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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

Adams Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0006
Abstract

This collection consists principally of correspondence among members of the Adams Family, the majority of which concerns the Confederate service of a son, who wrote many letters detailing army life and conditions. It also contains papers related to Homer and John Adams, prisoners of war who died before returning home, and an Adams Family history by Irving Adams, dated December 18, 1948.

Dates: 1849 - 1926; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1865

Rucker Agee papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0013
Abstract

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Dates: 1861 - 1977

Alabama historical documents collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0037
Abstract

Miscellaneous deeds, certificates, bills of sale, legal suits, court orders, and bonds pertaining to various regions or persons in Alabama. Includes a copy of the post-Civil War loyalty oath.

Dates: 1826-1866

Alabama Warriors speech text

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0053
Abstract

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

Alfred Parmenter papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0153
Abstract

Letters written by Alfred A. Parmenter, a member of the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Infantry, describing battles and camp life in the South to his parents

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Alice A. Lide Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0127
Abstract

This collection consists of a typescript copy of a paper titled "Franklin K. Beck," by Alice A. Lide, recounting his life and accomplishments. It is based largely on secondary sources.

Dates: undated

Allen Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0064
Abstract

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

Jonathon A. B. Allison letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0068
Abstract

A letter dated 6 March 1862, from "Camp Alabama, near Dumfries, Virginia," to "Dear Uncle," with news of friends and the war.

Dates: 1862 March 6

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

Benjamin F. Nourse Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4744
Scope and Contents The collection consists of three wartime diaries kept by Private Benjamin F. Nourse during his service with the Chicago Board of Trade Independent Light Artillery Battery from 1863 to 1865. These diaries provide a firsthand account of daily life as a Union soldier, chronicling military engagements, camp life, personal reflections, and logistical details such as supplies and movements. 1863 Diary (363 pp.): Nourse details military operations, personal experiences, and daily...
Dates: 1863 - 1865

British Parliamentary Discussion of the American Civil War

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4780
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a single 14-page original holograph manuscript titled Debate June 30, 1863. The document provides a personal, unofficial account of a debate in the British Parliament in which John Arthur Roebuck, a Liberal Member of Parliament, advocates for the recognition of the Confederate States of America and urges Parliament to support negotiations with the South during the American Civil War. The author of the manuscript is unknown.

Dates: 1863 June 30

Donald Brown collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3690
Abstract

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

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

Confederate Camp Taylor Lithograph

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4750
Scope and Contents This collection contains an exceptionally rare lithograph depicting the Confederate encampment at Camp Taylor, near Lindsey's Station on the Virginia Central Railroad during the winter of 1863. The lithograph, possibly created in the field, provides a detailed view of the winter quarters of John Garnett's Light Artillery Battalion, which comprised Virginia and Louisiana artillery units. The scene features a well-organized camp with log cabins, horse sheds, and tents, alongside soldiers...
Dates: 1863

"Confederate memoirs," volumes II and III

 Collection
Identifier: W-0012
Abstract

Unpublished typescript of the memoirs of twenty Confederate soldiers

Dates: 1861-1865

Confederate stores ledger for Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi

 Collection
Identifier: W-0014
Abstract

A handwritten ledger documenting the collection and distribution of foraged and purchased materials by Confederate officers at Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi.

Dates: 1862-1864

Corporal Drury F. Dryden Civil War Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4381
Scope and Contents

The diary contains 174 pencil-handwritten pages detailing the military service, personal life, and various financial transactions of Corporal Drury F. Dryden of the 19th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery Regiment.

Dates: 1865-01-01 - 1865-08-23

Correspondence from Southern Secessionist Senators

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4397
Scope and Contents

A group of three papers pertaining to South Carolina Commissioner Isaac W. Hayne's efforts to negotiate a peaceful transition in the immediate aftermath of South Carolina's secession from the Union. The three correspondence letters are from Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Stephen R. Mallory, John Sidell, Isaac Hayne, Judah P. Benjamin, and others to President James Buchanan and other states in 1861.

