A Guide to the Papers of Charles G. Halpine , 1863-1868 #[collection/accession number WITHOUT LABEL goes here]

A Guide to the Papers of Charles G. Halpine 1863-1868

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The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 7719

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

7719

Title

Papers of Charles G. Halpine 1863-1868

Physical Characteristics

9 items

Collector

Forms part of the Clifton Waller Barrett Library

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Charles G. Halpine, Accession #7719, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Clifton Waller Barrett

Biographical/Historical Information

Irish born American author; Brigadier General in the Union army; best known for his humorous description of Civil War events in "The Life and Adventures...of Private Miles O'Reilly."

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains manuscripts of two poems by Halpine, six letters from him and a drawing.

Manuscripts

Poem The Chemisette n.d.

AMsS 2 p.
Printed poem beginning with her charming looks... on the verso of which is hand written the poem We are coming Father Abraham by James Sloan Gibbons 1863 Mar 25

AMS 2 p.

Letters

Charles G. Halpine to George Washington Cullum 1863 Nov 26

ALS 3 p.

Reports on "Private Miles," the fictitious army private he created, and on an interview with President Abraham Lincoln; notes that a report on the latter will be in Saturday's Herald . Includes the poem Nora Creina .
Charles G. Halpine to Charles Nordhoff 1864 Apr 7

ALS 4 p.

Asks Nordhoff to review the appended poem titled April 20th '64 and signed "Miles O'Reilly." Also asks Nordhoff to show the poem to William Cullen Bryant for his opinion.
Charles G. Halpine to George Washington Cullum 1864 Apr 21

ALS 4 p.

Reports on information regarding General Ulysses Grant. Offers high praise for General Henry W. Halleck, suggesting he could have been Democratic nominee for President. Refers to his own resignation and new career with a law firm.
Charles G. Halpine to Douglas Taylor 1867 Feb 21
Physical Location: original in Poems of Charles G. Halpine
ALS (electrostatic copy) 2 p.

Confirms appointment. Insists on being assessed his share of expenses. Mentions a Mr. Fowler
Charles G. Halpine to Salmon P. Chase 1868 Apr 1

ALS 3 p.

Urges Chase to seek the Democratic nomination for President in 1868 in the moderate conservative wing, to oppose George Pendleton, who had been the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1864.
Charles G. Halpine to John M. Savage 1868 Jul 22

ALS 2 p.

Asks employment for a Thomas Molony, a "Fenian Refugee."

Miscellaneous

Drawing n.d.

Drawing from a photograph showing Halpine in the uniform of his literary character "Private Miles O'Reilly."