Collections | Special Collections & Archives

J. J. Magee diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3764

Overview Civil War diary of Captain J. J. Magee of Company D, Eighth Alabama Infantry.

Dates: 1861

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Robert W. Hunter Field Order

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4008

Overview Field orders for a strategic withdrawal from Major Robert W. Hunter / AAAG (C.S.A.) at General Edward Johnson's headquarters to Colonel B.T. Johnson of Jones' Brigade

Dates: 1863 July 13

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Davis Tillson Battle Report for Second Bull Run

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4009

Overview Report from Tillson to his commander, General Irvin McDowell, through McDowell's chief of staff, Colonel Edmund Schriver, about the Union's artillery in three actions of the second Manassas (Bull Run) campaign in 1862.

Dates: 1862 September 30

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

To the People of Alabama: anti-secession document signed by Robert Jemison Jr. and thirty-two other members of Alabama's 1861 secession convention

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3788

Overview Document to the people of Alabama from thirty-three men at the 1861 secession convention explaining why they did not sign the Ordinance of Secession

Dates: 1861

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Chauncey Leonard Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4148

Overview Letter from an African American U. S. Army chaplain during the Civil War to the father of one of the soldiers at the hospital in Alexandria, Virginia

Dates: 1865 March 24

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Five Certificates Attesting to the Service of African American Sailors during the Civil War

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4149

Overview The affidavits in this collection confirm the service of African American sailors during the Civil War

Dates: 1866-1869

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall collection of illustrated envelopes

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2218

Abstract The collection contains illustrated envelopes donated by Dr. Wade Hall. The illustrations on the envelopes range from simple to highly ornate.

Dates: 1861-1968

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William K. Bachman ordnance return and muster roll

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0101

Abstract Monthly return of ordnance and ordnance stores received and expended during the month of November 1864; muster roll of Bachman's company of the German Artillery Regiment of Hampton's Legion, August 31-October 31, 1864.

Dates: 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Pitt Ballinger diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0104

Abstract Diary covering the 1865 negotiations with General E. R.S. Canby and others over the cessation of hostilities between the U.S. and the state of Texas, other legal cases legal and business, as well as personal and family affairs.

Dates: 1864-1868

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James C. Bennett papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0137

Abstract A miscellaneous collection of Civil War material of this Union soldier from Indiana, including enlistment lists, muster roles, war songs, writings, drawings, a diary, genealogical information, and clippings. All materials are photocopies of originals.

Dates: circa 1862-1899; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1869

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Macon and Miles Abernathy papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0003

Overview This collection consists Abernathy family correspondence discussing the outbreak of the Civil War and the return of Macon, a University of Alabama student, to his hometown of Jacksonville, Alabama, to enlist in a local company. Also contains an 1878 obituary of Macon's father, Major Miles W. Abernathy.

Dates: 1861 - 1878

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Rucker Agee papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0013

Abstract [None]

Dates: 1861 - 1977

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alabama Warriors speech text

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0053

Overview Text of a speech describing the contribution of Emma Sansom, Joseph Wheeler, Raphael Semmes, and John Pelham to Alabama history, read at the February 2, 1933, meeting of the Canebreak Rifle Guard Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Dates: 1933

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ellsworth Hults diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3735

Overview The diary of the paymaster's clerk aboard the USS Galena from February through November 1864. There is also a transcription of the diary and a photograph of Admiral James Forsyth "the tallest man in the American Navy, 6 ft 6."

Dates: 1864 February - November

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Holliman and Stewart families letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3749

Overview Civil War letters and miscellaneous documents of James Franklin Holliman and William Stewart, to and from their families between 1862-1911.

Dates: 1837-1936

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Allen Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0064

Overview The business and personal papers of John G. Allen (1810- 1891) and his son Charles Edward (1860-1943), planters of Marengo County, Alabama, including Civil War letters, tenant farmer contracts, mortgages and indentures, bills and receipts, personal letters, insurance policies, and miscellaneous items relating to the family.

Dates: 1848-1906

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Buckner Confederate Hospital Medical Logs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4339

Scope and Contents This collection from Buckner Hospital, dating from April 1862 to April 1865, is comprised of one ledger of patients treated by the hospital’s mobile unit and one ledger of medical orders. The patient ledger is 343 pages and contains patient names, ranks, regiments, companies, complaints and applied treatments, and whether the patient was discharged or died. The medical orders ledger is 141 pages of general and specific orders concerning medical treatment at field hospitals. The ledgers are...

