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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 1470 Collections and/or Records:

Contract, Copy from Mr Baylor, February 18, 1896 (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_1896_0218_

Henry A. Converse Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-108
Abstract

Letter from Henry A. Converse, a lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War, written December 12-14, 1863, to his aunt, Mary B. Haralson of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, regarding the depreciating value of Confederate currency, the conscription act, and the prospects for Converse's law practice.

Dates: 1863

Catlett Conway Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-039
Abstract

The collection consists of 65 letters written between Catlett Conway and family members during the years 1892-1920.

Dates: 1892 - 1920

J. E. Cooley [New York] Advertising Broadside,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-007
Abstract

Single-page advertising flyer and price list for J. E. Cooley, grocer, New York, NY, dated 1863.

Dates: 1863

Copybook, Milton S. Koontz, 1863 (Ms1984-172)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1984-172_Copybook_1863

S. Wellford Corbin Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-063
Abstract

Letter from S. W. Corbin of Virginia, a lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy and prisoner-of-war during the American Civil War, written from Fort Delaware on January 29, 1865, to an unidentified woman (said to have been Emily S. Brune of Baltimore, Maryland), thanking her for Christmas gifts and mentioning several mutual friends in Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia. 

Dates: 1865

Correspondence, , 1861 - 1865

 File — Folder 1
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains photocopies of the papers of Brigader General Adin B. Underwood. The papers include personal correspondence with transcriptions, Underwood's Union Army pension records, and a detailed history of the 33rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Union Army, in which Underwood served. Dating 1861 to 1865, the correspondence includes photocopies and transcriptions of letters written to General Underwood in Tennessee and Washington, D.C., by his wife Jane in...
Dates: 1861 - 1865

M. M. Cottingim Diary,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-033
Abstract

The collection consists of a diary written by M.M. Cottingim between April and October of 1862.

Dates: 1862

Council of War

 Collection
Identifier: Art-341
Scope and Content

Signed.

Dates: 1985

Aileen B. Cowardin Friendship Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-104
Abstract

The collection consists of a friendship book collected and maintained by Aileen B. Cowardin. The book includes leaf and plant samples, most of which are labeled as to the location where they were found.

Dates: 1863 - 1870