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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 1441 Collections and/or Records:

Request to Assume Former Position at Mason's Hill, Signed Col. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LongstreetPrestonII

William A. Revell Note

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-063
Abstract

Note written by William A. Revell, captain in the 13th New York Cavalry during the American Civil War, regarding passages in J. C. Hoadley's Memorial of Henry Gansevoort (1882), about the wounding and capture of Confederate ranger Colonel John Singleton Mosby.

Dates: 1912

Alexander Welch Reynolds Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-030
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from future Confederate Army Brigadier General, Alexander Welch Reynolds, dated July 13, 1861 from Wythevllle, Virginia and addressed to his sister in Lewisburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1861

Cathleen Carlson Reynolds Manuscript Thesis

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-038
Abstract

Photocopy of Cathleen Carlson Reynolds' master's thesis, "A Pragmatic Loyalty: Unionism in Southwestern Virginia, 1861-1865," completed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1987.

Dates: 1987

Richard Colburn Diary, 1861-1863 (Ms2010-010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010-010

Richards-Woody Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-029
Abstract

The Richards-Woody Family Papers comprise correspondence, photographs, obituaries, legal documents, and a family history of the Richards-Woody family. The collection includes Civil War-era correspondence between King David Richards and his wife, Harriet Love Richards, describing several accounts of battles fought by the Confederate Army's 57th Virginia Infantry during the years 1862 and 1863.

Dates: 1803 - 1992

Civil War Letters of Andrew Jackson Richardson,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-031
Abstract

Civil War Letters of Andrew Jackson Richardson is a bound compilation of correspondence, transcripts, and miscellaneous documents about Andrew Jackson Richarson's Civil War-era letters written to his unnamed wife.

Dates: 1861 - 1863