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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:

Charles Scott and Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-033
Abstract

The collection contains receipts and business documents relating to the business of Charles Scott and Company of Glade Spring Depot, Virginia. Charles Scott and Company ran a salt works outside of Saltville, Virginia, and supplied salt for the state of Virginia during the American Civil War. One of the receipts is for a retainer for James W. Sheffey in case of impressment of C. Scott and Co.'s property by the state.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Scott County, Virginia Amnesty Oath Register

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-022
Abstract

The collection contains a ledger listing men, mostly from Scott County, Virginia, including name, age, occupation and residence. It is believed to be list of men to whom the amnesty oath was administered following the American Civil War.

Dates: 1865 - 1866

Melvin M. Scott, Sr., Photograph and Bible

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1998-006
Scope and Contents Resident of Falls Church, Virginia, and collector of Civil War memorabilia. Collection consists of two items: an undated photograph of Major William F. Graves of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Company F; and a Bible, published in 1864, that evidently originally belonged to a Union soldier but eventually came into the possession of Graves. Writing within the Bible indicates that it might have belonged to William M. Newell, Assistant Surgeon of the 12th Illinois Brigade, 4th Division, serving in...
Dates: n.d.

Sallie Leeper Scott Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-092
Abstract

Letter from Sallie Leeper Scott, of Lower Chanceford [Pennsylvania], written April 15 and 16, 1865, to Robert Barnett of the Chief Carpenter Shop in Washington, D.C., regarding personal matters, with mention of work being performed on a local canal.

Dates: 1865

William J. Scott Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-039
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by William J. Scott, 60th Virginia Infantry, August 13, 1862, from Chaffin's Farm near Richmond, Virginia.

Dates: 1862

William L. Scott Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-085
Abstract

Letter from William L. Scott, a private in Company B, 15th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1863

Secession/Early Civil War Scrapbook,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-064
Abstract

This is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning secession and the early days of the Civil War dating to 1860-1861.

Dates: c.1860-1861

Robert B. Secrist Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-010
Abstract

Letters from Robert B. Secrist, serving in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the American Civil War, most addressed to his sister Maria, together with wartime letters from other acquaintances.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Henry Courtenay Selden Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-015
Abstract

The collection contains color photocopies and typed transcripts of letters from Henry Courtenay Selden, a student at Washington College and a private in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1864