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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:

David Dobie Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-021
Abstract

This collection contains a diary written by Captain David Dobie (1840-1900), an officer in the Union Army. The diary primarily discusses life in camp, marches, skirmishes with the Confederate Army, and other aspects of military life during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1863

John A. Dorroh Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-069
Abstract

Letter from John A. Dorroh, a soldier serving in Company G, 3rd South Carolina Infantry, written while recuperating at Charlottesville, Virginia, on April 11, 1862.

Dates: 1862

Henry Kyd Douglas Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-023
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Henry Kyd Douglas, Hagerstown, Maryland attorney and former Confederate staff officer, to William P. Maulsby, judge and lawyer of Frederick, Maryland, regarding the case of Fiery et al v. Emmert et al.

Dates: 1871

George F. Doyle Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-096
Abstract

Patriotic Union scrapbook compiled by George F. Doyle, resident of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in the first year of the American Civil War, containing songsheets, mourning cards, patriotic covers, and cartes-de-visite.

Dates: n.d.

L. S. Durham Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-070
Abstract

Letter from L. S. Durham, private in Company B, 34th Virginia Infantry, during the American Civil War. Written to Durham's wife from Camp Randolph, Virginia.

Dates: 1863

William B. Durie Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-145
Abstract

The William B. Durie Letters were written from Burkesville Junction, Virginia, by Durie, a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, to his sister Maggie E. Durie in New Providence, New Jersey, on April 15th and 16th, 1865. The letters contain information on Durie's guarding of Confederate prisoners and the assassination of president Abrham Lincoln.

Dates: 1865

J. K. Dustin Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-087
Abstract

Letter from J. K. Dustin, a Union soldier serving as clerk at Hammond Hospital (Beaufort, North Carolina) during the American Civil War, to his father.

Dates: 1864

G. Lyman Dwight Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-101
Abstract

Three letters written by Gamaliel Lyman Dwight (1841-1875) of Batteries A and B, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery during the American Civil War, written from camps in Maryland and Virginia to close friend "St. Helena" (Sarah H. Whitman) and focusing on literature, poetry, art, nature, and mutual acquaintances.

Dates: 1861 - 1863

Joseph Eames Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-019
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written by Joseph Eames to the Confederate Secretary of War, April 20, 1863 in regards to petitioning the secretary to reassign his son, Pope Eames, to the Danville Gun Factory on account of Pope's being to sick to serve in the field.

Dates: 1863

David Earhart Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-017
Abstract This collection consists of thirty letters written by David Earhart while serving in the Stonewall Jackson Brigade, 4th Virginia Infantry, Company L. Correspondents include his wife Mary Elizabeth Caddell Earhart, his parents, people he enslaved, and his sister Mag. Also included are a letter to Mary Earhart after David Earhart was killed at Chancellorsville, images (probably ambrotypes) of Mary and David Earhart), a later cartede visite of Mary Earhart, and additional family...
Dates: 1862 - 1863