United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Letter written August 26, 1861, from Aunt Netty in a springs resort in Pennsylvania, to "Dear John," in the West. Netty writes about the distracted state of the country, seeing Confederate colonel John Pegram at the Springs (listed under an alias, recruiting his health after surrendering to McClellan in the West Virginia Operations), and her opinion of traitors to the Union.

William Belew claim for quartermaster stores stolen from his farm by Confederate forces in 1863 and 1864. The claim is dated 1868, and lists food, livestock, and fodder confiscated by three different Confederate units.

Soldier in Battery H of the 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery during the Civil War writing from various forts in Virginia to his sister. Writes in November 1864 from Fairfax County that he is enjoying the point above Bulls Run and expects to move from this place to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Writes in March 1865 from Fort Bennett that he thinks the war will end soon, and that the few Rebels he saw at Falls Church and at Fairfax Court House were only a few gurrillaws and a drunk.

The collection contains eleven letters the Pennsylvania soldier wrote from camps in Washington, D.C., Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania written by George W. Benson between 1863 and 1865.

Two letters from a Confederate soldier in the Civil War to his father. Writes September 2, 1863, from Richmond, Virginia, about the camp meetings and his faith in God. Also writes in April 1863 with news of his health and a request to receive more letters.

This collection contains subject files, clippings, memorabilia and artifacts related to the American Civil War. There are seven series, five of which predominately contain Civil War materials. The other two series in the collection also contains files on other subjects of Billings' historical interests, including aspects of military and United States history.

Lieutenant in the 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War, writing his wife on October 21, 1864, from Bolivar Heights, Virginia (now West Virginia). Writes about the Battle of Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864) and efforts to recruit new troops to replace those lost in the battles. 

Papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. Includes the Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.

Union soldier from Connecticut in the Civil War. Two letters written January 6, 1863, and n.d., from Tennessee and Virginia, to Franklin Sherwood of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Writes that he was sick the night of the fight (possibly the Battle of Murfreesboro), and asks what the people back home think of the war. Asks Sherwood to send him his belongings, for he intends to never return to Bridgeport. Transcripts available.