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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 1455 Collections and/or Records:

Regimental Order, Reduce our baggage to within limits stated. Signed: Col. Preston, Camp Cocke, June 27, 1861 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F6_RegimntlOrder_Baggage_1861_0627

A.B. Renker Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-001
Abstract

This collection cotains a letter from A. B. Renker, a cotton broker from Lynchburg Va., to a Mr. Samuel G. Murphy of Richmond. Renker informs Mr. Murphy that the people who purchased the cotton had an issue with the price quality of the cotton and that they were refusing to pay unless they recieved a discount on the product.

Dates: 1864

Repass/Spangler Family Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-061
Abstract

The collection includes two original letters, one 1936 handwritten copy of an 1861 letter, and an undated letter. All correspondence relates to the Repass and Spangler families of Wythe County, Virginia.

Dates: 1861, 1936, undated

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