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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:

Letters to Camilla Diffenderfer,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-004
Abstract

The collection includes two pieces of correspondence to Camilla Diffenderfer from 1863 and 1865. One is an invitation from Gen. George Henry Chapman and the other is a letter from A.H. Yeagel.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Joseph G. Dill Letter to Daniel C. E. Brady

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-044
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from Joseph G. Dill to Daniel C. E. Brady, written from Richmond, Virginia, on May 30, 1862. Dill writes Brady on a variety of topics including recent war news, the challenges of sending mail through conflict zones, a recent fishing party, the warther, and the price of goods.

Dates: 1863

Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-082
Abstract

The Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence contains letters from 1861 written by Whiteley H. Dill to his family in Bloomfield, Ohio.

Dates: 1861

Discharge of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin Wilkes Jr., undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LeutDischargd

Sarah Doak Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-069
Abstract

This collection contains four letters written during 1864 concerning the condition of Aaron Edmester, brother of Sarah Doak.

Dates: 1864

David Dobie Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-021
Abstract

This collection contains a diary written by Captain David Dobie (1840-1900), an officer in the Union Army. The diary primarily discusses life in camp, marches, skirmishes with the Confederate Army, and other aspects of military life during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1863

John A. Dorroh Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-069
Abstract

Letter from John A. Dorroh, a soldier serving in Company G, 3rd South Carolina Infantry, written while recuperating at Charlottesville, Virginia, on April 11, 1862.

Dates: 1862

Letters to Eliza Doty and Phebe Mundy

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-146
Abstract The letters to Eliza Doty (also Doughty; 1808-1873) were written by her sister, probably Sarah Poindexter (1809-1872), to Eliza in New Providence, New Jersey, in 1840, 1845, 1868, and 1869 from Richmond and Culpeper, Virginia. The letters detail weather, community information, and familial updates. They also contain information on the declining economic conditions in Richmond and the sister's negative feelings about reconstruction conditions in Virginia. Other letters are written by...
Dates: 1834 - 1869

Henry Kyd Douglas Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-023
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Henry Kyd Douglas, Hagerstown, Maryland attorney and former Confederate staff officer, to William P. Maulsby, judge and lawyer of Frederick, Maryland, regarding the case of Fiery et al v. Emmert et al.

Dates: 1871

George F. Doyle Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-096
Abstract

Patriotic Union scrapbook compiled by George F. Doyle, resident of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in the first year of the American Civil War, containing songsheets, mourning cards, patriotic covers, and cartes-de-visite.

Dates: n.d.