Dates: 1862-04 - 1865-04

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward Maffitt Anderson Photographic Album

Collection

Identifier: 2009-219

Abstract Photograph album containing forty-seven Cartes de Visite belonging to Edward Maffitt Anderson, midshipman on board the CSS Alabama.

Dates: 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Mitchell War Between the States Lithograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3919

Overview Civil War prints including several by Kurz and Allison, Currier and Ives, Charles Magnus, and Louis Prang, and Kurz and Allison.

Dates: 1861-1961

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George Doherty Johnston Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4018

Overview Letters to and from this Confederate brigadier general.

Dates: 1845-1885

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Sarah Huey, United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4072

Overview Sheet music, programs, and letters from various individuals with the UDC

Dates: 1930-1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Samuel D. Risley Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4141

Overview Papers documenting the military service of Samuel D. Risley and his brother John Risley in the 20th Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.

Dates: 1822-1909; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alabama Claims Documents

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4160

Overview Historical documents relating to the Geneva Award claims

Dates: 1870-1886

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Reuben Oscar Reynolds Papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0163

Overview Correspondence and records of military service (photocopies) of Reuben O. Reynolds of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment.

Dates: 1861-1887

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Donald Brown collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3690

Overview The Century War Book: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (People's Pictorial Edition); Alabama Citizens' Commission on Constitutional Reform Collection; Rosenwald Schools in Kentucky, 1917-1932 Papers; and 4) Another Star is Born: Grand Opening Tuscaloosa Mercedes-Benz M-class Press Information packet.

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Donoho family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3704

Overview Letters between members of a close Tuscaloosa family written primarily during the Civil War.

Dates: 1838-1914

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas K. Jackson letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3814

Overview Letters written during his career in the Confederate Army as well as a letter of amnesty on his behalf from J. Longstreet to Ulysses S. Grant

Dates: 1844-1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Boykin papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0196

Abstract Papers of an important Dallas County, Alabama, planter family, including correspondence, household and plantation records, materials regarding James Boykin’s cavalry unit during the Civil War, and papers of Boykin's descendants down to the mid-twentieth century.

Dates: 1833-1967; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1870

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alonzo Van Vlack papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0166

Abstract Typed transcripts and one handwritten letter from a Union soldier to his parents while he was a prisoner of war at Cahaba Prison in Dallas County, Alabama, and at a parole camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi. There are also typed transcriptions of manuscripts describing prison life and the explosion of the Steamer Sultana.

Dates: 1864-1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

W.H.H. Cooper furlough

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0222

Overview A furlough dated 13 December 1861, issued to W. H. H. Cooper, a private in Captain D. L. Patterson's Company, 20th Mississippi Volunteers for the period 13 December 1861 to 12 January 1862.

Dates: 1861 December 13

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Samuel D. Cameron and Maxwell A. Cameron Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0264

Overview Papers, primarily letters, of two Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, brothers, Samuel D. Cameron, 2nd Alabama Cavalry and Maxwell A. Cameron, 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment, to their sister, Sarah, and brother-in-law, Isham Robertson, during the Civil War. Additional materials include financial documents and other family letters.

Dates: 1858-1884; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

The Year of Secession, 1861 Civil War letter collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0305

Overview Photocopies of sixteen letters written during the first year of the Civil War, and includes letters from William J. Hardee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Robert A. Toombs among others

Dates: 1861

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Chief Surgeon's General Order No. 107

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0306

Abstract General Order No. 107 from Chief Surgeon S. Cooper's office in Richmond, Virginia, modifies an earlier order delineating medical officers' reasons for issuing medical furloughs for soldiers.

Dates: 1862 December 17

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Elizabeth Clitherall letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0320

Abstract Letter dated 30 July 1863, from Mobile, to her cousin Ann Greenough Burgwyn in North Carolina, extending sympathy on death of Burgwyn's son, Henry King Burgwyn, at Gettysburg, and expressing anti-war sentiments

Dates: 1863 July 30

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate States Army, Thirty-Eighth Virginia Infantry Regiment records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0349

Overview A miscellany of materials pertaining to the 38th Virginia Infantry Regiment, including muster rolls of Company A, a special order naming hospital stewards, a certificate of disability, and a list of payment and clothing issued.

