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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:

Journal, Frances A. Murdoch, 1861-1863 (Ms2009-132)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2009-132_MurdochFrancisA_Diary

George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-093
Abstract

The George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides consist of materials about the Civil War collected by Kauffmann. Tapes contain Civil War Round Table meeting lectures, 1980-1984, n.d., and slides document Civil War battles and other scenes, and various battlefields and monuments.

Dates: 1960-1984, n.d.

Dollie P. F. Keen Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-023
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by Dollie P. F. Keen to her unnamed brother sometime during the Civil War.

Dates: c. 1861-1865

Mary Kelly Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-023
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written to Mary Kelly by an unidentified Union soldier of the 10th Iowa Infantry during the American Civil War. Letter describes an ambush by Confederate soldiers that killed five men and wounded eight.

Dates: 1862

Stephen R. Kelsey Diary and Notes

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-029
Abstract

Diary maintained by Stephen R. Kelsey between January and May, 1865, while in New York and Virginia with Battery I, 5th U. S. Artillery, during the American Civil War, with entries discussing the occupation of Petersburg, Virginia, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the capture of Jefferson Davis. Accompanied by a typescript biographical essay by Ernest Flint Kelsey, Stephen Kelsey's nephew, commenting on his uncle's military service.

Dates: 1865, 1920

Key Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-044
Abstract

Papers of the Key family of Liberty (Bedford County), Virginia, including four letters from brothers Edward W., Joseph C., and Yelverton P. Key, who served in Company G, 34th Virginia Infantry (aka 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery) during the American Civil War, as well as financial documents (receipts and tax bills) of the interrelated Key and Wheat families.

Dates: 1812 - 1904

Key Family Papers, 1815-1896 (Ms1992-044)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992-044

Patrick Keyces (Keycas) Arrest Warrant,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-034
Abstract

The collection contains an arrest warrant issued on January 30th, 1864 for Patrick Keyces, a deserter from the 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

Kinnier Family Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-2007-034
Scope and Contents

Four complete letters and two fragments written to Jennie from William. Two letters and at least one fragment were written between 1853 and about 1856 from Chicago, Illinois. They are mainly love notes with family news, but mention in passing immigrants and Cassius M. Clay. The two later letters were written in Lynchburg, Virginia after the couple's marriage. The July 27, 1863 letter discusses possible upcoming battles and the high prices of food during the Civil War.

Dates: 1853 - 1863

James Kirkpatrick Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-086
Abstract This collection contains two letters from Captain James Kirkpatrick of the Third Missouri Cavalry. The first, dated 14 December 1863, is written from Company Headquarters in Jacksonport, Arkansas, to his wife Elizabeth, who is home in Clayton, Adams County, Illinois. The second letter, dated 21 June 1864, is written from a camp near Little Rock to his eldest son, William, age approx. 15 years old, who is serving with the 137th Regiment, Illinois Infantry near Memphis, Tennessee. The letters...
Dates: 1863 - 1864