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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 1454 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Watson Letters, 1862-1866 (Ms2008-005)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2008-005

Alfred Thompson Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-004
Abstract

Nine wartime letters written by Alfred Thompson, a soldier in Company H (and later Company A), 49th Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War, from various camps in Virginia, addressed to David May of Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

W. W. Thompson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-043
Abstract

Letter from W. W. Thompson, a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, written to his wife from Yorktown, Virginia on August 23, 1862.

Dates: 1862

John O. Thornhill Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-068
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from John O. Thornhill of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, written apparently while on medical leave at Campbell, Virginia, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1865

Thurman Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-134
Abstract

The collection includes American Civil War-era letters (all photocopies, with one exception) of the Thurman family of Chesterfield and Fluvanna counties, Virginia, including letters from Meredith Branch Thurman (14th Virginia Infantry) and Robert H. Thurman (41st Virginia Infantry) to Jane Rosser Humphrey Thurman, their wife and sister-in-law respectively.

Dates: 1860 - 1871

Wayne Thurman Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-046
Abstract

The collection consists of a Union soldier's letter, written by Corporal Wayne Thurman, Co. C, 42nd Indiana Vols., Calhoun, [Kentucky], dated December 26, 1861. The letter, written to Thurman's brother, Francis Marion Thurman, discusses camp happenings, including sickness, death, housing, and fights amongst the regiment.

Dates: 1861 - 1861