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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:

Card, DAR Acceptance Letter to Sue Ellett, January 11, 1911 (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_DAR_Acceptance_1911_0111

John Newton Carnahan Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-112
Abstract

The collection includes American Civil War letters from Private John Newton Carnahan of the 54th Virginia Infantry to his wife, Juliette Sophia Calfee Carnahan, and children in Pulaski County, Virginia.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Henry C. Carpenter Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-008
Abstract

The collection consists of Henry C. Carpenter's letters written between February 1862 and June 1864 while encamped in parts of Virginia and West Virginia.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

James Carr / Thomas Clark Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-035
Abstract

Two letters from James Carr and Thomas Clark, privates in Company G, 56th New York Infantry during the American Civil War, written from near the Chicahominy River, Virginia in June, 1862.

Dates: 1862

John Carr Civil War Letters,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-035
Abstract

This collection contains photocopies and transcriptions of the Civil War-era letters of Private John Carr, who served with the 2nd Stuart Horse Artillery of the Confederate Army.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Carroll County, Virginia, Petition,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-100
Abstract

The collection consists of a petition from former members of the 24th and 29th Virginia Infantries, seeking assistance for the pardon and release of POWs from Carroll County, Virginia.

Dates: 1865

John R. Cason Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-026
Abstract

The collection includes the journal of John R. Cason, a Confederate Lieutenant and one of the Immortal 600, containing lists of other prisoners he encountered following his capture at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Jacob Cassel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-086
Abstract

The collection contains papers from a nineteenth-century Smyth County, Virginia, landholder pertaining to his business, community involvement, and the American Civil War. Includes a signed oath of allegiance from 1865.

Dates: 1865 - 1881

Charles M. Cassell Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-018
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from C. M. Cassell to his aunt, Fannie Yonce of Wytheville, VA.

Dates: 1864

Cavalryman's Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-020
Abstract

The collection consists of two letters written by "Mark," a Confederate cavalryman, to his father in 1861.

Dates: 1861