United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Found in 1343 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence
This collection consists of letters from Alexander Floyd Wall to Waddy Thompson James, describing conditions on his farm during the American Civil War, prices of crops, problems of getting supplies to soldiers, and the transfer of people who were enslaved. The collection also includes one letter from James to his wife Jennie, written from Camp Belcher in Richmond, Virginia, on October 4, 1861, and biographical and military information about James and his career as a soldier.
Charles Walls Collection
Photocopies of magazine articles and other sources relating to the American Civil War, with particular emphases on Long Island, New York, during the war, African-American history, and the Ku Klux Klan.
Henry J. Walters Letter
This collection contains a letter from Henry J. Walters to an unnamed person on his having written a recommendation for the person's promotion.
Sephas (Cephas) L. Walton Correspondence
This folder contains eighteen letters and one envelope to and from Sephus (Cephas) L. Walton. These letters are to and from his Mother, Father, Brother, Wife and other relations while he was in the 1st Virginia Battalion, Company A and 42nd Infantry Virginia Regiment, Company B.
Marcus B. Warner Collection
This collection contains an 1864 diary, transcript, and photocopied Muster Rolls and a card number list pertaining to Marcus B. Warner, of New York's 184th Volunteer Infantry, Company K, during the American Civil War. The diary details his civilian life as a harness maker and the first portion of his career as a Union soldier stationed in City Point and Petersburg, Virginia.
Henry M. Warren Letter,
The collections consists of a letter from Union soldier Henry M. Warren, Private of the 18th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, to his brother Nathaniel in Massachusetts.
Washington Light Guard Records,
This collection contains two ledgers from the Washington Light Guard from 1861.
John C. Watkins Letters
George W. Watson Correspondence
The George W. Watson Correspondence contains letters from George W. Watson, a private in Company H, 12th New Hampshire Infantry during the American Civil War, written to his family from camps in Virginia and from Point Lookout, Maryland. Also includes a letter from unidentified Union soldier written from Batesville, Arkansas.
James Watson Letter
This collection contains a letter sent from James Watson, a soldier in the Union Army, to his parents. In the letter, Watson discusses life in the army and trading goods with Confederate soldiers.