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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 2051 Collections and/or Records:

Pulaski Guards Muster Roll

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-006
Abstract

The collection contains the Muster Roll for the Light Infantry in the Third Regiment, Third Brigade, and First Division of the Militia, commanded by Lieutenant John Caldwell. Handwritten on the document is the infantry's name, "Pulaski Guards". Roll dates from May 1838.

Dates: 1838

William Wallace Hensley Autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-007
Abstract

This colleciton contains a typed transcript of the American Civil War memoir of William Wallace Hensley, Company C, 21st Illinois Infantry.

Dates: 1912

Henry Helms Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-008
Abstract

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

Dates: 1861 - 1863

Horace B. Hooker Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-009
Abstract

The collecton conains typed transcript photocopies of the American Civil War letters of Horace B. Hooker, lieutenant serving in the Engineer Regiment of the West. Accompanied by photocopied typescript of "Personal Recollections of the Civil War," written by Hooker's wife Susan in 1907.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Stanford Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-010
Abstract The collection contains correspondence of members of the Stanford family of Putnam County, Georgia. The majority of the collection consists of letter to and from Nehemiah Stanford and his two sons, Lycurgus and Eli. Many of the letters date from Lycurgus and Eli Stanford's time serving in the American Civil War. Eli Stanford served as a member of Company A, 37th Georgia Infantry. Lycurgus Stanford served in Company B, 3rd Georgia Calvary; he was captured in the Battle of Resaca and...
Dates: 1858 - 1881

Anthony K. Simmons Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-011
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Anthony K. Simmons describing the health of son Ed, a private in Company A, 28th Virginia Infantry recently wounded in the Battle of Gaines' Mill, and relating Americna Civil War news from Manchester, Virginia.

Dates: 1862

Gabriel C. Wharton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-012
Abstract

The collection contains three post-Civil War letters addressed to former Confederate General Gabriel C. Wharton: one regarding potential locations for a blast furnace, one relating to fees for the use of two horses, and one about a petitition on some property in Blacksburg.

Dates: 1869 - 1875

Montgomery Female College Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-013
Abstract

The collection contains ephemera relating to Montgomery Female College in Christiansburg, Virginia, including programs and certificates.

Dates: 1875-1892, n.d.

Everett and Warren Hutchins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-014
Abstract

This collection contains five items relating to Everett and Warren Hutchins, two brothers who served in Massachusetts military units during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1863-1864, n.d.

Henry Courtenay Selden Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-015
Abstract

The collection contains color photocopies and typed transcripts of letters from Henry Courtenay Selden, a student at Washington College and a private in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1864