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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:

William T. McDougle Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-036
Abstract

This collection includes an undated typescript copy of William T. McDougle's memoir, describing his time in the 126th Regiment Ohio Volunteers during the American Civil War.

Dates: undated

William "Billy" McDuffie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-015
Abstract

This collection contains a Carte de Visite photograph of William "Billy" McDuffie, a letter from Arthur Elmore to his sister Grace Elmore, and the envelope that it was sent in. This collection also contains a transcript of the letter.

Dates: 1861, n. d.

David Cloyd McGavock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-032
Abstract

The David Cloyd McGavock Papers consist of ca. 35 items, including letters written by McGavock (d. May 1864) to his mother, his sister Sallie, and his uncle Gordon Cloyd while studying at Roanoke College in 1861 and then from camps near Winchester and Petersburg, Virginia, and Goldsboro, North Carolina, while McGavock served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. The collection includes sympathy letters to Sallie after his death and other miscellaneous family papers. 

Dates: 1861-1901, n.d.

Joseph McGill Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-105
Abstract

Letter from Joseph McGill, a private in Company H, 40th Ohio Infantry during the American Civil War, written at Wartrace, Tennessee on July 24, 1863 to his parents, regarding the war's impending end, the possibility of returning to Kentucky, and his duty guarding the brigade commissary.

Dates: 1863

John McJellison Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-059
Abstract

This collection contains John McJellison's commission papers to serve as Second Lieutenant in Company K, 27th Regiment, Maine Infantry, as well as a letter to McJellison from his nephew, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Charles F. McKenna Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-031
Abstract

The collection contains diaries, papers, and published materials related to Charles F. McKenna's service in the 155th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1913, 1996-1998, n.d.

Meade & Baker Apothecary Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-130
Abstract

The collection contains an accounts ledger for a pharmaceutical firm in Richmond, Virginia, including customer names, addresses and itemized lists of purchases.

Dates: 1861 - 1870

Meeting of Generals Jackson, J.E. Johnston, and Lee

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-140
Scope and Contents

copyrighted D.H. Anderson; published by C. Klacknet; gift of William M. Thornton, 1993

Dates: n.d.

C. Henry Merrick Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-038
Abstract

Five letters to C. (Cyrus) Henry Merrick, a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, from Spencer Merrick, Edward E. Clapp, and Sarah E. Whittier.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Henry G. Mervine Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-046
Abstract

Two letters from Henry G. Mervine, of the 17th Battery, New York Light Infantry during the American Civil War, addressed to his wife Lizzie and written from Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia.

Dates: 1864 - 1865