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1861-1865 ca.
Caskie family (fl. 1861-1865)
Collection of Civil War carte de visite photographs [decimalized]
Mostly post-war reprints and imprints. Various sizes. From the Caskie Family.
GLC01442
circa 1861-1865
Stemple, David, Jr.
Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence [decimalized]
The collection consists of letters written to Lydia Bishoff by various friends and relatives from District four, Preston County, West Virginia. The four primary authors of the collection are John C. Fogelsong, David H. Shafer, Daniel Swisher, and...
GLC03523.40
June 1862
Stone & Huse
Grand Historic Mirror of the American War
Civil War broadside advertising a three day exhibition (June 26-28, 1862) in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, of Robert Pearson's artistic rendition of the "Progress of the War illustrated with startling dioramic accompaniments!" Also, to be accompanied...
GLC08442.01
1845-1892
Civil war broadsides, posters and prints [Decimalized .01-.12]
GLC08442
1834 - 1881
Civil War - Union Generals, foreign-born collection [Decimalized .01-.07]
7 documents from Union Civil War General born outside the United States.
GLC03477
1863-1864
Herring, C. M. (fl. 1863-1864)
[Civil War diary of United States Christian Commission minister]
Contains ten printed pages outlining duties of Christian Commission delegates, listing local Commission agencies, and listing members and executive committee members of the Commission. Includes 70 handwritten pages of Herring's journal. Pages 71...
GLC06210
1864-1899
Two letters relating to Civil War promotions [Decimalized .01-.02]
A Civil War letter regarding promotions for officers, and a later letter which makes reference to the first.
GLC02462.09
12 February 1959
Brown, Kingsley (fl. 1959-)
A Canadian Visits Civil War Shrines and Lincoln and Lancashire
GLC08880.063
1912
Tyler, Mason W. (1884-1923)
Recollections of the Civil War [Mass. 37th regiment]
I Nevins 171, Coulter 456, Dornbusch (Mass.) 330, Union Bookshelf 241
GLC00267.342
[1904?]
Record. Twenty-second Michigan infantry, Civil War 1861-1865
Volume 22 of the Michigan Adjutant General Reports. Illustrated.
GLC00267.287
1859 - 1886
Civil War - Union Generals, Eastern Theater [Decimalized .01-.16]
Sixteen documents from Union Generals who served in the Eastern Theater.
GLC03476
1949
Williams, Kenneth P. (1887-1958)
Lincoln finds a general: A Military Study of the Civil War
GLC00267.347
1862-1879
Civil War Union Generals, artillery collection [Decimalized .01-.08]
Eight documents signed by Union Artillery Generals.
GLC03474
1862-1865
Civil War - Union Generals, Cavalry collection [Decimalized .01-.04]
Four documents from Union Generals who served in the Cavalry.
GLC03475
circa 1863-1865
Calkins, Oscar, fl. 1864-1888;
[Two Civil War-era pins belonging to Oscar Calkins]
Two steel pins belonging to Oscar Calkins. One pin is a Masonic badge attached to a note. Note states that the pin was taken from a soldier once they were taken to Libby Prison. The second is a corps badge with Oscar Calkins's name.
GLC03766.46
circa 1880 - 1889
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
[Fragment of speech on the Civil War and its aftermath]
Fragment of a speech at a Civil War commemorative event, probably given in the 1880s with pages numbered 2-10, and 12-13. Sherman discusses the Civil War, national debt, race relations, and General Ulysses S. Grant. "Some of the Witnesses of a...
GLC03546
no date
Unknown
[Wood engraving of Civil War battle in arch form]
signed "T.W." in left margin. Possibly a printer's proof
GLC02673.34
1861 ca.
Three Civil War patriotic covers: Lincoln & cabinet, Scott & McClellan
GLC08484
12 May 1865
Ford, John S. (1815-1897)
[Last Confederate printing of the Civil War in Texas]
Printed general orders stating that every officer and soldier must be ready to meet the enemy at a moment's notice. States that the Brigadier General Commanding is determined to fight and if possible, ". . .drive back the insolent foe who advances...
GLC05987.07
1861/01/13
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)
to Francis W. Pickens re: prophesy of a Civil War; secession
Prophesizes that the South is "probably soon to be involved in that fiercest of human strifes, a Civil War," and discusses secession and withdrawal of southerners from the U.S. Congress.
GLC04624
circa May 1863
Baum, A. Clark (b. 1832)
[Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Chancellorsville]
Shows the U.S. Mine Ford. Also shows three pontoon bridges over the Rappahannock River, various Confederate batteries and rifle pits, hospital locations, and the location of Fitzhugh House. References to a skirmish on a Sunday night and a shelling...
GLC06013.01
circa December 1862
[Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Fredericksburg]
Shows bridges, batteries, hospitals, positions of Confederate sharpshooters, the railroad and Falmouth Station, and various buildings, including Lacy House. Also shows the movement across a bridge of Captain Wesley Brainerd. There are photographs...
GLC06013.02
circa 7 December 1862
Brooks, Alfred F. (fl. 1862-1863)
[Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Murfreesboro]
Hand-colored map depicting Confederate and Union troop and artillery positions, and the location of a hospital. Brooks was the Acting Topographical Engineer, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, 14 Army Corps.
GLC06162
circa 5 May 1862
Smith, Henry W. (1836-1869)
[Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Williamsburg]
Shows the troop positions of forces under Union generals Philip Kearney and Joseph Hooker, as well as the Confederate line. Also shows the open field where the combatants met, Fort Magruder, and other structures. Smith is identified on the docket...
