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1862 Confederate requisition for apparel, signed by William Miller, John L. Knott, and Turner Ashby. Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Turner Ashby, William Miller, and John L. Knott
Special Requisition No. 40 form denoting various apparel requisitioned at Camp Ashby on June 25th, 1862. Items include: 5 under shirts, 30 linsey shirts, 10 pair of pants, 13 pair of drawers, 25 pair of socks, 6 cotton shirts. Signed by William Miller, John L. Knott, and Turner Ashby. Ashby's signature appears on this pre-signed form despite his death some weeks earlier, on June 6.
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Letter from E. Kirby Smith to Braxton Bragg
Edmund Kirby-Smith
Confederate Major General E. Kirby Smith writes to General Braxton Bragg regarding the positioning of the units under his command in Lexington, Kentucky, close to Ohio and Indiana and also about the condition, positioning, and movements of the Union opposition forces. Smith also
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Carte-de-visite, full portrait of "Commodore Nutt," George Washington Morrison Nutt.
Silsbee, Case, & Co.
"Commodore Nutt," a character played by little person George Washington Morrison Nutt in P.T. Barnum's productions, is portrayed.
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Carte-de-visite, full portrait of Mr. & Mrs. "General Tom Thumb" in their wedding costume, 1863, by Matthew Brady.
Matthew B. Brady and E. & H.T. Anthony
Charles Sherwood Stratton (whose stage name was "General Tom Thumb" in P.T. Barnum's productions) is pictured with his wife Lavinia Stratton (maiden name: Warren). Stratton and Warren were married on February 10, 1863. Verso of CDV includes mimeographed inscriptions by the couple.
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Letter of recommendation from Sterling Price to General S. Cooper regarding Mr. John W. Polk for a position within his Quarter Master Department. Grenada, Mississippi. January 5, 1863.
Sterling Price
Letter of recommendation from Sterling Price to General S. Cooper regarding Mr. John W. Polk for a position within the Quarter Master Department of his army. Price says Folk is of "high character," "excellent business capacity and habits," "perfect sobriety" and deserves a position where he can be both useful and compensated. Grenada, Mississippi. January 5, 1853.
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S.F. DuPont, aboard U.S.S. Wabash, orders Commander T.H. Patterson, aboard the U.S.S. James Adger, to take the "Montauk" in tow to Ossabaw Sound, Georgia. Port Royal Harbor, S.C., January, 1863.
Samuel Francis Du Pont
Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Commanding, South Atlantic Blocking Squadron, aboard U.S.S. Wabash, orders Commander T.H. Patterson, aboard the U.S.S. James Adger, to take the "Montauk" in tow to Ossabaw Sound, Georgia. DuPont also mentions the ships that are already in the sound. Port Royal Harbor, S.C., January, 1863.
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Confederate invoice of subsistence stores ("Form 22") signed by Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, April 1, 1863.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, W. J. Hawks, and George W.T. Kearsley
Jackson signs as Major General just weeks before his death. "Subsistence stores" or "provisions" in this case consist of bulk amounts of bacon, flour, rice, soap, salt, and vinegar. Countersigned by Major W.J. Hawks and Major George W. T. Kearsley. Dated April 1st, 1863.
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Jeb Stuart letter to commanding general requesting information. Culpeper, Virginia, April 12, 1863.
James Ewell Brown ("Jeb") Stuart
Jeb Stuart's letter to his "General" requesting that the information that requires Stuart's attention, regarding General Trimble's capture of Manassas, be sent back to him. He further mentions that the news of "Old Milroy" makes him "itch to get hold of him." Sent from Culpeper, Virginia. Dated April 12th, 1863.
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Jeb Stuart letter
Jeb Stuart
Confederate cavalry commander J.E.B. (Jeb) Stuart writes to an unspecified general requesting details of a report by another officer regarding Manassas.
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John A. Wharton Letter to Joseph Wheeler regarding pistols
John A. Wharton
Wharton writes Wheeler regarding the equipment of various units with pistols.
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James Harper's claim for damages from New York City draft riots, October 22, 1863.
County of New York and James Harper
James Harper's claim for damages sustained in the New York City draft riots of July, 1863. Includes an itemized list of damaged goods and wares which totals $345. Subsequent documents and annotations indicate Harper was paid $150 for the damages by the County of New York. The address of his establishment is noted as 533 Third Avenue.
