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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:

Civil War Union Soldier's Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-081
Abstract

Four letters from a Union soldier identified only as "Isaac," written to his parents from various points in Virginia, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Clendening Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-067
Abstract

Five letters relating to Abram Clendening, a private in the 5th Independent Company, Ohio Sharpshooters during the American Civil War, including a letter from Clendening, explaining his reasons for enlisting; and letters from comrades and officials regarding his death, the disposition of his personal effects and money, and the location of his grave. Also includes a letter from Boyd Clendening, serving on guard duty in Company K, 128th Ohio Infantry at Johnson's Island, Ohio.

Dates: 1863 - 1867

Alva Cleveland Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-113
Abstract

The collection contains the diary of Alva Cleveland, a 57-year-old soldier who served as an orderly with the 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry. The diary covers March to July 1862 while Cleveland's regiment was stationed around Nashville, Tennessee, and in northern Alabama.

Dates: 1862

Allen J. Clifton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-072
Abstract

Two letters from Allen J. Clifton, a private in Company B, 51st Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War, written from Camp Convalescent, Virginia to his sister and brother regarding his desire to be home and the difficulty in obtaining a medical discharge.

Dates: 1863

Henry Close Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-024
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from Henry Close to Oliver P. and Hannah Bennett on the 31st of January, 1864.

Dates: 1864

Cochran Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-032
Abstract

The Cochran Family Letters consist of fourteen letters written in 1860 and 1861 by brothers John H. and Benjamin Franklin ("Frank") Cochran of Augusta County, Virginia.

Dates: 1860 - 1861

Miles Washington Coe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-009
Abstract

Papers (photocopies only) of Miles Washington Coe, a private in Company C, 42nd Indiana Infantry during the American Civil War, including wartime correspondence and documents relating to Coe's military pension.

Dates: 1859 - 1920; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1865

Edwin R. Coghill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-058
Abstract

The collection contains the American Civil War memoir of Sergeant Edwin R. Coghill of Company E ("Caroline Greys"), 30th Virginia Infantry, of the Confederate Army together with a post-war company roster, and a 1970 booklet commemorating a memorial service for General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at Bethel Baptist Church and containing a transcript of Coghill's memoir.

Dates: ca. 1864-1970

Jacob Cohn Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-002
Abstract

The collection contains the American Civil War diary of Jacob Cohn, a soldier in Company A, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Richard Colburn Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-010
Abstract

The collection consists of the American Civil War diary of Richard Colburn, an enlisted Union soldier of the 12th Infantry of the Army of the Potomac. The diary details camp life, daily activities, battles, and Colburn's captivity as a POW beginning in July 1862.

Dates: 1861 - 1863