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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 1439 Collections and/or Records:

Winston Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-004
Abstract

Letters (photocopies of transcripts) of brothers Ambrose Whitlock Winston (Company E, 58th Virginia Infantry), Charles Jones Winston (Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry), and William Henry Harrison Winston (Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry) written during the American Civil War to Clark family relatives in Campbell County, Virginia.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Theodore Winthrop Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-004
Abstract This collection contains an original poem written in the hand of Theodore Winthrop (1828-1861), the first Union officer killed in the American Civil War. Verses describe the great importance and coming destruction and suffering that the war will bring. This collection also includes Winthrop's original signature and a period envelope that depicts his memorial. Born in 1828 and a graduate of Yale, Winthrop volunteered in 1861 with the 7th New York Regiment. After being made a major on the...
Dates: 1861, undated

Eben P. Wolcott Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-033
Abstract

Letters addressed to Eben P. Wolcott, of Company E, 28th Connecticut Infantry, during the American Civil War, written from family members at home and discussing personal news and such war-time events as the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862), the death of Stonewall Jackson (May 1863), and the inflation caused by the war.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

A. E. Wood Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-006
Abstract

Letter from two young women, A. E. Wood and M. [Jones?], living in Virginia during the American Civil War, written to "Aunt Ann" and relating to local depredations of Union soldiers and news of family and neighbors.

Dates: 1861

John Taylor Wood Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-016
Abstract

The John Taylor Wood Correspondence consists of ten letters written by John Taylor Wood between April and July of 1865. Nine of the letters were written to his wife, Lola, who was living in and around Richmond at the time; the tenth item is a small note requesting that enclosed letters be forwarded to Lola. Wood was the nephew and military aide to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Dates: 1865

Lewis Wood Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-011
Abstract

The collection consists of eight letters written by Lewis Wood to his wife Harriet A. Wood, in Unionville, Ohio, during the American Civil War. Wood makes no mention of battles or skirmishes that his regiment might have been involved in, but the letters portray accounts of movements of the company, daily routine activities and items of his personal interest.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

William B. Wood Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-069
Abstract

Letter from William B. Wood, Confederate colonel and chief of the military court in General Longstreet's corps. Wood discusses an invitation that he had received to run for the Confederate senate and his desire to return to civilian life after having been passed over for military promotion.

Dates: 1863

John Henning Woods Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-030
Abstract

This collection includes three memoir volumes and three diaries written by John Henning Woods, a Southern Unionist, Confederate conscript, and eventual Union soldier during the American Civil War. While the collection spans the period of years from 1856 through 1873, the majority of the collection focuses on the years during the Civil War.

Dates: 1856 - 1873

Woodstock, Virginia, Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-047
Abstract

This collection includes a letter dated May 13, 1864, from a Union soldier named Charley at a camp near Woodstock, Virginia, during the American Civil War. He writes about plans to return to Martinsburg, Virginia, and about General Sigel.

Dates: 1864