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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 1430 Collections and/or Records:

Charles E. Cantzon Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-040
Abstract

The Charles E. Cantzon Journal contains handwritten sheets of varying sizes that are memoirs and journal entries from the American Civil War from 1860-1865.

Dates: 1860 - 1865

Caperton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-034
Abstract Photocopied, typed transcripts of letters written by Mary Eliza Henderson Caperton to her husband George Henry, then serving in the Confederate Army, most written from Whitethorne, in Montgomery County, Virginia, between May and October, 1861, and concentrating on news of the Preston family, relatives, and mutual acquaintainces; fears of a slave rebellion; a fire at Whitethorne; and the deaths of Ann Barraud Taylor Preston and Col. James Francis Preston. Also includes typescript extracts...
Dates: 1861-1862, n.d.

Capture of Fort Fisher

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-020

John S. Carbone Manuscript Thesis

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1999-002
Abstract

Senior honors thesis (photocopy only) entitled "Early Coastal Operations in North Carolina During the Civil War: a Study of Lost Opportunities," completed by John S. Carbone, a student at the College of William and Mary, in 1984.

Dates: 1984

Card, Birthday Note to J. [Joe?] H. Hoge from Clara and Harry, February 28, 1945 (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_birthdaycard_1945_0228

Card, DAR Acceptance Letter to Sue Ellett, January 11, 1911 (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_DAR_Acceptance_1911_0111

John Newton Carnahan Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-112
Abstract

The collection includes American Civil War letters from Private John Newton Carnahan of the 54th Virginia Infantry to his wife, Juliette Sophia Calfee Carnahan, and children in Pulaski County, Virginia.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Henry C. Carpenter Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-008
Abstract

The collection consists of Henry C. Carpenter's letters written between February 1862 and June 1864 while encamped in parts of Virginia and West Virginia.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

James Carr / Thomas Clark Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-035
Abstract

Two letters from James Carr and Thomas Clark, privates in Company G, 56th New York Infantry during the American Civil War, written from near the Chicahominy River, Virginia in June, 1862.

Dates: 1862

John Carr Civil War Letters,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-035
Abstract

This collection contains photocopies and transcriptions of the Civil War-era letters of Private John Carr, who served with the 2nd Stuart Horse Artillery of the Confederate Army.

Dates: 1862 - 1862