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circa 1860s
Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863)
[Coat button from General Semmes's uniform]
Brass coat button with eagle emblem. Complete with shank. Stamped on back, "Horstmann & Allien NY."
GLC00572.38
Circa 1861-1864
Unknown
Calling Card for Laurens Wolcott
GLC00653.11.35
21 December 1863-23 August 1864
Waltz, Henry J. (1832-1910)
[Collection of Henry J. Waltz, Company I, 93rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry]
Autograph manuscript signed by Waltz, a Lieutenant in I Company of the 93rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered from service in 1864. Diary entries include Battles of Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Ana, and Cold Harbor. Includes...
GLC00653.13
11 August 1862-6 May 1863
Smalley, Herbert L.
[Diary of Herbert L. Smalley]
Autograph manuscript. Smalley served in Company A of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Consists of a small black pocketbook. A note inside the diary says it was found on a battlefield by another soldier. Includes entries Second Bull Run and Antietam...
GLC00653.14
March 1863 - July 1863
Wilber, Eseck G. (fl. 1862-1864)
Diary of Eseck G. Wilber
Entries are pretty regular from March 1863 to July of that same year. He mainly records the daily weather. but does mention being a prisoner and some of activities there.
GLC00653.15.1
1 January 1865 - 9 April 1865
Wilson, William L. (1843-1900)
[Diary of William L. Wilson, B company, 12th regiment, Virginia, cavalry]
Diary of a Confederate private in the 12th Virginia cavalry which includes detailed entries on the Appomattox campaign leading up to General Robert E. Lee's surrender. Begins entries for 1865 by saying that the end of the war seems farther away than...
GLC00653.17
10 May 1862-30 March 1864
Moseley, Josiah (1862-1864)
[Diary of Josiah Moseley]
Autograph manuscript. Moseley served in K company of the 6th regiment, Virginia infantry, in the Confederate Army. Describes the Battles of White Oak Swamp, Brandy Creek Station and Gettysburg, Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, and Chancellorsville.
GLC00653.18
1862
Tucker, John S.
[Diary of John S. Tucker, D company, 5th regiment, Alabama, infantry]
Tucker's 1862 autograph manuscript diary contains his account of day-to-day life in D company and discussions of battles such as Seven Pines, Williamsburg, Mechanicsville, and the Seven Days battles. Also mentions the evacuation of Yorktown.
GLC00653.19.01
1864-1865
Tucker's 1864-1865 autograph manuscript diary signed includes his account of the famous mine explosion at the Seige of Petersburg as well as other daily events. Also mentions the death of General William E. Jones at the Battle of Piedmont.
GLC00653.19.02
1 January 1865-24 July 1865
Butler, George H. (fl. 1865)
[George H. Butler's Diary for 1865]
Autograph manuscript signed of George H. Butler, who served in G Company, 12th Wisconsin Infantry, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps. Signed and dated 28 January 1865 on free front endpaper. Discusses the march through the Carolinas and the...
GLC00794
1858-1861
Beach, Elias William (1841-1921)
[Diary 1858-1861]
Contains various personal content. Covers 1858 and 1861, but skips most of the time in between.
GLC00919.23.01
18 November 1861 - 19 March 1862
[Diary 1862]
Autograph manuscript signed. Beach writes the first half of the diary as a civilian. The second half contains a large amount of information about training, camp life, guard duty, and some battle content.
GLC00919.23.02
1 January 1863 - 18 December 1863
[Diary 1863]
Autograph manuscript signed. Entries made from several locations, mostly from Virginia.
GLC00919.23.03
2 December 1863 - 26 May 1864
[Diary 1863-1864]
Autograph manuscript. Written from various places. Contains all military content, mostly involving camp life and movements.
GLC00919.23.04
27 May 1864 - 1 December 1864
[Diary 1864]
Autograph manuscript signed. Written from various places, but the majority of entries written from City Point, Virginia, which was the headquarters for General Ulysses S. Grant. Contains mostly military content dealing with camp life and activities.
GLC00919.23.05
1 January 1865 - 15 November 1865
[Diary 1865]
Autograph manuscript signed. Filled with news of military activity. Excerpt from entry for 3 April 1865: "Richmond fell at 8 oclock this morning. Genl Benham was the first Genl in the city... Rebels evacuated. The President and Genl Grant & Meade...
GLC00919.23.06
1 January 1866-1 June 1866
[Diary 1866]
Autograph manuscript. Written from various places. Beach provides information on his life as a former soldier after the war.
GLC00919.23.07
31 August 1861
Sweetser, J. A. (fl. 1861-)
[blue fabric swatch]
Handwritten tag reads 1.95 Double 78 cents.
GLC02248.02.03
[blue fabric swatch #2]
Handwritten tag reads 1.37.
GLC02248.02.04
[black fabric swatch]
Handwritten tag reads Double Width 1.75.
GLC02248.02.05
[black fabric swatch #2]
Handwritten tag reads Double Width 1.50.
GLC02248.02.06
[black fabric swatch #3]
Handwritten tag reads 1.50.
GLC02248.02.07
[black fabric swatch #4]
GLC02248.02.08
3 September 1861
Strong Brothers and Co.
[Blue twill fabric sample]
GLC02248.03.03
26 October 1862 - 5 February 1864
Rohrer, Benjamin
[Union surgeon's diary, 10th PA Reserve Vols.]
Autograph manuscript. Reports on the Battle of Gettysburg (fought 1-3 July 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania). He mentions the replacement of General Joseph Hooker by General George G. Meade. Writes on 28 June 1863, "...heard of a change in the...
GLC02255
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