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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:

Uniform Coatee,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-003
Scope and Content Item: uniform coatee Desc: Carolina Rifles coatee Date: Civil War? Color: blue gray Material: wool with quilted wool (?) lining Manufacturer: Chestnut St., Philadelphia: Jacob Reed’s Sons Donor: unknown Condition: stained, dirty; moth holes on sleeves, front, lining Special Markings: Gold buttons with palmetto tree and S.C. Back skirt spit in half with 3 buttons on each side and black stripe under buttons; inside pocket under left arm; 3 smaller buttons on sleeves set on black strip,...
Dates: c.1861-1865?

Union Army Special Order (Montgomery County, VA),

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-032
Abstract

The collection contains a handwritten special order issued by the Union army to Captain Thomas Gregg of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Union Soldier Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-005
Abstract

The collection consists of a photograph of an unnamed Union soldier.

Dates: c.1861-1865

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dr. Harvy Black Chapter Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-050
Abstract

Records of Dr. Harvy Black Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Contains files devoted to local Confederate veterans, as well as chapter financial records, minute books, membership records, printed materials and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1862 - 2010

United States Military Railroads Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-097
Abstract

United States Military Railroads receipt, issued to general freight agent William W. Tuttle at Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Amon W. Updike Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-012
Abstract

Amon W. Updike Correspondence consists of photocopies of five letters from Updike while camped in New Kent, Chesterfield, and Henrico counties, Virginia, to his sister, Phebe Arthur. Also included are photocopies of letters from Phebe Arthur to her husband Henry, letters from Henry to Phebe and to other family members, and a letter from J.O. Hensley, Arthur's captain, informing Phebe of her husband's death. 

Dates: 1861 - 1865

U.S. v $28,000-Effects of R. E. Lee et al. Case Files,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-033
Abstract

This collection contains photocopies of affidavits, claims and answers, stipulations, and a bill for legal fees relating to U.S. v $28,000-Effects of R. E. Lee et al. which dealt with the seizure of land from Confederate leaders.

Dates: 1863 - 1866

USS Pittsburg Paymaster's Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-026
Abstract

U.S. Navy paymaster's ledger, believed to be from the USS Pittsburg, a Union Navy gunboat during the Civil War. Also includes a single sheet officers' pay roll, dated 1866, believed to be from the USS Shawmut.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1995-027
Scope and Content Fifty-page scrapbook compiled by Valentine, who served in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, and authored Story of Co. F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteers in the War for the Union 1861-1865 (W.H. Clarke & Co., Boston, 1896). Scrapbook composed of a series of newspaper clippings from the Salem [Massachusetts] News, written in 1911-12 by Valentine, giving details of his regiment's war activities. Includes photographs, many...
Dates: 1862-1864, 1908, 1911-1912

Oscar Van Houten Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-102
Abstract

The letter describes Van Houten's Civil War camp and war experiences as of May 17, 1863, including details of the wounded and death of several friends.

Dates: 1863 - 1863