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8 April 1865
Selma union. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 8, 1865)]
Occupation newspaper printed by Union soldiers W.W. Van Antwerp and Theo. T. Scribner. Reports the capture of Selma and of the Chattanooga "Rebel" (newspaper) printing press.
GLC01187
25 March 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Lincoln's appointment of Joshua Reed Giddings as Consul General]
Also signed by William Henry Seward as Secretary of State. President Lincoln appoints former Ohio Representative Giddings to serve as Consul General of the United States for the British North American Provinces. Has a seal on bottom left corner.
GLC01413
20 July 1865
Ordway, K.G., fl. 1855-1865
[Congressional mourning ribbon]
Black ribbon with gold trim and fringes. There is a white rosette sewn on to the top with a gold sequence star and two sequence stars on the black part of the ribbon directle below the rosette. The entire ribbon is covered in black transparent silk...
GLC01423.01
13 March 1862
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
[Special orders no. 14: appointment of Robert E. Lee as commander-in-chief]
On order of the secretary of war, General Lee is ordered to Richmond, and under the direction of the president, is charged with the "conduct of military operations in the Armies of the Confederacy." Addressed from the Adjutant and Inspector Generals...
GLC01426
1865 ca.
Lee Gallery, fl. 1865
[Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]
Signed on front mount by Lee. Oval bust portrait in uniform as Confederate General. Published by Lee Gallery, Richmond.
GLC01438
1861 ca.
Elias, Dexter, fl. 1861
[Jefferson Davis]
Carte-de-visite size vignette engraved portrait of Jefferson Davis.
GLC01442.04
1862 ca.
Gen. A.S. Johnston
Carte de visite size vignette engraved portrait of a mustacioed Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) by Elias Dexter.
GLC01442.07
[Carte de visite Leonidas Polk]
Carte de vsite size vignette engraved portrait of Gen. Polk in uniform.
GLC01442.13
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
[Carte de visite photograph of Richard Taylor]
Half length portrait of Richard Taylor wearing civilian clothes. Published from a Brady negative by E. H.T. Anthony.
GLC01442.17
Wilson, J.N., 1827-1897
[Carte-de-visite of Rev. J.F. O'Neill]
Tentatively identified as Rev. J.F. O'Neill seated with a book.
GLC01442.19
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