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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:

Jeremiah White Graves Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-033
Abstract

Jeremiah White Graves was a farmer in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The collection consists of a microfilm copy of Graves' extensive diary and a typescript manuscript of selected transcribed passages from that diary.

Dates: 1820 - 1878

William F. Graves Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-040
Abstract

The collection contians materials, including biographical sketches and speech texts, relating to William F. Graves, native of Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Confederate major in the 2nd Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1911-1914, n.d.

Charles H. Gray Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-028
Abstract

Letter from Charles H. Gray (1840-1862), of Company C, 4th Ohio Infantry during the American Civil War, written to his brother July 13-14, 1861, and providing an account of his part in the Union advance on Beverly, Virginia (now West Virginia) and a report on the Battle of Rich Mountain.

Dates: 1861

Henry L. Gray Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-002
Abstract

The collection includes correspondence by Henry L. Gray, written primarily between 1863 and 1865 during the American Civil War. There are also some official documents from Gray's military activities.

Dates: 1863 - 1886; Majority of material found within ( 1863-1865)

Great Seal of the Confederate States of America

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-022
Abstract

Collection consists of an electrotype replica of the Great Seal of the Confederate States of America, along with a letter of authentication, dated 6 March 1874, from J.S. and A.B. Wyon of London, England, the engravers of the original Great Seal made for the Confederacy in 1864.

Dates: ca. 1872-1874

Horace Greeley Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-024
Abstract

Letter from New-York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, written February 10, 1865, to New York Governor Reuben E. Fenton endorsing the application of Colonel L. W. Bradley (probably Leman W. Bradley, formerly of the 64th New York Infantry) for the post of commissary-general of ordnance (i.e., chief of ordnance) in the U. S. Army.

Dates: 1865

Edward A. Green Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-003
Abstract

This collection contains facsimile copies of the American Civil War reminiscences of Edward Augustus Green, of Company E, 12th Virginia Cavalry. Consisting of 95 bound pages, the reminiscences consist largely of Green's history of the 12th Virginia Cavalry, including both the published version, serialized in an unidentified newspaper in 1902, and Green's handwritten draft notes.

Dates: [1902?]

Gresham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-096
Abstract

This collection contains photocopies of papers of the family of John Jones Gresham, a Macon, Georgia attorney, businessman and politician. Materials include correspondence, notes on Confederate memorabilia, legal and financial papers, and biographical materials.

Dates: 1825 - 1943

Gresham Family Papers, 1825-1940 (Ms1988-096)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988-096

Thomas Haden Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-027
Abstract

The collection consists of an incomplete letter dated July 8, 1862 from Thomas Haden to his wife talking about marching and battle.

Dates: July 8, 1862