Civil War

Four letters from a Union soldier in the Civil War written from various camps in Virginia, on topics including camp life and the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863). Transcripts available.

Three letters from Washburn (last name unknown), a Union soldier in the 14th Massachusetts Battery in the Civil War, to his brother and mother. Washburn writes in April and May 1865 from various places in Virginia about rumors of the soldiers being mustered out of service, souvenir hunters buying up Confederate money, and the effects of the war on the town of Petersburg, Virginia.

The collection contains the diary of Alva Cleveland, a 57-year-old soldier who served as an orderly with the 1^st Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry. The diary covers March to July 1862 while Cleveland's regiment was stationed around Nashville, Tennessee, and in northern Alabama.

Union soldier from Easton, Pennsylvania, in the Civil War. Two letters written March and April, 1863, to his sister and brother from a convalescent camp in Virginia. Writes about examinations for those being discharged.

The collection consists of a letter from Henry Close to Oliver P. and Hannah Bennett on the 31st of January, 1864.

The Cochran family letters consist of fourteen letters written in 1860 and 1861 by brothers John H. and Benjamin Franklin ("Frank") Cochran of Augusta County, Virginia.

Union soldier in Co. C, 42nd Regiment of the Indiana Infantry. Collection consists of Coe's marriage certificate to Mary Webb, correspondence between Coe and his family during his military service, and papers concerning Coe's civil war pension.

Civil War memoir of Sergeant Edwin R. Coghill of Company E ("Caroline Greys"), 30th Virginia Infantry, together with a post-war company roster, and a 1970 booklet commemorating a memorial service for General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at Bethel Baptist Church and containing a transcript of Coghill's memoir.

Civil War diary of Jacob Cohn, a soldier in Company A, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry