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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1330 Collections and/or Records:

James A. Branch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-054
Abstract

The collection contains two diaries and letters pertaining to James A Branch between the years of 1864 and 1867. They detail his life as a Confederate soldier, a prisoner of war at Point Lookout Camp, and a shop clerk, during and after the American Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1867

Note to General John C. Breckinridge

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-062
Abstract

This collection consists of a note written in 1864 to Confederate General John C. Breckinridge asking for permission to ship a carriage to prevent its theft during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1864

General John C. Breckinridge Note (Distilling)

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-082
Abstract

The collection consists of a note to General John C. Breckinridge for permission to distill rye whiskey for medicinal and pharmaceutical purposes.

Dates: 1864

John Brick Book Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-098
Abstract

The collection contains a typescript manuscript draft of John Brick's American Civil War novel, Jubilee (published by Doubleday in 1956).

Dates: ca. 1956

John P. Brock Muster Roll

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-023
Scope and Contents

Confederate Civil War muster roll, taken June 12, 1861, in Staunton, Virginia, of the Captain John P. Brock Cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Regiment Wise Legion, which was renamed in May 1862 as the 10th Regiment Virginia Cavalry. Muster roll lists volunteers' rank, age, value of horses and horse equipment brought with them, and where, when and how long they joined for duty.

Dates: 1861

Charles L. Brown Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-031
Abstract

A single letter and envelope written by Charles L. Brown to his mother, Lydia Brown, in Waltham, Mass., dated 4 January 1862 and sent from Hampton, Va. Brown enlisted with the 16th Massachusetts Infantry on 29 June 1861, Company H, as a corporal. At the time of his death at Gettysburg on July 1863, he held the rank of Sergeant.

Dates: 1862-01-04

Brown Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-011
Abstract

The collection consists of receipts, bills, Promissory notes, tax notes, letters, and other various papers created between 1825 and 1912 by members of the Brown, and other related families.

Dates: 1825-1912, 1965 ; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1894

Mima Brown Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-025
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by "Mima Brown" from Pulaski, Virginia to her brother Pvt. James H. Farmer on November 8, 1863.

Dates: 1863

R. Baxter Brown Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-043
Abstract

The collection contains the American Civil War diary of R. Baxter Brown, a Union lieutenant in Company I, 11th New Hampshire Infantry.

Dates: 1864

Washington Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-011
Abstract The Washington Brown Papers contains letters and other papers associated with Washington Brown, captain in the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry who died of wounds received at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War. Includes manuscript copy of a memoir of Brown and correspondence between Brown and his family in Erie, Pennsylvania. Also includes letters between Brown's father, Conrad Brown, and members of the 145th Pennsylvania following Washington Brown's death, and a...
Dates: 1861 - 1869