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1864
Unknown
The Last of the Havemeyer Estate--Union Home & School for Soldier's Children 58th st near 8th ave.
Engraving depicts large white house with American flag and gazebo.
GLC09118.23
circa 1880
Sadd, Henry S.
Engraving of Gideon Johnson Pillow
Engraved for Biographical Sketches of Eminent American Lawyers.
GLC02460.33
circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams (1830-1910)
[Man wearing hat holding staff]
With extensive notations in [possibly] Native American language and poem. Seated boy reading on reverse side. Graphite; discolored wove paper.
GLC06343.140
1866
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln entering Richmond, April 3, 1865
Engraving by J. C. Buttre from a drawing by L. Hollis. Published by B.B. Russell & Co., Boston. Shows Lincoln with his son Tad on a visit to Richmond. African American men, women, and children are rejoicing around him.
GLC05866
no date
Barnes, J.
J. Barnes
Note written in pencil on recto: "Night Lincoln was killed "Our American Cousin," Ford's Theater."
GLC05603.02.54
1861
Bachmann, John (fl. 1849-1885)
Bird's-eye view of Texas and part of Mexico
From the series: Panorama of the Seat of War.
GLC03484
4 July 1816
Tanner, Benjamin (1775-1848)
MacDonough's victory on Lake Champlain, and Defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, Sept. 11th. 1814.
Engraved and published by Tanner and printed by Rosner & Eskr. The defeat of the British at the Battle of Plattsburg thwarted Sir George Prevost's planned invasion of the United States through the Hudson Valley and strengthened the American...
GLC02810
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
"Private Box at Ford's Theatre, the place where President Lincoln was assassinated"
Yellow mount with printed inscription "Photographic History, The War for the Union." Anthony's War Views, #3403.
GLC05136.36
19 February 1883
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to Mary Audenreid
Writes to the widow of his aide-de-camp during the Civil War, Joseph Crain Audenreid, listing their theater and opera engagements. "I supposed you have in mind ... that on Saturday next you & I are to hear [Adelina] Pattie in the matinee 2PM."...
GLC02692
circa 1861
Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861)
In Memory of Col. Ellsworth, of N.Y. Fire Zouaves, Assassinated, May 24th 1861
Published by H. De Marson at 54 Chatham Street in New York. Hand-colored song sheet with draped American flags flowing down the sides. At the bottom left corner is an image of a Zouave and at the bottom right corner is the image of a slave dressed in...
GLC03617.05
1876
Bachelder, John B. (1825-1894)
Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet's Assault
Wide panoramic view at the moment of the repulse of Longstreet's (actually Pickett's) charge at the Battle of Gettysburg 1-3 July 1863. Large black and white steel engraving (papier colle) based on the larger painting by James Walker and painted...
GLC02131.02
circa 15 September 1899-14 October 1899
3 clippings from various magazines; 2 about the Dewey Arch, and one about Ward's career as a sculptor.
Articles on the quadriga designed by Ward that was mounted on the Dewey Arch [NY]. Third article, "American Sculptors", features Ward along with Karl Bitter who helped to design some of the sculptures adorning the arch.
GLC06343.230
1891
Kurz & Allison
Battle of Nashville
Published by Kurz & Allison at 76 & 78 Wabash Avenue in Chicago. Pristine color image shows victorious Union charge over either Shy's or Overton's Hills. Demoralized and wounded Confederates are shown retreating, while white Union calvarymen attack...
GLC00316.02
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Butler's victim of Fort St. Philip
Depicts a heavily fortified prison where reputable and well-dressed citizens of New Orleans are shown at manual labor, shackled with ball and chain. The prisoners are guarded by members of the local home guard African American Zouave unit, who point...
GLC00493.23
[1899]/08/29
Philip, J.N.
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: Suggestion to Ward to included Commodore John Barry in his [Dewey] Arch.
Marked as "Personal," Philip goes on to site Barry's merits and service to the United States and mentions that if John Paul Jones has a place on the Arch [someone who was not actually American] than at the least a statue of Barry should be alongside...
GLC06343.264
1835
Prud'homme, R.
Alexander Hamilton.
Engraved from the original miniature by Arch. Robertson. From the National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, conducted by James B. Longacre and James Herring under the superintendence of the American Academy of the Fine Arts. Accompanied...
