Confederate officer documents [Decimalized .01-.05]

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Five documents relating to Confederate officers, including an autograph endorsement signed by General Robert H. Chilton.

GLC#
GLC04210
Type
Header Record
Date
1862-1886
Title
Confederate officer documents [Decimalized .01-.05]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
5 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Soldier's Letter
Civil War
Military History
Confederate General or Leader
Confederate States of America

Showing 5 of 5 records

Collection Item
Autograph endorsement signed

[Endorsement on verso of letter to Judah P. Benjamin]

February 18, 1862

Chilton, Robert Hall, 1816-1879

Letter from John Slate to Benjamin, requesting that he be discharged due to ill health, with autograph endorsement signed by Chilton as assistant adjutant general on verso. Also with autograph endorsement signed by Vulosko Vaiden as Slate's...

GLC04210.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Daniel Ruggles

15 August 1862

Collins, J. Hunter, fl. 1862

Says the Federal steamer Sumter (formerly the Confederate steamer Lovell) has run aground nearby, and discusses possible actions. Says "…she lies within thirty feet of the shore ... evidently becoming firmly fastened every hour …"

GLC04210.02
Collection Item
Document signed

[Receipt for one cow]

February 28, 1865

Foster, Thomas R., fl. 1865

Receipt for three hundred dollars for one cow.

GLC04210.03
Collection Item
Letter signed

to unknown

12 April 1865

Allen, William Wirt, 1835-1894

Regarding Confederate troop movements. Written on the same day Confederate forces laid down their arms at Appomattox Court House.
In pencil.

GLC04210.04
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to James W. Eldridge

28 September 1886

Chisolm, Alexander Robert, 1843-1910

Discusses his service in the Confederate army, acquaintances with famous Confederate generals, and worries about the future of the nation. "Bad blood is brewing and must be let to keep quiet. Our Constitution is a good things among friends, but...

GLC04210.05