Civil War
Found in 1452 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred S. Roe Report
Roll of Prisoners of War Paroled at Richmond
The Roll of Prisoners of War Paroled in Richmond identifies Union soldiers who were released from a Confederate prisoner of war camp in 1865. It conatins the names of 47 soldiers and provides their ranks, company, regiment, when and where they were captured, and their signature. They were likely held at Libby Prison, a Confederate prison in Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.
Carl Rollinson Papers
This collection contains two works about the American Civil War by Dr. Carl Rollinson, The Civil War: A Portfolio of Fabulous Facts, Extrodinary Events, Inspiring Incidents, Piquant Personalities
and Chemistry in the Civil War
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Joseph Rule Letter
Letter written by Joseph Rule from his camp at Petersburg, Virginia, December 15th, 1864 to his friend Silas. Letter details Rule's Company B, 50th New York Engineers involvement in the December, 1864 raid on the Weldon Railroad which was a major supply line for Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
William Henry Ruse Correspondence
Four letters from William Henry Ruse (1841-1912), of Company E, 97th Ohio Infantry and 11th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps during the American Civil War, written from a Nashville, Tennessee hospital and from regimental headquarters in Point Lookout, Maryland to Maggie Stewart of Adamsville, Ohio.
J. W. Ryland Diary
The J. W. Ryland Diary consists of a single Civil War diary kept by J. W. Ryland between September 1863-1865. In his diary, Ryland records activities from September 1863 – January 1866. His entries include the topics of the creation of the Confederate States of America, rail cars, and battles such as the Siege of Charleston, SC, the Siege of Petersburg, the Battle of Sailor’s Creek, the surrender at Appomattox Court House, and the weary Confederate trek home following April 9, 1865.
Samuel Worcester Burrows Letter, 1862 (Ms2008-038)
James H. Saye Correspondence
Three letters from James H. Saye, a South Carolina minister during the American Civil War, focusing largely on the Confederate economy, financial speculation, and the patriotic duty to support the falling Confederate currency.
George J. Schmutz Papers
This collection contains two books complied by George J. Schmutz that include Schmutz' family history, poetry, political and opinion pieces, civil war memoirs, and a history of the 188th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.