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[Revolutionary war journal of Captain Benjamin Larrabee]

Written at various locations; the fist location recorded is Scarborough, Maine. Records details regarding the weather, marching, and reporting to Colonel Reuben Fogg. Includes various lists of soldiers and drafted men. Contains financial records...

GLC03983.01

Civil War generals: 14 letters & docs [decimalized]

[decimalized 02459.01-02459.33]

GLC02459

Civil War Generals: 13 letters & docs [decimalized]

[decimalized 02455.01-002455.13]

GLC02455

[Civil War order to hold a court martial]

Orders a Naval General Court Martial at Vicksburg aboard the steamer Choctaw on 10 July 1863. Indicates that the court will be composed of Captain H. Walke, lieutenant commodores James A. Greer, James W. Shirk, John G. Walker, and Frank M. Ramsey...

GLC08529

Incidents of the War. Gettysburg. July, 1863

Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. A view taken from Cemetery Ridge, looking into town. Two men stand on the road in the immediate foreground. A group of tents is located in the field just in front of the town.

GLC03588.04

[Civil War pocket diary of W.S. Thompson]

Signed "W.S. Thompson / Engr. U.S.N. / on board / U.S. Ironclad "Atlanta" / Jany 1, 1865." Short daily entries, mostly on the weather, as well as the condition and whereabouts of his ship. Entries end on April 6 (the date of Thompson's accidental...

GLC01838.04

[Congressional resolution establishing the salary for the Secretary at War with Henry Knox's appointment as Secretary at War]

Signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress. Contains two separate sections. In the first, dated 4 March 1785, Congress resolves that the salary for the Secretary at War will be 2,450 dollars per year. The second part, signed by Thomson 8...

GLC02437.03103

Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War. 2 Vols.

These albums are in the original format, showing photographs taken while in Brady's studio. Depicts Antietam, Gettysburg, Petersburg, etc.

GLC03547

Civil War statesmen: 33 letters & docs [decimalized]

GLC02469

Report to Minister of War [In Spanish].

Justification for actions in loss of Mexico City. Reminds officials of his suggestions for defensive measures. With later fountain pen ink notes.

GLC06293.02