Civil War
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this heading for collections related to the American Civil War, including materials created after 1865 that have significant Civil War content. Also use the LCSH heading: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.Found in 1309 Collections and/or Records:
Report that Col. Preston was not re-elected for duty. Signed: G. E. Pickett, Camp near Laurel Church, May 19, 1862 (Ms1992-003)
Request for continued leave of absence. Signed: Wm. T. Patton, Mount Joy, February 22, 1862 (Ms1992-003)
Request to Assume Former Position at Mason's Hill, Signed Col. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)
Requisition for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores for the Use of Company K, 28th Regiment of Va Volunteers, Signed by General Breckenridge, undated (Ms1992-003)
Requisition for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores for the use of the 28th Regiment of the Va. Volunteers, signed P. Breckenridge, September 20, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
William A. Revell Papers
Captain in the 13th New York Cavalry Volunteers in the Civil War. Papers consist of an envelope written on both sides in 1912 by Revell referring to passages in Memorial of Henry Sanford Gansevoort (1882), by J.C. Hadley, about Confederate ranger Colonel John Singleton Mosby's wounding and capture in December 1864, at which he was present. With the manuscript is a copy of the book, inscribed by Revell and Gansevoort's sister, Catherine Lansing.
Alexander Welch Reynolds Letter
Letter of future Confederate Army Brigadier General, Alexander Welch Reynolds, dated July 13, 1861 from Wytheville, Virginia and addressed to his sister in Lewisburg, Virginia.
Cathleen Carlson Reynolds Manuscript Thesis
Resident of Marion, Virginia, and Civil War historian. Collection consists of a copy of "A Pragmatic Loyalty: Unionism in Southwestern Virginia, 1861-1865," Reynolds's 1987 master's thesis for the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Richards-Woody Family Papers,
The Richards-Woody Family Papers comprise correspondence, photographs, obituaries, legal documents, and a family history of the Richards-Woody family. The collection includes Civil War-era correspondence between King David Richards and his wife, Harriet Love Richards, describing several accounts of battles fought by the Confederate Army's 57th Virginia Infantry during the years 1862 and 1863.