Gooch, Horace, 1832-1912, scrapbook, 1853-1874

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Gooch, Horace, 1832-1912, scrapbook, 1853-1874

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/662461776

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings related to the Civil War. Topics include Union troops in Louisville, the reception of the president's Proclamation, news of battles, Jefferson Davis, and Kentucky's reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation. It also includes a list of Louisville men liable to be drafted and a broadside with Braxton Bragg's address about the Confederate Army in Kentucky. The scrapbook also contains clippings of local and national news such as the wedding of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, the Episcopal Church split in 1873, and the fire at Galt House in Louisville.

1 volume

The Filson Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7953501

The Filson Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mx394c (person)

Charles Stratton (1838-1883), stage name General Tom Thumb, was an American showman noted for his small stature. He was the first major attraction promoted by the circus impresario P.T. Barnum. He was not quite five years old when Barnum hired him for his museum, but Barnum publicized him as General Tom Thumb, an 11-year-old dwarf from England. He quickly became a celebrated figure in the United States and abroad. In 1863 Stratton married Lavinia Warren (1841–1919)—another of Barnum’s performers...

Gooch, Horace, 1832-1912

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr36bb (person)

Horace Gooch (1832-1912) was a Union soldier during the Civil War. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a warden of Zion's Church in Louisville, Kentucky. From the description of Gooch, Horace, 1832-1912, scrapbook, 1853-1874 (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 662461776 ...

Episcopal Church

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg0f6f (corporateBody)

In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Confederate states of America. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fn4wfh (corporateBody)

The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...