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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:

Union Soldier Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-005
Abstract

The collection consists of a photograph of an unnamed Union soldier during the American Civil War.

Dates: c.1861-1865

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dr. Harvy Black Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-050
Abstract

This collection contains the records of Dr. Harvy Black Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. It contains files devoted to local Confederate veterans, as well as chapter financial records, minute books, membership records, printed materials and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1862 - 2010

United States Military Railroads Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-097
Abstract

The collection contains a United States Military Railroads receipt, issued to general freight agent William W. Tuttle at Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1865

Amon W. Updike Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-012
Abstract

The Amon W. Updike Correspondence consists of photocopies of five letters from Updike while camped in New Kent, Chesterfield, and Henrico counties, Virginia, to his sister, Phebe Arthur, during the American Civil War. Also included are photocopies of letters from Phebe Arthur to her husband Henry, letters from Henry to Phebe and to other family members, and a letter from J.O. Hensley, Arthur's captain, informing Phebe of her husband's death. 

Dates: 1861 - 1865

U.S. v $28,000-Effects of R. E. Lee et al. Case Files,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-033
Abstract

This collection contains photocopies of affidavits, claims and answers, stipulations, and a bill for legal fees relating to U.S. v $28,000-Effects of R. E. Lee et al. which dealt with the seizure of land from Confederate leaders.

Dates: 1863 - 1866

USS Pittsburg Paymaster's Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-026
Abstract

The collection contains a U.S. Navy paymaster's ledger, believed to be from the USS Pittsburg, a Union Navy gunboat during the American Civil War. Also includes a single sheet officers' pay roll, dated 1866, believed to be from the USS Shawmut.

Dates: 1862

Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-027
Abstract

Herbert E. Valentine (1841-1917) served in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection contains a 50-page scrapbook compiled by Valentine with newspaper clippings written in 1911-1912 about his regiment's war activities, photographs from a monument dedication ceremony for his regiment in New Berne, North Carolina in 1908, and 39 ink wash scenes sketched during the war years.

Dates: 1862-1864, 1908, 1911-1912

Oscar Van Houten Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-102
Abstract

The letter describes Van Houten's Civil War camp and war experiences as of May 17, 1863, including details of the wounded and death of several friends.

Dates: 1863

Henry A. Van Pelt Letter and CDV,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-041
Abstract

The collection includes a letter by Henry Van Pelt to "Frank," dated November 15, 1862, as well as an undated CDV of Van Pelt taken during the Civil War.

Dates: 1862-c.1865

William Gildersleeve Vardell Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-016
Abstract

William Gildersleeve Vardell (1829-1897) of South Carolina was a Major in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. This collection contains photocopies of 48 wartime letters from Vardell to his wife, and 1 letter from 1882 to Mrs. J. Jackson.

Dates: 1862-1863, 1882