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1861/09/14
Nichols, E. B.
to Thomas Ward re: unsettled conditions in Galveston at beginning of Civil War
Written as a business associate, to say that he cannot pay duties and remove goods to a place of safety.
GLC02145.18
15 August 1863
Epperly, Christian M. (1837-1904)
[A Confederate Assessment of the War]
Mentions the high price of food. States that he believes the Confederacy is doomed. "I beleave [sic] the South first started on a just course but our wickedness and diobediians [sic] has brought us to what [where] we are: and I dont think the South...
GLC02715.067
30 April 1861
Carey, George (fl. 1837-1861)
to Galloway Cheston
Writes to his uncle about Baltimore at the beginning of the Civil War. Reports that someone from the bank has said the "run" has ended and people are depositing money again. Of the people that withdrew their money, he states "Great leniency ought to...
GLC03228.09
21 September [1871]
Drum, Richard C. (Richard Coulter) (1825-1909)
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Year inferred from content. Drum, who had served as an assistant adjutant general during the Civil War, discusses a financial matter. Mentions Mrs. Cooper and General C. (possibly General Samuel Cooper and his wife Sarah).
GLC02382.114
1 April 1862
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)
to Thomas Bocock
Text written for Davis by his private secretary, Burton Harrison. Indicates he is sending a communication from the Secretary of the Navy (not included) related to the budget for prosecuting the Civil War. "I herewith transmit to the House of...
GLC02950
10 June 1871
Drum, who had served as an assistant adjutant Union general during the Civil War, writes to Hunt at Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island. Notes that Harney (possibly General William Selby Harney) "would get through notwithstanding his demerit."...
GLC02382.113
25 April 1861
Carey, Henry G. (fl. 1839-1861)
Reports to his uncle on the city of Baltimore at the beginning of the Civil War. States that everything is quiet. Asks him for some financial advice and states that there is no news in copper. Encloses some letters from others. Remarks upon the...
GLC03228.04
16 January 1863
Lewis, Amos (1785-1876)
to Seth Lewis
Lewis writes an eloquent letter to his nephew Seth, in Marshall, Michigan. Comments on the Civil War, his good health, and his ability to make a good living despite "the high prices of all we have to buy and the low rates of what little we have to...
GLC03229.01
26 January 1862
Smith, John
to Thomas Smith
Reveals his anti-Lincoln sentiment, and discusses hardships due to war. Smith, an ardent secessionist, writes to his son Thomas. Mentions hardship, the number who have died for "The Cause," scarcity of money and provisions from "Lincoln's war." He...
GLC06370
25 May 1865
Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917)
to Mr. Newcomb
Written on Archer's return from Cuba through the blockade around Florida. First half of the letter details his belief that the war was lost because of the failure of the public to support the war effort. "...[I]f the people had have stood by them...
GLC01896.076
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