United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
Adams Family papers
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.
Alabama historical documents collection
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.
Alabama Warriors speech text
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.
Alfred Parmenter papers
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
Alice A. Lide Papers
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.
Allen Family papers
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.
Jonathon A. B. Allison letter
A letter dated 6 March 1862, from "Camp Alabama, near Dumfries, Virginia," to "Dear Uncle," with news of friends and the war.
William Pitt Ballinger diary
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.
Benjamin F. Nourse Diaries
British Parliamentary Discussion of the American Civil War
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.
Donald Brown collection
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.
Chief Surgeon's General Order No. 107
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.
Confederate Camp Taylor Lithograph
"Confederate memoirs," volumes II and III
Unpublished typescript of the memoirs of twenty Confederate soldiers
Confederate stores ledger for Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi
A handwritten ledger documenting the collection and distribution of foraged and purchased materials by Confederate officers at Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi.
Corporal Drury F. Dryden Civil War Diary
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.
Correspondence from Southern Secessionist Senators
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.
Cowin family papers
CSS Alabama partial muster roll
Partial muster roll of the CSS Alabama.
Durst Family papers
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.
E. W. Tarrant letters
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.
Edwin H. Abbott papers
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.
Charles Ellis diary
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.
Garner family letters
Typed transcripts of correspondence written by the extended Garner family between 1832 and 1886.
George Lunt to Jefferson Davis Letter
George Platt Waller papers
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.
Henry Timrod papers
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.
Henry W. Reese Jr. papers
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.
Hestor L. Stevens Letters
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.
Holliman and Stewart families letters
Civil War letters and miscellaneous documents of James Franklin Holliman and William Stewart, to and from their families between 1862-1911.
James A. Henderson Papers
Writings of James A. Henderson of the Twelveth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment while stationed at Centre, Alabama, in December 1865.
James Boykin papers
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.
Jones and Callaway Family Papers
Family papers containing letters, a farm journal, and writings of members of the Jones and Callaway families in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida
Judah Benjamin Letter
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.
Keyes Family papers
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.
King family papers
Includes the papers of the King family of Perry County, Alabama, who owned plantations and other businesses.
Letter from John Clem to James Christie
Letters to Lemuel P. Foss
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.
Letters to Marquis de Lafayette Lane
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.
Macon and Miles Abernathy papers
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.
Martha Clemmie Keagy to Fannie Longnecker Keagy Letter
Martha Rogers Leaming Papers
Captain Clarence Mauck Letters
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.
Miscellaneous documents, 1860-2007
Mobile, Alabama, Confederate newspaper scrapbook
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.
Calvin J. C. Munroe papers
Letters, a picture of Munroe, and an application for a Confederate pension
Phi Alpha Theta's Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Burning of the University of Alabama
William M. Pratt letter
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
Sergeant Frank E. Nevins' Civil War Diaries
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.