Civil War Manuscripts, 1854-1868.

United States

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884

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Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a lawyer and politician who was a United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. Benjamin was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position in North America and the first to be elected to the United States Senate who had not renounced his faith. Benjamin was born to Sephardic Jewish parents from Londo...

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

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David Glasgow Farragut (also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S. Navy tradition. Born near Knoxville, Tennessee, Farragut was fostered by naval officer David Porter after the death of his mother...

Stoneman, George, 1822-1894

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Stoneman was born on a family farm in Busti, New York, the first child of ten. His parents were George Stoneman Sr., a lumberman and justice of the peace, and Catherine Rebecca Cheney Aldrich. He studied at the Jamestown Academy and entered the United States Military Academy in 1842; his roommate at West Point was future Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. He graduated 33rd in his class of 60 cadets in 1846. His first assignment was with the 1st U.S. Dragoons, with which he served...

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Jackson, Henry R. (Henry Rootes), 1820-1898

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Henry R. Jackson (1820-1898), Brigadier General, Confederate States of America Army. From the description of Henry R. Jackson officer roster, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478296 Henry Rootes Jackson, son of Henry and Martha Jacqueline Jackson, was born in Athens, Georgia on June 24, 1820. He received his education from Yale University and the University of Georgia. During his life, Jackson held many prominent positions. These included, United States District Attorn...

Evans, Nathan George, 1824-1868

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Nathan George "Shanks" Evans (3 Feb. 1824-23 Nov. 1868) was a captain in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry who became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army; born in Darlington District, S.C.; 1848 graduate of the United States Military Academy; assigned to the 1st Dragoons, with whom he served on the frontier in the West; following surrender, Evans taught school, 1866-1868 in Cokesbury (Greenwood County, S.C.) and in Alabama. From the description of Nathan George Evans papers, 1861-1...

Whipple, William D. (William Denison), 1826-1902

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Ashby, Turner, 1828-1862

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Virginia resident (Arlington County). From the description of Letters, 1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421763 Ashby was acting Adjutant; also father of Turner Ashby, a military officer in the Confederacy. From the description of Morning report, 1814 August 10, Fredericksburg, Va. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 6134646 ...

Terry, Alfred Howe, 1827-1890

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Colonel in the 2nd Connecticut Regiment during the Civil War. From the description of Letter, 1861 June 14. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 57616133 Army officer. From the description of Alfred Howe Terry correspondence and journal, 1875-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979900 General, U.S. Army, Department of Dakota. From the description of Notebook, May 1876-August 1876. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State A...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Colorado (Steam screw frigate)

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McClelland, James, 1810-1877

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Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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Confederate general. From the description of Letter (copy), 1861 Sept. 11 : Manassas, Va., to G.T. Beauregard. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489351 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Selma [Alabama], to Colonel Blanton Duncan, 1867 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489683 From the description of Letter, October 9, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 443082432 Benjamin Stoddert E...

United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 104th (1861-1865)

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Slemmer, Adam J., 1824-1868

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Burbridge, Stephen Gano, 1831-1894

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Burbridge was born on August 19, 1831 in Georgetown, Kentucky. He attended Georgetown College and the Kentucky Military Institute in Frankfort. Afterward he apprenticed with an established law firm and subsequently became a lawyer. He also had a large plantation. Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War, Burbridge organized the 26th Kentucky Infantry Regiment and joined the Union Army as the regiment`s colonel. After serving as brigade commander in several campaigns, and winning the Bat...

Rousseau, Lovell Harrison, 1818-1869

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American soldier and Congressman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to President Johnson, 1868 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619117 From the description of Letter signed : Washington, to the President, 1867 Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619112 ...

McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896

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Barnard Gratz (1738-1801) and his brother Michael (1740-1811) immigrated to Philadelphia in the 1750s. They were merchants active during the Revolutionary period, and who formed partnerships with the merchants David Franks (1720-1794) of New York and Philadelphia, and Joseph Simon (ca. 1712-1804) of Lancaster, PA. Michael Gratz's two sons, Simon (1773-1839) and Hyman (1776-1857), inherited their father's business. From the description of Gratz-Franks-Simon Papers, 1752-1831 (inclusiv...

Croxton, John Thomas, 1837-1874

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Croxton was born near Paris, Kentucky, in rural Bourbon County. He was the oldest son among the twelve children of a Virginia-born wealthy planter and slave owner. In 1857, he graduated with honors from Yale University, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society. He subsequently studied law under prominent attorney James Robinson and eventually joined the Freemasonry movement. Croxton was admitted to the bar and taught law courses at a school in Mississippi in 1858. He return...

Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885

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American army officer. From the description of Signature to a "Statement of Forage," : Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1862 Feb. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538932 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to Ben B. Groom, 1869 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270515477 James Lowry Donaldson was an officer in the United States Army, 1836-1869, who served in the Second Seminole War, military occupation of Texas, the Mexican War, and the Civil Wa...

Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910

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Historian and journalist, of Doylestown, Pa. From the description of Fries Rebellion manuscript, [ca. 1898]. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70927308 Journalist and historian, of Doylestown, Pa. From the description of Notes for History of Bucks County, 1898-1900. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70927309 Journalist and army officer. From the description of Exercises, 1847. (Bucks County Historical...

Moore, J. Ridgway, -1901

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Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878

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Gideon Johnson Pillow (1806-1878) was born in Williamson County, Tennessee. He practiced law with James Knox Polk (1795-1849), the 11th presdient of the United States. Pillow was appointed Brigadier General of the U.S. Volunteers in 1846 and later promoted to Major General because of his friendship with President Polk. He served during the Mexican War (1846-1848) and fought during the battles of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and Chapultepec. He was appointed Senior Major General of the Prov...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Speed, James, 1812-1887

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James Speed was a friend and advisor to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln appointed him attorney general in 1864 and he supported Lincoln's moderate treatment of the southern states until Lincoln's death. He then became a radical republican who was a critic of Andrew Johnson. From the description of Speed, James 1812-1887 1863-1876 Papers. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49236177 Louisville lawyer, state legislator, politician, and U.S. attorney general. ...

Williams, John S. (John Stuart), 1818-1898

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Kentucky lawyer, soldier, state legislator, and U.S. senator. From the description of Letters, 1884-1887. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49479315 ...

Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884

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Diplomat, Confederate officer, and U.S. Representative from Berkeley County, Va. (later W. Va.). From the description of Papers, 1815-1883. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536991 Representative from Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of Signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538814 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington, D.C.], to t...

McDonald, A. W. (Angus William), 1799-1864

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