Civil War

The Stearns Family Papers consist of photocopies of transcripts and originals of correspondence, diaries, official documents, writings, and other genealogical documents (1714-1920) of the Stearns family, primarily of Massachusetts.

The collection contains an envelope addressed to Confederate Vice President Alexander Hamilton Stephens from Albany, Georgia. A note concerns the resignation of E. T. Jones from his commission.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.