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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:

Ellett Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-047
Abstract The Ellett Family Papers consist of 35 letters written by Dr. Robert Thaddeus Ellett (1826-1904), who served as assistant surgeon in White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, for the Confederate States during the American Civil War. His letters are written to Sue French of Pearisburg, who would later become Ellett's wife. Other items include biographical and family history information, photos, clippings, a 1961 dedication to Col. W. H. French marker program, DAR applications, and "The Family Album,"...
Dates: 1865 - 1961

Elliott Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-021
Abstract

Nine wartime letters of Joshua L. and Thomas A. Elliott, brothers from Hanover County, Virginia, and privates in Company B, 24th Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War, written to Mary F. Page of Hanover County; together with a postwar letter from Oden B. Elliott to Page, and a letter from Page to her sister Elizabeth Mallory while a patient in Virginia's Eastern State Hospital (Williamsburg).

Dates: 1864 - 1871

Richter Ellison Civil War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-068
Abstract

This collections contains materials from Civil War reenactor Richter Ellison. A large number of these materials were used for reenactments or for research, likely to improve historical accuracy. The bulk of the papers were created between 1994 and 2003 (undated documents are likely from the same time).

Dates: 1994-2003, undated

George W. Emmons Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-008
Abstract

This collection contains a single letter, from hospital steward George W. Emmons (b. 1840) to Mrs. Louisa Traylor during the American Civil War. Emmons enlisted in Company C, 12th Virginia Infantry in 1861, and deserted in December 1864.

Dates: 1863

John Collins Enright Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-021
Abstract

This collection includes the transcribed war-time letters of John Collins Enright, first sergeant in the 18th Virginia Infantry, written from camps in northern and eastern Virginia, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1863

Envelope, Mary and Sadie Ellett, Va, September 26, 1961 (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_MaryAndSadieEllett_1961_0926_env

Envelope, Papa's War Record and Cross of Honor, n.d. (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_WarRecord_env_

Envelope, Record of French Family, n.d. (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_RecordFrenchFamily_env

Envelope, Robert Thaddeus Ellett to May French, Va, February 5, 1866 (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_1866_0205_env