Dates: 1961

Cowin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0364
Abstract 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

CSS Alabama partial muster roll

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3724
Abstract

Partial muster roll of the CSS Alabama.

Dates: after 1864 June 19

Durst Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0461
Abstract

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

E. W. Tarrant letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1383
Abstract

Two letters written from Aransas Pass, Texas, to a Mrs. Brown in October 1914, containing extensive reminiscences of the Warrior Guards (Company A of the Fifth Alabama Infantry Regiment) and Fowler's Artillery Battery. Both units were organized at Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1914 October

Edwin H. Abbott papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0001
Abstract

Files relating to the "Alabama Claims" handled by this Boston attorney concerning damage inflicted by the Confederate commerce raider C.S.S. Shenandoah during the final months of the Civil War.

Dates: circa 1873-1883

Charles Ellis diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2819
Abstract

Diary written by First Sergeant Charles Ellis of the 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The diary contains daily notes concerning regimental duty in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1865.

Dates: 1865

Garner family letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0030
Abstract

Typed transcripts of correspondence written by the extended Garner family between 1832 and 1886.

Dates: 1832-1886

George Lunt to Jefferson Davis Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4753
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter written by George Lunt to Jefferson Davis in Boston, 1860, on the eve of the Civil War. In the letter, Lunt expresses sympathy toward Southern concerns and emphasizes the importance of fostering communication between different regions of the country to reduce tensions. He recalls past interactions with Davis, discusses his brief visit to Washington, and conveys his impressions of the political climate in the South.Lunt also highlights the role...
Dates: 1860

George Platt Waller papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0085
Abstract

Contains photographs, correspondence, and typescript speeches written by diplomat George Platt Waller. Also contains a small journal and receipts related to his father's medical practice.

Dates: 1894 - 1895; 1952 - 1961

Henry Timrod papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1411
Abstract

This collection contains letters, some of them Civil War related, and poems to Rachel Lyons, of Columbia, South Carolina, primarily from the period 1861-1863.

Dates: 1854-1940

Henry W. Reese Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1184
Abstract

Contains a letter by Reece describing his arrival in Vicksburg; a letter from William Garrard to H. F. Reese about his brother Henry; and a paper written by H. F. Reese about his brother's life.

Dates: 1863-1905

Hestor L. Stevens Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4237
Abstract

The collection consists of twelve letters written by Hestor L. Stevens (1803-1864), a representative from Michigan, detailing his law business in Washington, DC, during the election of 1860 and the beginning of the Civil War.

Dates: 1860 - 1861

Holliman and Stewart families letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3749
Abstract

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

Dates: 1837-1936

James A. Henderson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0662
Abstract

Writings of James A. Henderson of the Twelveth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment while stationed at Centre, Alabama, in December 1865.

Dates: 1865-12-1 - 1865-12-4

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

Jones and Callaway Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3031
Abstract

Family papers containing letters, a farm journal, and writings of members of the Jones and Callaway families in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida

Dates: 1845-1940; Majority of material found in 1860-1900

Judah Benjamin Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4385
Scope and Contents

This item is an intercepted letter from Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate Secretary of State, to Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, a Confederate politician and diplomat, regarding the slave trade. The letter provides insight into Benjamin’s perspectives on slavery and its role in Confederate policy.

Dates: 1863

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

King family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0817
Abstract

Includes the papers of the King family of Perry County, Alabama, who owned plantations and other businesses.

Dates: 1803-1894

Letter from John Clem to James Christie

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4722
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter signed by John Lincoln Clem (1851–1937), the youngest noncommissioned officer in the Civil War and a long-serving veteran of the United States Army. The letter, dated February 16, 1917, and written from Washington, D.C., is addressed to James Christie of Nyack, New York. In the letter, Clem acknowledges the recognition given to him by the Adjutant General as the youngest soldier to serve in the Civil War and notes that he was the last Civil War veteran on...
Dates: 1917 February 16

Letters to Lemuel P. Foss

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4304
Abstract

This collection contains letters sent to Lemuel P. Foss, a Union soldier during the US Civil War, from his family and friends in New Hampshire.

