Civil War Collection (Subject), 1849-1914 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Box 1

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Folder 1: Personal documents, A-F

Item 1: Alexander v. Willard, 10 Jun 1872

Copy of an opinion in Case #185, 1st Circuit Court. The case involves a wartime purchase by Alexander acting as an Assistant Quartermaster (CSA). Alexander apparently purchased bacon and mules from Mr. Willard in Fulton County, KY (25 Feb 1862) by way of a promissory note. The note went unpaid and Willard is attempting to recoup his losses from Alexander as a private citizen. [The first names of the two individuals in the case are unknown at this time.]

Item 2: Anderson, Robert, Brigadier General, USA, to John A. McAllister, 10 Dec 1861

Writing from Philadelphia, Anderson thanks McAllister for the "beautiful photographs." [Anderson was the commander at Fort Sumter when it was fired upon by the Confederates in April 1861.]

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 3: Bell, John to John Clayton, 19 Apr 1849

Marked "private." Bell suggests that Franklin Gorin of south Kentucky be given a political appointment to the courts of South America due to his being the brother-in-law of Judge Underwood of the Senate, rather than a Major Word who is also seeking the job. [Bell was at various times Speaker of the House of Representatives, Secretary of War, a United States Senator, and a Presidential candidate.]

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 4: Buckel, Joseph, 16 Jun 1864

Exemption from Union military duty due to being over age. Printed on Office of the Surgeon General of Kentucky stationery.

Item 5: Buell, Don Carlos, Major General, Army of the Ohio, to William Cochran, 15 Aug 1893

Buell informs his correspondent that an article in which he gives his perspective on the Battle of Shiloh appeared in the March 1886 issue of Century Magazine. [Buell also participated in the Battle of Perryville and was relieved of his command for failing to pursue Confederate General Braxton Bragg.]

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 6: Davis, Jefferson to J. N. Saunders, 14 Feb 1874

Writing for her husband, Varina Davis expresses skepticism that Judah P. Benjamin wrote a seemingly scathing letter. Considering Benjamin's patriotism and intelligence, she writes "The charge is too absurd to require answer." Signed by Varina for Jefferson Davis.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 7: Davis, Jefferson to Joseph Francis, 14 Apr 1887

Writing for her husband, Varina Davis commends and congratulates Francis for receiving recognition from Congress for devising a method to corrugate the strength of the iron in a lifeboat without affecting its lightness: "I rejoice that your own country has at last added its recognition to that of foreign powers." Signed by Varina for Jefferson Davis.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 8: Davis, Varina to General Jubal Early, 07 Sept 1888

Varina writes a chatty letter, opening with apparent sarcasm concerning a Mrs. Gilmer and her "sensational telegram", hoping that she and Mr. Davis will see Early in New Orleans en route to their plantation, and mentioning a friend named Minnie who is suffering from a bruised foot contracted at a dance.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 9: Field, Charles W. to Jane Mikell, 8 Feb 1878

The reason for the letter is unclear but he is sending her his card and will endeavor to send the cards of several other men that she requested. Field was a general in the Confederate Army and the other men mentioned were also CSA officers. He states he had written to them already they were "acquainted with your chivalrous wishes."

Item 10: Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Mass., to parents, 15 Nov 1862

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents. The first of a series of letters to his family. Included are boasts that he is "tuffer" than they thought and states he has adjusted well to the difficulties of army life. He reports on the condition of other boys from his hometown of Ware, MA, and notes that although they do a lot of marching, and have no tents, they have plenty to eat.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 11: Foster, Joseph Milton, to parents, 06 Jan 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents. Foster tells of being within sight of Confederates while on picket duty along the Rappahannock River ("Plenty of them, they hain't all kild yet... they hant so damd easily whipped as they thought when they began"), and of a plantation owner who had 58 slaves at the war's beginning and now has 12, whom he has set free. Seven hundred wounded men were carried to the plantation during the Battle of Fredericksburg, according to Foster. He also thanks his family for the gift of warm clothing.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 12: Foster, Joseph Milton, to parents and sister, 17 Jan 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents and sister. More details of camp life: the drilling (he doesn't mind the running but "should like it better if it was toward home"), the cold, the tent with a fireplace made of dirt and a barrel for the chimney, and rumor that they will be sent across the river.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 13: Foster, Joseph Milton, to parents and siblings, 13 Feb 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents and siblings. Foster has been down with "the ganders" and a touch of homesickness, but greatly appreciates a box of food from home. He promises to pay them back sometime, even if it is in "telling you some big stories about the war." There is much illness in camp and several have died, one being buried as Foster writes his letter ("I can hear them playing the Death March").

