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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:

Letters to W. S. Harris,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-065
Abstract

The collection contains three letters to W. S. Harris, two by John Puller (July and August 1863) and one by D. C. Cahill(?) (April 1863).

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Hector Hart Letter,

 File
Identifier: Ms-2012-013
Abstract

Letter written by Hector S. Hart, a private with the 126th Regiment, Ohio Infantry to his mother. Dated April 30th, 1865.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

John Harville Diaries,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-053
Abstract The collection contains eight handwritten diaries chronicling John Harville's experiences during the Civil War. From August of 1861 to January of 1864 Harville served with the 7th Wisconsin Regiment, Company F. He then transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps for the remainder of his term, ending in July 1864. His diaries include details and stories from camp life, largely around Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD. Suffering from chronic "congestion of the lungs," Harville spent Autumn 1862...
Dates: 1861-1864, 1913, 2010

Herman Haupt Manuscript Reminiscences

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-010
Scope and Content Chief of construction and transportation for the military railroad system for the Union Army during the Civil War; later chief engineer or general manager for several railroads, including the Shenandoah Valley, the Richmond and Danville and the Northern Pacific, and president of the Dakota and Great Southern Railroad. Manuscript consists of the original draft for his Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt (1901), including correspondence, copies of telegraph messages, and general orders from...
Dates: c.1862-1900

Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1979-003
Abstract

Letters of Joshua Gilman Hawkes, a sergeant in Company D, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. Also includes letters to Hawkes' family from friends and relatives following Hawkes' death.

Dates: 1852 - 1870

Charles N. Hawkins Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-026
Abstract

The collection consists of three letters written by Pvt. Charles N. Hawkins and Pvt. George Rock to Hawkins's cousin, Dollie L. Eakin, between August 1863 and April 1864.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

James P. Hawkins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-025
Abstract

Collection includes a bound expense/account notebook of James P. Hawkins, agent of the Southern Express Company, which also contains diary entries from 2 April - 10 April 1865. Also included are a collection of loose pages with Hawkins's diary entries for 11 April - 11 May 1865. Related documents, including special orders, exemption from military service, receipts, Oath of Allegiance, letters (2), envelopes, and a photograph complete the collection.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

James Francis Heizer & Phoebe Anne McCormick Heizer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-013
Abstract

This collection consists of 100+ letters written between the years of 1863–1868, accompanied by a book entitled, The Heizer Family: American Pioneers by James Marion Heizer c.1861-1868. The majority of the letters are authored by James Francis (Frank) Heizer, a private in the Confederate army, whose letters are mostly addressed to his love interest and eventual fiance, Pheobe Ann McCormick.

Dates: 1861 - 1868

Henry Helms Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-008
Abstract

Photocopies of typed transcripts of Civil War letters of Private Henry Helms of Company I, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry, mortally wounded at the Battle of Gaines' Mill.

Dates: 1861 - 1863

Lee Hendrix Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-020
Scope and Content

Private in Co. B of the 1st North Carolina Sharpshooter Battalion in the Civil War. Collection consists of eight letters from Hendrix in camp in Front Royal, Virginia, and in a hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, to Noah Beeson. Writes of lice in the camp and boredom between confrontations with the enemy. Mentions the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862). Transcripts available.

Dates: 1862 - 1863