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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:

Envelope, Robert Thaddeus Ellett to Sue French, Va, October 17, 1866 (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_1866_1017_env

Envelope, Telegraph to Col. R. Preston, Christiansburg, May 15 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_Envelope_0515

Envelope, To Col. R. Preston, Jan 1 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_envelope_0101

Envelope, to Mrs. R. T. Ellett, Va, January 23, 1918 (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: MS1988_047_EllettFamily_SouthernCrossOfHonor_1918_0123env_

Envelope, to Sue V. Ellett, Va, January 3, 1911 (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_1911_0103_env

Ludwell H. Estes Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-064
Abstract

Letter from Ludwell H. Estes, postmaster at Columbia, Tennessee, written to brother, W. I. A. Estes, in Corinth, Tennessee, and focusing on the local organization of Confederate troops and the impending vote on Tennessee's secession from the Union. 

Dates: 1861

Evans Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-015
Abstract

Three letters from C. H. Evans, James Evans, and Mary J. Evans, of Iowa and Illinois, addressed to their brother, William E. Evans, a soldier in Company B, 6th Wisconsin Infantry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Evans Family Letters, 1862-1863 (Ms1993-015)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1993-015

John W. Fairfax Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-025
Abstract

The collection includes letters from a New Orleans stock broker, John W. Fairfax, to Confederate General James Longstreet. The first is a request for a recommendation for Lawson L. Davis, a conferate veteran who was applying for a paymastership in the Army. The second letter speaks of personal business matters and mentions Bradstreet's impaired vision and new marriage.

Dates: 1898 - 1902