United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1357 Collections and/or Records:
Battle of the Wilderness Narrative
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-037
Abstract
The collection consists of a partial description written by an unknown author of a Union soldier's experience during the first four days of the Wilderness campaign of May 1864 during the American Civil War.
Dates:
n.d.
Battles of the Crater and of June 22nd
Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-178
Scope and Contents
VTF but no number; map
Dates:
1864
George Bauer Letter
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1993-022
Scope and Content
Union soldier during the Civil War, writing from Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 20, 1864, to his daughter, about the many battles he had fought in and the presence of the Confederates in the immediate area. Bauer was a native German speaker and the English in his letter is heavily Germanized (ex. shuding duks for shooting ducks). Bauer was killed two months later in the Battle of Monocacy. Transcript available. Collection also includes a daguerreotype of an identified man.
Dates:
1864