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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:

Camp Sedgwick, Virginia, Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-073
Abstract

Letter from a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written from Camp Sedgwick, [Virginia], on December 26, 1863, regarding the bounty and furlough promised to those who reenlist and his efforts to pass the time while in winter camp.

Dates: 1863

Campbell County, Virginia, C. S. A., 1864 (reproduction),

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0435
Scope and Contents

1864 map of Campbell County created by the Confederate Engineers Bureau (1982 reproduction from the Virginia Historical Society).

Dates: 1982 - 1982

John P. E. Campbell Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-056
Abstract

Letter from John P. E. Campbell (50th Regiment, Virginia Infantry) to his wife, April 13, 1863.

Dates: 1863

L. Campbell Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-061
Abstract

Letter from L. Campbell, of Keene, New Hampshire, addressed to Mrs. Corbitt on March 31, 1867, regarding the exhumation, identification, and return of her brother's remains.

Dates: 1867

William Latham Candler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-007
Abstract

The collection consists of fourteen letters, dating from September 8, 1861, to February 15, 1863, from William Latham Candler to his uncle Charles [probably maternal uncle Charles Henry Wheelwright] and his brother, John W. Candler of Boston. Candler's letters were written from camps in Maryland and Virginia during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1863

Charles E. Cantzon Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-040
Abstract

The Charles E. Cantzon Journal contains handwritten sheets of varying sizes that are memoirs and journal entries from the American Civil War from 1860-1865.

Dates: 1860 - 1865

Caperton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-034
Abstract Photocopied, typed transcripts of letters written by Mary Eliza Henderson Caperton to her husband George Henry, then serving in the Confederate Army, most written from Whitethorne, in Montgomery County, Virginia, between May and October, 1861, and concentrating on news of the Preston family, relatives, and mutual acquaintainces; fears of a slave rebellion; a fire at Whitethorne; and the deaths of Ann Barraud Taylor Preston and Col. James Francis Preston. Also includes typescript extracts...
Dates: 1861-1862, n.d.

Capture of Fort Fisher

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-020

John S. Carbone Manuscript Thesis

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1999-002
Abstract

Senior honors thesis (photocopy only) entitled "Early Coastal Operations in North Carolina During the Civil War: a Study of Lost Opportunities," completed by John S. Carbone, a student at the College of William and Mary, in 1984.

Dates: 1984

Card, Birthday Note to J. [Joe?] H. Hoge from Clara and Harry, February 28, 1945 (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_birthdaycard_1945_0228