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1865/03/04
Armstrong, Halleck (fl. 1865)
to: Mary [Armstrong].
Reports on rumor that Sherman has been defeated, hopes it isn't true, talks about great number of dead and burial procedures, remarks on slavery as the sin of the South.
GLC06734.07
1865/03/07
Talks about systematic pilfering of the Sanitary Commission by high ranking soldiers; also reports on seeing black troops: "Today for the first time I saw whole regiments of black troops…They appear quite as well on parade as their more thoroughly...
GLC06734.09
1865/03/08
Reports various rumors about Sheridan's maneuvers. Also reports on nearby black uprising: "Our allies, the darkies, are evidently burning out their beloved Masters…"
GLC06734.10
19 March 1866
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
to Phillip Sheridan
Postwar troop adjustments: "Unless you think security demands the retention of some of the white volunteers muster the whole of them out as rapidly as possible. In the case of colored troops, muster out such of them as you think can be spared..."
GLC08148
1889
Blair, Lewis Harvie, 1834-1916
The prosperity of the south dependent upon the elevation of the Negro.
First edition inscribed, but not signed, by "the author" on free front endpaper. Inscription dated January 7, 1894. Published by Everett Waddey, Richmond, Virginia.
GLC08410
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