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 14: Foster, Joseph Milton, to father and siblings, 25 Feb 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA; first two pages to father, other two pages to siblings. Camp news and picket detail: "...Thare was a lot of Johnnies came in that knight...a lot comes in every knight. There was nearly a hundred came in on the Corps...a lot of them desserting now."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 15: Foster, Joseph Milton, to parents, 12 March 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents. Foster reports that his friends from Ware, MA, are doing well. He has been on picket detail, the troops have had an inspection and been paid, and Foster has sent $80 home by express. The box of food from home received recently has been "about plaid out." The troops have been playing ball, "and you know that I like that...but there is one kind of ball that I don't like to play and that is minny ball." He had photos taken and plans to send one with the letter to Mary. Foster also reports on an injury he received: "You wanted to know how my side was, it is good and stout but I don't think it is as good as it was before I was wounded and I don't expect it ever will be..."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 16: Foster, Joseph Milton, to parents and sister Annie, 27 Apr 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents and sister Annie. "Army of the Potomac"-- Although sick, Foster has been busy with an inspection, a dress parade, and picket duty. He hopes to get well before his company has to cross the river because "we have all got to feel well to whip the Rebs out of that place [Fredericksburg, VA]." He encloses $40 with the letter for his father to hold because he doesn't want to carry money into battle. To Annie, Foster discloses that one of Gen. Hooker's aides told him to "look out sharp" because they intended  to cross the river, but a storm forced them to drop the plan.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 17: Foster, Joseph Milton, to mother, 27 May 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to mother. "Army of the Rappahannock"-- Foster reports that a fellow soldier, Mr. Bartlet, is in the hospital due to breathing difficulties and hopes he will get a discharge. Foster is proud of his own strength and ability  ("I am a tuff soldier, thare hant but two or three that have dun so mutch duty as I have") and amusingly notes that the smartest are better off than the biggest because they last longer-- "We have lost most all of our big men and we hant lost any of the little ones." He tells his mother that he likes soldiering and "wouldn't run home now if I could as things are now," and is optimistic that the rebels will soon give up. He writes of his experiences in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg: "We went over the rivver but we had to come back... [It wasn't] because we dident fight... the men faught like devvils... it was pop pop and nothing but pop all the time, it is fun after you get used to it but it takes some time..."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 18: Foster, Joseph Milton, to parents, 13 June 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents. Foster gives a trenchant look at the life of a Civil War soldier: one night of sleep in a week, constant picket duty, skirmishing, digging rifle pits and fortifications. His company dug three miles of rifle pits in one night: "I guess you would laugh to see 1,000 picks and shovels in the air to once..." He comments that the "one hundred pounder" they possess will "make the Rebs hop", but also that some of the Yankees have exchanged papers with the Confederates ("They seem to be tame if we let them alone but if we touch them they are like hornets"), and that sometimes rebels come through the lines to give themselves up.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 19: Foster, Joseph Milton, to father, 13 Aug 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to father. Written from Fort Hamilton, New York City Harbor, Foster reports that the Ware, MA, boys are doing well and he likes swimming in the salt water and watching the ships, but he then gives a litany of complaints: the days are hot, the mosquitoes are terrible, the band was playing too loud to allow him to sleep, they haven't been paid in six months. (Referring to being paid by "the old fellow" [the Federal government], Foster notes that "when the time comes he will pay... I find he hant to be [hurried], he takes his own time for it, he is independent as a hog.") He has harsh words for the "300 Dollar pimps" who pay for a substitute to avoid the service: "I have got a poor opinion of them, I hope I hant got a brouther that would pay 3 cents to get out of the draft... The men that pay the 300 show their asses and they will get them kicked when we get back."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 20: Foster, Joseph Milton, to parents, 09 Sept 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents. In the first half of the letter, written to his father, Foster mentions a visit to the camp that his father made and the attempted suicide of a man in his company: "He jumped out of a window the other knight that was two stories high, he was crazy, he went through the window sash and all head first, broke half of the window out and I should have thought it would of broke his hed but it did not hert him mutch... There is one or two goes out of our Co. to watch with him every night." In the half to his mother, Foster wishes that she could visit him too because his father had a good time seeing "a good deal that he never saw before" and he knows that "I am contented... and that is some consolation to him."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 21: Foster, Joseph Milton, to parents, 24 Sept 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents. Written in New York City. The Ware, MA, boys continue to do well except for William Lewis, whom Foster thinks has typhoid fever. On a positive note, Foster enjoys spending time in NYC. "We sleep four stories high... It is cool up hear and I can see most all over the city... All you can see is buildings of all kinds... There is more peddlers than you can shake a stick at in a month." He  describes a visit to Barnum's Museum, where he saw "everything that ever was made, I guess, there was more than is neaded in this world.... I saw a [seal] play on a hand organ, he was the darndest looking thing... he had two legs, his head looked like a puppies... the way he got along, he kinder hopped and flopped."  He hopes his company will stay in New York long enough for the parents to visit and see "the Wonders of the World" for themselves.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 22: Foster, Joseph Milton, to parents, 17 Nov 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents. Writing from near Culpepper Courthouse, VA, Foster's company is again under the designation "Army of the Potomac." His parents have been complaining that he doesn't write often enough to them, and he counters by pointing out that they haven't been writing to him. "Father, I wish I could please you in every respect," Foster writes, "...but we hant all alike nor we don't all think alike." He mentions the "little fight" at Rappahannock Station, VA, where his company wasn't engaged "but we was in line waiting for the word, the shells come close to us, we could hear it all." They saw the rebel prisoners afterward and "they looked just as they did before... they were gray backs then and they are now but they don't fight half so well as they used too." Foster is pleased that his brother Edward has enlisted and he thinks he will have an easier time because he believes the worst of the fighting is over ("I hope he wont see as hard times as I have").

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 23: Foster, Joseph Milton, to father, 04 Dec 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to father. Camping near Brandy Station, VA, Foster tells of his midnight Thanksgiving supper (pork, hardtack, and coffee) on the march. "I presume it tasted as good to me as your supper did to you... [it wasn't] a grait assortment but it was as good as Uncle Sam could get on such circumstances." His company has spent days at almost non-stop marching, especially difficult for Foster because  a boil on his neck has made carrying his knapsack painful; they heard many "humming birds" [bullets] on the trek, "but they dident hit us so it is all rite." He promises to send $30 with the letter.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 24: Foster, Joseph Milton, to father, 03 Jan 1864

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to father. Again writing from Brandy Station, VA, Foster comments that it is the coldest weather he's seen, but that his company is not suffering because there is "a good house for the soldiers" and that he has plenty of warm clothes, although he would like for his family to send a new pair of larger, heavier boots. He also wants his mother to make him a pair of shirts and sends a detailed description of what he has in mind. Foster closes with a complaint that he wants more letters from home.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 25: Foster, Joseph Milton, to father, 20 Feb 1864

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to father. The weather is very cold and Foster and his companions have been raiding the general's woodpile to build fires. "I believe you don't believe in stealing," He and a couple of tent mates have received boxes from home and the soldiers are enjoying cheese, sausage, butter, and cakes ("We don't mean to starve in this tent"), and they play ball and box when it's warm enough. Foster scoffs at the idea that the rebels might invade Washington, DC: "They would find a place hotter than hell if they undertook it, they would find another Gettysburg or something worse."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 26: Foster, Joseph Milton, to father, 06 Mar 1864

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to father. His company has been on a long reconnaissance with only one man lost ("We hear that he is dead... he was a good fellow, too"), and he has had an opportunity to see Edward [his recently enlisted brother?] twice. He asks his family to send more butter, sausage, and postage stamps, and is pleased to hear that they have applied for state aid. Foster will not be able to visit home because all furloughs have been stopped and he missed his by only three or four days.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 27: Foster, Joseph Milton, to father, 17 Mar 1864

