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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 1464 Collections and/or Records:

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

Edward H. Hahn Cassette Tapes

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-026
Abstract

This 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., and attended and recorded by Edward H. Hahn. Topics focus on prominent American 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