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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:

Civil War Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-023
Scope and Content

Letter from A. H. D. in Indianapolis to his brother, written December 14, 1861. Letter concerns the writer's wish that his son be admitted to the Virginia Military Institute without paying the customary fees because he has suffered enough for Virginia. Also mentions problems in sending mail to the Confederate states. Transcript available.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

Civil War Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-021
Abstract

Letter written to the editor of a newspaper, Major Harper, by Maria S. encouraging ladies of Raymond and vicinity to contribute to efforts to sew undergarments, stockings, and mattresses for soldiers serving in the Civil War. Also includes coversheet which has West Point April 20, 1863 written on it.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Civil War Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-024
Scope and Content

Two letters on one sheet of paper. First letter written December 24, 1861, from B. K. to his brother. Hopes to get a letter through to Nashville and then to Texas. Second letter from J. W. Hughes to unknown from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, written January 21, 1862, acknowledging receipt of the letter. Transcript available.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Civil War Pictorial Envelope,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-088
Abstract

Civil War period envelope with lithograph of Union soldiers on horseback fending off Confederate soldiers on foot. Published by Charles Magnus of New York.

Dates: c.1861-1865

Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-2003-014
Abstract

Collection of small (1- to 2-folder) manuscripts related to various aspects of the Civil War and obtained from various sources.

Dates: 1861 - 1996

Civil War Union Soldier's Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-081
Scope and Content

Four letters from a Union soldier in the Civil War written from various camps in Virginia, on topics including camp life and the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863). Transcripts available.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Civil War Union Soldier's Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1993-005
Scope and Content

Three letters from Washburn (last name unknown), a Union soldier in the 14th Massachusetts Battery in the Civil War, to his brother and mother. Washburn writes in April and May 1865 from various places in Virginia about rumors of the soldiers being mustered out of service, souvenir hunters buying up Confederate money, and the effects of the war on the town of Petersburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Abram Cledening Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-067
Scope and Content Six letters from or about Clendening and his brothers, all soldiers in the Union Army in the Civil War. Clendening and his family were from Mill Creek, (West) Virginia, but he and his brothers emigrated to Ohio when they refused to fight for the Confederacy. Clendening enlisted in the 5th Ohio Sharpshooters in December 1863. He died in May 1864 from a gunshot wound at Hallowell's Landing, Alabama. Letters by Clendening focus on his reasons for not fighting with the Confederacy, and after his...
Dates: 1863 - 1867

Allen J. Clifton Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-072
Scope and Content

Union soldier from Easton, Pennsylvania, in the Civil War. Two letters written March and April, 1863, to his sister and brother from a convalescent camp in Virginia. Writes about examinations for those being discharged.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Henry Close Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-024
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from Henry Close to Oliver P. and Hannah Bennett on the 31st of January, 1864.

Dates: 1864 - 1864