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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:

William S. Burns Reminiscences,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-094
Abstract

Civil War reminiscences of William S. Burns, captain in the 4th Missouri Cavalry, clipped from an unidentified newspaper and pasted into a scrapbook.

Dates: [1887?]

Burrows Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-007
Abstract

The collection contains the letters of the Palmer L. and Sophronia M. Shaw Burrows family of Delaware County, New York, including Civil War correspondence of Palmer L. Burrows (144th New York Infantry) and his sons S. Worcester Burrows (27th New York Infantry and 1st New York Veteran Cavalry) and Linus P. Burrows (1st New York Veteran Cavalry) and others.

Dates: 1861 - 1891

Samuel Worcester Burrows Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-038
Abstract

The collection contains an American Civil War letter of Samuel Worcester Burrows, a private in Company C, New York Infantry.

Dates: 1862

Charles H. Bushee Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-055
Abstract

The collection includes the diary of Charles H. Bushee, Company E, 112the Regiment, New York Infantry, 1863, during the American Civil War. Includes entries on actions of the 112th Regiment in and around Norfolk and Suffolk, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1863

Benjamin Franklin Butler Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-060
Abstract

Handwritten book-length draft manuscript providing a very critical view of the military leadership and personal character of General Ulysses S. Grant. Attributed to Benjamin Butler, though evidence suggests a different author, possibly former Union Army Brigadier General Gustave Paul Cluseret.

Dates: [1865?]

Lilburn O. Byers Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-114
Abstract This collection contains the 1864 diary kept by Confederate soldier Lilburn O. Byers (1825-1889) during the American Civil War. Byers writes about battles, troop movements, and events happening in camp. Byers' diary also covers the death of Confederate General William E. Jones. A page at the end contains a letter from Byers to his wife in February 1865 to give the diary to her. The front of the diary contains an almanac for 1864, and there are lists of names and money from people at the...
Dates: 1864 - 1865

F. Calkins Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-045
Abstract

Letter from F. Calkins, serving in Company B, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery during the American Civil War, written to "Dear Friend" from Newberne, North Carolina, on September 10, 1863.

Dates: 1863

John Patrick Callaghan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-065
Abstract

The collection contains two volumes of Harper's Weekly publications from 1863 and 1864, including several Winslow Homer woodcuts and Thomas Nast cartoons, collected by John Patrick Callaghan.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Louisa Cameron Civil War Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-035
Abstract

This collection contains a two volume scrapbook kept by future First Lady of Virginia, Louisa Egerton Cameron (1846-1908) from Petersburg, Virginia during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1863