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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:

Sephas (Cephas) L. Walton Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1955-001
Abstract

This folder contains eighteen letters and one envelope to and from Sephus (Cephas) L. Walton. These letters are to and from his Mother, Father, Brother, Wife and other relations while he was in the 1st Virginia Battalion, Company A and 42nd Infantry Virginia Regiment, Company B.

Dates: 1861-1865, 1884

Marcus B. Warner Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-061
Abstract

An 1864 Diary, transcript, and photocopied Muster Rolls and a card number list pertaining to Marcus B. Warner, of New York's 184th Volunteer Infantry, Company K. The diary details his civilian life as a harness maker and the first portion of his career as a Union soldier stationed in City Point and Petersburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Henry M. Warren Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-017
Abstract

The collections consists of a letter from Union soldier Henry M. Warren, Private of the 18th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, to his brother Nathaniel in Massachusetts.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

Washington Light Guard Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-070
Abstract

This collection contains two ledgers from the Washington Light Guard from 1861.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

John C. Watkins Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-071
Abstract This collection consists of eighteen letters, seventeen of which are by John C. Watkins and three of which are fragments, two by John C. and one by his wife, Harriet (Hattie) Watkins. All were written to friends and family back home in Lowell, Massachusetts, first, when Watkins served as a private with the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment in Suffolk, Virginia in 1862 and 1863; then while in Washington, DC, from 1864 to 1866; and, lastly, while serving with the Eighth Cavalry as Acting Assistant...
Dates: 1862 - 1870

George W. Watson Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-024
Scope and Content

Union soldier in the 12th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. Nineteen letters to his family from various camps in Virginia, and from Point Lookout, where he was stationed.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

Max Weber Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-027
Scope and Content

Colonel of the 20th Regiment of New York volunteers, in the Civil War. Letter to Major General Benjamin F. Butler, September 5, 1861, describing the capture of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina, on August 28, by Weber's troops.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

Captain Isaiah A. Welch Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-094
Abstract

This letter from Captain Isaiah A. Welch to Captain Crispin Dickenson details Welch's desire to get back in touch with Dickenson, following their Civil War service together. A shopping list of Captain Crispin Dickenson's is also included.

Dates: 1866 - 1867

Robert J. Wells Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-066
Abstract

Letter written by Robert J. Wells. Robert J. Wells enlisted on June 5, 1861 at Lynchburg, Virginia as a Private in Company H of the 24th Virginia Infantry. The letter is written to "Cousin Louise" and dates from November 30, 1864.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

J. Waldo West Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-066
Scope and Content

Lieutenant in the 1st New York Dragoons during the Civil War. Three letters written between January and July, 1864, to Sarah L. (Lyra) Stillson of Corning, New York, from Dansville, New York, and camps in Washington, D.C. Writes about his visit home and his company's reconnaissance to the Rapidan River.

Dates: 1864 - 1864