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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:

Fall of Petersburg

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-029

Job Farley Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-081
Abstract

This collection contains 4 letters from Job Farley written to his mother in the later years of the United States Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

H. Feild Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-039
Abstract

Letter from Confederate surgeon H. Feild, written at the general hospital in Petersburg, Virginia, "to my esteemed friend," on January 5, 1865, describing the suffering in the land and the cries of the wounded.

Dates: 1865

A. Fenn Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-066
Abstract

This collection contains a four page letter from A. Penn to his wife, describing life in the army and an instance where Confederate soldiers wearing Union overcoats attacked Union forces along the Weldon Railroad to interfere with resupply efforts.

Dates: 1865-01-11

Fenwick Civil War Materials Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-042
Abstract

This Fenwick Civil War Materials Collection is a small collection of American Civil War-related materials, containing the correspondence of John Newton Smith, a private in Company I, 13th Virginia Cavalry and the sketchbook of Charles Gulager, a private in Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry. The materials were collected by Fenwick family members.

Dates: c.1861-1865

Nancy (Nannie) G. Figgat Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-080
Abstract

A collection of two letters written by Nancy (Nannie) Figgat to her husband Private Charles Figgat, of the 1st Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, Company C.

Dates: 1863

John Filtzmoyer Damage Claim,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-016
Abstract

The collection consists of a claim for damages by John Filtzmoyer dated April 14, 1865.

Dates: 1865

Conrad C. Fisher Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-064
Abstract

Letter from Corporal Conrad C. Fisher, Company B, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, during the American Civil War, written in Virginia on January 2, 1865, and focusing on a recent military expedition to Wilmington, North Carolina, by sea; an infestation of body lice; and the recent execution of six deserters.

Dates: 1865

George Fitch Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-139
Abstract

This letter was written by George Fitch, a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, to his brother Charlie in a camp near Falmouth, Virginia, on April 11th, 1863. The letter contains information on a review conducted by General Joe Hooker and John Sedgewick, as well as a visit with president Abraham Lincoln.

Dates: 1863