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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:

Journal, B. H. Johnson, 1863-1864 (Ms2008-093)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2008-093_JohnsonBH_Journal_1863-1864
Dates: 1863-09-01/1864-09-01

Journal, Frances A. Murdoch, 1861-1863 (Ms2009-132)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2009-132_MurdochFrancisA_Diary

George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-093
Abstract

The George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides consist of materials about the Civil War collected by Kauffmann. Tapes contain Civil War Round Table meeting lectures, 1980-1984, n.d., and slides document Civil War battles and other scenes, and various battlefields and monuments.

Dates: 1960-1984, n.d.

Dollie P. F. Keen Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-023
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by Dollie P. F. Keen to her unnamed brother sometime during the Civil War.

Dates: c. 1861-1865

Mary Kelly Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-023
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written to Mary Kelly by an unidentified Union soldier of the 10th Iowa Infantry during the American Civil War. Letter describes an ambush by Confederate soldiers that killed five men and wounded eight.

Dates: 1862

Stephen R. Kelsey Diary and Notes

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-029
Abstract

Diary maintained by Stephen R. Kelsey between January and May, 1865, while in New York and Virginia with Battery I, 5th U. S. Artillery, during the American Civil War, with entries discussing the occupation of Petersburg, Virginia, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the capture of Jefferson Davis. Accompanied by a typescript biographical essay by Ernest Flint Kelsey, Stephen Kelsey's nephew, commenting on his uncle's military service.

Dates: 1865, 1920

Key Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-044
Abstract

Papers of the Key family of Liberty (Bedford County), Virginia, including four letters from brothers Edward W., Joseph C., and Yelverton P. Key, who served in Company G, 34th Virginia Infantry (aka 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery) during the American Civil War, as well as financial documents (receipts and tax bills) of the interrelated Key and Wheat families.

Dates: 1812 - 1904