United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Found in 1343 Collections and/or Records:
James H. Saye Correspondence
Three letters from James H. Saye, a South Carolina minister during the American Civil War, focusing largely on the Confederate economy, financial speculation, and the patriotic duty to support the falling Confederate currency.
George J. Schmutz Papers
This collection contains two books complied by George J. Schmutz that include Schmutz' family history, poetry, political and opinion pieces, civil war memoirs, and a history of the 188th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Hamilton S. Sclater Letters
The collection contains three American Civil War letters, all written by Hamilton S. Sclater, Company D, 25th Virginia Battalion, to his mother. Letter of 13 August 1862, written from a camp near Gordonsville (Orange County Virginia), describes the aftermath of the Battle of Cedar Mountain. Other letters, dated 6 April 1864 and 4 July 1864 respectively, were written from Camp Chaffin's Farm, an area of fortifications south of Richmond.
Charles Scott and Company Collection
The collection contains receipts and business documents relating to the business of Charles Scott and Company of Glade Spring Depot, Virginia. Charles Scott and Company ran a salt works outside of Saltville, Virginia, and supplied salt for the state of Virginia during the American Civil War. One of the receipts is for a retainer for James W. Sheffey in case of impressment of C. Scott and Co.'s property by the state.
Scott County, Virginia Amnesty Oath Register
The collection contains a ledger listing men, mostly from Scott County, Virginia, including name, age, occupation and residence. It is believed to be list of men to whom the amnesty oath was administered following the American Civil War.
Melvin M. Scott, Sr., Photograph and Bible
Sallie Leeper Scott Letter
Letter from Sallie Leeper Scott, of Lower Chanceford [Pennsylvania], written April 15 and 16, 1865, to Robert Barnett of the Chief Carpenter Shop in Washington, D.C., regarding personal matters, with mention of work being performed on a local canal.
William J. Scott Letter
The collection consists of a letter written by William J. Scott, 60th Virginia Infantry, August 13, 1862, from Chaffin's Farm near Richmond, Virginia.
William L. Scott Letter
Letter from William L. Scott, a private in Company B, 15th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War.
Secession/Early Civil War Scrapbook,
This is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning secession and the early days of the Civil War dating to 1860-1861.