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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:

S. Wellford Corbin Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-063
Abstract

Letter from S. W. Corbin of Virginia, a lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy and prisoner-of-war during the American Civil War, written from Fort Delaware on January 29, 1865, to an unidentified woman (said to have been Emily S. Brune of Baltimore, Maryland), thanking her for Christmas gifts and mentioning several mutual friends in Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia. 

Dates: 1865

M. M. Cottingim Diary,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-033
Abstract

The collection consists of a diary written by M.M. Cottingim between April and October of 1862.

Dates: 1862

Council of War

 Collection
Identifier: Art-341
Scope and Content

Signed.

Dates: 1985

Aileen B. Cowardin Friendship Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-104
Abstract

The collection consists of a friendship book collected and maintained by Aileen B. Cowardin. The book includes leaf and plant samples, most of which are labeled as to the location where they were found.

Dates: 1863 - 1870

Isaac Cox Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-071
Abstract

The collection includes a letter from Isaac Cox, 29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry, dated June 29, 1862. A private, and later corporal, Cox writes to his wife about recent regiment activities and travels. The letter was written on paper decorated with cut out designs.

Dates: 1862

Craft Family Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-092
Abstract

The Craft Family Collection includes correspondence to and from Jacob Craft during the Civil War, and also includes correspondences written to his daughter Blanche from various soldiers during World War I.

Dates: 1861-1919, n.d.

Poems Written for Lewis G. Creasy

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-005
Abstract

This collection includes poems were written for Creasy by someone else whose identity is unknown. There are two poems, "The Virginia Girls Song" and the companion piece, "The Volunteers Reply." A note at the bottom of the second page indicates the poems were "written by a true friend for Mr. L. Creasy" in December 1863.

Dates: December 27, 1863

Samuel A. Creelman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-178
Abstract

This collection contains a number of letters written by Samuel A. Creelman to family and friends during the Civil War. It also contains obituaries about Creelman, a copy of his publication Collections of a Coffee Cooler, and an essay written by Creelman to be read at his funeral.

Dates: 1861 - 1906

Philip Crewell Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-070
Abstract

Two letters from Philip Crewell, of Company F, 34th New York Infantry during the American Civil War, written at Albany, New York, and Camp Falmouth, Virginia, the latter focusing on Crewell's request for clothing and for food for a "Christmas feast."

Dates: 1861 - 1862

James H. Cronkhite Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-062
Abstract

Four letters written by James H. Cronkhite (1827-1873), serving in Company I, 4th Minnesota Infantry during the American Civil War, to wife Jennie in Warsaw (Rice County), Minnesota, from camps and a division hospital in Mississippi.

Dates: 1862