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to father. Written at Camp Sedgwick, VA, the weather has improved after a storm dropped six inches of snow that prevented Foster from one of his favorite pastimes, playing ball. He says he is "the same old boy" he was when he entered the service, but that some of his fellow soldiers have changed for the worse: "[They were] good boys when they came out and now they will gamble and get drunk and do every thing that is mean... there is some that will play cards all day Sunday but I don't think that is rite..." His father has been offered property for sale at $200 and Foster would like to send him the total amount, but the Army owes him $65 "and that don't grow on every bush." He promises to help as much as he can and suggests that his father see if a William Town could use help: "By the way he is a going he will have children enough for a Reg't..."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 28: Foster, Joseph Milton, to father, 04 July 1864

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to father. Now writing from a camp near Petersburg, VA, Foster mentions the Union siege of that town. "Today is the Fourth but I don't think there will be any more guns [fired] today than there has been every day for two months... I have seen enough of it... it has got to be an old story with us." It has been two months to the day since Foster's company left camp and he says they've had a hard time: "I have heard cannon without number" and he is getting tired of eating nothing but hardtack and pork, asking for money from home so he can buy more healthful food ("There is a good many in the Reg't that have got the scurvy by eating so much pork and greese"). He also asks for the gifts of a portfolio, pen holder, envelopes and paper ("I can write to my harts content").

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 29: Foster, Joseph Milton, to father, 05 Aug 1864

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to father. Written on U.S. Christian Commission stationery from a camp near Buckeye Town, MD. Foster and the Ware, MA, boys continue to do well in spite of continuous marching in the terrible summer heat: "There was between fifty and sixty sun strokes in our Reg't all at a time the other day... some of them died, I don't know how many." He has signed for a new pair of boots, "the first pair of Government shoes that I have had since I enlisted." He complains that he is owed five months' pay and doesn't know when he might get it, although he is pleased that his company is near a river and they might get a chance to wash their clothes: "Sometimes we have worn our shirts a month without washing..."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 30: Foster, Joseph Milton, to sister Lottie, 01 Jan 1865

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to sister Lottie. Foster and fellow soldier William have spent the morning, traveling as far as two miles, in search of firewood to combat the cold weather: "It is Sunday and New year at that but we must have our wood." He is happy that his brother Edward has visited him and looks forward to more visits since Edward is stationed only three miles away. He asks if Lottie knows where a Waldo Pierre may be reached and says that Minny is a good name for the baby. He wishes his family and all of Ware, MA, a happy new year.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 31: Foster, Joseph Milton, to father, 15 Jan 1865

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to father. Foster reports that he is well but unable to sleep because the rebels have been capturing Union pickets ("twice within a short time in the knight") and he wants to stay alert. His brother Edward is in another regiment nearby and they try to visit each other. Foster says that he isn't particular about the baby's name- he thinks both Minnie and Nelly are pretty. He asks his family to send a box of goodies because it makes him wish he had one when other soldiers get them, and also because he's out of money ("We may get paid in five days and we may not get paid for two months...  I am rather hard up just now but Uncle Sam owes me enough").

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 32: Foster, Joseph Milton, to sister Annie, 30 Jan 1865

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to sister Annie. After a cold night on picket duty, Foster relates that he kept warm thanks to all the firewood handy and jokes that "last knight was Sparking knight as most  folks go a sparking Sunday knight, there was a plenty of sparks there but they [weren't] the right kind." He picketed for only 24 hours instead of the usual three days because "the Rebs are right clost to us" and he wasn't allowed to  fall asleep. In fact, the Confederates are so close that "We kept a holloing back and forward a good deal of the time, I went out this morning and hollowd O Jonny and the Jonny hollwd O Yank... I said How is Old Jeff and he said he is plaid out... I said to him Will you ever go home and he said he would in the Spring, I hope he will and all the rest of them and all of us too." He relates news of friends and says that brother Edward may visit him soon; he would go to Edward but his boots are worn out and he can't keep them on his feet. He hopes to find new boots and a loaf of bread in his next box from home. "Please excuse all mistakes for I wrote this on the run and if you can read this you are smart."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 33: Foster, Joseph Milton, to sister Mary and brother Freeman, 12 Feb 1865

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, first half to sister Mary, second half to brother Freeman. Written from near Warrens Station, VA, Mary's half involves Ware, MA soldier William Lewis's visit home and a skirmish. On the march back to camp, the soldiers were pelted with frozen rain. In Freeman's half, Foster describes a camp inspection. He hopes he gets a box containing boots from home soon and discusses a song: "I can't tell you what tune it goes in but I can sing it my self."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 34: Frierson, Lucius, 48th Tennessee Infantry, CSA, to Capt. George W. Gordon, 04 Feb 1862

Frierson, Lucius, 2nd Lieutenant, 48th Tennessee Infantry, CSA, to Capt. George W. Gordon, Camp Wilkes, Elk Fork, KY. Writing  from Columbia, TN, Frierson informs the captain of his resignation due to continuing poor health ("I found I could not return for several weeks and have been sick already nearly three"), reasoning that it's unfair to the company for him to be absent for so long. He greatly regrets having to leave his company and asks Gordon to explain his absence to the men. [See research file for a photograph of Capt. Gordon, who enjoyed a postwar career as a lawyer and Congressman. As a side note, Frierson's house in Columbia, TN is on the National Register of Historic Places.] Envelope included.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Folder 2: Personal documents, G-W

Item 1: Garrard, Kenner, Brevet Major General, to Spence & Thomson, 14 Apr 1867

Garrard, Kenner, Brevet Major General, 146th New York Infantry, USA, to Spence and Thomson of New York. Garrard writes to tailors, asking them to make a vest and pair of pants and send them to his Cincinnati address. [See research file for further information- Garrard participated in the Rappahannock and Pennsylvania campaigns, commanded a cavalry division for the Army of the Cumberland, fought in operations around Chattanooga, TN and Mobile, AL, and led in the capture of Fort Blakely, AL.]

