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William P. Palmer collection [microform] 1861-1865.

Title: William P. Palmer collection [microform] 1861-1865.

This collection contains microfilm copies of Civil War era materials from the William P. Palmer Collection, which is held by the Western Reserve Historical Society. These materials all pertain to Georgia in the Civil War. The first roll contains reports and letters. The second roll contains muster rolls for Company D of the 10th Georgia Infantry Battalion for 1862, a roster of officers and staff of the Army of Tennessee, and an 1863 letter book of General Braxton Bragg. The letter book contains letters, special orders, circulars, general orders, and telegrams.

ArchivalResource: 2 microfilm reels : negative ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43886922 View

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. ALS, 1865 Feb. 25, City Point, Va., to Henry W. Halleck.

Title: ALS, 1865 Feb. 25, City Point, Va., to Henry W. Halleck.

In reply to a note from Halleck, Grant requests that Gen. Quincy Adams Gillmore be told to comply with orders to send surplus white troops not needed to hold the seaports to the Cape Fear River. Grant comments that troops are to be used against armed force and not for propaganda where no resistance exists.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) in album ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122316864 View

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888. Autograph letter signed : [New York], to Mr. Van Nostrand, 1871 May 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [New York], to Mr. Van Nostrand, 1871 May 2.

Regretting his inability to attend a trustees meeting.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (24mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269575095 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

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888. Autograph letter signed : New York, to William W. Belknap, 1874 July 22.

Title: Autograph letter signed : New York, to William W. Belknap, 1874 July 22.

Saying he has further information for him, and mentioning his son who is under treatment at Hot Springs, Arkansas.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269577129 View

Civil War documents, 1812-1907.

Title: Civil War documents, 1812-1907.

This collection is mainly correspondence between figures prominent during the Civil War. The letters themselves are standard communications about business and regarding arrangements. The historic value lies in the identities of the senders, including Daniel Ammen, Adam Badeau, Henry M. Cist, George Washington Getty, Quincy Adams Gilmore, and Joseph Hooker. There are also four folders of portraits.

ArchivalResource: 1.50 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244639468 View

Abell, Jared Andrus, 1832-1864. Jared Andrus Abell papers, 1861-1864.

Title: Jared Andrus Abell papers, 1861-1864.

Civil War letters to "Dear Friend" Hannah B. Abell, Colchester, Ct., dating chiefly from late Dec. 1862 until Pvt. Abell's death and documenting his military service with the Seventh Connecticut Volunteers in coastal South Carolina, Florida, and Virginia. Topics discussed include bombardment of Charleston and campaign against Battery Wagner; military discipline; re-enlistment campaign of Dec. 1863; support for President Lincoln among the troops; Christmas day in camp; and Abell's opinions re company commander Capt. John Dennis, Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, African-American soldiers, and women of the South. Places represented include Beaufort, Morris Island, and St. Helena Island, S.C.; Fernandina and St. Augustine, Fla.; and Old Point Comfort, Va. [formerly Elizabeth City County, now City of Hampton, Va.]. Letters of particular interest include: 8 Mar. 1863, re African-American First South Carolina Volunteers with whom Abell's regiment was garrisoned in Florida and their assault upon the village of St. Mary's; 6 Aug. 1863, re African-American troops of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts at the assault on Battery Wagner; and 5 June 1864, noting losses sustained by the Seventh Connecticut since arriving in Virginia. Includes undated photographs of the tombstones of Jared and Hannah Abell and photocopies of regimental reports documenting Jared A. Abell's enlistment and death.

ArchivalResource: 2 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53356886 View

National Archives And Records Administration. Rg 77: Chief Of Engineers.

Title: National Archives And Records Administration. Rg 77: Chief Of Engineers.

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Wallace, Emma, fl. 1870. Photograph album of Emma Wallace [manuscript], ca. 1870.

Title: Photograph album of Emma Wallace [manuscript], ca. 1870.

Most of the cartes-de-visite are of European royalty, U.S. Civil War generals and European scenes, particularly in Britain. The collection also contains a portrait of George Washington on silk.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (20 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647837678 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part III: The Civil War: The Union, 1804-1915.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part III: The Civil War: The Union, 1804-1915.

Autograph letters and documents of officers and statesmen associated with the Union in the Civil War collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01501/catalog View

Augustus Mendon Lord collection, Lord (Augustus Mendon) collection, (bulk 1876-1908), 1778-1908

Title: Augustus Mendon Lord collection Lord (Augustus Mendon) collection (bulk 1876-1908) 1778-1908

The Augustus Mendon Lord collection includes correspondence, documents, and autographs of prominent figures from the period 1778 through 1908. The bulk of the correspondence pertains to American politicians, particularly members of Congress, and dates from 1876 through 1908. However, the collection also contains autographs and documents from American and European military, scientific, literary, and artistic figures.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet (1 clamshell box)

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-mslord&view=title 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

Photographic Portrait File

Title: Photographic Portrait File

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http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf7j49n8zt View

Records of the Adjutant General's Office. 1762 - 1984. Generals' Papers and Books. 1830 - 1884. Papers and Books of Quincy Adams Gillmore

Title: Records of the Adjutant General's Office. 1762 - 1984. Generals' Papers and Books. 1830 - 1884. Papers and Books of Quincy Adams Gillmore

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1182763 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888. Signature of Quincy Adams Gillmore, undated.

