United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1206 Collections and/or Records:
Isaiah Conley Civil War Correspondence and Research Materials,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-051
Abstract
The Isaiah Conley Civil War Correspondence and Research Materials includes two series of primary and secondary sources. Series I: Letters, Transcripts, and Narratives, includes 98 letters written by Isaiah Conley to his wife during his service in the 101st Pennsylvania Regiment between 1861 and 1865. This series also has unpublished and published versions of Conley's escape from Confederate captivity. Series II: Research Materials contains correspondence, photocopies, articles, maps, and...
Dates:
1862-2000s
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Thomas Nelson Conrad Book Manuscript
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-095
Scope and Content
Born in Fairfax Court House, Virginia; graduated from Dickinson College in 1857. During the Civil War he served as a captain in the Third Virginia Cavalry. President of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) from 1882 to 1886. Papers consist of the original manuscript of The Rebel Scout: A Thrilling History of Scouting Life in the Southern Army, written by Conrad from 1891 to 1893, and...
Dates:
1891 - 1893
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Contract, Copy from Mr Baylor, February 18, 1896 (Ms1988-047)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_1896_0218_
Henry A. Converse Letter
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-108
Scope and Content
Lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Letter written December 12-14, 1863, to his aunt, Mary B. Haralson of Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Writes that since he opened up his office a month before business has been very slow but he hopes that it will pick up at the close of the war, as it did after the War of 1812. If business remains bad he might try to write for the daily papers or tutor private pupils. Comments on the bad state of Confederate currency, the rising cost of hiring a substitute...
Dates:
1863 - 1863
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Catlett Conway Correspondence,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-039
Abstract
The collection consists of 65 letters written between Catlett Conway and family members during the years 1892-1920.
Dates:
1892 - 1920
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
J. E. Cooley [New York] Advertising Broadside,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-007
Abstract
Single-page advertising flyer and price list for J. E. Cooley, grocer, New York, NY, dated 1863.
Dates:
1863 - 1863
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
S. Wellford Corbin Letter
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-063
Scope and Content
Lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy during the Civil War. Captured by the Union forces in June 1864, during the Petersburg Assaults, and sent to the Officer's Prison at Fort Delaware, Delaware. Paroled in February 1865. Resident of Virginia; after the war he taught at the Virginia Military Institute and was a Virginia state senator. Letter written, January 29, 1865, to Mrs. Emily S. Brune of Baltimore, Maryland, from Corbin as a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware. Thanks her for the...
Dates:
1865 - 1865
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
M. M. Cottingim Diary,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-033
Abstract
The collection consists of a diary written by M.M. Cottingim between April and October of 1862.
Dates:
1862 - 1862
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech