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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 1431 Collections and/or Records:

William F. Graves Collection, 1911-1914 (Ms2010-040)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010-040
Dates: 1911 - 1914
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

William F. Testerman Letters, 1864-1865 (Ms1989-099)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1989-099
Dates: 1864 - 1865
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

William H. and Sarah McDowell Correspondence, 1862, 1865

 File — Folder 1
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains two 1862 letters from William H. McDowell to his wife, Sarah McDowell, and a February 1865 letter from Sarah to her husband. The letters from William to Sarah were written on October 1 and October 3, 1862, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, while serving in the American Civil War. He describes camp life and food, Confederate and Union pickets sharing news and whiskey, and impending troop movements. The letter from Sarah to her husband dates to February 1865 and contains...
Dates: 1862, 1865
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Ms-2022-037, William H. and Sarah McDowell Correspondence

William J. Lacey Diary, 1861-1863 (Ms2011-115)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-115
Dates: 1861 - 1863
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

William J. Moore Letters, 1862 (Ms2010-031)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010-031
Dates: 1862
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

William J. Pittenger Diary (Ms2001-064)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-064_PittengerWilliamJ_Diary_1863
Dates: 1863-01-01/1864-11-26
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

William Verser Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-128
Dates: 1861
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / William Verser Letter

R. A. Williams Telegraph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-023
Abstract

This collection contains a telegraph sent from Captain R. A. Williams, A.C.S. [Acting Commissary of Subsistence], in Wytheville, Virginia, to Captain Isaac Shelby in Abingdon asking for advice about an order that required Williams to send four soldiers elsewhere. Williams notes that the order would take "four of my most indispensable men and if persisted in will paralyze my operations".

Dates: 1864
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / R. A. Williams Telegraph

Wills Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-008
Abstract

The collection contains photocopies of American Civil War correspondence to and from members of the Wills family.

Dates: 1860 - 1865
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Wills Family Correspondence

Fenner Wilson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-082
Abstract

Letter written by Fenner Wilson, a private in Company D, 45th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War, to his brother, B. G. (Basley Graves) Wilson. Writing from Danville, Virginia, Wilson discusses sickness in his company and other camp matters.

Dates: 1863
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Fenner Wilson Letter

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