United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:
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
George Platt Waller papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0085
Overview
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
Walter White letter [photocopy], 1863 August 16
File — Box WSC002, Folder: W0150.02
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a photocopy of a letter from Walter White, a Confederate soldier in General Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi (later known as the Army of Tennessee), to a young lady back home. He spends much of the letter asking her to write.
Dates:
1863 August 16
James White, Obadiah White, and Jesse A. Justice letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1547
Overview
A collection of letters written by James White to his mother and father, describing the fortifications at Tullahoma, Tennessee; others from White's son Obadiah White to his mother, relating clothing needs and rumors of troop movements; and from Jesse A. Justice to his wife, relating camp news, the incidence of sickness, and rumors of movement.
Dates:
1862-1863
Willie T. White papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1548
Abstract
Contains correspondence, photographs, financial records, and other materials, the majority of which are related to Willie T. White, who resided in Rockford, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
1860-1970
Woods and Young families papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1576
Overview
This collection contains a miscellany of material, including letters by Thomas Moore Woods, Company K, 16th Alabama Infantry; James M. Springfield, Company L, 24th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers; and G. W. Woods, 9th Alabama Cavalry, Selma. It also includes a collection of biographical abstracts of various Revolutionary soldiers and families; store receipts from Columbus and Caledonia, Mississippi, and Vernon, Alabama; land deeds; and church records from various congregations in Mississippi...
Dates:
1834-1918
Wright, Cotten, and Douglass Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1583
Abstract
This collection contains diaries, correspondence, and other materials related to four generations of this Tennessee/Alabama family.
Dates:
1798-1990