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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:

Conrad C. Fisher Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-064
Abstract

Letter from Corporal Conrad C. Fisher, Company B, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, during the American Civil War, written in Virginia on January 2, 1865, and focusing on a recent military expedition to Wilmington, North Carolina, by sea; an infestation of body lice; and the recent execution of six deserters.

Dates: 1865

George Fitch Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-139
Abstract

This letter was written by George Fitch, a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, to his brother Charlie in a camp near Falmouth, Virginia, on April 11th, 1863. The letter contains information on a review conducted by General Joe Hooker and John Sedgewick, as well as a visit with president Abraham Lincoln.

Dates: 1863

William Fitzgerald Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-142
Abstract

The William Fitzgerald Letter was written by William Fitzgerald of Company I, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery of the Union Army in a camp near Petersburg on June 28th, 1864, and was addressed to his sister. The letter contains information on the condition of his regiment, where he traveled, and his family.

Dates: 1864

George W. Fitzinger Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-039
Abstract

The collection connsists of a single letter written by George W. Fitzinger to his cousin, James Barclay, on August 29, 1861.

Dates: 1861

John Buchanan Floyd Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-015
Abstract

Letter from Confederate Brigadier General John Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863), written at Camp Jackson (Wytheville, Virginia) to Confederate Secretary of War LeRoy Pope Walker, soliciting an officer's commission for former West Point cadet B. A. Terrett.

Dates: 1861

Charles W. Folsom Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-085
Abstract

This collections contains papers relating to Charles Folsom who served as a Quartermaster with the 20th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry in the latter years of the American Civil War.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

R. H. Ford Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-030
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from R. H. Ford to his son, Willie. The letter dates from September 3, 1862 and originates from Knoxville.

Dates: 1862

Fort Pickens, Winchester, Virginia, Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-004
Abstract

The Fort Pickens, Winchester, Virginia, Civil War Letter concerns the creator, "GHD", telling his wife, Lizzie, that he has arrived in Winchester following a recent skirmish and local regimental activities.

Dates: 1861

Jack Foster Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-018
Abstract

The collection includes a letter from Jack Foster, a formerly enslaved person and body servant in the 36th Virginia Infantry, to Confederate General John McCausland, reminiscing about the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain and his time in camp service during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1883

Lafayette Sabine Foster Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-044
Abstract

Letter from United States Senator Lafayette Sabine Foster of Connecticut (1855-1867), dated in the Senate Chamber on June 9, 1862, and addressed to General Fitz John Porter, commander of the Army of the Potomac's V Corps during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War, congratulating Porter on his success during the Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia, the previous month.

Dates: 1862