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 2: Gentry, Watson Meredith, 17th Tennessee Volunteer Regiment, CSA, 16 Mar 1914

Gentry, Watson Meredith, Surgeon, 17th Tennessee Volunteer Regiment, CSA. This document is a War Records of Tennesseans form filled out by the subject's daughter. Gentry was a Confederate surgeon of note; his appointment by Governor Isham Harris to Major of Cavalry in 1861 was confirmed by Jefferson Davis. He was with Gen. Felix Zollicoffer's campaign into Kentucky and participated as Medical Staff Officer of the division in the battles of Rock Castle, Fishing Creek (where Zollicoffer was killed), Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Perryville, Corinth, and Chickamauga, and was Staff Officer to Generals George Crittenden, Bushrod Johnson, A. P. Stewart and John Hood. As surgeon-in-chief of the nine hospitals of Montgomery, AL, Gentry had forty surgeons under his command. On his 70th birthday, he became the first in his county to receive the Cross of Honor. The document also traces Gentry's genealogy from Europe to the American Revolution.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 3: Harvey, R. to Kentucky Governor Beriah Magoffin, 25 Jan 1861

This letter is an entreaty to the governor to refuse to ally Kentucky with the Union unless "the Crittenden amendments" are granted; if they are not, Kentucky should join the Confederacy and  "...we [should] prepare for the worst by armament." He suggests that "our friend Major... publish in the Yeoman" the speeches of Southern senators made "upon retiring from the Senate", which he is certain will fan the flames of secession. He closes with the observation that "The worst enemies we now have to encounter are these do nothing gentry, who wish us to fold our army and under the Union cry, to fasten us to the tail end of the Republican party." [Kentucky senator John Crittenden introduced a series of compromises that were intended to prevent a civil war. S.I.M. Major was a Frankfort newspaper publisher. EKU Archives maintains a large collection relating to Major, his family, and the Yeoman.]

Item 4: Helsley, William, Private, Co. G, 19th Ohio Infantry, USA, to his wife Mary

A fragmentary letter (the first page is missing), Helsley tells his wife that his unit of 5,000 soldiers is only twenty-five miles from a camp of 10,000 rebels. The Confederates are advancing, "but we are not afraid of them."  He asks for postage stamps, paper, and a newspaper.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 5: Hobson, Edward H., General, USA, 03 April 1865, 27 July 1863

This is actually two documents: Harlan, E.B., Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, USA, to General Edward H. Hobson. This is an 1870's "true copy" of an 1865 letter praising Hobson for his good work and prompt execution of orders, and to acknowledge the receipt of his operations report of 30 March 1865. The copy is written on the stationery of the Soldier's Home in KY, of which Hobson was president. Doc. 2. Monroe, W.Y., with  David S. Phillips and John Ritchie to Brig. Gen. Edward H. Hobson, 13th Kentucky Volunteers, USA. Monroe's letter is a list of resolutions made by the town of Madison, IN, thanking Hobson and his men for their valor in running "notorious guerilla chieftain" John Hunt Morgan and his "midnight thieves and highway robbers" out of the territory. The resolutions were intended to be published in local newspapers. [See the research file for further information on Hobson, who was captured by John Hunt Morgan and attempted to exchange himself for a few of Morgan's men. In his post-war career, Hobson was a banker and president of the Cumberland and Ohio railway's southern division, and vice-president of the Republican National Convention in 1880.]

Item 6: Johnson, Shelby, Private, Co. F, 123rd Regiment, Colored Infantry, USA, 16 Oct 1865

Johnson's discharge certificate, signed by 1st Lieutenant James A. Nay in Louisville, KY.

Item 7: Landers, Matilda Jane to John B. Landers, Co. G, Cobb's Legion, CSA, 22 June 1864

Landers, Matilda Jane to John B. Landers, Co. G, Cobb's Legion, CSA, while he is convalescing in the U.S. General Hospital, Lexington, KY. Matilda, John's sister, relates family news concerning crops and Uncle Aaron's skirmishing.  She mentions that she had her eighteenth birthday the week before and that Rilda is fixing a pipe for the family's "general smoke."  [Records indicate that Landers was a POW who later became a "Galvanized Yankee" by joining the U.S. Army to fight in the West.]

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 8: Lincoln, Abraham to Margaret Todd Kellogg, 14 Nov 1861

President Lincoln responds to Mrs. Kellogg's request for a pass through military lines by saying that he cannot authorize it without the agreement of the ranking military commander. A pass (also signed by Lincoln) is attached to the letter, giving Mrs. Todd and Mr. Kellogg permission if approved by Gen. Don Carlos Buell and the Honorable James Guthrie. (Photocopy and transcript - original in fire proof file)  [The Mrs. Todd and Mr. Kellogg referred to are Margaret Kellogg's mother and husband.  See research file for more information about Margaret Kellogg, Gen. Buell and James Guthrie.]  Letter with pass attached.

Item 9: Lyon, John P., Co. B, 24th Virginia Infantry, CSA, to his parents, 08 Aug 1861

Lyon, John P., Co. B, 24th Virginia Infantry, CSA, to his parents from Camp Pryor, Prince William County, VA. He writes about wanting to do his duty and come home with an honorable discharge. He mentions that there is a great deal of sickness in camp and that 10 or 11 men from his company are at the "horsepitle." Says that he had a severe spell but is better now.  [Lyon enlisted in 1861 and served until he was one of 22 men from the regiment surviving to surrender at Appomattox in April 1865.]

Item 10: Lyon, John P., to his parents, 12 Feb 1865

Lyon, John P., Co. B, 24th Virginia Infantry, CSA, to his parents from Chester Station, VA. Includes a note at the end to his brother and sister. Indicates that he has returned from his leave and is now "sharing the cruell fate of war." They are short on rations and have not drawn any meat for three days. He mentions that in North Carolina, Fort Fisher has fallen and Fort Caswell has been evacuated and will get no more supplies from Nassau. There is a lengthy commentary on the Peace Commissioners and rumors that slaves will be allowed to fight for the Confederacy. They will be given their freedom if they enlist or, according to another rumor, that each Confederate soldier will be given a slave to fight by his side. If the slave survives the war he will be given his freedom.

