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William C. Nelson To Maria C. Nelson (15 January 1863), William Cowper Nelson

Correspondence

Ashamed it has taken him so long to write home again; Battle of Frederickburg and its effect upon him; his Christmas day and meeting several ladies; also mentions his anger at hearing the Federals were destroying Holly Springs but also does not like Earl Van Dorn; Battle of Murfreesboro, TN; religion

T. G. Clark To Margery Clark (15 January 1863), Thomas Goode Clark

Correspondence

Thomas discussing the smallpox outbreak & vaccinations in the regiment, his failed attempt for a furlough, his disdain for Colonel Miller, news of 15 year old son, Isaac, joining the Cavalry and rumors of home events.

Letter To Margaret E. Cahill, 1863 January 14, Thomas W. Cahill

Col. Thomas W. Cahill Civil War Letters

No abstract provided.

Rebel Outrage In Kentucky, Frankfort Daily Commonwealth

County Histories of Kentucky

An article published in the Frankfort Daily Commonwealth on events in Rowan County during the Civil War.

Letter, 1863 January 11, Oscar D. Ladley To Mother And Sisters [Catherine, Mary, And Alice Ladley], Oscar D. Ladley

Oscar D. Ladley Papers (MS-138)

Letter to Oscar Ladley's mother and sisters from Stafford C.H., Virginia. Oscar writes about the type of tent he sleeps in, justification for Colonel Tulleys being a strict officer, and he encourages both sisters to continue attending Antioch.

Letter To Margaret E. Cahill, 1863 January 8, Thomas W. Cahill

Col. Thomas W. Cahill Civil War Letters

No abstract provided.

The Eastern Mail (Vol. 16, No. 27): January 8, 1863, Ephraim Maxham, Daniel Ripley Wing

The Eastern Mail (Waterville, Maine)

Continues The Waterville Union (April-July 1847).
Published weekly, July 19, 1847-Aug. 28, 1863.
Publishers: E. Maxham, 1847-1849; Maxham & Wing, 1849-1863.
"Independent," 1847-1856; "Republican," 1856-1863.
Editors: E. Maxham & D.R. Wing, 1849-1863.
Continued by The Waterville Mail (September 1863-May 1906).
See Gerould, W.G.: American newspapers, 1821-1836; Whittemore, E.C.: Centennial history of Waterville.
Colby Libraries catalog record (CBBcat): http://cbbcat.net/record=b1228542~S19
WorldCat record (OCLC): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10486915

Charles Roberts To Maggie Roberts (7 January 1863), Charles Roberts

Correspondence

Roberts describes a battle on Stone River. He tells of the death of Lieutenant Harden along with two men in their company, six horses, and two other men wounded. He then describes taking six to eight thousand prisoners of war and pieces of artillery from Union troops.

Jeremiah Gage To Jere Sanders (6 January 1863), Jeremiah Gage, Jerrie E. Sanders

Correspondence

Details the difficulty of traveling from Mississippi to his regiment in North Carolina, particularly his inability to travel through Knoxville, TN. Met friends in Atlanta, including many ladies.

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

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

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.

Letter, 1863 January 4, Oscar D. Ladley To Mother And Sisters [Catherine, Mary, And Alice Ladley], Oscar D. Ladley

Oscar D. Ladley Papers (MS-138)

Letter to Oscar Ladley's mother and sisters from Stafford C.H., Virginia. Oscar writes about sending a "carte de visite" of his "superior," his meal on Christmas, how the regiments march, and more.

Letter, 1863 January 4, Alley [Alice Ladley] To My Dear Brother [Oscar D. Ladley], Alice Ladley

Oscar D. Ladley Papers (MS-138)

Letter to Oscar Ladley from his sister in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Alice writes about news of the war, Mary receiving a certificate to be a teacher, and thieves attempting to steal their gate on New Years Eve.

Letter, 1863 January 4, C. Ladley [Catherine Ladley] To Son [Oscar D. Ladley], Catherine Ladley

Oscar D. Ladley Papers (MS-138)

Letter to Oscar Ladley from his mother in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Catherine writes about news of the war, the cost of tuition for both of Oscar's sisters at Antioch, and other news from home.

Letter, 1863 January 4, Mary [Mary Ladley] To My Dear Brother [Oscar D. Ladley], Mary Ladley

Oscar D. Ladley Papers (MS-138)

Letter to Oscar Ladley from his sister in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Mary writes to thank Oscar for paying her tuition, about Lysander Tulley presiding over court martials, about receiving a certificate to be a "school marm [sic]" and other news from home.

Letter, 1863 January 30, William A. Burns To Brother And Sister [James C. And Mary Burns] , William A. Burns

James F. Overholser Papers (MS-5)

Letter from William A. Burns to his brother and sister, James C. and Mary Burns, from Camp at Corinth, Mississippi.

