards the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, May 7-13, 1864. In the forefront of the image three officers rest atop a large rock and direct soliders to...

GLC08878.0169

Action Between the Kearsarge & Alabama

One engraving entitled "Action Between the Kearsarge & Alabama" dated 1864. Depicts a naval battle between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama, June 19, 1864. Caption notes, "rescue of the crew of the Alabama by the Deerhound." Engraved from the...

GLC08878.0170

Sinking of the Alabama

One engraving entitled "Sinking of the Alabama" dated 1897. Depicts the sinking of the CSS Alabama. Surviving confederate sailors swim towards an awaiting rescue vessel. Engraved from a painting by Warren Sheppard. Engraving possibly from the book,...

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Attack on Fort Wagner

One engraving entitled "Attack on Fort Wagner" dated 1864. Depicts close combat between African American Union troops and Confederate forces, defending Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. African American troops attempt to break through the Confederates...

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Bombardment of Fort Fisher (Landing of the Troops)

One engraving entitled "Bombardment of Fort Fisher (Landing of the Troops)" dated 1865. Depicts Union troops landing, unopposed, on the beach outside Fort Fisher, January 13, 1865. Union soliders on the beach appear patient as they wait for fellow...

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Capture of the Works at Petersburg

One engraving entitled "Capture of the Works at Petersburg" dated 1865. Depicts Union troops triumphantly climbing uphill. In the background Union soliders stand atop a hill raising the Union Flag. In the Foreground a solider lies wounded in branches...

GLC08878.0174

The Battle of Manassas, or Second Bull Run

One engraving entiteld "The Battle of Manassas, or Second Bull Run" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a view of confederate troops on horseback, durring the Battle of Manassas, August 28-30, 1862. Caption notes, "General Robert E. Lee and Staff overlooking...

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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...

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Presidential Seal

Seal of the President of the United States circa 1861-1877.

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Australie--Ceremonie d'un Mariage

One engraving entitled "Australie-Ceremonie d'un Mariage" circa 1838. Depicts an Australian Aboriginal marriage ceremony. Five nude male figures surround and restrain a nude female figure. Drawn by Victor Marie Felix Danvin after artwork by G.L...

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Oceanie Australien-Costumes Trachten

One engraving entitled "Oceanie Australien-Costumes Trachten" circa 1861-1877. Depicts three women and one man conversing in the wilderness. Two women relax on top of a large rock. Engraver unknown.

GLC08878.0179

Capture of the City of Mexico by Cortez

One engraving entitled "Capture of the City of Mexico by Cortez" dated 1870. Depicts close combat between armored spanish soliders and Aztec warriors, August 13, 1521. Engraved from orignal artwork by Alonzo Chappel in the possession of the...

GLC08878.0180

Castle of Chinon, Indre-Et-Loir

One engraving entitled "Castle of Chinon, Indre-Et-Loir" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a distant view of the Castle of Chinon. In the forefront of the image two figures on horseback play trumpets as they cross a bridge, leaving the city. Engraved by S...

GLC08878.0181

Execution of the Inca of Peru by Pizarro

One engraving entitled "Execution of the Inca of Peru by Pizarro" dated 1870. Depicts Spanish soliders surrounding an Incan man chained to a log with branches piled at his feet. In the foreground a religous man waves a Christian cross in the face of...

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[Men Chopping Wood on a side of a cliff]

One untitled engraving circa 1861-1877. Depicts a view of a cliff overlooking a harbor, possibly in Canada. On the right men chop wood near the edge of the cliff. Numerous boats sail in the harbor. Engraved by E. Challis from artwork by W.H. Bartlett...

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Kowee River, Cape of Good Hope

One engraving entitled "Kowee River, Cape of Good Hope" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a view of the Kowee River. On the left, figures relax in the shade of a large tree near the edge of the river. Engraved by F.E. Jones after artwork by W. Purser. Caption...

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Relief of Lucknow by Sir Henry Havelock

One engraving entitled "Relief of Lucknow by Sir Henry Havelock" dated 1870. Depicts British troops lead by Sir Henry Havelock restoring order during the Indian rebellion in Lucknow, September 25, 1857. Engraved from the original painting by Alonzo...

GLC08878.0185

Massacre of the Memlooks

One engraving entitled "Massacre of the Memlooks" dated 1870. Depicts a battle scene of the Massacre of the Memlooks, Egypt, 1811. Engraved after an original painting by Alonzo Chappel. Engraver unknown.

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Cawnpore

One engraving entitled "Cawnpore" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a river view of the city of Cawnpore, India. Two boats float in the river. In the distance, figures walk along a bridge parallel to the shoreline. Drawn by S. Prout. Sketched by Capt. R...

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Grand Durbar at Cawnpore After the Supression of the Sepoy Rebellion

One engraving entitled "Grand Durbar at Cawnpore After the Suppression of the Sepoy Revolt" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a view of Lord Charles John Canning bestowing jewelry to a loyal Rajah, surronded by an audience of British and Indian men. Caption...

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A Suttee

One engraving entitled "A Suttee" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a Indian ritualistic suicide. A female figure sits atop her deceased husbands funeral pyre. A crowd of men and women observe the ritual. Caption notes "from a drawing in the possession of the...

GLC08878.0189

to John Weeks

Asks Weeks to gather testimony from neighbors regarding his illness in October 1864 and knowledge of Weeks being treated by Dr. Parker. Also asks that he obtain transcripts from Dr. Parker's books demonstrating his illness.

