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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 1470 Collections and/or Records:

Old Jack

 Collection
Identifier: Art-343
Scope and Content

Signed and numbered 8/35.

Dates: 1986

Organ Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-022
Abstract

The Organ Family Collection includes materials from 1836-2006. Materials concern the Organ family's experience on the homefront and in battle during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1836 - 2006

Devota Pack Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-018
Abstract

This collection contains manuscripts donated by Devota Pack that include letters, newpaper clippings, and publications.

Dates: 1858-1906, 1932-1977, undated

Abner B. Palmer Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-134
Abstract

The Abner B. Palmer Letter was written by Sergeant Abner Palmer of Company A, 56th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Corps, Ambulance Train, in Petersburg, Virginia, to his mother on July 4th, 1864. The letter contains information about the weather, a close encounter with Confederate soldiers, and the fighting between the Union and Confederate Armies.

Dates: 1864

Edward Charles Parker Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-115
Abstract

This collection contains a letter authored by Edward Charles Parker, a Union Officer during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862

Henry T. Parrish Scrapbook of 1860 Presidential Election

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-070
Abstract

The scrapbook in this collection contains newspaper clippings of the 1860 presidential campaigns. The primary focus of being on candidates John Bell, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Caleb Breckinridge.

Dates: 1860

Henry C. Parsons Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-109
Abstract

This collection contains the papers--including correspondence, legal records, and financial documents--of Henry C. Parsons (1840-1894), official of the Richmond & Alleghany Railroad, Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad, and Kanawha Construction Company, and owner of Natural Bridge, Virginia.

Dates: 1863 - 1905

James G. Paxton Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-071
Abstract

Letter from James G. Paxton to Major William McLaughlin. Writing from Salem, Virginia, informs McLaughlin that his name is being put forward as a possible candidate for the Virginia Senate.

Dates: 1863