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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 1452 Collections and/or Records:

Lee Hendrix Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-020
Abstract

Eight wartime letters by Lee Hendrix (1834-1902) a private in Company B, 1st North Carolina Sharpshooter Battalion during the American Civil War, written from camps and hospitals in Virginia, to members of the Beeson family.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Robert Selph Henry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-020
Abstract

Spanning 1861 to 1971, the Robert Selph Henry Papers consist of correspondence, subject files, photographs, and clippings concerning Henry's research on the American Civil War, focusing on the Confederacy and Nathan Bedford Forrest, and also railroad history. This collection also contains Henry's Southern Historical Association (SHA) and Association of American Railroads papers.

Dates: 1861 - 1971

William Wallace Hensley Autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-007
Abstract

This colleciton contains a typed transcript of the American Civil War memoir of William Wallace Hensley, Company C, 21st Illinois Infantry.

Dates: 1912

Delia Herbert Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-029
Abstract

Three letters written by Delia Brown Herbert, of Bergen (Genesee County), New York, to her sister Achsah Smith in Lockhart, New York, regarding her concern over the whereabouts and wellbeing of "Hank" (her husband, Henry E. Herbert, serving in Battery M, 1st New York Light Infantry during the American Civil War).

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1995_027_ValentineHerbert_Scrapbook

Henry E. Herbert Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-071
Abstract

Letter from Henry E. Herbert, of the 1st New York Light Artillery, writing on June 22, 1863, to his brother, Thomas M. Herbert, regarding Thomas's health and a nearby battle the previous day.

Dates: 1863

Hickman Family Newsletters and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-007
Abstract

Six issues of "Hickman Family History Newsletter," published by H. William Gabriel, focusing on descendants of the Roger Hickman family of Back Creek (Bath County), Virginia, together with photos and brief biographical information on various Hickman family members, and a typescript draft of Gabriel's article, "William P. Hickman in the New River Valley, 1852-1864."

Dates: 1995 - 1998