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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:

Burrows Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-007
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1861 - 1891

Burrows Family Letters, 1861-1891 (Ms2008-007)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2008-007

Samuel Worcester Burrows Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-038
Abstract

The collection contains an American Civil War letter of Samuel Worcester Burrows, a private in Company C, New York Infantry.

Dates: 1862

Charles H. Bushee Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-055
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1863

Benjamin Franklin Butler Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-060
Abstract

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.

Dates: [1865?]

F. Calkins Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-045
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1863

John Patrick Callaghan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-065
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Louisa Cameron Civil War Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-035
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1861 - 1863

Camp of the 11th New York Battery Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-068
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1864