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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:

Riley Smith Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-017
Scope and Content

Union soldier of the 3rd Michigan Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War. Letter written March 7, 1864, to his cousin. Writes that he likes being a soldier when he is not in danger and how Confederate deserters now come to their lines every day.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

James Adger Smyth Memoir,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-010
Abstract

The collection contains an original typescript memoir of James Adger Smyth (1837-1920) of Charleston, SC, as well as a transcript of the memoir and an introduction/brief biography by a descendant.

Dates: 1917, 2010

Smythe and Wythe Counties, Virginia, Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-029
Abstract

Ledger started in Chatham Hill in Smyth County, Virginia, in 1850, discarded and then recommenced in 1862 in Rural Retreat, Virginia. Included in the entries are the labor records of a free black woman, and Washington Steptoe.

Dates: 1850, 1862-1865

Aaron Snavely Poem

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-001
Abstract

Poem by Aaron Snavely, titled "Remember Sarah Jane," lamenting the recent death and burial of Snavely's wife.

Dates: [1863?]

John N. Snider Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-063
Scope and Content

John N. Snider (1834-1897) was a soldier in the 14th Virginia Cavalry, Jenkins Brigade. The letter is from Snider in a Camp near Salem to his sister. He writes about the high price of food and that there is preaching in the camp every Sunday.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Henry Clay Sommerville Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-045
Scope and Content

Born in Hampshire County, Virginia; surgeon for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Collection consists of letters, written mostly from January to April, 1864, to Sommerville while in Danville and Lynchburg, Virginia, from friends in Liberty (now Bedford), Virginia. Most of the letters focus on town news and gossip.

Dates: 1862, 1864

Song, The Southern Wagon, n.d. (Ms.1984-172)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1984-172_KoontzFamily_F1_Song_ND
Dates: n.d.