United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Found in 1330 Collections and/or Records:
R. J. Davis Pass,
The collection consists of signed Confederate States of America pass for R. (Robert?) J. Davis, dated May 9, 1862.
Varina Anne Davis Letter
John Harper Dawson Book Manuscript
The collection contains a typescript draft of John Harper Dawson's Wildcat Cavalry: a Synoptic History of the Seventeenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment of the Jenkins-McCausland Brigade in the War Between the States (published by Morningside House in 1982).
Otis Dean Diary
The collection contains the diary of Otis Dean, a private in Company E, 56th Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War.
F. B. Deane, Jr. Letter,
The collection includes a letter from F. B. Deane, Jr. of Deane & Son Foundry, Lynchburg, November 23, 1864. The letter requests permission from Brigadier General John Echols to transport pork to Dublin and Abingdon, VA.
Deed, Copy to Daddaw, n.d. (Ms1988-047)
Deputy Sheriff Oath, Barbour County, West Virginia
This document is an oath taken by a Deputy Sheriff of Barbour County, West Virginia, stating that he never fought for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
Clarence Derrick Papers
The collection includes a letter from Confederate soldier Lt. Colonel Clarence Derrick (1837-1907), 23rd Battalion, Virginia Infantry, to President Andrew Johnson, dated June 17, 1865. The letter requests Derrick's release from military prison. The collection also includes an Oath of Allegiance signed by Derrick at Fort Delaware, June 1865.
Henry Clay Deshields Collection
The Henry Clay Deshields Collection contains letters sent to Sarah Deshields from Henry Clay Deshields during his service in the Confederate Army between 1861 and 1865. The collection also contains biographical information on Henry Clay Deshields and the book, Civil War Echoes: Voices from Virginia (1860-1891) by James I. Robertson, Jr. There is also a framed CSA Service Appointment Document dated May 1861.