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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:

John Filtzmoyer Damage Claim,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-016
Abstract

The collection consists of a claim for damages by John Filtzmoyer dated April 14, 1865.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Conrad C. Fisher Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-064
Scope and Content

Corporal in the 76th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company B, during the Civil War. Letter from Fisher written January 2, 1865, to his cousin Nancy Jane Cozard of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Writes about an expedition to South Carolina his regiment made by sea where all the men had lice.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

George W. Fitzinger Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-039
Abstract

The collection connsists of a single letter written by George W. Fitzinger to his cousin, James Barclay, on August 29, 1861.

Dates: 1861

John Buchanan Floyd Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-015
Scope and Content Major-general of the Virginia state troops in the Civil War. Born in Montgomery County, Virginia. Governor of Virginia, 1848-52, Secretary of War, 1857-60. Commissioned a Confederate brigadier general in May 1861 and served in the West Virginia campaign under Gen. Robert E. Lee. Commissioned a major general in March 1862. Letter written from Camp Jackson in Wytheville, Virginia, to L.P. Walker. Concerns a West Point cadet, B.A. Tirrett(?) from Louisiana, who wanted a position as a...
Dates: 1861 - 1861

Charles W. Folsom Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-085
Abstract

This collections contains papers relating to Charles Folsom who served as a Quartermaster with the 20th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry in the latter years of the American Civil War.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

R. H. Ford Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-030
Abstract

Letter from R. H. Ford to his son, Willie. The letter dates from September 3, 1862 and originates from Knoxville.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Fort Sedgewick, Virginia, Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-073
Scope and Content

Letter written December 26, 1863, from a Union soldier in the Civil War to his brother about his efforts to pass the time, and the bounty and furlough promised to those who reenlist.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Jack Foster Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-018
Abstract

Letter from Jack Foster, former slave and body servant in the 36th Virginia Infantry, to Confederate General John McCausland, reminiscing about the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain and his time in camp service.

Dates: 1883 - 1883

Lafayette Sabine Foster Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-044
Scope and Content

United States Senator (1855-1867) from Connecticut. Letter written by Foster on June 9, 1862, from his Senate Chambers in Washington, D.C., to Fitz-John Porter (1822-1901), commander of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Foster congratulates Porter on his successes during skirmishes with the Confederate Army at Hanover Court House and Ashland, Virginia, the month before. Transcript available.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Lewis M. Foster Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-007
Abstract

The collection includes a single letter from Lewis M. Foster to his mother, written near Petersburg, Virginia, December 1864.

Dates: 1864 - 1864