Babylon Is Fallen, Henry C. Work

Historic Sheet Music Collection

1. Don't you see de black clouds Risin' ober yonder

Whar de Massa's ole plantation am?

Nebber you be frightened Dem is only darkeys,

Come to jine an' fight for Uncle Sam.

Chorus:

Look out dar, now! We's a gwine to shoot!

Look out dar - don't you understand?

Babylon is fallen! Babylon is fallen!

And we's a gwine to occupy de land.

2. Don't you see de lightnin' Flashin' in de canebrake

Like as if we gwine to hab a storm?

No! you is mistaken 'Tis de darkey's bay'nets,

An' de buttons on dar uniform.

3. Way up in …

Report Upon The Disabled Rhode Island Soldiers, Charlotte F. Dailey

Library Archive

Dr. Lloyd Morton, (who will associate with him, Mrs. Albert Dailey,) is hereby appointed a Commission to proceed to Washington, on a tour of inspection, having in view the welfare of the sick and wounded soldiers in hospital or otherwise, belonging to Rhode Island regiments.

Carte-De-Visite, Full Portrait Of Mr. & Mrs. "General Tom Thumb" In Their Wedding Costume, 1863, By Matthew Brady., Matthew B. Brady, E. & H.T. Anthony

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

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.

Einige Bemerkungen Uber Den Dialogus De Oratoribus, Johannes Classen

Hermann Sauppe Library

No abstract provided.

Die Walpurgisnacht. Dramatisches Volksmärchen In Vier Acten, Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer

Drama and Film

Leipzig : Jakob Friedrich Hinz

Catalogue Of The Jefferson Medical College Of Philadelphia: Session Of 1863-64

Jefferson Medical College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

North-Western Christian University, For The Session Of 1862 - 1863, North-Western Christian University, Ovid Butler

Historic Academic Bulletins

Course catalog 1862 - 1863.

The House That Jeff Built, David Claypoole Johnston (1799-1865)

Manuscripts and Books

No abstract provided.

An Oration Delivered On The Battlefield Of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863), Edward Everett, Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Book Gallery

This book contains the dedicatory speech for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, delivered by the educator, politician, and orator Edward Everett on November 19, 1863. It also contains the much shorter and more famous “Gettysburg Address” (p.40) delivered by President Abraham Lincoln for this same occasion. The book is 9.25 inches tall. It is a cloth-bound copy of a work originally issued in printed wrappers.

Annual Announcement Of The Jefferson Medical College Of Philadelphia: The Session Of 1863-64

Jefferson Medical College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Volume 28: 1863, Congregation Of The Mission

Annales de la Congregation de la Mission

Annals of the Congregation of the Mission, or collection of edifying letters.

Lehre Und Wehre Volume 09, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, Carl Heinrich Rudolf Lange

Lehre und Wehre

Lehre und Wehre Band 9 herausgegeben von CFW Walther und CHR Lange aus dem Jahr 1863. (Lehre und Wehre Volume 9 edited by C. F. W. Walther and C. H. R. Lange from 1863.)

Januar (January)

Vorwort. .1 (Preface. . 1)

Ueber das evangelische Verhalten eines christlich gesinnten Gemeindeschullehrers, theils gegen seine Schulkinder, theils gegen die Gemeinde, theils gegen den Pastor. .8 (About the evangelical behavior of a Christian-minded community school teacher, partly against his schoolchildren, partly against the community, partly against the pastor. . 8)

Fünf Thesen über ein theologisches Axiom. .15 (Five theses on a theological axiom. . …

Index To The Acts & Resolves Of Rhode Island 1850-1862, John Russell Bartlett

Library Archive

Index to the Printed Acts and Resolves of, and of the petitions and reports to the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, from the year 1850-1862.

In January, 1853, the General Assembly passed a resolution directing the Secretary of State to make a complete Index of all the printed Schedules, or Acts and Resolves of the General Assembly which were destitute of such Index. This was, accordingly, after great labor, accomplished. Subsequently this work was completed to the end of the year 1850.

Diary Of James F. Overholser, April Through December 1863, James F. Overholser

James F. Overholser Papers (MS-5)

This diary from James F. Overholser contains entries dated April through December of 1863. Many of the entries in this diary are short and relate to various aspects of camp life as well as the weather. This diary includes a "List of clothing drawn the third year of enlisting beginning Sep. 1864," dated September-November 1864.

Report Of Proceedings Of The Fifteenth Anniversary Meeting Of The American Christian Missionary Society Held In Cincinnati, October 20, 21, 22, 1863., American Christian Missionary Society

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.