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11 November 1875
Bissell, George E. (fl. 1875-1895)
to Benson J. Lossing re: Colchester Monument; Saratoga Monument
Writes about descriptions of Colchester Monument for Harper's Bazaar and ideas for Saratoga Monument.
GLC07025.02
1 October 1868-6 June 1885
3 invitations to unveilings of various statues by Ward, 1868-1885.
Statues: Commodore Matthew C. Perry, General Israel Putnam, and the Pilgrim [Central Park, NY].
GLC06343.227
13 December 1861
Blocker, Haley T. (1818-1897)
to John Milton
Captain Blocker relates events of the capture of John Futch, Cicero Franklin, and L. S. Spright to Milton, Governor of Florida. States that after hearing that the prisoners were on the Island of St. George, he apprehended them at Porter's Bar...
GLC01430.05.02
18 March 1864
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard (1809-1870)
to Benjamin French
"Accept my grateful thanks for your note and the lines to the memory of my beloved son...when he undertook the mission of freedom to the weary captives who pined in the Rebel dungeons of Richmond, he did it with a fullness of purpose that know no...
GLC09162
31 July 1861
Cash, Ellerbe B.C. (fl. 1861)
to Brigadier General M.L. Bonham
Account of the victory at First Bull Run by a colonel in the 8th South Carolina Infantry. "The enemy now fled in the utmost confusion throwing away everything which at all impeded his flight...my Sergant Major...took as a prisoner Mr. Ely a member...
GLC09228
21 September 1862
Fales, Charles L. (fl. 1862)
Untitled
Captured after a Union bayonet charge at Second Bull Run: "...when we charged bayonets and rushed with a yell on to the railroad. The rebels poured the shot with us fast but we drove them away and held the railroad....They shot some men after they...
GLC09316
11 July 1863
Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865)
to Nancy E. Jones
They took 200 prisoners from Bragg's army and Grant took 200,000 at Vicksburg. He believes Banks will be "good for port Hudson." Meade defeated Lee at Gettysburg and Lee is retreating with a loss of 30,000 men. "There is no doubt but that lee's...
GLC02739.059
20 November 1863
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
to General Ethan Allen Hitchcock
On retaliation for treatment of Union prisoners at Libby Prison: "I read her [Mrs. Horace Mann] opinion against retaliating in kind, and said 'Certainly that is right.' I read her proposition to shoot or hang a number of selected officers as a...
GLC09115
1 June 1862
Ubil, Frederick (fl. 1862-1864)
to John Reeser
Writes to a friend. Discusses working four miles from Delaware City and having beer and sweet cakes. Enjoys living in Delaware City and going out every Saturday night. Comments "they are the old time democrats true to the union and they think...
GLC03523.43.01
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