United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1206 Collections and/or Records:
William Burgess Letter
Letter written August 24, 1886, to General William D. Dixon from Burgess, formerly a first lieutenant in the 6th Pennsylvania Corps in the Civil War. Burgess describes the skirmish at Drainsville, Virginia (December 1861), and the actions of General Edward O. Ord in that engagement.
Henry L. Burnell Diary,
The collection contains the diary of Private Henry L. Burnell, Co. "I," 8th Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1859 - 1865. Burnell served in the Union Army from September 7, 1861 until July 22, 1865.
Thomas Morris Burns Letters
William S. Burns Reminiscences,
Civil War reminiscences of William S. Burns, captain in the 4th Missouri Cavalry, clipped from an unidentified newspaper and pasted into a scrapbook.
Burrows Family Letters
Letters of the Palmer L. and Sophronia M. Shaw Burrows family of Delaware County, New York, including Civil War correspondence of Palmer L. Burrows (144th New York Infantry) and his sons S. Worcester Burrows (27th New York Infantry and 1st New York Veteran Cavalry) and Linus P. Burrows (1st New York Veteran Cavalry) and others.
Samuel Worcester Burrows Letter
Civil War letter of Samuel Worcester Burrows, a private in Company C, New York Infantry.
Charles H. Bushee Diary,
Diary of Charles H. Bushee, Company E, 112th Regiment, New York Infantry, 1863. Includes entries on actions of the 112th Regiment in and around Norfolk and Suffolk, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina.
Benjamin Franklin Butler Notebook
Handwritten book-length draft manuscript providing a very critical view of the military leadership and personal character of General Ulysses S. Grant. Attributed to Benjamin Butler, though evidence suggests a different author, possibly former Union Army Brigadier General Gustave Paul Cluseret.
F. Calkins Letter
Soldier in the 2nd Massachusetts Artillery in the Civil War. Letter written September 10, 1863, to Dear Friend from Newberne, North Carolina. Calkins exalts the power of Christ, and despairs that his fellow soldiers care only for things that are low and devilish and seek only to gratify their lusts and passions.