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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:

Abraham Lincoln Tintype,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-043
Abstract

The collection contains an Abraham Lincoln gem size 3/4" x 1" campaign tintype issued for the 1864 Presidential race.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

Lincoln-Look Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-009
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence of Nathan L. (1819-1909) and Sarah A. B. Lincoln Look (1826-1857), who settled in Virginia in the 1840s and lived in Loudoun, Botetourt, Montgomery, and Smyth counties. There is also correspondence with other members of the Lincoln and Look families in Massachusetts and New York; together with transcripts and summaries of the letters; and a few pieces of miscellanea.

Dates: 1844 - 1930

List, Absentees from Co. G. 23 Regiment, VA, n.d. (Ms1984-172)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1984-172_KoontzFamily_F1_List_ND

List, Number of Extra Guns and Cartridges in the Companies, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_ExtraGuns

List of absence of Co. B 28th Regiment of the VA. Volunteers, March 19, 1862 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F8_List_1862_0319

John R. Little Certificate of Honorable Service

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-080
Abstract

This collection contains a certificate from the federal government recognizing Private John R. Little (1844-1929), 139th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days of volunteer service in General W. T. Sherman's campaign during the American Civil War. The document was issued to volunteers in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin upon serving one hundred days in the army. The certificate is signed by President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.

Dates: 1864

Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-030
Abstract

The Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection includes CDV portraits of Lockwood and his comrades and hospital passes and picket passes. The photographs date from 1862-1923.

Dates: 1862 - 1923

Richard M. Logan Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-129
Abstract

The Richard M. Logan Letter is from Logan to his wife on June 4th, 1862. The letter contains information on a skirmish that Company F of the 28th North Carolina Infantry of the Confederate Army had with the Union Army, and their current whereabouts.

Dates: 1862

James Longstreet Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-003
Abstract

Twelve post-American Civil War letters written to former Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet (1821-1904) by his children: Fitz Randolph Longstreet, John Garland Longstreet, Mary Louise "Lula" Longstreet Whelchel, and Robert Lee Longstreet; as well as Masie Johnston Sanders, Richard B. Shepard, U. Stamps, and C. Herbert Walling.

Dates: 1897 - 1903

Fannie Lorentz Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-002
Abstract

The Fannie Lorentz Letter is by Lorentz (1829-1864) to her husband Mifflin (1823-1891), dated April 12, 1862, from "Cabin Home" (now Shawsville), Virginia. Lorentz describes recent events in her and her children's lives, such as problems with getting wood, issues with hens, and being ill. She also discusses a letter she read to her neighbor from Jimmie Langhorne about being wounded by "Yankees" in Delaware during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862