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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:

Photograph, Man in Field, n.d. (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: MS1988_047_EllettFamily_Photo_[1961_0916]
Dates: 1865 - 1961

Picket's Charge - Hell for Glory

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-049
Scope and Contents

VTF 6709

Dates: 1993 - 1993

Picket's Report

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-038
Scope and Contents

AR2004-38

Dates: 1990 - 1990

William J. Pittenger Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-064
Abstract

Diary of soldier serving in the 93rd Illinois Infantry and the U. S. Army Signal Corps. Entries cover day-to-day activities, the Union advance down the Mississippi River, and the siege of Vicksburg. Accompanied by a 1957 newspaper article about the diary.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Stephen F. Poindexter Civil War Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-042
Abstract This collection consists of a May 10, 1864, letter written by Stephen F. Poindexter of the 10th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate Army, at Union Hall, Franklin County, Virginia. Written to his cousin W.H. Smith of the 2nd Missouri Infantry of the Confederate Army, Poindexter begs his cousin to reply to his letters, inquires after the health of Smith's uncle Jim, and informs Smith of the capture of Poindexter's brother by Union Army forces. The letter closes by directing any reply correspondence...
Dates: May 10, 1864

Charles O. Poland Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-013
Abstract

Diary of Charles O. Poland, a private in Company B, 142nd Ohio Infantry (National Guard), written while serving for six weeks near the front during the early siege of Petersburg.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

Lt. Col. A. P. Porter Copybook,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-001
Abstract

The collection includes a copybook and letters written by Union Lieutenant Colonel A. P. Porter in 1862 and 1863 that document the transportation, inventory, and distribution of supply rations during the Civil War. The letters are written in chronological order within the copybook with about 22 outstanding letters that have been torn from the book, also arranged in chronological order.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Thomas C. Potter Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-046
Abstract

The collection includes a single letter written by Thomas C. Potter near Columbia, Tennessee, dated July 11, 1862.

Dates: 1862

Charles H. Powell Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1997-012
Scope and Content

Served as a bugler in Company F of the 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War. Collection consists of a letter, dated erroneously as 1861 but obviously written well after the Civil War, possibly in 1891, by Powell in a soldier's home to Miss Dorris about his upcoming visit to Hanover County, Virginia, to view a presentation of portraits, probably of Civil War notables. He also writes about his regiment's movements during the war. Transcript available.

Dates: 1891(?)

John S. Powers Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-047
Abstract

The collection includes a letter from John S. Powers to Nellie E. Williams on November 23, 1862 and a sprig from a boxwood tree. Powers letter includes a personal description of conditions in Alexandria, local sites, and news.

Dates: 1862 - 1862