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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1349 Collections and/or Records:

Melvin M. Scott, Sr., Photograph and Bible

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1998-006
Scope and Contents Resident of Falls Church, Virginia, and collector of Civil War memorabilia. Collection consists of two items: an undated photograph of Major William F. Graves of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Company F; and a Bible, published in 1864, that evidently originally belonged to a Union soldier but eventually came into the possession of Graves. Writing within the Bible indicates that it might have belonged to William M. Newell, Assistant Surgeon of the 12th Illinois Brigade, 4th Division, serving in...
Dates: n.d.

Sallie Leeper Scott Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-092
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1865

William J. Scott Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-039
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by William J. Scott, 60th Virginia Infantry, August 13, 1862, from Chaffin's Farm near Richmond, Virginia.

Dates: 1862

William L. Scott Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-085
Abstract

Letter from William L. Scott, a private in Company B, 15th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1863

Secession/Early Civil War Scrapbook,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-064
Abstract

This is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning secession and the early days of the Civil War dating to 1860-1861.

Dates: c.1860-1861

Robert B. Secrist Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-010
Abstract

Letters from Robert B. Secrist, serving in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the American Civil War, most addressed to his sister Maria, together with wartime letters from other acquaintances.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Henry Courtenay Selden Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-015
Abstract

The collection contains color photocopies and typed transcripts of letters from Henry Courtenay Selden, a student at Washington College and a private in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

Settlement Map of Pulaski County, Virginia, Showing Names of Settlers and Settlements of Historical Interest From the Mid-Seventeen Hundreds (2 copies)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0204
Abstract

Historical map shows locations of significant historical events in Pulaski County, Virginia. The map itself is surrounded by historical narrative, and it is bordered by names of significant historical persons. The reverse of the map contains the names of Pulaski County residents who served as soldiers in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1976

Morris G. Shapleigh Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-099
Abstract

This collection consists of two letters from Morris G. Shapleigh, addressed to his "friend Augustus."

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Thomas Robinson Sharp Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-019
Abstract

This collection consists of journals, notebooks, scrapbooks, and letter copy books of Thomas Robinson Sharp, a Confederate military railroad superintendent during the American Civil War and colonel and official of several railroad companies in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1859 - 1908