Dates: 1862-1865

Letters to Marquis de Lafayette Lane

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4301
Abstract

This collection contains letters sent to Maine native Marquis de Lafayette Lane while he served as US consul to Veracruz, Mexico, a post he held from 1862-1867.

Dates: 1863 - 1867

Macon and Miles Abernathy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0003
Abstract

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

Martha Clemmie Keagy to Fannie Longnecker Keagy Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4742
Scope and Contents This letter, written by Martha Clemmie Keagy to Fannie Longnecker Keagy, provides a personal account of the challenges faced by Clemmie and her family during a time of war and economic hardship. Clemmie details her husband's slow recovery from illness and discusses the possibility of his relocation to Lynchburg for health reasons. She expresses her surprise and disappointment at the prospect of separation but notes that a Provost Marshal permitted him to stay, with the possibility of later...
Dates: 1862 August 29

Martha Rogers Leaming Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4729
Scope and Contents This publication is a twenty-three page firsthand account of frontier and pioneer life in the middle and trans-Mississippi West. Written by Martha Rogers Leaming, A True Story provides a personal and historical perspective on early settlement experiences. Produced by a little-known press in a small northwest Louisiana town, the book appears to have been printed by a family member, suggesting a limited and possibly private circulation.In addition to...
Dates: 1931 December

Captain Clarence Mauck Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2878
Abstract

This collection contains four letters from Gravelly Springs, Alabama pertaining to ordinance returns and bills for Captain Clarence Mauck of the 4th U.S. Cavalry.

Dates: 1865

Miscellaneous documents, 1860-2007

 File — Box WSC002: [Barcode: 1006241709], Folder: w0150.03
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous documents relating to the Civil War, but only indirectly. Included are an 1860 ad for General William Walker's book, The War in Nicaragua; a Masonic memorial card for Jere Clemens Dennis of Dadeville, Alabama; a 2007 ad for a rare salt print of General Thomas Carmichael Hindman, C.S.A.; photocopy of page 422 of volume XVIII (1910) of Confederate Veteran, article titled "Proof about Coffin for General...
Dates: 1860-2007

Mobile, Alabama, Confederate newspaper scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: W-0050
Abstract

Scrapbook of newspaper articles from Confederate newspapers (probably in Mobile, Alabama) documenting Civil War battles including the First Battle of Bull Run, the Siege of Lexington, and the Battle of Leesburg.

Dates: 1861-1862

Calvin J. C. Munroe papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1030
Abstract

Letters, a picture of Munroe, and an application for a Confederate pension

Dates: 1863-1914

Phi Alpha Theta's Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Burning of the University of Alabama

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2565
Abstract Contains a newspaper article entitled "Yankee colonel wavered that terrible day, but orders were to burn U of A to ground" and the carbon copy of a letter from Charles G. Summersell to C.E. Williams about Phi Theta Kappa's presentation, "Vocata," commemorating the burning of the University of Alabama by Yankee soldiers in April, 1865, just weeks before Lee's surrender in Appomattox, Virginia. There are also four photographs to accompany the "Vocata" text with a page telling who is in...
Dates: 1956

William M. Pratt letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1163
Abstract

Letter dated 22 April 1864, from Head Quarters, Sub-district of the Pamlico, Washington, North Carolina, to Commander Renshaw, warning him of enemy troop movements

Dates: 1864 April 22

Sergeant Frank E. Nevins' Civil War Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4380
Scope and Contents

Contains two separate Civil War manuscript diaries of Union Orderly Sergeant Frank E. Nevins, including 135 hand-written and illustrated pages detailing descriptions of camp life, troop and officer movements, skirmishes, his musings on life and death, and multi-page accounts of both the Battle of Mount Zion Church and the Battle of Corinth. He also celebrates two birthdays during the time covered in these journals.

Dates: 1861 - 1863