GLC06161
circa 1864
Stephens, Asbury L. (b. 1843)
[Manuscript Civil War map of General Sherman's Atlanta campaign]
Shows the route of Sherman's march from Chattanooga, Tennessee starting on 4 May 1864 and culminating with the siege of Atlanta on 8 September 1864. Drawn in black, red, yellow, and green ink on linen.
GLC04498.01
27 July 1864
Snell, J.P. (fl. 1864)
[Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Atlanta]
Presented by Snell to Asbury Stephens, "one of the participants this 23d. day of Sept. 1864, at Eastpoint, Ga." Shows where the 2nd Brigade crossed the railroad, moved into battle, position at the works, and its efforts to repulse the Confederates...
GLC04498.03
1864-1893
Two letters from Civil War Generals [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC03472.04
1865
Jones Family
Civil War soldier letters, possibly from the Jones Family [decimalized]
War date letters.
GLC01448
1864-1865 ca.
[Carte-de-visite of a black soldier in the Civil War]
Photograph of a First Sergeant in the U. S. Colored Troops.
GLC08976
1 May 1898
Shaffer, Albert (fl. 1898)
[Certification of the Civil War service of William B. Swingle]
Signed by Shaffer as P.C. (Post Commander) and Layton T. Smith as Post Adjutant. Partially printed certification that Swingle had "served as a Union Soldier... in Company A, 137th Regt Pennsylvania Volunteers and also in Battery D, 6th New York...
GLC08442.07
1859-1917
Books relating to Lincoln and other Civil War books [decimalized]
GLC08581
Approx. 35 Civil War Items, including two David Porter [decimalized]
GLC03619
28 May 1864
Civil war patriotic envelope with cartoon: A Rebel attack on Pickin's
GLC08674
1861-1864
Mixter, Calvin Symmes (b. 1832)
Materials pertaining to Mixter, a Civil War soldier. [Decimalized .01-.05]
GLC06583
Berthrong, Donalld J. (fl. 1949)
The Civil War Collection of the Illinois State Historical Library
GLC08880.116
1834-1900
Civil War naval officers: 17 letters & docs [decimalized .01-.17]
[decimalized 02466.01-02466.17]
GLC02466
circa November 1863
[Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Rappahannock Station]
Shows pontoon bridges, batteries, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, various fortifications, the locations and movements of the 5th and 6th Army Corps, and the routes of Confederate reinforcements. Also shows General John Sedgwick's headquarters....
GLC06013.03
1903
Neutrality of Great Britain in the Civil War [SD 18]
1861 diplomatic correspondence
GLC00267.365
[Group of 21 Civil War letters, documents, and envelopes] [Decimalized]
Includes lists of supplies, President Jefferson Davis's message, prints of General Halleck, blank enlistment papers, provost marshal and quartermaster papers, military issues receipts, envelopes, and cards.
GLC03619.02
1864-1905
Various
[Collection of Civil War letters from various soldiers & civilians] [decimalized]
Collection of 51 letters, including 24 wardate soldiers' letters, to recipients in Lancaster and York County, Pennsylvania. Written by various individuals, mostly to Isaac Cover (Kover, Coover) and family in Pennsylvania. Most have envelopes....
GLC02197
1782-1789
Lawrence, John (1719-1802)
[Revolutionary war pay warrant for African American soldier]
Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War pay warrant issued to African American soldier Prince Duplex, for four pounds, seventeen shillings, and one pence. Signed by John Lawrence, treasurer of the State, and by Duplex in full, and...
GLC09295
Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War pay warrant issued to African American soldier Jupiter Stevens, for thirteen pounds, one shilling, and two pence. Signed by John Lawrence, treasurer of the State, and docketed every year to 1789...
GLC09294
1861-1877
Rogers, J., (fl. 1860)
British Officers [of the American War of Independence]
One engraving entitled "British Officers [of the American War of Independence]" circa 1861-1877. Portraits of General Thomas Gage, Sir Henry Clinton, Carles Marquis Cornwallis, General John Burgoyne, and Lord William Howe. Engraved by J. Rogers.
GLC08878.0121
Foreign Volunteers [of the American War of Independence]
One engraving entitled "Foreign Volunteers [of the American War of Independence]" circa 1861-1877. Portraits of Frederich Wilhelm ludolf Gerhard Augustin Baron von Steuben, Casimir Pulaski, Gilbert du Motier Lafayette, Tadeusz Kosciusko, and Johann...
GLC08878.0122
1860s-1870s
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
Group of Civil war stereocards including Brady, Anthony [Decimalized .01-.12]
Twelve stereocards from the War Views series. Many from Brady negatives and most with New York imprints.
GLC00561
1862-1893
Civil War - Medal of Honor winners, Union Generals [Decimalized .01-.04.02]
Five documents from Civil War General who received the Medal of Honor.
GLC03472
Simickson, Henry (fl. 1863-)
[Article honoring those who lost their lives in the Civil War]
Title torn from article. "These men fought to maintain and perpetuate the rights of human nature. These men fought, not for themselves alone--they struck the chains from the limbs of four millions of bondsmen..."
GLC03131.16.18
8 July 1895
Davenport Ormsbee, Frances, fl. 1860-1916;
Reminiscence of Frances Ormsbee regarding the Vermont regiments during the Civil War
One document written by Frances Ormsbee dated July 8, 1895. The document is a reminiscence of Vermont regiments during the Civil War.
GLC03523.09.58
December 1955
State University of Iowa
A Quarterly Journal of Studies in Civil War History Vol. 1, No. 4
GLC08880.038
September 1981
Stewart, James Brewer (fl. 1981-)
Civil War History, A Journal of the Middle Period, Vol. 27 No. 3
published by Kent State University
GLC08880.042
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