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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:

Evans Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-015
Abstract

Three letters from C. H. Evans, James Evans, and Mary J. Evans, of Iowa and Illinois, addressed to their brother, William E. Evans, a soldier in Company B, 6th Wisconsin Infantry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

John W. Fairfax Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-025
Abstract

The collection includes letters from a New Orleans stock broker, John W. Fairfax, to Confederate General James Longstreet. The first is a request for a recommendation for Lawson L. Davis, a conferate veteran who was applying for a paymastership in the Army. The second letter speaks of personal business matters and mentions Bradstreet's impaired vision and new marriage.

Dates: 1898 - 1902

Fall of Petersburg

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-029

Job Farley Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-081
Abstract

This collection contains 4 letters from Job Farley written to his mother in the later years of the United States Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

H. Feild Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-039
Abstract

Letter from Confederate surgeon H. Feild, written at the general hospital in Petersburg, Virginia, "to my esteemed friend," on January 5, 1865, describing the suffering in the land and the cries of the wounded.

Dates: 1865

A. Fenn Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-066
Abstract

This collection contains a four page letter from A. Penn to his wife, describing life in the army and an instance where Confederate soldiers wearing Union overcoats attacked Union forces along the Weldon Railroad to interfere with resupply efforts.

Dates: 1865-01-11

Fenwick Civil War Materials Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-042
Abstract

This Fenwick Civil War Materials Collection is a small collection of American Civil War-related materials, containing the correspondence of John Newton Smith, a private in Company I, 13th Virginia Cavalry and the sketchbook of Charles Gulager, a private in Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry. The materials were collected by Fenwick family members.

Dates: c.1861-1865

Nancy (Nannie) G. Figgat Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-080
Abstract

A collection of two letters written by Nancy (Nannie) Figgat to her husband Private Charles Figgat, of the 1st Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, Company C.

Dates: 1863

John Filtzmoyer Damage Claim,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-016
Abstract

The collection consists of a claim for damages by John Filtzmoyer dated April 14, 1865.

Dates: 1865