United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Found in 1349 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas C. Potter Letter
The collection includes a single letter written by Thomas C. Potter near Columbia, Tennessee, dated July 11, 1862.
Charles H. Powell Letter
Post-war letter from Charles H. Powell, who served as a bugler in Company F, 4th Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War, providing information about the Confederate units organized in Goochland County, Virginia, during the war.
John S. Powers Letter,
The collection includes a letter from John S. Powers to Nellie E. Williams on November 23, 1862 and a sprig from a boxwood tree. Powers letter includes a personal description of conditions in Alexandria, local sites, and news.
Preston Family Correspondence
The Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War. The second letter is written by Sarah to Colonel Grabowski and discusses her son’s (Hugh Caperton Preston) failure to follow an order at Preston and Olin Institute (now Virginia Tech).
Robert Taylor Preston Papers
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862.
Thomas L. Preston Letter
The collection consists of a letter from Campbell County, Virginia resident Thomas L. Preston to John M. Preston of Smyth County, Virginia. The letter discusses personal matters and health, ending with a note about the political climate and the possibility of impending war between the North and South.
Program, Dedication of Col William Henderson French Marker, September 16, 1961 (Ms1988-047)
Randolph Family Papers
The collection contains selected transcriptions of correspondence and documents of the Randolph family of Virginia. These documents depict family situations, events leading up to the American Civil War, and conditions during the war.
James E. Rearden Civil War Collection
The ollection is mainly composed of letters written by James E. Rearden to his wife and his mother in the years 1861 and 1862. James Rearden was a Confederate soldier for the Army of the Potomac, 7th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War.