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Matthias Harter Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-005
Abstract

Three letters from Matthias Harter, a private in Company C, 9th Iowa Infantry, written during the American Civil War to his wife Sallie, and discussing such subjects as the Battle of Altoona Pass, General George McClellan's declining reputation, the price of food for civilians, General William Tecumseh Sherman's farewell speech to Harter's division, and the effects of war on a veteran.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

John Harville Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-053
Abstract The collection contains eight handwritten diaries chronicling John Harville's experiences during the American Civil War. From August of 1861 to January of 1864 Harville served with the 7th Wisconsin Regiment, Company F. He then transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps for the remainder of his term, ending in July 1864. His diaries include details and stories from camp life, largely around Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland. Suffering from chronic "congestion of the lungs," Harville...
Dates: 1861-1864, 1913, 2010; Majority of material found within ( dates 1861-1864)

Herman Haupt Manuscript Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-010
Abstract

This collection contains the manuscript draft of the American Civil War reminiscences of Herman Haupt, who served as the chief of construction and transportation for the military railroad system for the Union Army. It includes Civil War correspondence, telegraph messages, reports, and general orders (originals and typescript copies). Among the correspondence is a letter from Robert Todd Lincoln.

Dates: ca. 1889

Jonathan Havens Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-065
Abstract

Letter from Jonathan Havens, a private in Company K, 67th North Carolina State Troops (aka 67th North Carolina Infantry) during the American Civil War, written at Greenville [North Carolina] to Major R. S. Tucker, enlisting Tucker's assistance in getting an appointment as quartermaster at Washington [North Carolina].

Dates: 1864

Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1979-003
Abstract

This collection contains the letters of Joshua Gilman Hawkes, a sergeant in Company D, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War. It also includes letters to Hawkes' family from friends and relatives following Hawkes' death.

Dates: 1852 - 1870

Charles N. Hawkins Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-026
Abstract

The collection consists of three letters written by Pvt. Charles N. Hawkins and Pvt. George Rock to Hawkins's cousin, Dollie L. Eakin, between August 1863 and April 1864.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

James P. Hawkins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-025
Abstract

The collection includes a bound expense/account notebook of James P. Hawkins, agent of the Southern Express Company, which also contains diary entries from 2 April - 10 April 1865. Also included are a collection of loose pages with Hawkins's diary entries for 11 April - 11 May 1865. Related documents, including special orders, exemption from military service, receipts, Oath of Allegiance, letters (2), envelopes, and a photograph complete the collection.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

John L. Hebron Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-033
Abstract

The John L. Hebron Letter contains information pertaining to the capture of a prisoner, July 4th celebrations, swimming in the river, and interacting with Rebel soldiers on pickett. John L. Hebron writes the letter to his mother, dated July 5, 1862 from Battle Creek Tennessee.

Dates: 1862

James Francis Heizer & Phoebe Anne McCormick Heizer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-013
Abstract

This collection consists of 100+ letters written between the years of 1863–1868, accompanied by a book entitled, The Heizer Family: American Pioneers by James Marion Heizer c.1861-1868. The majority of the letters are authored by James Francis (Frank) Heizer, a private in the Confederate army, whose letters are mostly addressed to his love interest and eventual fiance, Pheobe Ann McCormick.

Dates: 1861 - 1868

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

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 804
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 167
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Women -- History 49
Correspondence 42
Montgomery County (Va.) 33
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Folk, historical, and patent medicine 22
Confederate States of America 21
Virginia -- History 18
Medicine 17
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 17
History of Food and Drink 15
Medicine, Military -- History 14
Blacksburg (Va.) 13
African Americans -- History 10
University History 10
Wythe County (Va.) 9
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865 8
Railroad 8
Faculty and staff 7
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Atlanta Campaign, 1864 2
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Clarke County (Va.) 2
Cloyds Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1864 2
Cocktail History Collection 2
Confederate States of America -- Social Life and Customs 2
Five Forks, Battle of, Va., 1865 2
Genealogy 2
Giles County (Va.) 2
Lynchburg (Va.) 2
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs (Va.) 2
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865 2
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Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863 1
Cocktails -- History 1
Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864 1
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Names
Heilig, Vicki 27
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 17
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 16
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 11
Harvey, G 6
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Confederate States of America. War Department 5
Kunstler, Morton, b.1931 5
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 5
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 4
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 4
Kurtz, Louis, 1835-1921 4
Troiani, Don 4
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 4
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 4
Baughman, Greer H. (Greer Harry), 1840-1907 3
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 3
Elder, John Adams, 1833-1895 3
Libby Prison 3
Prechtel, Don 3
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 3
Walter, Adam B., 1820-1875 3
Baughman, Emilius A. (Emilius Allen), 1844-1915 2
Baughman, Mary Amelia (Minnie), 1847-1917 2
Black, Harvey, 1827-1888 2
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 2
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 15th 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 21st 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 57th 2
Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury 2
Davis, Varina Anne, 1864-1898 2
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 2
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 2
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877 2
Gnatek, Michael, Jr. 2
Graves, Jeremiah White (Pittsylvania County, Va.) 2
Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 2
Hawkins, Charles N., c.1845-? (22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment)) 2
Hill, A. P. (A. Powell) 2
Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880 2
Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909 2
Johnson, Hannibal Augustus, 1841-1913 2
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 2
Lane, James H., 1833-1907 2
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 2
Lucas, Virginia (Virginia Bedinger), 1838-1865 2
Minor, Charles L. C., 1835-1903 2
Richmond (Va.). Department of Public Works 2
Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee 2
Robertson, James I., Jr. 2
Rocco, Keith 2
Rock, George W. (22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment)) 2
Stevens, W. H., Colonel (Chief Engineer, D.N.V.) 2
Stivers, Don 2
Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 2
Turner family (Franklin County, Virginia) 2
Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888 2
A. W. Luster 1
Adams, Richard Henry (5th Regiment, Alabama Infantry) 1
Adams, Richard Henry, Jr. 1
Akers, Peter B. 1
Alexander, Henrie H., d.1916 1
Allen, A. M., Major 1
Allen, Frank (Franklin L.), 1843-1938 1
Alley, Anderson 1
Allison, James Polk, b.1843(?)-1863 1
Allison, John P. 1
Allison, William Henry, d.1863 1
Amiss, Edwin 1
Anchy (enslaved person) 1
Anderson, D. H. 1
Anderson, Joseph R. (Joseph Reid), 1813-1892 1
Andrews, N. S. 1
Angle, L. C., Jr. 1
Apperson family 1
Apperson, Alex 1
Apperson, Elizabeth Black 1
Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948 1
Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904 1
Apperson, Mary 1
Arbuckle, David 1
Armistead, Mary Frances 1
Armstrong, Edward H. (Edward Hall), 1841-1864 1
Ash, William (3rd Regiment, Vermont Infantry) 1
Atkinson, Archibald, Jr., 1832-1903 1
Auner, A. W. (Alfred Witman), 1826-1895 1
Babcock, H. O. 1
Babcock, Willis A., b. abt. 1840-? 1
Badger, Constantine C. 1
Bailey, Pattie Dobson Talley, b.1888 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Joseph J., abt.1841-1931 (54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry) 1
Baldwin family 1
Baldwin, Asa, 1834-1902 1
Baldwin, R. F. 1
Ballantine, William Duncan 1
Barnard, James W., 1844-1923 (Patrick County, Va.) 1
Barnard, Jehu, 1840-1933 (Patrick County, Va.) 1
Barnes family 1
Barnes, James H. 1
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