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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1206 Collections and/or Records:

William A. Revell Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-063
Scope and Content

Captain in the 13th New York Cavalry Volunteers in the Civil War. Papers consist of an envelope written on both sides in 1912 by Revell referring to passages in Memorial of Henry Sanford Gansevoort (1882), by J.C. Hadley, about Confederate ranger Colonel John Singleton Mosby's wounding and capture in December 1864, at which he was present. With the manuscript is a copy of the book, inscribed by Revell and Gansevoort's sister, Catherine Lansing.

Dates: 1882, 1912

Alexander Welch Reynolds Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-030
Abstract

Letter of future Confederate Army Brigadier General, Alexander Welch Reynolds, dated July 13, 1861 from Wytheville, Virginia and addressed to his sister in Lewisburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

Cathleen Carlson Reynolds Manuscript Thesis

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-038
Scope and Content

Resident of Marion, Virginia, and Civil War historian. Collection consists of a copy of "A Pragmatic Loyalty: Unionism in Southwestern Virginia, 1861-1865," Reynolds's 1987 master's thesis for the University of Alabama at Birmingham. 

Dates: 1987 - 1987

Richards-Woody Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-029
Abstract

The Richards-Woody Family Papers comprise correspondence, photographs, obituaries, legal documents, and a family history of the Richards-Woody family. The collection includes Civil War-era correspondence between King David Richards and his wife, Harriet Love Richards, describing several accounts of battles fought by the Confederate Army's 57th Virginia Infantry during the years 1862 and 1863.

Dates: 1803 - 1992

Civil War Letters of Andrew Jackson Richardson,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-031
Abstract

Civil War Letters of Andrew Jackson Richardson is a bound compilation of correspondence, transcripts, and miscellaneous documents about Andrew Jackson Richarson's Civil War-era letters written to his unnamed wife.

Dates: 1861 - 1863

James B. Richmond Poetry Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-051
Abstract

Book of poetry and prose by James B. Richmond (1842-1910), who was a politician, lawyer, judge, and banker from southwest Virginia.

Dates: 1873 - 1883

George W. Ringlar Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-070
Abstract

Letter from Vermont native, living with a Virginia farming family during the Civil War, relating his attempt to join the army, unsuccessful due to illness. Also provides a contrasting description between the farms of Vermont and Virginia, instructs his father in handling his affairs during his absence, and denigrates newspapers as "liars by liars."

Dates: ca.1862

Joab Roberson Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1976-005
Abstract

Photocopy of a letter from Joab Roberson, a private in Company I, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War, written from Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, to his wife, Nan.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Robert E. Lee, Bust

 Collection
Identifier: Art-183
Scope and Contents

part of Billings collection?



Dates: n.d.