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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:

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

Carroll County, Virginia, Petition,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-100
Abstract

The collection consists of a petition from former members of the 24th and 29th Virginia Infantries, seeking assistance for the pardon and release of POWs from Carroll County, Virginia.

Dates: 1865

John R. Cason Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-026
Abstract

The collection includes the journal of John R. Cason, a Confederate Lieutenant and one of the Immortal 600, containing lists of other prisoners he encountered following his capture at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Jacob Cassel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-086
Abstract

The collection contains papers from a nineteenth-century Smyth County, Virginia, landholder pertaining to his business, community involvement, and the American Civil War. Includes a signed oath of allegiance from 1865.

Dates: 1865 - 1881

Charles M. Cassell Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-018
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from C. M. Cassell to his aunt, Fannie Yonce of Wytheville, VA.

Dates: 1864

Cavalryman's Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-020
Abstract

The collection consists of two letters written by "Mark," a Confederate cavalryman, to his father in 1861.

Dates: 1861

CDV of Buttermilk Drinkers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-070
Abstract

This collection contains a printed image of five soldiers gathered around, pouring and drinking buttermilk from a jar, possibly during or shortly after the American Civil War.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1864 - 1866

Census of Surviving Confederate Veterans in Wythe County (reprinted),

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-063
Abstract

This collection consists of a printed list of Confederate veterans living in Wythe County, Virginia, in 1897.

Dates: 1897 - 1897