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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:

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dr. Harvy Black Chapter Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-050
Abstract

Records of Dr. Harvy Black Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Contains files devoted to local Confederate veterans, as well as chapter financial records, minute books, membership records, printed materials and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1862 - 2010

United States Military Railroads Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-097
Abstract

United States Military Railroads receipt, issued to general freight agent William W. Tuttle at Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Amon W. Updike Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-012
Abstract

Amon W. Updike Correspondence consists of photocopies of five letters from Updike while camped in New Kent, Chesterfield, and Henrico counties, Virginia, to his sister, Phebe Arthur. Also included are photocopies of letters from Phebe Arthur to her husband Henry, letters from Henry to Phebe and to other family members, and a letter from J.O. Hensley, Arthur's captain, informing Phebe of her husband's death. 

Dates: 1861 - 1865

U.S. v $28,000-Effects of R. E. Lee et al. Case Files,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-033
Abstract

This collection contains photocopies of affidavits, claims and answers, stipulations, and a bill for legal fees relating to U.S. v $28,000-Effects of R. E. Lee et al. which dealt with the seizure of land from Confederate leaders.

Dates: 1863 - 1866

USS Pittsburg Paymaster's Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-026
Abstract

U.S. Navy paymaster's ledger, believed to be from the USS Pittsburg, a Union Navy gunboat during the Civil War. Also includes a single sheet officers' pay roll, dated 1866, believed to be from the USS Shawmut.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1995-027
Scope and Content Fifty-page scrapbook compiled by Valentine, who served in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, and authored Story of Co. F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteers in the War for the Union 1861-1865 (W.H. Clarke & Co., Boston, 1896). Scrapbook composed of a series of newspaper clippings from the Salem [Massachusetts] News, written in 1911-12 by Valentine, giving details of his regiment's war activities. Includes photographs, many...
Dates: 1862-1864, 1908, 1911-1912

Oscar Van Houten Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-102
Abstract

The letter describes Van Houten's Civil War camp and war experiences as of May 17, 1863, including details of the wounded and death of several friends.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Henry A. Van Pelt Letter and CDV,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-041
Abstract

The collection includes a letter by Henry Van Pelt to "Frank," dated November 15, 1862, as well as an undated CDV of Van Pelt taken during the Civil War.

Dates: 1862-c.1865

William Gildersleeve Vardell Letters

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1995-016
Scope and Content Major from South Carolina in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; served in the Quartermaster's Department attached to the Holcomb Legion and the 17th, 18th, 22nd, and 23rd South Carolina regiments. Collection consists of photocopies of forty-eight letters from Vardell to his wife Jennie, written between August 1862 and August 1863, while he was encamped in Montgomery, Alabama, and Jackson, Mississippi. Writes longs and eloquent letters about news and effects of the war and battles,...
Dates: 1862-1863, 1882

Daniel Verser Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-051
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from Daniel Verser in Pittsylvania, Virginia, to his brother, Colonel William Verser in Burkesville, Virginia. Dated August 1867, the letter includes Daniel Verser's opinions on Reconstruction-era difficulties in the state.

Dates: 1867 - 1867