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1861/07-08/1863
Taber, Joseph S. C.
Civil War diary of soldier in Co. B 23rd regiment Pa. Volunteers
Mentions Peninsula Campaign, rebel balloon, Harper's Ferry, and Gettysburg.
GLC07218
1862
Wade, Benjamin F. (1800-1878)
Conduct of the war
Senate report from the "joint committee on the conduct of the present war" regarding Confederate indiscretions at Manassas. Committee was directed to "Collect evidence with regard to the barbarous treatment by the rebels, at Manassas, of the remains...
GLC00267.234
1810
Fulton, Robert (1765-1815)
Torpedo War, and Submarine Explosions
The book illustrates different methods of torpedo and submarine defense, that Robert Fulton invented himself. Contains 5 illustrations.
GLC03107.05318
1880
U.S. Senate
Letter from the Secretary of War
Title continues, "transmitting, in compliance with the law, certain information relative to the negotiation with the legal representatives of the late Confederate Generals Bragg and Polk for the purchase of certain papers relating to the late war."...
GLC00267.231
1866
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.
First edition of Melville's only book of poetry. Inscribed on inital blank facing the titlepage: "Major Edward Y. Lansing from H. Melville. As a souvenir of his soldier hospitality at the cavalry camp in the Virginia woods, April 1864." Also...
GLC00768.01
1789
Morse, Jedediah
The American Geography / By Jedediah Morse
8vo. Signed on titlepage by George Washington with his engraved heraldic bookplate. Contemporary calf. With two fold-out engraved maps, as issued. Athenaeum Catalog (1897) p. 506 (item 161 in the GW's estate inventory), mentions that it was once...
GLC00176
5 December 1863
Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869)
Reports of the Secretary of War and the Commander-in-Chief.
Includes reports submitted to President Abraham Lincoln by Stanton, Secretary of War, and Halleck, General-in-Chief. Stanton states "The colored troops have been allowed no bounty, and, under the construction given by the department, they can only...
GLC00267.325
4 March 1848
Cabell, E. C. (Edward Carrington) (1816-1896)
Speech of Mr. Cabell, of Florida, on the Mexican War
Discusses Polk's failure to consult Congress about the question of Texas' western boundary, the negotiation therein to settle the border dispute, and the order to send the army into Mexico.
GLC00267.125
27 January 1848
Phelps, Samuel Shethar (1793-1855)
Speech of Mr. Phelps, of Vermont, on the war and the public finances
Autographed inscription reads "S.S. Phelps sent by himself March 7, 1848." Asks Congress how the war can be fought successfully while it lasts and how it can be terminated. Questions the economic future of America as it relates to the war. Raises...
GLC00267.123
1861
Wallcut, Robert Folger (1797-1884)
The abolition of slavery: the right of the government under the war power.
Printed by Wallcut. Stitched. Prints extracts from the speech of John Quincy Adams, delivered in House of Representatives on 14 and 15 April 1842 on the War with Great Britain and Mexico. Contains a reprint of a letter by Joshua Reed Giddings...
GLC06232.10
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