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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:

Diary, Merritt Hager Smith, 1863 (Ms2008-037)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2008_037_SmithMerrittHagerDiary

Diary, Milton S. Koontz, 1865 (Ms1984-172)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1984-172_Diary_1865
Dates: 1865-03-12/1865-05-28

Diary, Milton S. Koontz, June 10, 1863 to December 31, 1863 (Ms1984-172)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1984-172_Diary_1863
Dates: 1863-06-10/1863-12-31

Diary, Otis Dean, 1864-1865 (Ms2008-010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2008-010_DeanOtis_Diary

Diary, Stephen R. Kelsey, 1865 (Ms1990-029)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1990-029_KelseyStephen_Diary_1865

Diary, William Leonard, August 17, 1864 to April 30, 1865 (Ms2011-106)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-106_LeonardWilliam_B1F4_Diary_1864-1865
Dates: 1864-08-17/1865-04-30

Diary, Willis A. Babcock, 1864 (Ms2009-129)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2009-129_BabcockWillis_Diary_1864

Richard B. Dickenson Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-043
Abstract

The collection is composed of materials related to Dickenson's research on Southwest Virginia African Americans from the Civil War until the present.

Dates: 1931-2004; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2000

August Dietz Civil War Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-069
Abstract

The August Dietz Civil War Collection contains materials originally collected by August Dietz, Richmond, VA, philatelist and printer. The collection contains single editions of Civil War-era newspapers, photographs, a woodcut and prints, quartermaster records, playing cards, a handwritten memoir, correspondence, and reproductions of stamps from the Civil War.

Dates: 1862-1909

Letters to Camilla Diffenderfer,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-004
Abstract

The collection includes two pieces of correspondence to Camilla Diffenderfer from 1863 and 1865. One is an invitation from Gen. George Henry Chapman and the other is a letter from A.H. Yeagel.

Dates: 1863 - 1865