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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:

Poems Written for Lewis G. Creasy

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-005
Abstract

This collection includes poems were written for Creasy by someone else whose identity is unknown. There are two poems, "The Virginia Girls Song" and the companion piece, "The Volunteers Reply." A note at the bottom of the second page indicates the poems were "written by a true friend for Mr. L. Creasy" in December 1863.

Dates: December 27, 1863

Samuel A. Creelman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-178
Abstract

This collection contains a number of letters written by Samuel A. Creelman to family and friends during the Civil War. It also contains obituaries about Creelman, a copy of his publication Collections of a Coffee Cooler, and an essay written by Creelman to be read at his funeral.

Dates: 1861 - 1906

Philip Crewell Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-070
Abstract

Two letters from Philip Crewell, of Company F, 34th New York Infantry during the American Civil War, written at Albany, New York, and Camp Falmouth, Virginia, the latter focusing on Crewell's request for clothing and for food for a "Christmas feast."

Dates: 1861 - 1862

James H. Cronkhite Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-062
Abstract

Four letters written by James H. Cronkhite (1827-1873), serving in Company I, 4th Minnesota Infantry during the American Civil War, to wife Jennie in Warsaw (Rice County), Minnesota, from camps and a division hospital in Mississippi.

Dates: 1862

John F. Crosby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-011
Abstract

The John F. Crosby Papers collection contains John Crosby's research, letters of inquiry, correspondence, and genealogy charts pertaining to his manuscript "Brother vs. Brother: Divided Families in the Civil War.

Dates: 1980 - 1988

Frederick Nicholls Crouch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-104
Abstract

This collection contains items that were sold by musician and American Civil War veteran, Frederick Nicholls Crouch.

Dates: n.d.

Joshua W. Culver Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-004
Abstract

The collection includes eight manuscript letters of a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; and four letters written to and from other Culver family members.

Dates: 1862-1863, 1877-1899

David Cunningham Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-060
Abstract

Letter from David Cunningham, a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written at Berkley's Station, Virginia to Mrs. A. E. Young on April 26, 1865, informing her that reports of his death are false, probably spread by local Copperheads.

Dates: 1865

W. E. Curd Correspondence to Isaac Shelby

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-050
Abstract

The collection contains three short letters from W. E. Curd to Captain Isaac Shelby written from Jefferston, Virginia, between November 27-December 1, 1864.

Dates: 1864

William N. Curry Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-024
Abstract

The collection contains letters from a Confederate soldier, William N. Curry to his two brothers, Alpheus and Harry, during the American Civil War. The letters are written on the same page. Letters discusses camp life in Pocataligo, South Carolina. Curry discusses seeing Yankee ships run aground and set on fire to prevent the Confederates taking the cargo.

Dates: 1862