Item 11: March, George W., 14th New Hampshire Infantry, USA, to his mother, 15 Oct 1863

Written from a hospital in Danville, MD. March expresses his wish to be home in time for Thanksgiving, being "unable to perform the duties of a military man."  He expects to be sent to Finley Hospital but his honorable discharge is being held up by a feud between Capt. Hodgeson and Dr. Theyer.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 12: March, George W., to his father, from Finley Hospital, Washington, DC, 30 Oct 1863

March, George W., 14th New Hampshire Infantry, USA, to his father, from Finley Hospital, Washington, DC. March is awaiting a furlough and asks his father to send his best clothes to Williamsburg, NY, to wear home.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 13: Poor, George M., 24th New Hampshire Infantry, USA, to George H. Flint, 20 Apr 1865

Poor, George M., Co. G, U.S. Veterans' Reserve Corps, 24th New Hampshire Infantry, USA, to George H. Flint. Poor's unit guarded Lincoln's body and he sends news and details of the assassination, the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth, and the attack on Secretary William Seward. He also describes the look and mood of Washington, DC following Lincoln's death. [Envelope included]

Item 14: Prewitt, J.W., Co. C, 147th Pennsylvania Infantry, USA, to his mother and siblings, 20 Jan 1863

Prewitt, J.W., Co. C, 147th Pennsylvania Infantry, USA, to his mother, sisters and brothers. Written from a camp near Falmouth, VA, the letter states that Union forces are about to strike at the rebels, who according to Burnside have been "considerable weakened" by Union successes in Kentucky and Tennessee. Prewitt hopes that they give the rebels "fits"; he is referring to action taken around Stafford Court House, VA.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 15: Quimby, H. Baxter, Co. E, 9th New Hampshire Infantry, USA, to Henry C. George, 06 Sep 1863

Quimby, H. Baxter, Lt. Commander, Co. E, 9th New Hampshire Infantry, USA, to Henry C. George of Canaan, NH. Written from a camp near Nicholasville, KY, Quimby informs George of the illness of his son Carlos, suggesting that George visit him because "he has some symptoms which I think are rather bad" and that it is impossible to give him the care that he should have "in our present situation." [According to records, Carlos George died of disease at Camp Nelson, KY on 24 Sep 1863 - see research file for photographs of both George and Horace Baxter Quimby, who later escaped from Confederate Libby Prison and went on to a distinguished post-war military career.]  [Envelope included]

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 16: Smith, William H., Co. C, 31st Wisconsin Infantry, USA, to Eli E. Stuart, 01 Apr 1863

Smith writes to fellow soldier Stuart from Fort Haddix, Columbus, KY, giving camp news, mentioning that there are five regiments of infantry and two of cavalry there and commenting that he "don't like soldiaring non too good." He also notes that Black people are being enlisted "to make them fight."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 17: Stevens, Charlie, Co. G, 18th Ohio Infantry, USA, to "Brother Soldiers", 26 Apr 1864

Stevens, Charlie, Co. G, 18th Ohio Infantry, USA, to William Helsley, L. Lane, and J. Johnson. The letter was written from Brown's U.S. Hospital, No. 7 Ward, Louisville, KY, and is addressed to his "Brother soldiers." Stevens was apparently hospitalized for a nervous condition, first in Knoxville and then in Louisville. He is concerned about his mail and asks them to have "Nute" forward it. Despite thinking that he might be discharged, records indicate that he remained in service until mustering out in March 1865. [The other two soldiers are probably Laureston Lane and Joel Johnson - see research file for more information.]

Acquisitions method: Purchase

Item 18: Taylor, Joseph Pannell, Brigadier General, USA, to William S. Hodges, 07 Sept 1863

Writing on the stationery of the Office of the Commissary General of Subsistence, Taylor states that Charles Nagelin's claim to $50,700 for cattle taken by the Sequestration Committee has been submitted to the Secretary of War. [Taylor was the Commissary General for the US Army and the brother of President Zachary Taylor.]

Item 19: Turner, Squire to William S. Turner, 2 Nov 1862

Squire Turner of Richmond, KY writes to his son and talks about mails finally running again (after the Battle of Richmond) and his losses from the Federal and Confederate troops. He also mentions elections in Indiana and other northern states as well as the current price of livestock.

Item 20: Unknown writer John to wife Mary, 20 May 1863

Written from a camp near Stanford, KY, John complains about long marches and aching feet. He is worried about his weight loss and feels weak although he hasn't had "the shakes" lately, and is thinking about going to a hospital if his condition doesn't improve. He has included a bottle of water from a spring near Crab Orchard for Mary to sample, and closes by asking his son Davey to write and tell him about brother Johnny.

Item 21: Unknown writer to "Mattie"

Missing several pages, this letter appears to be from a female friend to Mattie discussing soldiers they met while visiting a camp and gossiping about the romances of acquaintances. A patriotic slogan printed on the stationery, "I am for the Union," has been altered to read "Are you for a union?"

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 22: Vimont, L. Budd, Private, Co. B, 6th Kentucky Cavalry, USA, to Unknown, ca. Aug 1862

Vimont, L. Budd, Private, Co. B, 6th Kentucky Cavalry, USA, to unknown recipient. Vimont describes his company's involvement in a skirmish in the Cumberland Gap that resulted in the deaths and wounding of several Confederates, and the capture of prisoners and materiel. He notes that mountaineers have volunteered to help fight against "these hounds of hell known better by the name of secessionists," who have abused the mountaineers terribly.  Vimont died of pneumonia on 28 Oct 1864 at Chattanooga, TN.

Item 23: Wilber, Almon, Private, 84th Illinois Infantry, USA, to his wife Maria, 13 Oct 1862

Written from near Camp Dick Robinson, Garrard County, KY, Wilber tells of a plan to surround the rebels and starve them into surrender, claiming that the Union has 300,000 troops at the ready against Bragg's 140,000 Confederates, and that his company is preparing to move against the enemy. He closes with words of comfort concerning his possible death on the battlefield, saying that he trusts the Lord will continue to preserve him, and adds a postscript that the rebels were gone by the time his company arrived. [Envelope included]

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 24: Wilber, Almon, Sergeant, 84th Illinois Infantry, USA, to his wife Maria, 13 Nov 1862

He writes of his promotion to sergeant and of the conditions in camp-- many sick and cold, living on half rations, and exhausted by marching. They have orders to march to Nashville and Wilber thinks that when they get there, only two hundred will be fit for duty, the hardships being deadlier than "the gun or the sword." He thanks his wife for her letters, comments on news from home and hopes that he may live to see them again. Wilber died in a Murfreesboro, TN hospital on 01 April 1863. [Lon G and Lon K mentioned may be Dillon Greer (or Green) and Alonzo Keniston. See research file for more information.]

