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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:

Henry L. Burnell Diary,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-036
Abstract

The collection contains the diary of Private Henry L. Burnell, Co. "I," 8th Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1859 - 1865. Burnell served in the Union Army from September 7, 1861 until July 22, 1865.

Dates: 1859 - 1865

Thomas Morris Burns Letters

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-2000-087
Scope and Content Letters written by Thomas Burns to his family between August 1862 and June 1865 while he was serving with the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was attached to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He participated in engagements in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina. Burns, of Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, was the son of Scottish immigrants and was 18 or 19 years old when he enlisted in the Union Army. The collection also...
Dates: 1862 - 1900; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1865

William S. Burns Reminiscences,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-094
Abstract

Civil War reminiscences of William S. Burns, captain in the 4th Missouri Cavalry, clipped from an unidentified newspaper and pasted into a scrapbook.

Dates: [1887?]

Burrows Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-007
Abstract

Letters of the Palmer L. and Sophronia M. Shaw Burrows family of Delaware County, New York, including Civil War correspondence of Palmer L. Burrows (144th New York Infantry) and his sons S. Worcester Burrows (27th New York Infantry and 1st New York Veteran Cavalry) and Linus P. Burrows (1st New York Veteran Cavalry) and others.

Dates: 1861 - 1891

Burrows Family Letters, 1861-1891 (Ms2008-007)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2008-007
Dates: 1861 - 1891

Samuel Worcester Burrows Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-038
Abstract

Civil War letter of Samuel Worcester Burrows, a private in Company C, New York Infantry.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Charles H. Bushee Diary,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-055
Abstract

Diary of Charles H. Bushee, Company E, 112th Regiment, New York Infantry, 1863. Includes entries on actions of the 112th Regiment in and around Norfolk and Suffolk, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Benjamin Franklin Butler Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-060
Abstract

Handwritten book-length draft manuscript providing a very critical view of the military leadership and personal character of General Ulysses S. Grant. Attributed to Benjamin Butler, though evidence suggests a different author, possibly former Union Army Brigadier General Gustave Paul Cluseret.

Dates: [1865?]

F. Calkins Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-045
Scope and Content

Soldier in the 2nd Massachusetts Artillery in the Civil War. Letter written September 10, 1863, to Dear Friend from Newberne, North Carolina. Calkins exalts the power of Christ, and despairs that his fellow soldiers care only for things that are low and devilish and seek only to gratify their lusts and passions.

Dates: 1863 - 1863