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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:

William J. Lacey Diary, 1861-1863 (Ms2011-115)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-115
Dates: 1861 - 1863

William J. Moore Letters, 1862 (Ms2010-031)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010-031
Dates: 1862

William J. Pittenger Diary (Ms2001-064)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-064_PittengerWilliamJ_Diary_1863
Dates: 1863-01-01/1864-11-26

Wills Family Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-008
Abstract

The collection contains photocopies of Civil War correspondence to and from members of the Wills family.

Dates: 1860 - 1865

B. G. Wilson Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-082
Scope and Content

Confederate soldier in the Civil War from Danville, Virginia. Letter from Wilson to his brother, December 24, 1863, referring to sickness in the camp and the low morale of the soldiers. Transcript available.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former slave who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries include...
Dates: 1913, 1928

Jacob S. Winans Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-062
Abstract

The collection includes two letters and their original envelope from Jacob S. Winans to his father Dr. Isaac Winans. Both letters were sent in the same envelope. They were written after Winans's return to Camp Tennally (Tennallytown, Maryland) after serving picket at Great Falls, Virginia from September 9-16, 1861.

Dates: September 17-18, 1861

Winston Family Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1995-004
Scope and Content Copies of transcripts of various the Civil War letters of three brothers: Ambrose Whitlock Winston (1835-97), Charles James Winston (1837-87), and William Henry Harrison Winston (1841-1935), of Campbell County, Virginia, to their aunt, Mary Harris Clark. The brothers all served in Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia. The letters were written between November 1861 and March 1865 from camps in Virginia and North Carolina. They write of mutual friends killed or...
Dates: 1861 - 1865

Wm. Gillette's Held By the Enemy

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-052
Scope and Contents

VTF 3089

Dates: n.d.

Eben P. Wolcott Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-033
Scope and Content

Soldier in the 28th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Company E, in the Civil War. Correspondence consists of letters to Wolcott in Pensacola, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana, from his family in Lakeville, Connecticut. Includes information about the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862), the death of Stonewall Jackson (May 1863), and the inflation caused by the war.

Dates: 1862 - 1863