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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:

Edward H. Hahn Cassette Tapes

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1992-026
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of tapes of lectures and talks given at Civil War Roundtables and sessions at a Civil War Summer Institute led by Virginia Tech History Professor James I. Robertson, Jr., attended and recorded by Hahn. Topics focus on prominent Civil War battles, campaigns, and persons.

Dates: 1977 - 1991

William P. Hall Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-069
Abstract Five letters from William P. Hall, a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written from various camps in Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia, to his uncle in Worcester, Massachusetts. Hall's letters discuss his work as a cook; the discharge of several soldiers due to their size; the gradual reduction of the regiment; the building of a new hospital with bowling alley; the inspection of his regiment by the secretaries of war and navy, General Ambrose E. Burnside, and Governor John...
Dates: 1861 - 1863

Jeanette Hamlin Civil War Printed Materials Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-025
Abstract

This collection contains newspapers, newspaper clippings, and publications relating to the American Civil War.

Dates: 1914 - 1996

John H. Hancock Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-008
Abstract

The collection contains the American Civil War diary of John H. Hancock, of Co. H, 29th Massachusetts Infantry of the Union Army.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

A. C. and M. A. Hansard Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-097
Abstract

Letter from A. C. and M. A. (Abner C. and Mary Ann) Hansard of Claiborne County, Tennessee, written during the American Civil War to "Dear Brother & Family, focusing on local hardships, including widespread robberies and difficulty in procuring food.

Dates: 1865

Nancy B. Harbin Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-013
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written by Nancy B. Harbin to her sons, Jack and John Harbin in Company F, 42nd Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862

Charles W. Hardin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-062
Abstract

This collection contains professional records and personal correspondence of Charles W. Hardin, a physician from Augusta County, Virginia.

Dates: 1847 - 1883

Edwin Houston Harman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-019
Abstract

The Edwin Houston Harman Papers consists of letters written in various camps in southwest Virginia to and from Harman and his wife, Jennie. The letters date from 1856 to 1864. There is also a folder of genealogy materials relating to the Harman family.

Dates: 1856 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1856 - 1864

Harper's Ferry

 Collection
Identifier: Art-180
Scope and Contents

As of December 2011, hanging in Kira's Office

Dates: n.d.

James W. M. Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2000-085
Scope and Contents The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: 1857 - 1900