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 25: Wilson, Capt. John, bank account book turned into a scrapbook, 1883-1887

It is a First National Bank of Richmond, KY account book in which Wilson has pasted many newspaper articles concerning the Civil War onto the pages. Most of them relate to the 8th KY Infantry participation in the Battle of Lookout Mountain, or him planting the first flag atop the mountain. [His name is barely visible on the cover but in the right light there is a strong impression.]

Item 26: Wilson, Lewis, Private, Co. B, 8th Regiment, Colored Artillery, USA, 10 Feb 1866

Wilson's discharge certificate, signed by Company Commander Capt. John Cook, 1st Lt. C. C. Demming and Regimental Commander Major William Scott.  Wilson was discharged at Victoria, TX, "his services being no longer required."

Acquisition method: Purchase

Folder 3: Photographs

1860s photo album containing Carte-de-visites (CDV) of Union soldiers.

Acquisition method: Found in Townsend Room collections

Item 1: U.S. Grant, Major General, USA

Item 2: William Rosecrans, Major General, USA

Item 3: Ambrose Burnside, Major General, USA

Item 4: Samuel D. Sturgis, Brig. General, USA

Item 5: Edward H. Hobson, Brig. General, USA

Item 6: Frank Wolford, Col., 1st Kentucky Cavalry, USA

Creators:

Peckover, Paris, KY

Item 7: Andrew G. Hamilton, Capt., Co. A, 12th Kentucky Cavalry

Item 8: Adam Elms, Capt., Co. F, 12th Kentucky Cavalry

Item 9: Thomas Cullen, 2nd Lt., Co. G, 12th Kentucky Cavalry

Item 10: Charles B. Mitchell, 2nd Lt., Co. E, 12th Kentucky Cavalry, 25 Sept 1865

Item 11: David H. Baker, Capt., Co. F, 12th Kentucky Cavalry

Item 12: Sgt. Woods, Unknown Co., 12th Kentucky Cavalry

Item 13: Curtis Sanders, Bugler, Co. A, 12th Kentucky Cavalry, hand-tinted, ca. 1865

Item 14: Unknown 1st Lieutenant

Item 15: Unknown 1st Lieutenant

Item 16: Unknown 2nd Lieutenant

Item 17: Unknown Major

Item 18: Unknown of undetermined officer rank with pistol

Item 19: Unknown of undetermined enlisted rank

Item 20: W. R. Sinks, USA, Hospital Steward [General Hospital No. 3, Louisville, KY], 1863

Item 21: George L. Swope, Capt., Co. A, 5th Indiana Cavalry

Creators:

Gem Gallery

Item 22: 2nd Lt. Philetus D. Fowler, 111th Pennsylvania Infantry

Item 23: Unknown

Item 24: Unknown, hand-tinted gem tintype, 1863

Item 25: A. J. Johnson, Wolf Creek, KY

Folder 4: Photographs, 1861-1912

Item 26: Bragg, Braxton, Gen., CSA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 27: Breckinridge, John C., Gen., CSA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 28: Breckinridge, John C., Gen., CSA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 29: Bugle of the Kentucky Orphan Brigade

Creators:

Mattern, Frankfort, KY

Item 30: Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Gen., CSA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 31: Chenault Brigade, 11th KY Cavalry, CSA, Richmond, KY, ca. 1912

James McCreary at left center. From Dorris Museum Collection, accession # 1635.

Item 32: Clay Battalion in front of White House, 1861, 1930's copy

From Dorris Museum Collection, accession # 291.

Creators:

La Fayette Studio, Lexington KY

Item 33: Davis, Jefferson

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 34: Davis, Jefferson, Political cartoon depicting Davis escaping dressed as a woman

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 35: Davis, Jefferson, Political cartoon depicting Davis escaping dressed as a woman

Acquisition method: Purchase

Creators:

New York Photographic Co., NY

Item 36: Davis, Jefferson, Political cartoon depicting Davis escaping dressed as a woman

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 37: Davis, Varina, wife of Jefferson Davis

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 38: Granger, Robert Seaman, Gen., USA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 39: Johnston, Albert S., Gen., CSA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 40: Judd, Harry, alleged killer of Gen. Felix Zollicoffer

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 41: Lincoln, Abraham, President, USA

Item 42: Lincoln, Abraham

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 43: Lincoln, Abraham, portrait mounted on embossed card

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 45: Lincoln, Abraham, with son Tad

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 46: Lincoln, Abraham, with wife Mary and sons Robert and Tad

Item 47: Lincoln, Abraham, engraving of him on his deathbed surrounded by family and colleagues

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 48: Lincoln, Mary Todd, wife of Abraham Lincoln

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 49: Prentiss, Cal, Col., CSA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 50: Rosecrans, William, Gen., USA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 51: Taylor, Richard, Gen., CSA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 52: Thomas, George H., Gen., USA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 53: Wilson, John, Capt., 8th KY Infantry, USA

With companion on Lookout Mountain. From Dorris Museum Collection, accession # 1359.

Item 54: Wilson, John, Capt., 8th KY Infantry, USA

With companions and flag on Lookout Mountain. From Dorris Museum Collection, accession # 1358.

Item 55: Wilson, John, Capt., 8th KY Infantry, USA, with companions and flag on Lookout Mountain (Copy print)

Item 56: Zollicoffer, Felix, Gen., CSA

Acquisition method: Purchase

Folder 5: Military documents, USA

Item 1: Correspondence between Brig. Gen. G .H. Thomas, KY and Col. Sidney Barnes, 23 Sep 1861

Contemporary copy of military correspondence between Brig. Gen. G .H. Thomas, Camp Dick Robinson, Garrard County, KY and Col. Sidney Barnes of  Irvine, KY. Orders given by Brig. Gen. Thomas to Col. Barnes directing him to be on the lookout for "contraband articles" and to hold his main body of troops at Irvine, KY.

