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17 August 1863
Figures, Henry S. (fl. 1861-1864)
to my dear Ma
He expresses his sympathies toward his grandma.He does not think he will get to go home soon and asks which part of Huntsville his father wants to move to.
GLC00653.01.27
April 20, 1864
Kautz, August V. (1828-1895)
to John C. Kelton
Recommendation for Captain Price. Says Price "has recently been on a tour of Inspection of the Cavalry of the West and can give you much valuable information concerning that arm." Requests that Kelton place Price on his staff. On War Department...
GLC02458.09
28 February 1861
Wigfall, Louis T. (Louis Trezevant) (1816-1874)
to Reagan
Possibly to John Henninger Reagan, a former Texas Representative who served several posts in the Confederate Government. Relates that a Dr. [Work?] plans to leave Washington, D.C., for Montgomery, Alabama, and that he desires work in the confederate...
GLC02459.33
29 January 1861
Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan) (1810-1883)
to Freeman H. Morse
States that he has not heard anything since giving his opinion as Attorney General about the government purchase of land from the Chirigni Improvement Co. Expresses concern about the value of the property and the soundness of the title. Remarks...
GLC02504.02
1864
Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, Sir (1835-1901)
Three months in the Southern states: April-June, 1863
First American edition, published by John Bradburn (the orginal British edition was published in 1863). A few comments pencilled in by a pro-Union reader (after the title: "containing the lies of a Brittsher"; below an engraving of Jefferson Davis:...
GLC00267.256
18 November 1861
Leavenworth, F.P. (fl. 1861)
to his father
A Confederate captain in an ordnance unit tells his father about Civil War activities in Arkansas and Missouri. Comments on the arrival of Union General David Hunter with 36,000 soldiers. Discusses the strength and position of Confederate...
GLC00653.07
18 October 1863
Gorsuch, Joseph B. (1834-1908)
to Joseph Curtis and his wife
Gorsuch, Captain and Provost Marshal of the 13th Army Corps, writes to his aunt and uncle in Hamilton, Ohio. States that his corps will soon embark on the Texas Expedition. Discusses details regarding recruitment of Union soldiers in the South....
GLC00653.09.14
14 March 1861
Van Valkenburgh, Gerrit S. (fl. 1860-1866)
to Mollie [Van Valkenburgh]
Written by Gerrit to his sister Mollie. Attempts to justify his decision, as a transplanted Northerner, to side with the South. Mixes support for his adopted home with love for the family he left in the North. References her letter of 12 February...
GLC00686.05
11 June 1865
Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler (1835-1924)
to his wife
Written part in pen, part in pencil. Reports on conditions in the South after the Civil War. Frank was travelling to Arkansas to help his twin brother Gerrit who was in trouble with the law. Says he knows he wrote recently, but since he is stuck in...
GLC00686.20
[3 June 1893]
Christian Arbitration and Peace Society
to George May Powell
They protest the discrimination against Chinese people from and on American shores, citing statistics of imports and exports with Hong Kong. There are two copies.
GLC00687.145
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