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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1348 Collections and/or Records:

Felix Voltz Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-021
Abstract

The collection contains six letters from Felix Voltz to his family in Elmira, New York, written during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1865

Jane Wade Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-049
Abstract

The collection contains a photocopy of a letter from Jane Wade in Christiansburg, Virginia, written on May 15, 1864, to her husband John, a soldier in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.

Dates: 1864

John D. Wagg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-048
Abstract

The John D. Wagg Papers, 1849-1894, documents the career and religious thoughts of Methodist preacher John D. Wagg and his fellow preachers, as well as the lives of his daughter Bettie Wagg, their family, and their friends. The collection contains correspondence, diaries and notebooks, sermons, church documents, and miscellaneous writings.

Dates: 1849 - 1894

Frederick E. Waldron Memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-011
Abstract

Frederick E. Waldron (1839-1909) was a Union soldier in the 31st New York Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of an undated manuscript memoirs of Waldron's experiences as a Union soldier in the 31st New York Infantry during the American Civil War.

Dates: c. 1865-1900

Nelson S. Walker Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-002
Abstract This is a letter written by Lieutenant Nelson S. Walker of F Company, 2nd Battalion Mississippi Infantry of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, from Camp Magruder in Yorktown, Virginia, to his cousin, D. G. Walker in Mississippi. He describes the units movements from Richmond to defensive positions on the Virginia Peninsula in preparation for upcoming engagements that will be known as the Peninsula Campaign in the spring and summer of 1862. In 1861, Walker...
Dates: 1861

Timothy S. Walker Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-021
Abstract

Letter from Timothy S. Walker, veteran of 25th Maine Infantry, working aboard a cargo ship at Georgetown, Virginia, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1864

Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-007
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1861-1865, 1931, n.d.

Charles Walls Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-001
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1882 - 2003

Henry J. Walters Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-003
Abstract

This collection contains a letter from Henry J. Walters to an unnamed person on his having written a recommendation for the person's promotion.

Dates: 1863

Sephas (Cephas) L. Walton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1955-001
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1861-1865, 1884