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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85140205

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

James White, Obadiah White, and Jesse A. Justice letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1547
Abstract

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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William A. Howard Letter on Edwin M. Stanton

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4268
Abstract

William Alanson Howard (1813-1880) was a member of the US House of Representatives between 1855 and 1861. This collection contains one seven-page letter written by Howard in 1870 to Attorney General Ebenezer Hoar refuting suggestions of disloyalty made against politician Edwin M. Stanton in regard to his conduct near the outbreak of the US Civil War.

Dates: 1870 February 7
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 R. Dougherty Civil War Correspondence

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Identifier: MSS-4379
Dates: 1862 - 1923
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Willie T. White papers

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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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Woods and Young families papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1576
Abstract 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...
Dates: 1834 - 1918
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections