American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Partly printed "Requisition for Clothing." Approx. 16 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. Col. Benjamin Jefferson Hill (1825-1880) requests jackets, pants, shirts, drawers, shoes, socks, and hats for his men after their hasty retreat from Dalton, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign. 34 soldiers are identified along with clothing drawn. Signed by Hill's adjutant and approved by Colonel B.S. Ewell, Adj. General to General Joseph Johnston.

[With:] Group of Morning Reports of Captain Alfred F. Sears, Co. E, New York Regiment of Volunteer Engineers, for the months of December 1863, and February, April and June 1864. -- "City Reliefs" Muster Roll of Co. G, 5th regiment of Maryland Volunteers, To the 14th November 1862 (heavy wear, tears, discoloration). Signed by William Louis Schley (1823-1898) as Colonel 5th Maryland Volunteers Commanding. --Disbound pages of clothing accounts for Co. G, 198 Pennsylvania Volunteers.

[Also with:] Assorted ephemera and documents including: Medical discharge certificate from a Marne Hospital, 1863. -- Manuscript copy of a Union Civil War discharge. -- Union Navy textile, approx. 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. -- Post-war signatures of Union officers J.H. Sypher and L.A. Sheldon. -- War-date General Orders and Circulars. -- Matted lithograph of James Haggerty, Lt. Col. 69th Regiment NYSM. -- Reprint/reproduction Confederate notes.