Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

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

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...

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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.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a two-leaf manuscript document created in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864. It includes a petition, a writ of Habeas Corpus, and a $100 bond filed by Calvin Ford for the return of Elvira, his enslaved servant, who had been convicted of attempting to poison Ford and his family. The petition challenges the legality of Elvira’s conviction on the grounds that the court's verdict was rendered by a mere majority, rather than a unanimous decision, thus rendering the...

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...

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Samuel Ledford (1828-1863) served as a private for the Confederacy in the US Civil War as part of the North Carolina 55th Infantry Regiment. This collection consists of fifty letters Ledford wrote to his wife Lucinda from May 1862 to June 1863 while his regiment was engaged in campaigns throughout North Carolina and Virginia.

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Seventy-one page typescript identifies books in Lexington, Virginia, that were once part of Robert E. Lee's personal library

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter signed by General Ulysses S. Grant, written in the form of a telegram to Major General Edward O. C. Ord. The document is dated March 19, 1865, and sent from City Point, Virginia, during the final weeks of the American Civil War. In the message, Grant discusses the arrival of two to three thousand African American individuals accompanying General Philip H. Sheridan and issues orders regarding their transfer to Fort Monroe in Virigina for further processing...

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Civil War diary of a soldier from Marengo County, Alabama. It contains entries describing camp life, marching, and fighting in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Georgia; including the Battles of Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and Lookout Mountain.

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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.