Civil War
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 1473 Collections and/or Records:
Diary, Stephen R. Kelsey, 1865 (Ms1990-029)
Diary, William Leonard, August 17, 1864 to April 30, 1865 (Ms2011-106)
Diary, Willis A. Babcock, 1864 (Ms2009-129)
Richard B. Dickenson Papers,
The collection is composed of materials related to Dickenson's research on Southwest Virginia African Americans from the Civil War until the present.
August Dietz Civil War Collection,
The August Dietz Civil War Collection contains materials originally collected by August Dietz, Richmond, VA, philatelist and printer. The collection contains single editions of Civil War-era newspapers, photographs, a woodcut and prints, quartermaster records, playing cards, a handwritten memoir, correspondence, and reproductions of stamps from the Civil War.
Letters to Camilla Diffenderfer,
The collection includes two pieces of correspondence to Camilla Diffenderfer from 1863 and 1865. One is an invitation from Gen. George Henry Chapman and the other is a letter from A.H. Yeagel.
Joseph G. Dill Letter to Daniel C. E. Brady
The collection consists of a letter from Joseph G. Dill to Daniel C. E. Brady, written from Richmond, Virginia, on May 30, 1862. Dill writes Brady on a variety of topics including recent war news, the challenges of sending mail through conflict zones, a recent fishing party, the warther, and the price of goods.
Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence
The Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence contains letters from 1861 written by Whiteley H. Dill to his family in Bloomfield, Ohio.