United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1206 Collections and/or Records:
West Virginia Civil War Correspondence
Two letters on one sheet from two girls in Western Virginia (now West Virginia) to their aunt. They write of war on the home front and the destruction caused by the Yankee soldiers to their farms.
Isaac White Letters
N. B. White Letter to Darius White
The collection consists of a single letter from N. B. White to his cousin, Darius, written from Boliver Heights, near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, dated October 19, 1862....
William C. White Letter
Soldier in Company H of the 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War. Recruited in Philadelphia on August 19, 1861; mustered out August 27, 1864. Letter written November 20, 1861, to his parents from Camp Monocacy, Maryland. Writes that it is hard to get French leave because there are patrols on every road around the camp, and that many have deserted from his company due to the lack of whiskey.
G. J. Whitman Correspondence
Union soldier in the Civil War. Three letters from camps in and near Washington, D.C.
Williams Carter Wickham Letterbook
Letterbook of Williams Carter Wickham, attorney, farmer, Virginia state senator, Hanover County supervisor, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company official, and Confederate brigadier general, containing copies of letters regarding farm, business, political and personal matters.
Charles Wilkins Letter
Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Infantry during the Civil War. Letter written on May 23, 1862, from camp near Corinth, Mississippi, to his brother in New Hampshire. Writes about his recent arrival in Mississippi and reporting to General John Pope. Claims they are near enough to reach the Rebels with our 30 pounders.