United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Manuscript letter, dated December 7, 1863, to General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) from General Henry Wager Halleck (1815-1872) discussing exchange of prisoners of war. The reverse contains a response from General Lee, dated December 15, 1863.

Letter from Winyah Lodge, No. 40, to Pacific Lodge, No. 45. Dated June 04, 1873. In this letter, Winyah Lodge, No. 40, describes how white Union soldiers of the 15th Maine torched their lodge building in response to being “relieved by a Battalion of United States colored Troops” under the command of Colonel A. J. Willard. Concludes by appealing to Masons for relief in rebuilding their “lost Temple.”

A letter written to General James Wadsworth, Military Governor, Washington from G. Wheelock, Colonel and Commander of 73rd regiment, dated September 30, 1862. Colonel is requesting a pass for his friends, John Wesley Harway and William S. Hadley, to reach Major G. McClellan's army for business. It includes 2 pages, one written, one blank, and is accompanied by a pass granted on October 2, 1862 and signed by General Wadworth's Aide-de-Camp.

Manuscript letter addressed to the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire requesting a dispensation for opening a military lodge by members of the 14th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry. Letter signed by Lieutenant Colonel T.A. Barker and others.

Note on back of letter, dated October 20, 1862, written by Charles H. Bell, Grand Master of Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, granting the petition and naming the lodge "Comrades' Lodge, No. 4, of Army Lodges."

Commission for Frank Stanwood as a First Lieutenant in the Third Regiment of the United States Cavalry. Signed by President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State Edwin Stanton and dated May 1, 1862.