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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1346 Collections and/or Records:

Union Army Special Order (Montgomery County, VA),

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-032
Abstract

The collection contains a handwritten special order issued by the Union army to Captain Thomas Gregg of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Union Soldier [Charles] Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-016
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence of a Union soldier named Charles and comprises twelve letters dating from September 22, 1861, through July 4, 1864, that discuss his time in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

Union Soldier "Jesey" Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-024
Abstract

This collection contains a letter written by "Jesey", a Union soldier during the American Civil War, to his parents about the gifts they sent him, the food he's eating, and getting sick.

Dates: 1864

Union Soldier Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-005
Abstract

The collection consists of a photograph of an unnamed Union soldier during the American Civil War.

Dates: c.1861-1865

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dr. Harvy Black Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-050
Abstract

This collection contains the records of Dr. Harvy Black Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. It contains files devoted to local Confederate veterans, as well as chapter financial records, minute books, membership records, printed materials and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1862 - 2010

United States Military Railroads Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-097
Abstract

The collection contains a United States Military Railroads receipt, issued to general freight agent William W. Tuttle at Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1865

Amon W. Updike Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-012
Abstract

The Amon W. Updike Correspondence consists of photocopies of five letters from Updike while camped in New Kent, Chesterfield, and Henrico counties, Virginia, to his sister, Phebe Arthur, during the American Civil War. Also included are photocopies of letters from Phebe Arthur to her husband Henry, letters from Henry to Phebe and to other family members, and a letter from J.O. Hensley, Arthur's captain, informing Phebe of her husband's death. 

Dates: 1861 - 1865

U.S. v $28,000-Effects of R. E. Lee et al. Case Files,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-033
Abstract

This collection contains photocopies of affidavits, claims and answers, stipulations, and a bill for legal fees relating to U.S. v $28,000-Effects of R. E. Lee et al. which dealt with the seizure of land from Confederate leaders.

Dates: 1863 - 1866

USS Pittsburg Paymaster's Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-026
Abstract

The collection contains a U.S. Navy paymaster's ledger, believed to be from the USS Pittsburg, a Union Navy gunboat during the American Civil War. Also includes a single sheet officers' pay roll, dated 1866, believed to be from the USS Shawmut.

Dates: 1862

Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-027
Abstract

Herbert E. Valentine (1841-1917) served in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection contains a 50-page scrapbook compiled by Valentine with newspaper clippings written in 1911-1912 about his regiment's war activities, photographs from a monument dedication ceremony for his regiment in New Berne, North Carolina in 1908, and 39 ink wash scenes sketched during the war years.

Dates: 1862-1864, 1908, 1911-1912