Scope and Contents From the Collection: The August Dietz Civil War Collection contains materials originally collected by August Dietz, Richmond, VA, philatelist and printer. The collection contains single editions of Civil War-era newspapers, photographs, a woodcut and prints, quartermaster records, playing cards, a handwritten memoir, correspondence, and reproductions of stamps from the Civil War. The newspapers, largely from Richmond, date from the 1860s. The handwritten memoir of Colonel William McComb details the...