McDonald Collection, 2041-1763 BC, ca. 960-1941 AD

5. United States Civil War Materials. 1862-1865, undated.

A collection of newspapers, poems, pictures and other materials primarily related to the United States Civil War, donated by Lucy M. Lewis.

16 items

(Page: 1 - 14)


5.1. Newspaper: Camp Life. October 13, 1862.
5.2. Autographed Letter Signed: Edwin McMasters Stanton to Mrs. Caroline Patterson. May 13, 1863.

Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), Secretary of War, declines Mrs. Patterson's request that she be allowed to attend to the patients of the Army of the Potomac.

5.3. Newspaper: Natchitoches Union. April 4, 1864.
This newspaper is printed on wallpaper.
5.4. Newspapers: Savannah Republican. January 21, 1865, February 14, 1865, May 11, 1865.
5.5. Newspaper: The Soldier's Friend. January 1865.
5.6. Newspaper: Herald of the Union. March 6, 1865.
5.7. Newspaper: The Child's Index. March 1865.
5.8. The New York Herald. April 15, 1865.
The collection includes a facsimile of the April 15, 1865 issue, published in 1892.
5.9. Written copy of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's Special field orders, no. 54. ca. April 1965.
5.10. Poem: "Fifty Cents A Day". undated.
5.11. Poem: "Who Will Care for Mother Now?". undated.
5.12. Poem: "We are Coming," by T. L. Smith. undated.
5.13. Picture: Clipped from a Civil War-era newspaper. undated.
5.14. Drawing: Depicts the transport of cotton bales to market. undated.