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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:

Edward A. Green Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-003
Abstract

Facsimile copies of Green's history of the 12th Virginia Cavalry, including both the published version, serialized in an unidentified newspaper in 1902, and Green's handwritten draft notes.

Dates: [1902?]

Gresham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-096
Abstract

Photocopies of papers of the family of John Jones Gresham, a Macon, Georgia attorney, businessman and politician. Includes correspondence, notes on Confederate memorabilia, legal and financial papers, and biographical materials.

Dates: 1825 - 1940

Gresham Family Papers, 1825-1940 (Ms1988-096)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988-096
Dates: 1825 - 1940

Thomas Haden Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-027
Abstract

The collection consists of an incomplete letter dated July 8, 1862 from Thomas Haden to his wife talking about marching and battle.

Dates: July 8, 1862

Edward H. Hahn Cassette Tapes

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1992-026
Scope and Content

Collection consists of tapes of lectures and talks given at Civil War Roundtables and sessions at a Civil War Summer Institute led by Virginia Tech History Professor James I. Robertson, Jr., attended and recorded by Hahn. Topics focus on prominent Civil War battles, campaigns, and persons.

Dates: 1977 - 1991

William P. Hall Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-069
Scope and Content Union soldier from Massachusetts in the Civil War. Four letters written from various camps in Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia, to his uncle in Worcester, Massachusetts. Worked in the cook house. Writes that several soldiers were discharged because they were too small and short, how the regiment grows smaller each month, and that a bowling alley will be built in a hospital for the men. Also writes that his regiment was inspected by the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, and by General...
Dates: 1861 - 1863

John H. Hancock Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-008
Abstract

Civil War diary of John H. Hancock, of Co. H, 29th Massachusetts Infantry.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

A. C. M. A. Hansrad Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-097
Scope and Content

Civil War home front letter written February 24, 1865, from Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee. Hansard writes to her family about the lack of available meat, robberies in the area, and a recent local revival meeting.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Nancy B. Harbin Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-013
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written by Nancy B. Harbin to her sons, Jack and John Harbin in Company F, 42nd Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry of the Confederate army.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Edwin Houston Harman Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-019
Abstract

The Edwin Houston Harman Papers consists of letters written in various camps in southwest Virginia to and from Harman and his wife, Jennie. The letters date from 1856 to 1864. There is also a folder of genealogy materials relating to the Harman family.

Dates: 1856 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1856 - 1864