Civil War
Found in 1441 Collections and/or Records:
Burrows Family Letters
The collection contains the letters of the Palmer L. and Sophronia M. Shaw Burrows family of Delaware County, New York, including Civil War correspondence of Palmer L. Burrows (144th New York Infantry) and his sons S. Worcester Burrows (27th New York Infantry and 1st New York Veteran Cavalry) and Linus P. Burrows (1st New York Veteran Cavalry) and others.
Burrows Family Letters, 1861-1891 (Ms2008-007)
Samuel Worcester Burrows Letter
The collection contains an American Civil War letter of Samuel Worcester Burrows, a private in Company C, New York Infantry.
Charles H. Bushee Diary
The collection includes the diary of Charles H. Bushee, Company E, 112the Regiment, New York Infantry, 1863, during the American Civil War. Includes entries on actions of the 112th Regiment in and around Norfolk and Suffolk, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina.
Benjamin Franklin Butler Notebook
Handwritten book-length draft manuscript providing a very critical view of the military leadership and personal character of General Ulysses S. Grant. Attributed to Benjamin Butler, though evidence suggests a different author, possibly former Union Army Brigadier General Gustave Paul Cluseret.
F. Calkins Letter
Letter from F. Calkins, serving in Company B, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery during the American Civil War, written to "Dear Friend" from Newberne, North Carolina, on September 10, 1863.
Call to Arms, to all the men of Montgomery and Roanoke to help repel the enemy. Signed: Col. Robert Preston, Solitude, May 13, 1863 (Ms1992-003)
John Patrick Callaghan Collection
The collection contains two volumes of Harper's Weekly publications from 1863 and 1864, including several Winslow Homer woodcuts and Thomas Nast cartoons, collected by John Patrick Callaghan.
Louisa Cameron Civil War Scrapbooks
This collection contains a two volume scrapbook kept by future First Lady of Virginia, Louisa Egerton Cameron (1846-1908) from Petersburg, Virginia during the American Civil War.
Camp of the 11th New York Battery Letter
Letter from an unknown American Civil War soldier (possibly Chauncey S. Titus), writing from the camp of the 11th New York Battery on February 9, 1864, to "Dear Hattie," replying to her response to a "lonely hearts" advertisement recently placed by the soldier, and admitting that he had embellished his description to attract interest.