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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:

Dudley Gale Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-014
Abstract

Two letters from Dudley E. Gale, a soldier in Company L, 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry during the American Civil War, written to his mother and focusing on the impending discharge of a close friend and Gale's own upcoming furlough.

Dates: 1862, n.d.

James Gallagher Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-016
Abstract James Gallagher was a soldier for the Union during the American Civil War. This collection contains photocopies of letters written by James Gallagher to his Father, Sister, Mother, and Aunt, primily written from Hilton Head Island and Morris Island in South Carolina. The letters are meant to update his family on his health and what he had been doing for the Union Army. This collection also contains photocopies of several receipts that were made out by two different undertakers for Jane...
Dates: 1861-1863, 1895

William B. Gallaher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-062
Abstract

Two letters written by William B. Gallaher, serving in in Company E, 1st Virginia Cavalry, during the American Civil War (including a letter written on the eve of the First Battle of Bull Run), accompanied by a document certifying Gallaher's promotion from private to first lieutenant.

Dates: 1861

C. B. Gardener Treasury Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-001
Abstract

The collection contains a ledger with accounts kept by "Dr. C. B. Gardner Depository of the Treasury in a/c with the Treasury of the Confederate States" of Christiansburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Edwin L. Garrison Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-003
Abstract

The Edwin L. Garrison Letter contains information pertaining to the 1864 Overland Campaign including an attack by Confederate General A. P. Hill. The letter is written to George J. Warner in New York on July 12, 1964.

Dates: 1864

Gay Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-088
Abstract

Five letters written by James P., Calvin S., and T. K. Gay of South Auburn, Pennsylvania, all serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Gen. Robert E. Lee

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-055

Gen. T.J. Jackson

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-056