Dates: 1862-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate States of America, War Department, Nitre and Mining Bureau, District 10 letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0350

Overview Letter dated 4 October 1864, from W.H.C. Price, Superintendent of the C.S.A. War Department's Nitre and Mining District 10, to P.J. Weaver, requesting his urgent cooperation in the manufacturing of nitre.

Dates: 1864 October 4

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate States Army, Third Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company C (Swanson's Company) muster roll

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0351

Overview The muster roll of Captain William G. Swanson's Company, Company D, of the Third Alabama Infantry Regiment, 4 May 1861.

Dates: 1861 May 4

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cowin family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0364

Overview Photocopies of the diary and essays written by John H. Cowin of Green County, Alabama covering events from 22 April through 13 November 1861 as well as a smaller diary for the month of January 1863. There is also a presidential pardon and oaths of allegiance certificates for Samuel Cowin, as well as photocopies of miscellaneous documents including Alabama tax statements from 1875 and 1877 and newspaper clippings, and a Civil War era Smith and Wesson Model 2 Army revolver. Also in the...

Dates: 1861–1921

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Davidson paper

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0401

Abstract A paper titled "Brigadier General James Holt Clanton, Alabama's Rash Gallant" and delivered to the Alabama Historical Association, April 17, 1959.

Dates: 1959 April 17

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jefferson Davis Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0404

Abstract This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.

Dates: 1823-1917

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ambrose Doss Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0446

Overview Collection contains letters written by Ambrose Doss of Jefferson County, Alabama, to his wife, Sarah Brake Doss while he was in Co. C of the 19th Alabama Regiment from the time of his enlistment in 1861 until his death on 1864 July 5 near Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia. There is also a letter from Lt. J. W. Rouse, dated 1864 July 6, to Sarah telling her of Ambrose’s death and burial. There are several miscellaneous documents including a short biographical sketch of Doss and a booklet titled...

Dates: 1861 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

H.B. Dugger scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0453

Overview A scrapbook of essays and poems clipped from Civil War era newspapers.

Dates: 1865-1869

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Durst Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0461

Overview Letters, newspapers, and miscellaneous documents from the Durst family. There is also a World War One era panoramic photograph and United Stated Service, or Blue Star Mother's flag.

Dates: 1708-1977; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1868

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Fulton letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0547

Overview Typescript copy of a letter dated 12 April 1865, written by Fulton to his sister, Mrs. Theodora Fulton Pettus, describing the surrender of Mobile, Alabama, to Union forces.

Dates: 1865 April 12

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mary M. Hallowell letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0612

Overview Letters written to Mary Hallowell from various government officials in Washington, DC, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, regarding her request for help for "refugees" from Tennessee during and immediately after the Civil War. These refugees were Tennessee residents who had remained loyal to the Union and had moved farther north during the War.

Dates: 1864-1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

W. F. Hanby pension application

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0616

Overview Application, dated 8 July 1907, filed in Jefferson County, Alabama, for a Confederate veterans' pension.

Dates: 1907 July 8

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate States Army, Ninth Georgia Cavalry Regiment (Cobb's Legion) vouchers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0565

Overview Vouchers issued to soldiers of the Ninth Georgia Cavalry Regiment by the Confederate States Army for pay, etc.

Dates: 1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Marie Giles letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0569

Overview Letter dated 8 August 1864 to her cousin, a soldier in the Confederate Army, discussing interruptions in railroad service, provisions for the army, and poor people at home.

Dates: 1864 August 8

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Richard Norfleet Harris papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0641

Overview Miscellaneous papers related to Confederate military service, including a pension application and muster roll of Capt. Lovelace's Company of Light Artillery.

Dates: 1865-1907

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Keyes Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0813

Abstract A collection of correspondence, diaries, biographical notes, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia and other papers. It concerns the emigration of the family of John Washington Keyes and his wife Julia Hentz Keyes to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after the Civil War, and their subsequent travel all over the world.

Dates: 1846-1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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