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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:

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

Edwin Messer Civil War Letters,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-024
Abstract

The Edwin Messer Civil War Letters is a collection of letters written by Edwin Messer during his service with the 37th Illinois Infantry of the Union Army. Written to his Mother, Sister, and Girlfriend, the letters describe his accounts of the Siege of Vicksburg the battles of Prairie Grove and Pea Ridge.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

James Miles Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-006
Abstract

The collection consists of the American Civil War diary of James Miles, an enlisted Union soldier in the 185th Regiment of the New York Infantry. The diary describes soldier life and spans from January to March 1865 until the author was killed in action.

Dates: 1865

Military & Wartime Cookery Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-029
Abstract

The Military & Wartime Cookery Collection consists of a variety of manuscript and ephemeral materials relating to the history of military and wartime food and cooking. Items in the collection date from 1884 to 1965, though the bulk of the collection covers parts of World War I through World War II (1917-1945).

Dates: 1884 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1945