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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:

Wayne Thurman Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-046
Abstract

The collection consists of a Union soldier's letter, written by Corporal Wayne Thurman, Co. C, 42nd Indiana Vols., Calhoun, [Kentucky], dated December 26, 1861. The letter, written to Thurman's brother, Francis Marion Thurman, discusses camp happenings, including sickness, death, housing, and fights amongst the regiment.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

James R. Tice Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-006
Abstract

Letters from James R. Tice, a Confederate soldier in Company B, 42nd Virginia Infantry, to his sister (Martha A. Tice Light) and brother-in-law (Jim Light). The letters contain references mostly to family and personal matters but also mention the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, the death of Turner Ashby, the capture of Union provisions in Romney and the war-time prices of various goods.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

William W. Tinkle Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-048
Scope and Content

Soldier in the 7th Indiana Infantry, Company F, in the Civil War. Letter written to Captain J. M. Jones, July 10, 1864, describing the siege of Petersburg, Virginia. Included is a list of the casualties in his company since May of that year.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

Fanny W. Tinsley Memoirs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-013
Scope and Content

Typescript memoir written in 1912 of a Hanover County, Virginia, woman's experience of the Civil War Battle of Mechanicsville in 1862. 

Dates: 1912 - 1912

J. S. Tinsley Telegram,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-033
Abstract

This collection contains a telegram from J. S. Tinsley to J. Goggin, Esq. The telegram, dated June 2, 186[2], likely refers to the Battle of Seven Pines and reports a Confederate victory after the Union forces "retired" towards Drewry's Bluff.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

William S. Tippett Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-060
Scope and Content

The collection consists of a single letter from Sgt William S. Tippett to his wife, Maggie. Written from a parole camp in Annapolis, Maryland, the letter opens with Tippett's comments on news from home. A majority of the letter, however,details his stay in Belle Island prison (Richmond) from September 1863 until early March 1864. In particular, he describes the food (or lack of) and the poor conditions.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

Transfer Request, From Major Allen to Col Robert T. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_TransferRequest
Dates: n.d.

Henry Clay Trumball Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1988-018
Scope and Content

Chaplain to the 10th Connecticut Volunteer Regiment from 1862 to 1865 in the Civil War. Collection includes photocopies of the letters Trumbull wrote during that time (mostly to his wife), and a copy of the journal and diaries he kept while in a prisoner-of-war camp in Columbia, South Carolina. Unprocessed.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Edward F. Tubbs Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-030
Abstract

The collection consists of seven letters written by Edward F. Tubbs, Company I, 14th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (159th Volunteers) to his mother and siblings at home in Albion, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1858 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1864