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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1369 Collections and/or Records:

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

Camp of the 11th New York Battery Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-068
Abstract

Letter from an unknown American Civil War soldier (possibly Chauncey S. Titus), writing from the camp of the 11th New York Battery on February 9, 1864, to "Dear Hattie," replying to her response to a "lonely hearts" advertisement recently placed by the soldier, and admitting that he had embellished his description to attract interest.

Dates: 1864

Camp Oliver 25th Mass. V. Infantry Print

 Item — Object 1
Identifier: Art-430
Abstract

This is a print that shows a large campsite and is titled "CAMP OLIVER 25TH MASS. V. INFANTRY. NEW BERN N.C. 1862. 3." The condition is good.

Dates: n.d.

Camp Sedgwick, Virginia, Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-073
Abstract

Letter from a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written from Camp Sedgwick, [Virginia], on December 26, 1863, regarding the bounty and furlough promised to those who reenlist and his efforts to pass the time while in winter camp.

Dates: 1863

John P. E. Campbell Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-056
Abstract

Letter from John P. E. Campbell (50th Regiment, Virginia Infantry) to his wife, April 13, 1863.

Dates: 1863