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1 July 1867
Stanton, Edwin M. (1814-1869)
[Appointment of Albert Harrington as a cadet in the United States Military]
Signed by Stanton as Secretary of War and Edmund Schriver as Inspector of the Military Academy.
GLC05603.01.19
1870 ca.
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
[William Tecumseh Sherman]
An "Imperial Carte" portrait of a seated W.T. Sherman. Signed on mount. Imprint on verso. The lower right corner is slightly bent.
GLC05735
20 September 1866
Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
[Presidential pardon of S.S. Lee for offenses arising from the rebellion]
This document is a Presidential pardon of S.S. Lee for offenses committed during the Civil War. It is filled out and signed by Andrew Johnson as President and countersigned by William H. Seward as Secretary of State. Accompanied by a white seal.
GLC05782
1873
Simpson, Edward (1824-1888)
Report on a naval mission to Europe, especially devoted to the material and construction of artillery. Volume I
Gilt decoration (United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance) on front cover and blind stamped on back. Title in gilt on spine.
GLC05911.17
Report on a naval mission to Europe, especially devoted to the material and construction of artillery. Volume II
GLC05911.18
17 February 1866
[Presidential pardon of Philip D. Roddey for his participation in the rebellion]
This document is a Presidential pardon in which President Andrew Johnson granted Philip D. Roddey a full pardon and amnesty from crimes committed during the rebellion. Roddey was nicknamed "the Swamp Fox of Tennessee." The pardon was countersigned by...
GLC05921
7 March 1866
Welles, Gideon (1802-1878)
to James Wilson Grimes
Written in secretarial hand and signed by Secretary of the Navy Welles to Grimes, U.S. Senator from Iowa who chaired the Committee on Naval Affairs. Wants to "invite your attention" to the estimate submitted last November to provide for the...
GLC05997
1876/02/02
Gordon, G. A. (fl. 1876)
to Theophilus Rodenbough re: Indians as skirmishers
"The Indians are the best skirmishers in the world." Gordon says he received orders from Sheridan to join the regiment in Chicago. He says that fighting Indians is hard and dangerous since they are frequently better armed, better shots and better...
GLC06008
1870
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Organization of the bridge equipage of the United States Army, with directions for the construction of military bridges.
Signed by George W. Goethals, the engineer of the Panama Canal and dated December 1881. Printed by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Contains six folding illustrations. With bookplate of Goethals on inside cover.
GLC06254
[1860 to 1870 ca.]
Alberger, William C
[Loose Page from Scrapbook of William C. Alberger]
Page contains:
Unknown. Map: s. l., Topographical map of Virginia between Washington and Manassas Junction. No date. 1 p. Includes an image of Washington, D. C., with the capital building in the foreground. Depicts Virginia and the western...
GLC06628.03
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