United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Found in 1330 Collections and/or Records:
Adelaide Colcock Papers
Beverly Coleman Videotape
Mary Coley Letters
Letters addressed to Mary Everit Coley of New Haven, Connecticut, from relatives and friends, focusing on personal activities and news, particularly illnesses and deaths, including the deaths of three infant children of Coley's friend, Isabelle Mercein Fuller.
Thomas W. Colley Collection,
The Thomas W. Colley Collection contains correspondence, financial documents, such as ledgers, receipts, and deeds, temperance society sermons, electoral cards, a Veteran's Meeting minute book, Civil War reminiscences, and a roll for the First Virginia Company D Volunteer Cavalry's wounded and dead for 1861. The majority of the collection dates from 1860 to 1920.
William L. Colley Letter
Letter from William Lewis Colley to sister, written from a hospital around Winchester, VA, September 3d, 1861. In the letter Colley describes how he accidentally shot off his little finger on his left hand while on picket duty on Millwood Pike near the Opequon River four miles from Winchester.
Colonel John F. Mosey
Crayon Portrait; Presented to Mr. William J. McGee of Washington, D.C. by him
Company E, 12th Regiment Michigan Infantry Documents
The collection contains three documents from Company E, 12th Regiment Michigan Infantry of the United States Army, written in the fourth quarter (November-December) of 1865, following the end of the American Civil War. The collection includes a Statement of Charges on Muster and Pay Rolls; a Quarterly Return of Ordinance and Ordnance Stores Received, Issued, and Remaining on Hand; an Abstract of Expenditures; and an Invoice of Stores Turned Over.
Confederate Broadside Against Aiding Deserters,
Collection consists of a Confederate broadside issued October 29, 1863, by Major General Sam Jones, concerning the provision of aid for deserters and punishment for those who engage in such acts.
Confederate Currency,
The collection contains four $10 bills, two $50 bills, and two $100 bills. The $100 bills are stamped on the back "Issued from the Treasrs Office Richmond, Feb 10, 1863."
Confederate Provost Marshal Pass, Lynchburg, Virginia
The collection contains a Confederate Provost Marshall's Pass issued to A.S. Bacon on November 11, 1864 at Lynchburg, Virginia. The pass granted Bacon permission to travel to Richmond, Virginia and is signed by Captain and Provost Marshal, Hiram C. Pierce. The opposite side of the pass has a printed Oath of Allegiance to the Confederate States of America.