Title: Signature of Quincy Adams Gillmore, undated.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79450480 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

Civil War collection, 1860-1866.

Title: Civil War collection, 1860-1866.

This collection consists of Civil War correspondence and portraits. Letters of interest include a letter from Braxton Bragg, a letter from Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler to [Henry] Wilson, complaining of General [Quincy Adams] Gilmore and suggesting he ought to be removed from his command and a letter from Jefferson Davis to the [Confederate] Senate and House of Representatives. Portraits consists of drawings of members of the United States and Confederate military.

ArchivalResource: 1.00 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/236101735 View

Hayes, John D. (John Daniel), 1902-1991. Research notes on Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1824-1865.

Title: Research notes on Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1824-1865.

The collection consists of photocopies and transcripts of correspondence of Samuel Francis Du Pont, his wife Sophie Madeleine du Pont, and other prominent figures, selected from the collections of the Hagley Museum and Library, the Huntington Library, and other institutions. Many of the texts did not appear in the edited, published version. The collection also includes drafts of "appendices," "table of contents and chronology," "medical history," and a notebook, "The Blockade Strategy Board - Memoirs and Minutes of Meetings," June-Sept. 1861, copied from the original in the National Archives, Du Pont being a member of the Board, which sat at Washington.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/654379811 View

Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk).

Title: Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk).

Correspondence, compositions, and other papers of Boston lawyer Henry M. Rogers, with an emphasis on the theater and the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 21.5 linear feet (39 boxes, 2 portfolio boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01508/catalog View

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888. Letter : to Adjutant Gen. Hillhouse, 1862 September 5.

Title: Letter : to Adjutant Gen. Hillhouse, 1862 September 5.

Holograph letter written to Adj. Gen. Hillhouse, Albany, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213894344 View

Boroway, Jacob M. Letter, 1864 Feb. 15, Folly Island, S.C., to "Brother."

Title: Letter, 1864 Feb. 15, Folly Island, S.C., to "Brother."

Letter written from Folly Island near Charleston, S.C., reporting recent expedition to divert attention of the Confederates while [commander of the Union Department of the South, Brigadier General Quincy] Gilmore tried to cut the railroad lines between Charleston to Savannah [possibly a reference to Gilmore's deployment of Gen. Truman Seymour to Jacksonville, Florida, on 7 Feb. 1864. Seymour's troops secured the town and sent cavalry raiders to inland towns]. Boroway also reports that his company exchanged their new Springfield muskets for old rusty Enfields; asserting that he would never enlist for another tour of duty, questioning support at home for the war effort, and expressing concern about his father's loyalty, having heard that "he rather takes the souths part."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40978522 View

Goodrich, Samuel B. L. Letter, 1863 Oct. 4., Morris Island, S.C., to "Friend Spofford."

Title: Letter, 1863 Oct. 4., Morris Island, S.C., to "Friend Spofford."

Letter commenting on the siege of Charleston, predicting that they will have to wait a long time before the city falls to Union forces, and expressing hope that General [Quincy Adams] Gillmore would burn the city; reporting strict orders against relaying military information in correspondence, and informing Spofford that news stories of Fort Moultrie's fall were incorrect, as were most of the other events reported. Other topics include news of activities of the fleet; his company's review "in honor of Major Gen. Gillmore," reporting that he has been in no danger for "I do nothing but write," and noting Lt. Col. J.C. Abbott's departure for New Hampshire, "to see what our boys are doing about Conscripts ... anxious to have the regiment filled up."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35618367 View

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1846-1865.

Engineering officer, author. Cadet letter to sister, Mrs. Sinnott, 21 March 1846; letter, New York, 13 March 1858, discussing Willits Point investigation and duty assignments; letter to Lt. Gibbon regarding check from George Cullum to cover expenses incurred in sending out circulars for the register of graduates; "A report of the results of experiments upon crude bitumen of California and the Island of Trinidad"; "The analysis of the asphalti from the Val de Travers ..., 1859"; "Observations on hydraulic cements, and the defects in their mode of manufacture in the United States"; Letter book, 17 December, 1857 - 23 September 1861; photostatic copies of correspondence between Q.A. Gillmore and Admiral Dahlgren relating to Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter, 1863-1865.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7565416 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

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888. Manuscript, [1865?].

Title: Manuscript, [1865?].

Fragments of the draft report concerning presidential reconstruction in South Carolina, perhaps by the U.S. military commander of the state, Major General Quincy A. Gillmore.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25164525 View