GLC04842.08.02
10 October 1885
Cowan, Andrew (fl. 1861-1887)
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Mentions Hunt's appointment as Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C. Refers to General Abner Doubleday's book, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Indignantly declares "As usual in every account or description of that Battle the 1st New...
GLC02382.104
circa 1862
Currier & Ives
Fort Pickens
Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Full title: "Fort Pickens. Pensacola Harbor, Florida." Depiction of Fort Pickens in Pensacola Harbor, the only Southern fort to remain in Union...
GLC02881.17
1852
Stannard & Dixon
Topsy's Polka.
Signed by Henry Lawful. Sheet music cover from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Lithograph image in color of a young African American girl with a patterned head scarf. Printed by Stannard & Dixon, lithograph by Louisa Corbaux.
GLC05508.013.02
Valiant men "Dat Fite Mit Siegel"
Depicts a house being plundered and burned while a woman kneels, begging Federal officers to spare her children from the flames. The officers appear haughty and indifferent to her pleas. The threat of sexual violation is implicit as an officer with a...
GLC00493.14
January 1929
National Associaton for the Advancement of Colored People
19th annual report NAACP for the year 1928
Contains a list of NAACP officers for 1929, including President Moorfield Storey. Foreword commemorates twenty years of NAACP activity. Reports on legal cases such as that of Robert Bell and Grady Swain, two boys sentenced to death on a flimsy...
GLC06135.04
circa April 1861
Perine, George Edward (1837-1885)
[Charcoal illustration of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina]
Depicts the 12-13 April Confederate attack on Fort Sumter. Illustrates cannonballs soaring toward the Fort, which was situated in Charleston Harbor. Reveals firing cannons emerging from windows of the Fort as smoke billows above the building. An...
GLC04408
Gay, James D. (fl. 1861-1879)
Death of Colonel Ellsworth
Composed by Gay and published and printed by J.H. Johnson at No. 7 North Tenth Street in Philadelphia. Upper left corner has image of Ellsworth standing on a Confederate flag while an American flag is draped behind him. Caption of the image says...
GLC03617.06
15 July 1861
Mitchell, George B., ?-1865;
The Star Spangled Banner Independent
One booklet of the Star Spangled Banner Independent. Item is a handwritten newsletter with ribbons tying the spine together. Includes watercolor paintings of the American flag and poems.
GLC08334.15
Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895)
The "Reliable Contraband"
Marked "Plate 23." A scene at the cavalry outpost. In the foreground a black runaway slave, a contraband of war, is leading an old horse and is seen hesitatingly imparting to anxious officers what little information he posses of the enemy's movements...
GLC08653.13
23 February 1884
to Joseph Egoff
Answers Egoff's request for a war relic and photograph by stating that a Mr. Rice of Philadelphia has made an engraving of Sherman with facsimile signature that is available for sale. Gives the contact address.
GLC04338.01
1890
Battle of New Orleans
Published by Kurz & Allison at 76 & 78 Wabash Avenue in Chicago. Depicts General Andrew Jackson, on a white horse, leading his troops in the defense of New Orleans on 8 January 1815, the last major battle of the War of 1812. The American troops are...
GLC00249.01
Marked "Plate 23." A scene at the cavalry outpost. In the foreground a black runaway slave, a contraband of war, is leading an old horse and is seen hesitatingly imparting to anxious officers what little information he possesses of the enemy's...
GLC02199.23
Lieutenant-General Philip H. Sheridan
Image of an engraving of Philip H. Sheridan, clipped from a newspaper. Text on verso of clipping describes a reunion of Union and Confederate soldiers after the war.
GLC03789.02
[Profile portrait of a woman]
Possibly a Native American woman. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.058
W.J. Ferguson, actor, dies; saw Lincoln shot
Newspaper clipping announcing the death of W.J. Ferguson, the last living actor to have witnessed the assasination of President Lincoln. Ferguson played the part of Lietenant Vernon in "Our American Cousin." The actor and Laura Keene were in the...
GLC05603.03.02
18 May 1862
O'Connell, John D. (fl. 1861-)
to My Dear Mary
They are near the white house where George Washington courted his wife. He talks of how the beautiful countryside has been ravaged by war.
GLC02830.41
no date 1876
Bachelder, John B.
[ink and water color. Terra cotta fountain of children]
On verso is pasted-down newsclipping: "Old Abe" at the Centennial. Describing the famous war eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin, clipped from the Philadelphia Times.
GLC02673.19
Fowx, E. G.
