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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:

William Henry Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-017
Abstract

This collection contains American Civil War materials relating to the execution of William Henry Johnson, including four newspapers covering the event, three letters written by witnesses to the execution, and the signature of Major General William B. Franklin.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Elliott Johnston Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-017
Abstract

The Elliott Johnston Correspondence includes three letters from Sergeant Elliott Johnston to Col. John S. Mosby on the topic of relaying information from General Lee to General Early during the Civil War, some 30+ years prior.

Dates: 1897, n.d.

J. Ambler Johnston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-012
Abstract The J. Ambler Johnston Papers pertains to his many activities throughout his professional and personal life, especially his involvement with the Civil War Round Table (CWRT) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Materials consist of correspondence, publications and ephemera, organizational and committee reports, and photographs, relating to Johnston's involvement with historical and civic organizations including the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Virginia...
Dates: 1901 - 1974

E. P. Jones Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-009
Abstract

Letter from E.P. Jones to Colonel David J. Godwin, written May 28th, 1863 from Middlesex County, Virginia. The letter is a petition from Jones to Godwin to have authority and rank to raise a company of cavalry behind enemy lines.

Dates: 1863

Journal, Frances A. Murdoch, 1861-1863 (Ms2009-132)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2009-132_MurdochFrancisA_Diary

George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-093
Abstract

The George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides consist of materials about the Civil War collected by Kauffmann. Tapes contain Civil War Round Table meeting lectures, 1980-1984, n.d., and slides document Civil War battles and other scenes, and various battlefields and monuments.

Dates: 1960-1984, n.d.

Dollie P. F. Keen Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-023
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by Dollie P. F. Keen to her unnamed brother sometime during the Civil War.

Dates: c. 1861-1865

Mary Kelly Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-023
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written to Mary Kelly by an unidentified Union soldier of the 10th Iowa Infantry during the American Civil War. Letter describes an ambush by Confederate soldiers that killed five men and wounded eight.

Dates: 1862

Stephen R. Kelsey Diary and Notes

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-029
Abstract

Diary maintained by Stephen R. Kelsey between January and May, 1865, while in New York and Virginia with Battery I, 5th U. S. Artillery, during the American Civil War, with entries discussing the occupation of Petersburg, Virginia, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the capture of Jefferson Davis. Accompanied by a typescript biographical essay by Ernest Flint Kelsey, Stephen Kelsey's nephew, commenting on his uncle's military service.

Dates: 1865, 1920

Key Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-044
Abstract

Papers of the Key family of Liberty (Bedford County), Virginia, including four letters from brothers Edward W., Joseph C., and Yelverton P. Key, who served in Company G, 34th Virginia Infantry (aka 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery) during the American Civil War, as well as financial documents (receipts and tax bills) of the interrelated Key and Wheat families.

Dates: 1812 - 1904