Item 2: General Order No. 70 issued by  Brig. Gen. Buell and Brig. Gen. O.M. Mitchell, 19 Feb 1862

Printed copy of General Order, No. 70 issued by order of Brig. Gen. Buell Commanding Department of Ohio, by order of Brig. Gen. O.M. Mitchell Commanding, from Headquarters Third Division, Camp John Q. Adams. Explains the circumstances surrounding the capture of the "Gibraltar of Kentucky" from a "retreating and panic stricken foe." Concludes with words of encouragement by Brig. Gen. Mitchell.

Item 3: Crittenden, T. L. Maj. Genl. ; Milo S. Hascall, Brig. Genl. ; G. D. Wagner, Col. Cmdg. ; John W. Blake, Col. Cmdg., 7 Dec 1862

Crittenden, T. L. Maj. Genl. Cmdg.; Milo S. Hascall, Brig. Genl. Vols. Cmdg. - dated at Headquarters, 6th Division, 7 Dec 1862; G. D. Wagner, Col. Cmdg. - dated at Headquarters, 21st Brigade, 7 Dec 1862, and John W. Blake, Col. Cmdg. 40th Indiana. Volunteer Infantry - dated "Near Nashville Dec. 4th." Cover sheet with filing notes for recommendation that Sgt. John Connell, 40th Indiana Volunteers, be promoted to Lieutenant. Except for Blake's, all signatures are preceded by "Approved and Respectfully Forwarded." [Reports of the Battle of Murfreesboro or Stone's River, TN, 30 Dec 1862 - 2 Jan 1863, "John W. Blake, Colonel  40th Indiana Volunteers.  Recommended to be dishonorably discharged for being so drunk as to be unfit for duty. Before going into action on the 31st, was ordered in arrest by his immediate commander, Colonel Wagner, and was next heard from in Nashville, claiming to be wounded and a paroled prisoner."]

Item 4: Printed circular No.13, 18 Mar 1863

Printed circular No.13 from series of 1863 issued by Brig. Gen. Chief of Ordnance James W. Ripley from the Ordnance Office, War Department. Blank request form asking for the completion of enclosed statement (not included).

Item 5: Articles expended, lost, or destroyed for the 3rd Brigade 1st Division 9th Army Corp., ca. Apr 1863

Abstract of the articles expended, lost, or destroyed at Camp Dick Robinson, Garrard County, KY, and in the field, for the 3rd Brigade 1st Division 9th Army Corp. Certified by 1st Lieutenant J. Justice.

Item 6: Special requisition form No. 40 for 3rd Brigade 2nd Division 5th Army Corp, 01 Oct 1863

Special requisition form No. 40 for 3rd Brigade 2nd Division 5th Army Corp, petitioned by Capt. S. W. Hoskins. Requests various items "to supply the present deficiencies of Quartermaster's Stores..."

Item 7: Broadside, 08 Jun 1864

A broadside addressing Special Order No. 1, issued by Headquarters, Military Commandant, Col. Wickliffe Cooper, 4th Kentucky Cavalry.  It declares martial law will be enforced for Lexington, KY and the surrounding area and outlines the enforceable restrictions on ballrooms, drinking establishments, and residential activities.

Item 8: General Order No. 219 announcing Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Taylor's death, 29 Jun 1864

Printed pamphlet with General Order No. 219 issued by order of Assistant Adjutant General E. D. Townsend of the War Department, announcing to the army the death of Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Taylor. Contains the details of his funeral services and issues orders for the Subsistence Department to wear "the prescribed badge of mourning for thirty days" and provides schedule of "eleven minute-guns" salute.

Item 9: General Order No. 42 issued by Gideon Welles, 01 Dec 1864

Printed pamphlet with General Order No. 42 issued by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. Conveys the Executive Order relative to the purchase of products of insurrectionary states.

Item 10: General Order No. 50 issued by Gideon Welles, 12 Apr 1865

Printed pamphlet with General Order No. 50 issued by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. Conveys the Executive Order relative to the closing of ports in various southern cities and the refusal of allowing ships from other countries to enter United States ports if the privilege is not reciprocated.

Item 11: General Orders No. 34, Brig. Gen. Samuel Powhatan Carter, 30 Sept 1865

Contemporary copy of General Orders No. 34, Brig. Gen. Samuel Powhatan Carter, 17 Jun 1865, Greensboro, NC. Contains his comments on the disbandment of select 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corp regiments and gives thanks to all those "officers and men for their cooperation in the execution of every duty devolved upon him." "...Rote [sic] by James M. Jones." From Dorris Museum Collection, accession # N.100

Folder 6: Military documents, 8th Kentucky Infantry

Item 1: Clark, John S., Major, 30 Sep 1863

A history of the succession of officers in the regiment who have had responsibility of Ordinance stores from 31 Mar 1863 through 30 Sept 1863. Discusses the capture of one officer.

Item 2: Adams, C. C., by order of Col. M. Mundy, Special Orders for Capt. John Wilson, 16 Jan 1863

Adams, C. C., by order of Col. M. Mundy, 23rd KY Infantry Command, Special Orders No. 15 "Extract" for Capt. John Wilson. Contains special orders to take command of a detachment of 50 troops to Nashville, TN to act as transportation security for the steamer Atlantic.

Item 3: Wilson, John, Captain, to L. Thomas, Adjutant General, 11 Jun 1864

A letter that addresses the vacancy of positions that were the result of two officer resignations in Jan and Feb 1864, and respectfully requests the officers he is considering for promotions be accepted by his superiors.

Item 4: Wilson, John, Captain, to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, 09 Nov 1864

Wilson, John, Captain, to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, the Adjutant General of U.S. Army. An application to the War Department on behalf of Capt. Wilson to have the 8th Kentucky Volunteers who were to be released from service on 10 Nov 1861 to be officially recognized as reenlisting for service. Capt. Wilson voices his concerns of ensuring that his men who were eligible for discharge receive proper recognition for service under the General Orders No. 86, series 1863, and they receive credit for enlistment since Nov 1861.

