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:
Uniform Coatee,
Union Army Special Order (Montgomery County, VA),
The collection contains a handwritten special order issued by the Union army to Captain Thomas Gregg of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Union Soldier Photograph
The collection consists of a photograph of an unnamed Union soldier.
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dr. Harvy Black Chapter Records,
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.
United States Military Railroads Receipt
United States Military Railroads receipt, issued to general freight agent William W. Tuttle at Nashville, Tennessee.
Amon W. Updike Correspondence,
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.
U.S. v $28,000-Effects of R. E. Lee et al. Case Files,
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.
USS Pittsburg Paymaster's Ledger
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.
Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook
Oscar Van Houten Letter,
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.