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Philip Case Lockwood memorial collection of Civil War portraits and autographs, 1862-ca. 1886.

Title: Philip Case Lockwood memorial collection of Civil War portraits and autographs, 1862-ca. 1886.

Scrapbook collection of Civil War photographs and autographs, assembled by Philip Case Lockwood.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.38 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00542/catalog View

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Letter : Washington, D.C., to [George Douglas] Ramsay, n.p., 1861 Oct. 17.

Title: Letter : Washington, D.C., to [George Douglas] Ramsay, n.p., 1861 Oct. 17.

Autograph letter signed. Lincoln writes that the sons of the bearer of the letter seek employment. He also asks Ramsay to "[s]et them at it, if possible. Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encourage."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82614939 View

Hillyer, William Silliman, 1831-1874. Papers of William Silliman Hillyer, 1822 (1861-1874) 1931, [manuscript].

Title: Papers of William Silliman Hillyer, 1822 (1861-1874) 1931, [manuscript].

Correspondence, military papers, speeches, photographs, printed material and memorabilia. Military papers of Hillyer include district provost marshall reports; special and general orders of Grant, Sherman, Hillyer and others, especially one of congratulations on Port Gibson; passes; accounts; oaths of allegiance; and a receipt for Ulric Dahlgren's ring. Correspondence of Hillyer, his parents, children, and Grant chiefly pertains to the Civil War. There are discussions of the secession riots in St. Louis, and Grant's "Jew Order" of Dec. 17, 1862; a denial of Grant's drunkeness at Ft. Donelson; references to various services by blacks; and descriptions of the battles of Iuka, Holly Springs, Campbell's Station and Chickamauga, and of the Chattanooga campaign. Of unusual interest are a signed copy of Grant's letter to Simon B. Buckner demanding unconditional surrender at Ft. Donelson; a draft of a letter from Grant to Henry Halleck asking either relief from Command or full restoration to it; a letter of Grant's discussing his plans for the Vicksburg campaign; and a photocopy of Robert E. Lee's April 9, 1865, letter asking for a suspension of hostilities with a forwarding note by E.O.C. Ord mentioning Sheridan. Other Civil War papers concern a Union Army scout; a claim from a spy near Richmond who supplied information for Hugh Kilpatrick's Rappahannock raid; the military service of John H.H. Ward; the Senate investigation of George K. Leet; Hillyer's connection with Mann's Accoutrement Manufacturing Company; and a reunion of the Army of the Tennessee. Hillyer family letters include considerable correspondence between Anna Rankin Hillyer and Julia Dent Grant; and correspondence of Hillyer's father from Henderson, Ky., 1825-1833. There are impressions of a Mississippi voyage to New Orleans, 1834; Lafayette College, 1842; a temperance speech by Richard Johnson, 1842; Washington, D.C., 1868-1869, including Grant's inauguration, and visits to Johnson, Grant, and Hancock; and Sewanee and the University of the South, 1873. Additional items of interest include an 1870 letter from Horace Greeley mentioning Hillyer's Congressional nomination; a lampoon of Lew Wallace; and an account of how New York Daily News reporter Benjamin Wood scooped the news of Andrew Johnson's acquittal.

ArchivalResource: ca. 640 items.

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Mrs. E. H. Wright. Letters from Union Generals MS 111., 1864

Title: Mrs. E. H. Wright. Lettersfrom Union Generals 1864

Six letters from CivilWar generals of the Union Army in reply to Mrs. E. H. Wright’s request fortheir photographs; respondents include Generals J. J. Abercrombie, John GrossBarnard, Cyrus Bussey, George W. Cullum, William Hammond, and George DouglasRamsay.

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Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882. Letter : [Washington, D.C.?], to [George Douglas?] Ramsay, [Washington, D.C.?], [1861-1864] July 20.

Title: Letter : [Washington, D.C.?], to [George Douglas?] Ramsay, [Washington, D.C.?], [1861-1864] July 20.

Autograph letter signed. Mrs. Lincoln regrets not being able to meet with General Ramsay and his niece.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80290289 View

Ramsay family. Papers, 1828-1958.

Title: Papers, 1828-1958.

The Ramsay Family Papers (1828-1958, four linear feet) consist of William G. Ramsay's personal and business papers, as well as his family's personal papers which are primarily correspondence received by family members. The letters are arranged by recipient of the correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123530 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog View

Ramsay, George Douglas, 1802-1882. Letter : to Major R.L. Baker, 1862 November 9.

Title: Letter : to Major R.L. Baker, 1862 November 9.

Holograph letter written at the Frankford Arsenal to Major R.L. Baker of the Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1) leaf ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213894123 View