This collection consists of manuscript and other paper items collected by Rosanna A. Blake. Included are letters, diaries, correspondence, unit rosters, Confederate imprint forms and currency, 1860-1865. Also included are 3D items including firearms, edged weapons, tin soldiers, original Civil War art work, the Volck shield, and Southern periodicals relating to the Civil War. Notably, the collection includes 3 original Robert E. Lee letters, 1 Jefferson Davis letter, and 2 general orders dictated by Lee. The O'Brien sub-collection contains Civil War pamphlets and booklets, over 300 monographs and books, photos, CDV's, original Civil War art work, the Volck shield, ambrotypes and tintypes, one original Robert E. Lee letter, original Civil War sketches and etchings, and other 3D items. Most materials are Confederate related.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Rosanna Blake Collection, 1818-2000. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Rosanna Blake Collection, 1818-2000.
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"Buying a Substitute in the North during the War."
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #7: "Buying a Substitute in the North during the War," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Cave Life in Vicksburg during the Siege'"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #28: "Cave Life in Vicksburg during the Siege," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Counterfeit Confederate Notes Publicly Offered for Sale in the 'City of Brotherly Love'"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #25: "Counterfeit Confederate Notes Publicly Offered for Sale in the 'City of Brotherly love'" from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Election in Baltimore, November, 1862'"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #9: "Election in Baltimore, November, 1862," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Enlistment of Sickles' Brigade, N.Y."
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #6: "Enlistment of Sickles' Brigade, N.Y.," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Formation of Guerrilla Bands'"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #16: "Formation of Guerrilla Bands," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Free Negroes in Hayti'"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #27: "Free Negroes in Hayti," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Free Negroes in the North'"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #26: "Free Negroes in the North," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Gen'l Stuart's Raid to the White House"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #21: "Gen'l Stuart's Raid to the White House," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Gen'l Stuart's Return from Pennsylvania"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #22: Gen'l Stuart's Return from Pennsylvania" from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Jamison's Jayhawkers."
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #17: "Jamison's Jayhawkers," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Making Clothes for the Boys in the Army."
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #11: Making Clothes for the Boys in the Army," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Marylanders Crossing the Potomac to Join the Southern Army"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #8: "Marylanders Crossing the Potomac to Join the Southern Army," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Offering of Bells to be Cast into Cannon"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #19: "Offering of Bells to be Cast into Cannon," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Passage through Baltimore'"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #2,"Passage through Baltimore," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's Camp."
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #24: "Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's Camp" from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Return of a Raiding Party from Pennsylvania."
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #13: "Return of a Raiding Party from Pennsylvania" from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Searching for Arms'"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #5, "Searching for Arms, from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Slaves Concealing Their Master from a Search Party"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #12: "Slaves Concealing Their Master from a Search Party," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Smuggling Medicines into the South"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #18: "Smuggling Medicines into the South," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Stone Blockade off Charleston, S.C."
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #10: "Stone Blockade off Charleston, S.C." from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Tracks of the Armies."
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #15: "Tracks of the Armies," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. An image of a Confederate soldier coming home to find his home in ruins. The body of a woman in the rubble with a naked breast supposedly symbolized that the North had raped the southern women. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Valiant Men 'Dat Fite Mit Siegel'"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #14: "Valiant Men 'Dat Fite Mit Siegel'," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Vicksburg Canal'"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #29: "Vicksburg Canal," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Worship of the North"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #1: "Worship of the North" from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
