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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:

Spencer C. Stanhope Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-069
Abstract

Letter from former Union officer Spencer C. Stanhope to C. P. Leverich, describing his destitution and pleading for financial assistance. Accompanied by a second letter, which had likely been enclosed with the first, further describing his situation.

Dates: 1870 - 1870

Rufus P. Stanick Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-003
Scope and Content

Captain in the 13th New Hampshire Infantry in the Civil War. Letter written January 5 and 6, 1863, from camp opposite Fredericksburg, after the Fredericksburg campaign. Writes about a grand review of General Edwin Sumner's Grand Division of 50,000 men by General Ambrose E. Burnside, and the depletion of the New Hampshire ranks. Remarks that the infantry chaplain rarely has services and is never seen around the camp.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Statement of Goods Received from Christiansburg Depot, James Wade to Robert T. Preston, Salem, November 17, 1862 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F10_Statement_1862_1117
Dates: 1862-11-17

Statement of wheat received, James Wade to Robert T. Preston, Salem, December 12, 1862 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F10_Statement_1862_1212
Dates: 1862-12-12

Stearns Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-013
Scope and Content The papers consist of photocopies of transcripts and originals of correspondence, diaries, official documents, writings, and other genealogical documents (1714-1920) of the Stearns family. Several essays describing the genealogy of the family precede the transcripts of the family papers. An index to the transcripts is included. Included in the papers are the extensive Civil War correspondence of Orange Scott Stearns (1835-70) of the 29th Massachusetts Regiment, to his family, and the Civil...
Dates: 1714 - 1920

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Envelope,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-025
Abstract

The collection contains an envelope addressed to Alexander Hamilton Stephens from Albany, Georgia. A note concerning the resignation of E. T. Jones from his commission.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Enoch Stephens Diary,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-001
Abstract

The collection consists of Enoch Stephens's diary from his time in the 5th NY Veteran Volunteers from January 1st, 1865 to December 26th, 1865 and documents several historical events pertaining to the Civil War.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Silas H. Stepp Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-020
Scope and Content Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Enlisted in April 1863 in the 7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion and transferred in August 1863 to the 6th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company C. Captured by the Union forces in June 1864 at Jackson's Mills, North Carolina. Imprisoned first at Point Lookout, Maryland, and then sent in July 1864 to Elmira Prison, New York. Died of pneumonia in Elmira on January 2, 1865. Collection consists of photocopies of seventeen letters to his wife written...
Dates: 1863 - 1864

Stereoview Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-056
Scope and Contents

The collection includes stereoviews, mostly of Civil War-era or Civil War-related images. Items in the collection are individually described in the contents list of the finding aid.

Please note: Stereoviews can be viewed without equipment, but Special Collections does have a stereoscope available upon request.

Dates: 1865, n.d.

Major General G.H. Steuart Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-014
Abstract

A letter from Confederate Major General G.H. Steuart to Major Commanding General Kenton Harper, and Harper�s reply. The letter was written in Baltimore, Maryland, and is dated April 23, 1861. It expresses concern over the unexpected movements of Union troops in Annapolis, Maryland.

Dates: 1861 - 1861