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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:

Deed, Copy to Daddaw, n.d. (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_DeedCopy_1875_1109_

Deputy Sheriff Oath, Barbour County, West Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-087
Abstract

This document is an oath taken by a Deputy Sheriff of Barbour County, West Virginia, stating that he never fought for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1870

Clarence Derrick Papers

 File
Identifier: Ms-2012-014
Abstract

The collection includes a letter from Confederate soldier Lt. Colonel Clarence Derrick (1837-1907), 23rd Battalion, Virginia Infantry, to President Andrew Johnson, dated June 17, 1865. The letter requests Derrick's release from military prison. The collection also includes an Oath of Allegiance signed by Derrick at Fort Delaware, June 1865.

Dates: 1865

Henry Clay Deshields Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-035
Abstract

The Henry Clay Deshields Collection contains letters sent to Sarah Deshields from Henry Clay Deshields during his service in the Confederate Army between 1861 and 1865. The collection also contains biographical information on Henry Clay Deshields and the book, Civil War Echoes: Voices from Virginia (1860-1891) by James I. Robertson, Jr. There is also a framed CSA Service Appointment Document dated May 1861.

Dates: 1861-1865, 2016

Designation of Company Commanders, signed Robert T. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_CommanderDesgntion

Herbert Deuel Civil War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1999-004
Abstract

The Herbert Deuel Civil War Collection contains two of Deuel's Civil War diaries (1864-1866), artifacts from battlefield sites including Bull Run and Petersburg, and printed ephemera.

Dates: 1864-1866, n.d.

Guy Di Carlo, Jr., Civil War Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-015
Abstract

The Guy Di Carlo, Jr., Civil War Research Papers consist of newsletters, newspapers clippings, photographs, newspapers articles, photocopies from published literature, maps, and calendars, related to American Civil War topics.

Dates: 1862-2002, n.d.

Diary, Alfred L. Mantor, 1864 (Ms2013-074)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2013-074
Dates: 1864-01-01/1864-04-01

Diary, Benjamin M. Peck, 1864 (Ms2015-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-003_PeckBenjamin_Diary1_1864

Diary, Benjamin M. Peck, 1865 (Ms2015-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-003_PeckBenjamin_Diary2_1865