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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 1445 Collections and/or Records:

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

Series I: Personal Papers, 1861-1865, 1962-1966, n.d.

 Series
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The Blake W. Corson, Jr., Papers are comprised of professional and personal files, correspondence, and published materials from 1861-1984 (bulk, 1934-1979), primarily relating to his career as an engineer at NASA Langley. Topics include aerodynamic performance of aircraft propellers and manned aircraft; wind tunnel fans, jet noise suppression, and tunnel calibration. This collection is organized into five series by material type.

Dates: 1861-1865, 1962-1966, n.d.

Settlement Map of Pulaski County, Virginia, Showing Names of Settlers and Settlements of Historical Interest From the Mid-Seventeen Hundreds (2 copies)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0204
Abstract

Historical map shows locations of significant historical events in Pulaski County, Virginia. The map itself is surrounded by historical narrative, and it is bordered by names of significant historical persons. The reverse of the map contains the names of Pulaski County residents who served as soldiers in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1976

Morris G. Shapleigh Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-099
Abstract

This collection consists of two letters from Morris G. Shapleigh, addressed to his "friend Augustus."

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Thomas Robinson Sharp Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-019
Abstract

This collection consists of journals, notebooks, scrapbooks, and letter copy books of Thomas Robinson Sharp, a Confederate military railroad superintendent during the American Civil War and colonel and official of several railroad companies in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1859 - 1908

David W. Sharpe Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-010
Abstract

The David W. Sharpe Collection consists of letters written by Sharpe to his brother, William Sharpe, his mother and his sisters from October 10, 1860 to May 10, 1865. The collection also includes a cabinet card of Private David W. Sharpe and an 1862 CSA almanac found at Yorktown.

Dates: 1860-10-10 - 1865-05-10

John P. Sheffey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-060
Abstract

This collection includes the letters of a Confederate cavalry officer to his wife in Wytheville, Virginia, together with other Civil War and family correspondence, military documents, writings, printed material and ephemera.

Dates: 1853 - 1989