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1861/08/14
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Appointment of Stephen Decatur, Jr. as commander on the Naval Reserve List
Partially printed manuscript with handwritten insertions. Signed as U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
GLC02794.170
1867/04/04
Appointment of Stephen Decatur, Jr. as captain on the Naval Reserve List
Partially printed manuscript with handwritten insertions.
GLC02794.171
23 May 1865
Wing of the Capitol building with flag at half-staff.
A print of a photograph taken of the Grand Review of the Union Army on May 23rd, 1865. The photograph shows the north wing of the US Capitol building with the camera facing south-west. There is a large crowd in front of the Capitol, presumably...
GLC05111.01.0011
February 3, 1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to Edwin M. Stanton
Discusses future appointments within the army. Suggests that the state of Tennessee should be under one commander and that west Kentucky and west Tennessee should be added to General George H. Thomas's command. Mentions General Cadwallader C...
GLC00090
1862/03/24
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872
to Edwin M. Stanton re: skirmish with guerilla band
GLC06705
11 July 1863
[Orders detaching John G. Walker from command of the "Baron de Kalb]
Printed document detaching Lieutenant Commander John G. Walker from the command of the USS "Baron de Kalb" in the Mississippi Squadron. Signed by Welles as Secretary of the Navy and co-signed by A.R.A. Porter. Docket says "Reply Forwarded Aug 20th...
GLC03804.08
31 October 1862
to Lewis West
Printed Navy Department document orders West to proceed to Philadelphia without delay and report to Commodore Pendergrast for duty on the USS "Ladona." Signed by Welles as Secretary of the Navy. Note on bottom of document, signed by Commander C.H...
GLC03836.39
1862/03/05
to: his wife.
Union victories in the west including the fall of Columbus and New Madrid. Also the capture of Fort Donelson and the abandonment of Bowling Green & Nashville. He complains that Stanton, McClellan and Buell have tried to take credit for his...
GLC05601.100
26 December 1862
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886
to Simon Cameron
Asks Cameron to discover if he has been promoted. Hancock believes that he has just been promoted to Major General, but can not be certain because the appointments are being held by Secretary of War Stanton until the Senate reconvenes. Hancock...
GLC06350.01
13 May 1865
The President's Funeral Car Approaching New York from Jersey City, View of the Funeral Car, and Interior of the President's Funeral Car, with the Coffin and Guard of Honor
From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
GLC09118.45
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