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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:

Henry M. Bond Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-075
Abstract

Letter from Henry M. Bond, of Company B, 45th Massachusetts Infantry (aka 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia) during the American Civil War. Bond describes his regiment's recent movements, to Trent, Pollacksville, and Young's; marching through the rain; and his opinion of North Carolina.

Dates: 1863

George W. Bonsall Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-015
Abstract

From Cincinnati, Ohio, George W. Bonsall (1845-1910) was a corporal in the 138th Regiment Ohio National Guard (originally formed as the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Reserve Militia) during the American Civil War. The collection consists of two volumes of a manuscript diary, copied in 1865 of entries Bonsall wrote between May 23, 1861 (his 16th birthday) and 1865. The diaries also contain sporatic entries dating through 1878.

Dates: 1861 - 1878

Booth and His Associates, CDV

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-005
Abstract

Small CDV (carte-de-visit) containing photographs of John Wilkes Booth, George Atzerodt, Edmund Spangler, Michael O'Laughlin, Lewis Powell, Samuel Arnold, and David Herold. CDV dates to circa 1865.

Dates: 1865

John Wilkes Booth Being Shot CDV

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-035
Abstract Created in 1865, this CDV depicts John Wilkes Booth being shot on April 26, 1865, and is published by Hacker, Rhode Island, 1865. The drawing shows David Herold being captured outside the barn. On the verso is advertising for "Bicknell's Syrup", a cholera remedy, which contains description of a "purely vegetable" remedy for cholera prepared by Edward Sutton, Providence, Rhode Island, Demas Barnes & Co., as well as a testimony from wholesale dealer Benjamin Hall. Booth (1838-1865)...
Dates: 1865

Thomas Booth Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-063
Abstract

The Thomas Booth Correspondence contains one eight page letter datelined Yorktown 9 June 1861. The letter contains brief descriptions of cavalry scouting activites, camp life, and the citizens on the homefront during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861

S. V. Bosserman Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-008
Abstract

S. V. Bosserman was a cvilian livng in Virginia during the American Civil War. This letter was written by Bosserman and sent to a Miss A. H. Bosserman. Bosserman asks if Miss Bosserman had heard that General "Stonewall" Jackson had been killed, and then goes on from there to write about what was going on in the area where Bosserman was living.

Dates: 1863-05-13

John Woodbridge Bosworth Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-068
Abstract

This collection contains a letter sent from John Woodbridge Bosworth, a Confederate soldier, to his brother. Bosworth is writing from a Union Prisoner of War Camp, where he was being held prisoner.

Dates: 1865-05-09

Catherine Bowers Confederate Claim Certificate,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-039
Abstract

This collection includes a claim certificate issued by the Confederate States of America Treasury Department to Catherine Bowers of Staunton, Virginia, awarding her the back pay due to her husband who was killed while serving in the Confederate Army.

Dates: March 25, 1865

Patrick A. Bowmaster Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-037
Abstract Three papers written by Patrick A. Bowmaster while a graduate student in history at Virginia Tech: "A Confederate Cavalryman at War: the Diary of Sergeant Jasper Hawse of the 14th Regiment Virginia Militia, the 17th Virginia Cavalry Battalion, and the 11th Virginia Cavalry;" "Occupation - 'Soldier:' the Life of 1st Sgt. Emanuel Stance of the 9th U. S. Cavalry 'Buffalo Soldiers,' the First African-American to Win the Congressional Medal of Honor for Action in the Post-Civil War Period;" "A...
Dates: 1994 - 1995

James Bozworth Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-058
Abstract

Four letters written by Sergeant James Bozworth (sometimes identified as James Bosworth), of Company D, 17th Connecticut Infantry during the American Civil War, at Camp Sigel, Maryland; Carver Hospital (Washington D.C.); and General Hospital (West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), to Franklin Sherwood of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Dates: 1862 - 1863