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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 1439 Collections and/or Records:

Letter, William Leonard to Parents, Near Petersburg Va., June 18, 1864 (Ms2011-106)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-106_LeonardWilliam_B1F1_Letter_1864_0618

Letter, William Leonard to Parents, Near Petersburg Va., June 19, 1864 (Ms2011-106)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-106_LeonardWilliam_B1F1_Letter_1864_0619

Letter, William Leonard to Parents, Near Petersburg Va., June 23, 1864 (Ms2011-106)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-106_LeonardWilliam_B1F1_Letter_1864_0623

Letter, William Leonard to Parents, Near Petersburg Va., June 25, 1864 (Ms2011-106)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-106_LeonardWilliam_B1F1_Letter_1864_0625

Letter, William Watts to Col Preston, Camp Withers, January 23, 1862 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F8_WattsW_1862_0123

Letters to Eliza Doty

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-146
Abstract

The Letters to Eliza Doty were written by her unnamed sister, probably Sarah Poindexter, to Eliza in New Providence, New Jersey, on April 28, 1868, from Richmond, Virginia, and April 1, 1869, from Culpeper, Virginia. The letters contain information on the declining economic conditions in Richmond, and the sister's negative feelings about reconstruction conditions in Virginia.

Dates: 1868 - 1869

Andrew J. Lewis Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-097
Abstract

Letters written by Andrew J. Lewis, a Confederate prisoner of war who later served in the 1st U. S. Volunteer Infantry, together with a letter to Lewis from his wife, Harriet C. Lewis

Dates: 1863 - 1865

George Lewis Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-015
Abstract

This collection consists of a single letter written by Union soldier George W. Lewis, 4th Michigan Infantry,to his brother, and dated February 1st, 1863.

Dates: 1863

Nelson F. Libby Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-018
Abstract

Two letters written by Nelson F. Libby, a soldier serving in the Union Army (probably the 2nd Maine Infantry) during the American Civil War, written to his brother and providing brief accounts of a recent false alarm and a recent battle (possibly 2nd Bull Run).

Dates: 1861 - 1862