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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:

Henry Kyd Douglas Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-023
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Henry Kyd Douglas, Hagerstown, Maryland attorney and former Confederate staff officer, to William P. Maulsby, judge and lawyer of Frederick, Maryland, regarding the case of Fiery et al v. Emmert et al.

Dates: 1871

George F. Doyle Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-096
Abstract

Patriotic Union scrapbook compiled by George F. Doyle, resident of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in the first year of the American Civil War, containing songsheets, mourning cards, patriotic covers, and cartes-de-visite.

Dates: n.d.

L. S. Durham Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-070
Abstract

Letter from L. S. Durham, private in Company B, 34th Virginia Infantry, during the American Civil War. Written to Durham's wife from Camp Randolph, Virginia.

Dates: 1863

William B. Durie Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-145
Abstract

The William B. Durie Letters were written from Burkesville Junction, Virginia, by Durie, a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, to his sister Maggie E. Durie in New Providence, New Jersey, on April 15th and 16th, 1865. The letters contain information on Durie's guarding of Confederate prisoners and the assassination of president Abrham Lincoln.

Dates: 1865

J. K. Dustin Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-087
Abstract

Letter from J. K. Dustin, a Union soldier serving as clerk at Hammond Hospital (Beaufort, North Carolina) during the American Civil War, to his father.

Dates: 1864

G. Lyman Dwight Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-101
Abstract

Three letters written by Gamaliel Lyman Dwight (1841-1875) of Batteries A and B, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery during the American Civil War, written from camps in Maryland and Virginia to close friend "St. Helena" (Sarah H. Whitman) and focusing on literature, poetry, art, nature, and mutual acquaintances.

Dates: 1861 - 1863

Joseph Eames Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-019
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written by Joseph Eames to the Confederate Secretary of War, April 20, 1863 in regards to petitioning the secretary to reassign his son, Pope Eames, to the Danville Gun Factory on account of Pope's being to sick to serve in the field.

Dates: 1863

David Earhart Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-017
Abstract This collection consists of thirty letters written by David Earhart while serving in the Stonewall Jackson Brigade, 4th Virginia Infantry, Company L. Correspondents include his wife Mary Elizabeth Caddell Earhart, his parents, people he enslaved, and his sister Mag. Also included are a letter to Mary Earhart after David Earhart was killed at Chancellorsville, images (probably ambrotypes) of Mary and David Earhart), a later cartede visite of Mary Earhart, and additional family...
Dates: 1862 - 1863

John Early Confederate Army Receipt for the Work of Fletcher, an Enslaved Person

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-037
Abstract

This collection contains a partially printed receipt for the labor of an enslaved person delivered to Chief Engineer Lt. Col. William H. Stevens in charge of Confederate fortifications outside of Richmond, Virginia, on November 11, 1862. The receipt notes that Stevens received one enslaved person by the name of Fletcher from John Early.

Dates: November 11, 1862

H. J. Eaton Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-018
Abstract

This collection contains an undated memoir written by Corporal H. J. Eaton (1839-1914) covering his service as a Union soldier during and immediately after the American Civil War from 1864 to 1867. In the memoir, the second of two volumes, Eaton discusses several aspects of military life during the war, including marches and the battles of Spotsylvania, North-Anna, Gaines Mills, Bethesda-Church, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg.

Dates: undated