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:
B. H. Johnson Journal,
Journal of a Methodist circuit riding minister of eastern Virginia during the American Civil War. Salient topics include: the effects of war, typhoid outbreaks, and religious practices in eastern Virginia.
Charles N. Johnson Papers
Private in the 15th Iowa Volunteer Regiment, Company C, during the Civil War. Papers include eight letters (1862, n.d.) from St. Louis, Missouri, and Corinth, Tennessee, to his mother; his discharge papers (April 20, 1865); his marriage license (1868); and photographs of himself and his family.
Edgar W. Johnson Correspondence
Hannibal A. Johnson Letters,
The collection contains two letters from Hannibal A. Johnson to his friend, Samuel, written from Camp Fessenden, Alexandria, Virginia, in August and September 1861.
John Burgess Johnson Letter,
Letter written by Captain John Burgess Johnson to his family while camped near Yorktown, Virginia. Letter is postmarked January 19. The letter details a march made by the 6th U.S. Colored troops from Glouchester Point to relieve Union calvary troops near the Chickahominy River.