4 August 1861

Stone, E. Wyman, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph document signed

Title: [Document granting Wyman Stone a furlough]

Furlough document includes illustrated envelope of a woman sewing beneath the flag and newspaper clipping relating to the interment of Mrs. Winthrop E. Stone, wife of a former Purdue president.

GLC02182.01

30 April 1861

Chrisler, M., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hiram A. Blodgett

Chrisler writes that he is glad Blodgett is ready to fight for the Union He refers to some photographs he has included (not in collection). There is a note which indicates that Chrisler was a war photographer. The envelope has a seal in the image of Lincoln.

GLC02248.01.01

30 April 1861

Chrisler, M., fl. 1861

Typed letter

Title: to Hiram A. Blodgett

This is the typed version of GLC02248.01.01.

GLC02248.01.02

March 14, 1864

Jackson, Edwin, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Jackson

Edwin Jackson thinks and hopes that the troops will be sent to the South in place of the Minnesota 1st. He implores Bill to get everyone he knows to vote for Lincoln, as he is "stubborn" and the only candidate who can end the war. He waxes poetic on the "God[d]ess of Liberty" looking down upon the country, and tells Bill to visit their friends at home. This folder contains an envelope with two pictures printed on it: the first portrays two Indians with a flag reading "For the Union"; the second consists of one farmer plowing and another riding a horse with "Letoile du Nord" ["The Star of the…

GLC00203.10

22 May 1864

Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Delia Slocum

re: [Written on prepared stationery for a beau at war] Cranor reports from the front lines of the battles in Georgia. He tells Delia that one mutual acquaintance is adjusting well to soldier life and that his messmate was shot at the Battle of Resaca in Georgia.

GLC03791.013

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: [envelope to Lydia A. Bishoff}

Envelope from Martinsburg, VA, with the poem, "On Guard" printed on the front, addressed to Miss Lydia A. Bishoff, German settlement, Preston Co., VA.

GLC03523.40.37

31 March 1864

Envelope

Title: Rooms of the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair, Under Lindell Hotel, St. Loius, MO

dark yellow

GLC08413.01

19 September 1861

Envelope

Title: Stand by Flag

red and blue. features man holding flag.

GLC08412.1

19 July 1861

Envelope

Title: Union-Liberty's Defender

features woman holding two flags and leaning against 2 cannons

GLC08412.2

circa February 13, 1861-1865

Envelope

Title: Union

red and blue. features woman holding flag and sword.

GLC08412.3

19 May 1861

Envelope

Title: No. 18

written on back, note in pencil reads "Mr. Blake, our boys must be with Banks in their retreat, I think.-Mrs. L. Smith

GLC08413.02

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission

features a wounded man and a horsedrawn wagon

GLC08413.03

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission

features a wounded man and a horsedrawn wagon

GLC08413.04

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Home, Sweet Home

features wounded soldiers and a drummer boy outside a tent.

GLC08413.05

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Why Don't You Take It?

features a dog with a collar that reads Scott looking at some kind of meat while another dog with a collar that reads Jeff walks by.

GLC08413.06

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Death to Traitors!

features the American flag.

GLC08413.07

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: A Nation of Freeman that Moment Shall Fall, When these Stars Shall be Trailed on the Ground.

features two American flags crossed

GLC08413.08

7 October 1861

Envelope

Title: Union

features George Washington on a horse

GLC08413.09

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Why Don't You Take It?

features one dog looking down at a piece of meat that says Washington on it as another dog walks by.

GLC08413.15

12 November 1862

Envelope

Title: Union

features woman in dress with American flag holding a flag that says Union.

GLC08413.31

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Union

features tree filled with flags

GLC08413.41

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: One Nation--One Government

features arc with all the states written in it. eagle sits on top with flags.

GLC08413.44

26 September 1861

Envelope

Title: Major Gen. George B. McClellan

picture of McClellan on the morning of July 26, 1861

GLC08413.55

1861-1877

Envelope

Title: Why Don't You Take It?

features picture dog wearing collar that says Scott and another dog wearing collar that says Jeff looking at a piece of meat that says Washington

GLC08414.4

20 November 1861

Envelope

Title: The Fence that Uncle Abe Built

features B&W picture of Abraham Lincoln and poem beneath

GLC08482.4