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Civil War

 Subject

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:

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Envelope,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-025
Abstract

The collection contains an envelope addressed to Alexander Hamilton Stephens from Albany, Georgia. A note concerning the resignation of E. T. Jones from his commission.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Enoch Stephens Diary,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-001
Abstract

The collection consists of Enoch Stephens's diary from his time in the 5th NY Veteran Volunteers from January 1st, 1865 to December 26th, 1865 and documents several historical events pertaining to the Civil War.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Silas H. Stepp Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-020
Scope and Content Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Enlisted in April 1863 in the 7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion and transferred in August 1863 to the 6th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company C. Captured by the Union forces in June 1864 at Jackson's Mills, North Carolina. Imprisoned first at Point Lookout, Maryland, and then sent in July 1864 to Elmira Prison, New York. Died of pneumonia in Elmira on January 2, 1865. Collection consists of photocopies of seventeen letters to his wife written...
Dates: 1863 - 1864

Stereoview Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-056
Scope and Contents

The collection includes stereoviews, mostly of Civil War-era or Civil War-related images. Items in the collection are individually described in the contents list of the finding aid.

Please note: Stereoviews can be viewed without equipment, but Special Collections does have a stereoscope available upon request.

Dates: 1865, n.d.

Major General G.H. Steuart Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-014
Abstract

A letter from Confederate Major General G.H. Steuart to Major Commanding General Kenton Harper, and Harper�s reply. The letter was written in Baltimore, Maryland, and is dated April 23, 1861. It expresses concern over the unexpected movements of Union troops in Annapolis, Maryland.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

Wilhelm Jacob Steubing Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-042
Scope and Content

Confederate soldier in Company B, Debray's Regiment, Texas Cavalry (later the 26th Texas Cavalry), during the Civil War. Probably involved in the Texas Coast Operations of 1863. Collection consists of seven letters written from and to Steubing at camps in Texas and his wife Nancy in their home in Hopkinsville, Texas.

Dates: 1859 - 1864

Nixon Stewart Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-086
Scope and Content

Union soldier in Company E, 97th Ohio Regiment, during the Civil War. Two letters written in April 1863 from General Hospital #12 in Louisville, Kentucky, to his sister Maggie in Adamsville, Ohio. Describes woundings and deaths of comrades and states that he would rather stand the hardships of the regiment than be in the hospital. Transcript available.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Stonewall

 Collection
Identifier: Art-340
Scope and Content

The holdings include 19 copies which are signed and number and 1 copy that is inscribed and numbered.

Dates: 1985 - 1985

Stonewall Jackson Memorial

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-057
Dates: 1983 - 1983

Storming of Fort Wagner

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-017
Scope and Contents

not on VTF list

Dates: 1890 - 1890