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Pension claim

Form letter regarding John Weeks' pension entitlement. Weeks will receive $2 a month back pay from September 23, 1864 to February 18, 1891.

GLC06728.112

Certificate for Pension

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Lieut. in 75th Illinois Vols. [word processed inventory available]

Henry has been in one fight and it was a victory though 42 men were killed and 161 wounded in his regiment. He expects another fight this afternoon. The Confederates left without burying their dead and the men can barely walk around camp "at night...

GLC03858.02.01

to sister

It is difficult to find water on march as the streams have all dried up; the river they are camped by is the first running water he has seen since they crossed the Ohio. He read a letter from his father to John and found it most encouraging. The...

GLC03858.02.02

to sister

Henry has been on the march since he last wrote and expects to be for some time to come. There are about 40,000 troops there and more are always arriving. They killed fourteen men in a skirmish with Morgan's Cavalry.

GLC03858.02.03

to sister

He estimates that two-thirds of the company is sick though he boasts that "since I joined the army I have had better health [than] I ever had before." The Cavalry had a skirmish with the Confederates and the Union forces took 2,00 head of cattle...

GLC03858.02.04

to Sophia Parrot

Henry's regiment marched through Nashville to where they are now camped. He appreciates the letters he has received; they are "worth more than a hundred dollars away down here in rebeldom." A rail broke under a train bound for Louisville and three...

GLC03858.02.05

to Maggie Parrot

His General, P. Sidney Post, led them in Battalion Drill today. A Lieutenant Colonel from his regiment was taken prisoner while doing reconnaissance. "Secesh Cavalry are seen every day and occasional[l]y some are brought into camp." He mistook a...

GLC03858.02.06

to sister

Henry wishes to know how the his family at home is doing and if his father has sold the farm. He will send his father a suit of clothes and a revolver as soon as possible.

GLC03858.02.07

to Sophia Parrott

All the rain has made the roads very muddy and nearly impassable. He expects to paid soon. He was playing ball with the other men but paused to write.

GLC03858.02.08

to Sophia Parrott

Henry reports "I am well and like a soldier's life very much," though he is a bit lonely and homesick. There was a grand review of his division for General Rosecrans the week before and the General pronounced them in "splendid fighting condition."

GLC03858.02.09

to sister

He does not have much to do except drill the company now and then. He does not expect to be away for more than another year. Missing envelope identified in inventory.

GLC03858.02.10

to sister

General Rosecrans is "still entrenching very strongly." Henry saw "one of the greatest traitors of our land," Vallandigham, as he passed through the Union lines to join the Rebel Army. John is not well. Signed with the rank of Lieutenant. Two...

GLC03858.02.11

to sister

They have had some very difficult marches and battles and have advanced through the Cumberland Mountains "driving the rebels before us." He reports that "Bragg with the rebel army has gone to Chattanooga and will make ready there for another big...

GLC03858.02.12

to sister

Henry is sorry to hear that Sophia is not well and regrets that he cannot see her unless the war ends before the fall "which seems favorable now." They marched 65 miles in knee deep mud with after 30,000 Confederates in ten days. Some of the men...

GLC03858.02.13

to sister

He remarks that it has been a year and a day since he enlisted and though "there is no more signs of peace now than there was then," he is willing to stay for one more year. He expects that his sister has seen John who is no longer with his regiment...

GLC03858.02.14

to sister

Henry expects that they will stay at Camp Whiteside through the winter. They have not fought since they left Murfreesboro and he does not anticipate fighting soon since they are now in towards the rear of the Union line. He had the Bilious fever...

GLC03858.02.15

to mother

He believes they may move soon and that there will be another fight near Chattanooga as Grant's army is passing by today on its way there. [continued on 19 November] They have been ordered to march back to Stevenson and guard a railroad station...

GLC03858.02.16

to unknown

They are all in good health and "are a happy set of fellows." Fewer troops are required to guard the station now and he thinks their Brigade will set out for Knoxville soon.

GLC03858.02.17

to sister

His regiment fought the Confederates on 25 February, driving them about two miles but then left to return to camp. He confides that "I never enjoyed anything more in my life than shooting at them on this occasion" and reports that "General Johnstons...

GLC03858.02.18

to sister

They have been in camp here since his last and they may remain there a while longer. There are no indications that they will advance to Atlanta in near future. Written at Ambulance Corps Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

GLC03858.02.19

to Sophia Parrott

Henry's "teams were pronounced the best in the Corps by Maj. Gen. Stanley." He commands sixty men of his choice from the regiment. He expects they will stay here for a few months. John was killed and all the men miss him. Henry will bring John's...

GLC03858.02.20

to sister

He has his old position on General Grose's staff. Grose gave Henry a horse and says that Henry will not be on duty anymore and could have stayed at home as long as he liked. [continued on 12 March] They will march tomorrow. Grose is going home and...

GLC03858.02.21

to sister

General Buckner is about three miles from their picket lines "and we must be on the watch for him for he is a cunning old cuss and keeps our Pickets in constant terror." Their lines "extend East & West for fifteen miles" and "they are slowly moving...

GLC03858.02.22

The case of John Melvain

Charges brought against John Melvain on March 31, 1878 for borrowing money from Samuel Eggles and for conduct unworthy of fellowship, including drunkenness.

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