Civil War
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:
George W. Ringlar Letter
The collection contains a letter from Vermont native, living with a Virginia farming family during the American Civil War, relating his attempt to join the army, unsuccessful due to illness. Also provides a contrasting description between the farms of Vermont and Virginia, instructs his father in handling his affairs during his absence, and denigrates newspapers as "liars by liars."
Joab Roberson Letter
The collection contains a photocopy of a letter from Joab Roberson, a private in Company I, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War, written from Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, to his wife, Nan.
Robert E. Lee, Bust
part of Billings collection?
Robert E. Lee Portrait
Sold by the authority of the Lee Foundation for the purpose of erecting a monument at the tomb of Gen. L. Robert Jackson at Washington and Lee, Lexington, Va
Robert H. Maury Correspondence
Letters written by Maury to his Cousin Sarah, nicknamed Puss. Letters are written from Camps at Morton's Ford, Virginia (March 13th, 1864,) and Port Walthall Junction, Virginia, (October 1st, 1864 and November 10th, 1864). Letters relate war news such as Dahlgren's Raid, camp life, encounters with well known officers, duties, and frivolity.
John H. Roberts Letter,
The collection consists of a letter dated June 5, 1864 and written by John H. Roberts of the 14th New York Heavy Artillery on a "battlefield near Mechanicsville & 10 miles from Richmond."