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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:

Enoch Stephens Diary,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-001
Abstract

The collection consists of Enoch Stephens's diary from his time in the 5th NY Veteran Volunteers from January 1st, 1865 to December 26th, 1865 and documents several historical events pertaining to the Civil War.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Silas H. Stepp Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-020
Abstract

Seventeen wartime letters (photocopies only) written by Silas H. Stepp, a North Carolina cavalry soldier in the Confederate Army, and later a prisoner of war, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Stereoview Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-056
Scope and Contents

The collection includes stereoviews, mostly of Civil War-era or Civil War-related images. Items in the collection are individually described in the contents list of the finding aid.

Please note: Stereoviews can be viewed without equipment, but Special Collections does have a stereoscope available upon request.

Dates: 1865, n.d.

Major General G.H. Steuart Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-014
Abstract

This colletion includes an American Civil War letter from Confederate Major General G.H. Steuart to Major Commanding General Kenton Harper, and Harper's reply. The letter was written in Baltimore, Maryland, and is dated April 23, 1861. It expresses concern over the unexpected movements of Union troops in Annapolis, Maryland.

Dates: 1861

Wilhelm Jacob Steubing Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-042
Abstract

Six wartime letters exchanged between Wilhelm Jacob Steubing, a Confederate soldier in Company B, 26th Texas Cavalry and his wife Nancy J. Steubing, at home in Hopkinsville (Gonzales County), Texas, relating to movements of Wilhelm's regiment near the Texas coast and to Nancy's concerns at home, together with a single pre-war letter from N. A. Hopkins of Raleigh (Smith County), Mississippi.

Dates: 1859 - 1864

Nixon Stewart Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-086
Abstract

Two letters from Rev. Nixon Stewart (1842-1908), a private in Company E, 97th Ohio Infantry during the American Civil War, written from hospitals in Nashville and Louisville, to his sister Maggie.

Dates: 1863

Edwin C. Stone Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-028
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written by sailor Edwin C. Stone aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota, November 11, 1861 to his brother Persley Stone. The majority of letter is advice from Edwin to Persley on how to behave at his new job. It also contains a run in between the Minnesota and an "infernal machine," and the threat of the Merrimac attacking.

Dates: 1861

Stonewall

 Collection
Identifier: Art-340
Scope and Content

The holdings include 19 copies which are signed and number and 1 copy that is inscribed and numbered.

Dates: 1985

Storming of Fort Wagner

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-017