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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 S. Stringfellow Note

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-052
Abstract

The collection contains a note written by Major Charles S. Stringfellow at Christiansburg, Virginia, to Colonel W. L. Jackson on May 25, 1862.

Dates: 1862

Sturtevant Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-023
Abstract There are 145-pages worth of letters from the Sturtevant family in this collection ranging from 1858-1884. Most of the letters include information about family births and deaths, illnesses and daily happenings. The letters that were written during the American Civil War also contain information on the members of the Sturtevant family in the Union Army. Family members include Ann Maria Sturtevant and Owen Sturtevant.Content Warning: Some letters from the collection include racist...
Dates: 1858 - 1884

Bryce A. Suderow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-020
Abstract

This collection contains three papers written by Bryce A. Suderow about the casualties that the Confederate Army sustained during the Wilderness Campaign of 1864 during the American Civil War. Each paper covers a different period within the Wilderness Campaign. Suderow is an American historian who has published several books on the American Civil War.

Dates: 1983

Sutton-Martin-Mason Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-013
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of a Pulaski County, Virginia family, largely consisting of letters received by Rachel Louisa Sutton (later married to David H. Martin) from friends and family during the 1860s. Also contains deeds, family financial records, poetry, photographs and assorted ephemera. A small collection of materials belonging to the Martins' granddaughter, Elinor Mason, completes the collection.

Dates: 1861 - 1968

M. Sydenstricker Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-006
Abstract

This collection contains a letter from M. Sydenstricker from White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, Virginia (West Virginia) to Mrs I [?] Dwier and G[?] Davis, January 10th, 1865.

Dates: 1865

T. B. Heck & A. D. Elliott Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-085
Abstract

This collection includes a broadside from the Lexington (Virginia) Gazette in 1865, advertising T. B. Heck & A. D. Elliott, "Cabinet Making and Undertaking", which also sold coffins and would barter with customers for goods.

Dates: 1865

T. J. Jackson, Portrait

 Collection
Identifier: Art-213
Scope and Contents

Sold by the Authority of the Jackson Memorial Association for the purpose of erecting a monument to J Thomas Jackson at the Virginia Military Institute...

Dates: n.d.

Nathaniel H. Talbot Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-002
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by 1st Lt. Nathaniel Henry Talbot, Co. B, 58th Massachusetts Volunteers, near Alexandria, Virginia. Dated May 1965, Talbot's letter home to "Dear Ones" describes a grand review in Washington, DC, after the close of the war.

Dates: 1865 - 1865