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John Hutchinson letter to Joseph Fulford; December 2, 1863, North Carolina
John Hutchinson
Hutchinson encloses a check to Fulford and instructs "please fill up for amt of my note due the Merchants' Bank of Newbern_ Please cancel the Note + send it to me."
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Trail transcript and docket for military trial of Daniel Bright, 1863
Edward Augustus Wild and United States Army
Bright is charged with being a guerrilla and he pleads not guilty. The recto describes Bright's testimony and the testimony of witnesses during the trial. The verso illustrates that Bright was found guilty: Brigadier General Edward Wild of the U.S. Army endorses the execution order: "To be executed tomorrow, Dec. 17, 1863."
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Military order, issued and signed by Thomas Hindman. January 14, 1864
Thomas Carmichael Hindman
Military order issuing Sargent T.J. McKie to report to Brig. Genl. Anderson to be assigned a position within Hindman's divison. Issued and signed by Thomas Hindman. Endorsements on docket, recto, by Manigault and Barth. January 14,1864.
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General A.H. Terry Assumes Command and Names his Staff, Folly Island, SC, 1864
Alfred H. Terry
Terry, U.S Army, assumes command of the north district of the Department of the South at Folly Island, S.C., near Charleston and names his headquarters staff.
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Receipt to C. Sareon for loss of his slave, Hooker, to employment in the Confederate Army, South Carolina. Columbia, February, 1864.
South Carolina
Instrument indicating Sareon received $1250 from S.C. for having Hooker, his slave, build military fortifications in the state.
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Substitute soldier certificate for Phillip Siebert
New York County (N.Y.) and Phillip Siebert
Phillip Siebert is mustered as a substitute soldier in the United States Army in return for $300.
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Copy of a letter from John Hunt Morgan to Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston regarding the former's arrival in Richmond and interview with Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
John Hunt Morgan
Confederate General John H. Morgan writes to General Joseph E. Johnston to relate Morgan's conversation with Jefferson Davis, in which he requested restoration of his command. Morgan also mentions the possible expedition intended against Nashville. He informs Johnson of information, from an officer who had escaped from the Nashville Penitentiary, that claimed there would be no difficulty in accomplishing all intended in Nashville as there were no more than three hundred troops, "most of whom were negroes," dated April 3, 1864.
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Wade Hampton battlefield note
Wade Hampton
A small (12x8cm) battlefield note. Wade Hampton was a Confederate General from South Carolina. In 1876 he became governor of that state.
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Francis Pickens letter to Col. Manigault allowing Lieut. Col. Glover to acquire to 160 rifled muskets for defense. Summerville, South Carolina. July 23, 1864.
Francis Wilkinson Pickens
F.W. Pickens orders that Colonel Manigault at Charleston allow Lieutenant Colonel Glover to have 160 rifled muskets for his reserve 1st Regiment in Summerville, South Carolina. Signed by F.W. Pickens, July 23, 1864.
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John H. Kelly letter to Major E.S. Barford, dated July 28, 1864.
John Herbert Kelly
Confederate brigadier general John H. Kelly writes a letter at 1 a.m., describing his slow progress and intentions to "strike the Flat Shoals and Jonesboro war." Dated July 28, 1864, at "McDonega & Atlanta Road."
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Letter from James Harrison to James A. Seddon, December 23, 1864.
James Harrison
Harrison, colonel in the Confederate Army, suggests to the Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon the establishment of an alliance with Comanche Native Americans to disrupt United States trade and government routes in the West.
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Carte-de-visite composite image: "Booth and his Associates," no date.
Anonymous
Composite carte-de-visite featuring the likenesses of John Wilkes Booth and the six men convicted of conspiring with him to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln and William Seward. No date.
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Photograph, four unidentified United States officers in group portrait photograph by W.P. Egbert, Davenport, Iowa, no date.
W. P. Egbert
Four United States/Union/Federal officers pose in a group portrait photograph; two are seated, two stand. Each holds a sword. No subjects are identified but the verso of the photocard identifies W.P. Egbert, "Ambrotype and Photograph Artist," of Davenport, Iowa, as the creator. Creation date presumably American Civil War era, 1861-1865.
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. (1925 - 2010), Spartanburg native, businessman, and philanthropist, collected the manuscripts shown here. These manuscripts are a portion of Mr. Littlejohn's personal collection, which also includes archival collections, ephemera, textiles, and objects. The collection has been housed in the Wofford College library since 2007, and and in 2011 the library accepted the generous donation of the whole of Mr. Littlejohn's collection.
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