Civil War
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this heading for collections related to the American Civil War, including materials created after 1865 that have significant Civil War content. Also use the LCSH heading: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Franklin Butler Notebook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-060
Abstract
Handwritten book-length draft manuscript providing a very critical view of the military leadership and personal character of General Ulysses S. Grant. Attributed to Benjamin Butler, though evidence suggests a different author, possibly former Union Army Brigadier General Gustave Paul Cluseret.
Dates:
[1865?]
Max Weber Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-027
Abstract
Letter from Colonel Max Weber (1824-1901), of the 20th New York Infantry during the American Civil War, to Major General Benjamin F. Butler, September 5, 1861, describing the capture of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina, on August 28, by Weber's troops.
Dates:
1861