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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1343 Collections and/or Records:

Oscar L. Whitelaw Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-045
Abstract

This collection contains a letter written by Private Oscar L. Whitelaw of the 15th Vermont Infantry Regiment of the Union Army on December 20, 1862, during the American Civil War. Whitelaw describes the march from Camp Vermont to the Fairfax County Courthouse, as well as camp life, Confederates in Richmond, and his feelings about the war.

Dates: 1862

George J. Whitman Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-084
Abstract

Three letters from George J. Whitman, of the 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, written to his wife.

Dates: 1864

William C. Wickham Order

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-020
Abstract

An order written to Williams C. Wickham, June 24, 1861 by George W Lay who was the acting Assistant Adjutant General for Brigadier General Milledge Bonham.

Dates: 1861

Williams Carter Wickham Letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-011
Abstract

This collection contains the letterbook of Williams Carter Wickham, attorney, farmer, Virginia state senator, Hanover County supervisor, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company official, and Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War, containing copies of letters regarding farm, business, political and personal matters.

Dates: 1881 - 1882

Charles Wilkins Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-015
Abstract

Letter from Charles Wilkins, second lieutenant in Company B, 1st U. S. Infantry, during the American Civil War, written from Corinth, Mississippi, on May 23, 1862.

Dates: 1862

William H. and Sarah McDowell Correspondence, 1862, 1865

 File — Folder 1
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains two 1862 letters from William H. McDowell to his wife, Sarah McDowell, and a February 1865 letter from Sarah to her husband. The letters from William to Sarah were written on October 1 and October 3, 1862, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, while serving in the American Civil War. He describes camp life and food, Confederate and Union pickets sharing news and whiskey, and impending troop movements. The letter from Sarah to her husband dates to February 1865 and contains...
Dates: 1862, 1865

William J. Pittenger Diary (Ms2001-064)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-064_PittengerWilliamJ_Diary_1863
Dates: 1863-01-01/1864-11-26

William Verser Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-128
Abstract

The William Verser Letter was written on May 13th, 1861, in Burkesville, Virginia by William Verser to his son Edward, who was employed as a clerk in Farmseville, Virigna. The letter contains information about William, his wife and daughter's concerns for Edward, as well as the deployment of his brother, Cicero, under the command of a Captain Booker in the Confederate Army.

Dates: 1861

R. A. Williams Telegraph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-023
Abstract

This collection contains a telegraph sent from Captain R. A. Williams, A.C.S. [Acting Commissary of Subsistence], in Wytheville, Virginia, to Captain Isaac Shelby in Abingdon asking for advice about an order that required Williams to send four soldiers elsewhere. Williams notes that the order would take "four of my most indispensable men and if persisted in will paralyze my operations".

Dates: 1864