United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1206 Collections and/or Records:
Preston Family Correspondence
This collection consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run. The second letter is written by Sarah to Colonel Grabowski and discusses her son’s (Hugh Caperton Preston) failure to follow an order at VMI.
Robert Taylor Preston Papers,
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862.
Thomas L. Preston Letter
: Letter from Campbell County, Virginia resident Thomas L. Preston to John M. Preston of Smyth County, Virginia. Discusses personal matters and health, ending with a note about the political climate and the possibility of impending war between the North and South.
Program, Dedication of Col William Henderson French Marker, September 16, 1961 (Ms1988-047)
Randolph Family Papers
The collection contains selected transcriptions of correspondence and documents of the Randolph family of Virginia. These documents depict family situations, events leading up to the civil war, and conditions during the war.
James E. Rearden Civil War Collection,
The Collection is mainly composed of letters written by James E. Rearden to his wife and his mother in the years 1861 and 1862. James Rearden was a Confederate soldier for the Army of the Potomac, 7th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry.
Receipt [small square paper], September 25, 1893 (Ms1988-047)
Receipt, To Col. Preston, March, 1862 (Ms1992-003)
Ed. H. Rees Letter
Union soldier in the Civil War writes September 9, 1863, from the Jefferson Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee to a friend at another hospital about Memphis and the surgeries and medical procedures he underwent there.