[carte de visite, Grant's headquarters]
White mount with ink inscription on recto: "Lieut-General Grants HdQuarters, Winter of 1864 [and] 5, City Point, Va." Inscribed on negative: "Sketched by Louis Bernkopf, Private 15th N.Y.V. Engr." Sketched view of a quadrangle surrounded by winter...
GLC00919.24.48
17 November 1860
Stafford, Robert H. (fl. 1837-1866)
to sister
complains that he receives hardly any letters, talks about war in general
GLC02618.005
29 October 1861
to Miss Mary
The officer of his regiment got married. They didn't wait until after the war because she wanted ro be able to take care of him if he were wounded.
GLC02830.13
6 March 1885
Gibbon, John (1827-1896)
Refers to military decisions providing post-war funds to soldiers. Comments on Democrat leadership. Invites Hunt to Chicago to see the Gettysburg painting.
GLC02382.055
circa 1852-1893
[Collection of sketches and watercolors] [decimalized]
Consists of sketches of mostly scenery but some house portraits, monument studies, and notes. Watercolor and graphite. The dates span from 1852 to 1893 but many are undated scenes of Pennsylvania and the New York Finger Lakes region from 1874-1875...
GLC02673
29 July 1878
Beale, James (fl. 1878)
to Maj. Geo. Hooker
read an article in which an ex-Confederate claimed a certain battle never happen. all these indiscrepancies will give rise to the claim that the war never happened.
GLC09171.9
4 September 1862
to My Dear Colonel
They lost the last battle and he got three wounds. All were flesh wounds. He wished the war would end so he could get married. He is currently in the hospital.
GLC02830.47
1860-1865 circa
Whistler, Simon Mower
[Soldier's archive] [Decimalized .01- .06]
Simon Mower Whistler, soldier's archive of Harrisburg, PA physician. With three war time diaries, manuscript memoirs, medical journal and watercolor of hospital ship "Connecticut."
GLC08362
16 July 1861
Terry, Robert B. (fl. 1861-1865)
to Sister
Writes to his sister, telling her that he hopes to come home next week. Communicates that if he gets paid this week, he will give Billy, possibly their brother, a dollar for his drum. Letter written on stationery with small image of soldier holding...
GLC03523.08.05
Offering of bells to be cast into cannon
Depicts a pastor and members of his congregation presenting church bells to be used to create weapons of war. The officer who accepts the bells removes his hat in recognition of the reverence of the occasion. Slaves perform the work of lifting the...
GLC00493.19
Hardee, William Joseph (1815-1873)
Rifle and Infantry Tactics, Revised and Improved
Written by Confederate Brigadier General Hardee. Fifth Edition copy of volume 1 (first published in 1855). Printed in the "First Year of the Confederacy" by S.H. Goetzel & Co. This book was the standard instructional manual for the U.S. Army when it...
GLC03071
8 June 1861
to father
talks about the war spirit and the company that they started at school "Ogletree Guards."
GLC02618.006
4 June 1897
Atkinson, Edward (1827-1905)
to the committee on the Shaw monument
Atkinson, treasurer of the Robert Gould Shaw monument committee, informs other members of the committee that he intends to depart for London, England, and St. Petersburg, Russia. States that he hopes to finish matters concerning the monument before...
GLC02928.04
26 November 1898
Harper & Brothers (1833-1962)
Harper's weekly: a journal of civilization. [Vol. 42, no. 2188 (November 26, 1898)]
Discusses an opinion printed in a British paper that the United States should "take the Philippines, and all the other Spanish territory of which we can lay our hands." Advocates recruitment of "dark men- negroes, half-castes, Tagals, and...
GLC08725.13
July 1776 - 9 December 1777
Tilden, Ezra (1751-1819)
[Diary of Ezra Tilden]
Provides a detailed day by day account of Tilden's march through New York during the Revolutionary War. Writes extensively about daily duties, poor rations, hunger, hardships along the march, sickness and death amongst the soldiers, and the...
GLC01450.004
10 November 1943
Weiner, Morris "Moe" (1909-1988)
to Sylvia Weiner
Moe has just been to the movies to see a Betty Grable film. He says most of the films showing are American because the English ones are not very good.
GLC09414.0813
1867
Chambers, Joht W. (fl. 1867)
The Late Dr. Edward Ruggles
Newspaper clipping of obituary of Dr. Edward Ruggles. Chambers signed as Secretary of the American Institute.
GLC06343.071
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