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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:

William Fitzgerald Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-142
Abstract

The William Fitzgerald Letter was written by William Fitzgerald of Company I, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery of the Union Army in a camp near Petersburg on June 28th, 1864, and was addressed to his sister. The letter contains information on the condition of his regiment, where he traveled, and his family.

Dates: 1864

George W. Fitzinger Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-039
Abstract

The collection connsists of a single letter written by George W. Fitzinger to his cousin, James Barclay, on August 29, 1861.

Dates: 1861

John Buchanan Floyd Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-015
Abstract

Letter from Confederate Brigadier General John Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863), written at Camp Jackson (Wytheville, Virginia) to Confederate Secretary of War LeRoy Pope Walker, soliciting an officer's commission for former West Point cadet B. A. Terrett.

Dates: 1861

Charles W. Folsom Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-085
Abstract

This collections contains papers relating to Charles Folsom who served as a Quartermaster with the 20th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry in the latter years of the American Civil War.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

R. H. Ford Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-030
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from R. H. Ford to his son, Willie. The letter dates from September 3, 1862 and originates from Knoxville.

Dates: 1862

Fort Pickens, Winchester, Virginia, Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-004
Abstract

The Fort Pickens, Winchester, Virginia, Civil War Letter concerns the creator, "GHD", telling his wife, Lizzie, that he has arrived in Winchester following a recent skirmish and local regimental activities.

Dates: 1861

Jack Foster Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-018
Abstract

The collection includes a letter from Jack Foster, a formerly enslaved person and body servant in the 36th Virginia Infantry, to Confederate General John McCausland, reminiscing about the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain and his time in camp service during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1883

Lafayette Sabine Foster Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-044
Abstract

Letter from United States Senator Lafayette Sabine Foster of Connecticut (1855-1867), dated in the Senate Chamber on June 9, 1862, and addressed to General Fitz John Porter, commander of the Army of the Potomac's V Corps during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War, congratulating Porter on his success during the Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia, the previous month.

Dates: 1862

Lewis M. Foster Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-007
Abstract

The collection includes a single letter from Lewis M. Foster to his mother, written near Petersburg, Virginia, December 1864.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

Samuel D. Foster Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-001
Abstract

Letter from Samuel D. Foster, a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written from Louisville, Kentucky on August 17, 1864, to the Wm. Johnston family, describing conditions at the Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Danville, Virginia, from which Foster had been released.

Dates: 1864