Item 5: Property Returns Division, War Department to Capt. John Wilson, 11 Sep 1865

Property Returns Division, Ordinance Office, War Department to Capt. John Wilson. War Department, Delinquent Section, Form 1-A  that addresses the return of ordinance stores for 8th Kentucky Infantry, Co. A, that has yet to be fulfilled.

Folder 7: Military documents, 14th Kentucky Infantry, 1862-1863

Company requisitions and returns for Co. A-I and K, 14th KY Infantry, signed by Lt. J. D. Foster as Regimental Quartermaster. Mostly requisitions for stationery but also some for clothing, blankets and other equipage. One return states "The clothing and drums were left packed and stored at Lexington, KY for want of transportation... [they] were captured by the enemy." From Dorris Museum Collection, accession # N.39 (40 documents)

Folder 8: Military documents, CSA

Item 1: Brown, Joseph E., Governor of Georgia, to Jefferson Davis, 29 Jun 1861

Brown, Joseph E., Governor of Georgia, to Jefferson Davis, President of the CSA. Contemporary copy of a letter in which Brown warns Davis of a potential uprising in East TN by "Lincoln men" and Johnson adherents, and asks him to listen to the observations of Dr. Levy, deliverer of the letter. He adds that the brigade at Camp McDonald, GA will soon be fully equipped.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 2: Commissary and Subsistence Bureau documents signed by Capt. Isaac Shelby, 23 Oct 1863 - 31 Dec 1864

Commissary and Subsistence Bureau documents signed by Capt. Isaac Shelby as Acting Chief Commissary of Buckner's Division. They include returns, correspondence, Receipt for 16 and one-half pounds of pork at 50 cents per pound, totalling $8.25.  Addressed  to J. H. Ambler from Capt. Isaac Shelby, Jr., CSA, who received said items in Pickens County, SC.  (7 documents)

Folder 9: Prints and drawings

Item 57: Abraham Lincoln

Woodcut by L. Prang and C. Boston.

Item 58: Lincoln, Abraham, 1864

Black and white print of an engraving by W. Wellstood of Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation, "from a life photograph he sent me by hand of Secretary Seward," embossed with Lincoln's signature.

Item 59: Zollicoffer, Felix, Brigadier General, CSA

Black and white print by Virtue and Co. that depicts the death of Zollicoffer in the battle of Mill Springs, KY; a Union soldier fires a bullet into the general as he rides his horse.

Item 60: Shields, James, Brigadier General, Army of the Shenandoah, USA

Black and white print by Johnson, Fry and Co. of NY, a portrait of Shields standing on ramparts, a "likeness from the latest photograph from life."  [See research file for more information about Shields.]

Item 61: Lincoln, Abraham

Black and white original drawing by C. Owens, "Baltimore, June 6th, 1864" written at the bottom. Lincoln's appearance is somewhat strange because he wears a foppish hat that looks nothing like his familiar stovepipe hat.

Item 62: Lincoln, Abraham, ca. 1865

Hand-tinted color print published by Kimmel and Forster, New York City. Light blue background in water color and his face is hand tinted. The image is probably based on a photograph from early in his presidency as he does not appear as careworn as in his later years.

Acquisition method: Purchase

Item 63: Davis, Jefferson

Hand-tinted color print of Davis with a biography of Zachary Taylor on the back. It appears that the print was cut from a book.

Item 64: Oldroyd, Osborne, Sergeant, 20th Ohio Infantry, USA

Black and white artotype print of Oldroyd as a middle-aged man with his signature. He became famous as an author and as one of the first collectors of Lincoln memorabilia. [See research file for more information about Oldroyd.]

Folder 10: Published material

Item 1: Patriotic covers, ca. 1863

Envelopes with pro-Union color illustrations: envelope with a caricature vignette of Jefferson Davis which converts to a mule face; envelope with a caricature vignette of Jefferson Davis being strangled by Winfield Scott; envelope with a caricature vignette of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln facing each other in front of the US Capitol building; envelope with an imprint portrait of Abraham Lincoln above crossed American flags; envelope with a caricature vignette of Jefferson Davis being booted by Abraham Lincoln; envelope with a caricature vignette of Abraham Lincoln (without a beard) surrounded by posters derisive of the Rebellion; and two envelopes with a vignette portraits of Lincoln and his Cabinet. (8 items)

Item 2: Song sheets, 1850-1863

Patriotic lyrics on illustrated notepaper. The songs are printed on the back of lined paper intended for use as correspondence.  Lithographed and printed by Charles Magnus, New York City. The songs are all written by Stephen Foster: Bring My Brother Back to Me (1863), Willie We Have Missed You (1854), and I Would Not Die in Spring (1850). Each sheet contains a colorful patriotic image such as Zouves marching and Lady Liberty waving a flag. (3 items)

Item 3: Handbill, 1864

Platforms of the Republican National Convention in Baltimore, MD and the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, IL, with a list of differences between the two.

Item 4: Handbill, 1864

Union Ticket. Indicates the electors for the Lincoln-Johnson presidential ticket to California voters. Reverse depicts a battle between gunboats.

Item 5: Pamphlet

Pension and Bounty Guide for P. H. Fitzgerald and Co.'s Soldiers' Claim Agency, Indianapolis, IN. Includes insert flyer for "Colored Troops." (From the Dorris Museum Collection, accession # n.16.

Item 6: Postage stamp

Five-cent Confederate States of America stamp with image of Jefferson Davis.

Item 7: Pamphlet, ca. 1902

War of the Rebellion, Series I, Vol. 31, Part II, Reports. Titled "Lookout Mountain to Missionary Ridge," the booklet lists deeds of special mention, specifically quotations from various colonels and generals concerning the actions of Co. C, 8th KY Infantry and Capt. John Wilson in capturing Lookout Mountain.

Item 8: Handbill, 1896

Tribute to the Memory of Captain John Wilson. An obituary and tribute to Capt. John Wilson, 8th KY Infantry. He planted the Union flag at the summit of Lookout Mountain.

Folder 11: Research file

Research related to the documents in this collection.