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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:

George W. Viar Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-036
Scope and Content

Soldier in Company E of the 24th Virginia Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War. Papers consist of reports by surgeons in Dublin, Virginia, of their examinations of Viar, declaring him unfit for field duty. Also includes a note by a fellow soldier of Viar's to his family with saying that he is sending documents home with Viar.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Virginia Confederate Election Ticket,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-004
Abstract

Virginia election ticket for the November 6, 1861, Confederate election. It includes the names of candidates for sixteen districts; Jefferson Davis for President, and A.H. Stephens for Vice President; and state representative candidates, John R. Edmunds and Allen T. Caperton.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

Felix Voltz Letters,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-021
Abstract

The collection contains six letters from Felix Voltz to his family in Elmira, New York, written during the Civil War.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Jane Wade Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-049
Abstract

The collection contains a photocopy of a letter from Wade in Christiansburg, Virginia, written on May 15, 1864, to her husband John, a soldier in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

John D. Wagg Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-048
Abstract

The Wagg Papers consist of correspondence, two diaries, sermons, church documents, and miscellaneous poems and essays.

Dates: 1854 - 1866

Frederick E. Waldron Memoirs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1995-011
Scope and Content

 Undated manuscript memoirs, ca. late 1800s, of Waldron's experiences as a soldier in the 31st New York Regiment during the Civil War.

Dates: c.late 1800s

Timothy S. Walker Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-021
Scope and Content

Union soldier with the 25th Maine Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Letter written April 20, 1864, from Georgetown in Washington, D.C. to a friend in Maine. Writes about getting coal in Alexandria, Virginia, and his hopes that the war ends soon.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-007
Scope and Content Information This collection consists of photocopies of four letters, 1862-65, three of which are from Wall to his brother-in-law, Waddy Thompson James (1836-1926 or 1931), a Captain of Company B and then Lieutenant Colonel of the 57th Virginia Infantry. Wall's letters describe conditions on his farm during the war, prices of crops, problems of getting supplies to soldiers, and the transfer of slaves. Company B, or the "Franklin Sharpshooters," was organized by James of men from Franklin County,...
Dates: 1861 - 1865

Charles Walls Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-001
Abstract

Photocopies of magazine articles and other sources relating to the Civil War, with particular emphases on Long Island, New York during the war, African-American history, and the Ku Klux Klan.

Dates: 1882 - 2003

Henry J. Walters Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-003
Abstract

This collection contains a letter from Walters to an unnamed person on his having written a recommendation for the person's promotion.

Dates: 1863 - 1863