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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:

Henry Courtenay Selden Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-015
Abstract

Color photocopies and typed transcripts of letters from Henry Courtenay Selden, a student at Washington College and a private in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

Settlement Map of Pulaski County, Virginia, Showing Names of Settlers and Settlements of Historical Interest From the Mid-Seventeen Hundreds (2 copies)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0204
Abstract

Historical map shows locations of significant historical events in Pulaski County, Virginia. The map itself is surrounded by historical narrative, and it is bordered by names of significant historical persons. The reverse of the map contains the names of Pulaski County residents who served as soldiers in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States.

Dates: 1976

Thomas Robinson Sharp Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-019
Abstract

Papers--including journals, notebooks, scrapbooks and letter copy books of Thomas Robinson Sharp, Confederate military railroad superintendent and colonel and official of several railroad companies in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1859 - 1908

John P. Sheffey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-060
Abstract

Letters of a Confederate cavalry officer to his wife in Wytheville, Virginia, together with other Civil War and family correspondence, military documents, writings, printed material and ephemera.

Dates: 1853 - 1989

Shenandoah County Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1996-010
Scope and Content

Unidentified Confederate soldier writing to his family from Shenandoah County in Virginia on October 11, 1864, to his wife and children. Writes with instructions to his sons to sow his farm land in wheat and rye, and tells about a small skirmish with the Yankees. Transcript available.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

F.I. Shipman Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-033
Scope and Content

Union soldier in the Civil War, stationed in Petersburg, Virginia. Letter to his father mentioning signs of peace and asking for stamps and other necessities.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Oren Shorts Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-047
Scope and Content

Letter written May 5, 1861, from a Fort Fairfield, Iowa, farmer to relatives. Mentions farm and family and refers to the recent outbreak of war between the states.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

Showacre Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-030
Abstract

The Showacre Family Papers consists of a handwritten copy of a eulogy for Charles Showacre by Reverend William Runyan and given on May 22, 1864, and an acceptance letter dated September 23, 1873, admitting George D. Showarce to the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.

Dates: 1864, 1873

Siege of Vicksburg

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-007
Scope and Contents

VTF 3141

Dates: 1888 - 1888

Anthony K. Simmons Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-011
Abstract

Letter from Anthony K. Simmons describing health of son Ed, a private in Company A, 28th Virginia Infantry recently wounded in the Battle of Gaines' Mill, and relating war news from Manchester, Virginia.

Dates: 1862 - 1862