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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 1445 Collections and/or Records:

James H. Lane Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-011
Abstract The James H. Lane Research Collection is a collection of research revolving around James H. Lane. The collection includes scans of letters, newspaper clippings, and book excerpts, along with photographs, focusing on Lane's time in the Confederate Army, as well as his time as a professor at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) and Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). The collection also includes two reels of microfilm, with their creation dated as...
Dates: 1865 - 1980

Madison T. Lawson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-057
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Madison T. Lawson to his family, written in Lee County, Virginia, on March 28, 1864.

Dates: 1864

Henry M. Lazelle Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-109
Abstract

This collection contains an August 31, 1911 letter authored by Henry M. Lazelle (1832-1917), a Union officer during the American Civil War and Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, about several things that he learned while he oversaw the publication of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion, about the American Civil War.

Dates: 1911

Lee and His Generals

 Collection
Identifier: Art-214
Scope and Contents

Andrew E. Graham Co. Photography Lithographers, Washington, D.C. Copyright

Dates: n.d.

Lee and His Generals

 Collection
Identifier: Art-215
Scope and Contents

Closeup of Art.214; Blue matt; Burnished frame

Dates: n.d.

Lee and His Generals

 Collection
Identifier: Art-217
Scope and Contents

Larger matt; brown frame with guilt inner frame

Dates: n.d.

Anna Lee Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-028
Abstract

The collection contains a letter of invitation dated December 17, 1861 from Anna Lee to General P. G. T. Beauregard to attend a country dance on Christmas evening at Meadow Farm, Virginia, home to the Sheppard Family in Henrico County. Attributed to Anne "Annie" Carter Lee (1839-1862), fourth child of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Randolph Custis.

Dates: 1861

Frank Lee Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-073
Abstract

Letter from Frank Lee, sergeant in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Infantry, during the American Civil War. Writing from Salem, Massachusetts, Lee recounts the regiment's activities, beginning with its organization from the former "Union Drill Club," and provides some details on camp life.

Dates: 1861