War and Military
Subject
Subject Source: Localbroad
Found in 159 Collections and/or Records:
Macon and Miles Abernathy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0003
Overview
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
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
Roland Lee Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0011
Abstract
This collection includes documents related to the army service of this York, Alabama, native; an essay; a biographical sketch; and three miscellaneous letters.
Dates:
1891- circa 1919
Alabama Air National Guard letter of authorization
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0014
Abstract
A photocopy of a memorandum to the commander to the 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing of the Alabama National Guard, authorizing transport of non-military personnel, including Governor George C. Wallace, from Montgomery to Tuscaloosa and back on April 30, 1963. Includes signatures of passengers on a waiver form.
Dates:
1963 April 30
Alabama Warriors speech text
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0053
Overview
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
Lamar Aldridge papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0059
Overview
Letters home written while Aldridge was in training in Georgia and then serving in France during World War I.
Dates:
1917-1919
Jonathon A. B. Allison letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0068
Overview
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
"The Federal raid into central Alabama"
Collection
Identifier: W-0040
Overview
Text of a speech presented by James A. Anderson on April 3, 1935, at a meeting of the Kiwanis club of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, commemorating the seventieth anniversary of Union raids in Selma, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa.
Dates:
1935 April 3
Askew family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0091
Overview
Biographical sketch, ledger, diaries, church histories, newspaper clippings, copies of poetry and pieces written about Confederate history in Alabama, address and appointment books from this Dayton, Alabama, family.
Dates:
1844-1993
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
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
Harold Bank papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0108
Abstract
A Battalion log of the 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division while stationed in Mindanao, Philippine Islands, from 15 July 1944, until 10 October 1945, and the front portion of the Chicago Daily Tribune, from Tuesday, 8 May 1945. The headline reads “V. E. Day – Today”.
Dates:
1944-1945
John Taylor Banks diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0109
Abstract
Diary of druggist who served in the 6th Alabama Regiment. Also includes a biographical sketch and a coroner's report signed by Banks.
Dates:
1862-1893
William Robert Bell letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0134
Abstract
A letter dated 29 May 1864 from a Confederate soldier to his mother and sister while stationed in Bayou La Batre, Alabama.
Dates:
1864 May 29
James C. Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0137
Abstract
A miscellaneous collection of Civil War material of this Union soldier from Indiana, including enlistment lists, muster roles, war songs, writings, drawings, a diary, genealogical information, and clippings. All materials are photocopies of originals.
Dates:
circa 1862-1899; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1869
Berman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2329
Overview
Contains material created and kept by the Berman family of St. Louis, Missouri. Letters written by Dr. William (Bill) Berman and his wife Marian make up the bulk of the collection. These are primarily letters written, often in Hebrew, by Bill and Marian from Ft. Riley, Kansas, where Bill served as an Army doctor during World War Two.
Dates:
1927-1957
Peyton B. Bibb papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0153
Abstract
Documents, mainly letters written to or by Peyton B. Bibb. There are also receipts and minutes from unidentified meetings. There is also a copy of the “Complete Rudiments of Music” by A.J. Showalter (©1906) with the name “George Bibb” written on the front cover and on the first page.
Dates:
1886–1906
Branscomb Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4017
Overview
Letters, land grants, diplomas, certificates, scrapbook, daguerreotype, and other miscellaneous documents, as well as quilts and other textiles (including a wedding dress from the early 20th century)
Dates:
after 1865
British nineteenth-century naval pay documents (Power of Attorney, etc.)
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0486
Overview
Power of attorney, dated 4 December 1809, and drafts, dated 10 August 1816 and 28 October 1816, for prize money for sailors of the British navy.
Dates:
1809-1816
Wilburt Scott Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0221
Overview
Copies of this University of Alabama graduate and faculty member’s dissertation with other manuscripts and documents
Dates:
1960-1992
Peter Bryce collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0226
Overview
A small miscellany of materials including Bryce's appointment as medical officer of ship "Yorkshire," clippings about Bryce, among them his obituary, and copy of his "Moral and Criminal Responsibility," 1888
Dates:
1859-1888
John Burnham papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0233
Abstract
Correspondence and other material relating to the captivity of Captain John Burnham in Algiers, 1793-94, his attempts to buy his freedom and subsequent efforts to secure reimbursement from Congress.
Dates:
1792-1832/1943?
Letter from "Butch" to Chickie
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2949
Overview
A letter from Corporal "Butch" to Chickie of Louisville, Kentucky about his time with the United States Army.
Dates:
1942 October 12
Callahan Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0262
Overview
A miscellany of materials, primarily genealogical records of a large number of families. The collection also contains files on the Hopewell Baptist Church in Fayette County, Alabama, the 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment Company F, Alabama land records, and on women's suffrage.
Dates:
unknown
Samuel D. Cameron and Maxwell A. Cameron Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0264
Overview
Papers, primarily letters, of two Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, brothers, Samuel D. Cameron, 2nd Alabama Cavalry and Maxwell A. Cameron, 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment, to their sister, Sarah, and brother-in-law, Isham Robertson, during the Civil War. Additional materials include financial documents and other family letters.
Dates:
1858-1884; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
Proctor Carlisle legal papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0276
Overview
The draft of a claim and an answering paper, dated June 1861, relative to the seizure of the British schooner "Tropic Wind" by the U.S.S. Monticello
Dates:
1861 June
James Chamberlin letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0294
Overview
Letters written to his mother and brother while serving with the 52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Peninsular Campaign and the Charleston Expedition
Dates:
1861-1898; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1863
Hatchett Chandler correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0295
Overview
Letters written to other members of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission concerning the fort and Chandler's "Little Gems" project.
Dates:
1960-1963
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
Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0313
Abstract
The personal, legal, military, and administrative papers, of this Alabama politician, Confederate general, and University of Alabama president.
Dates:
1840-1925
Monroe F. Cockrell research notes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0330
Abstract
Research notes and synopses on Emma Sansom, General Pickett at Gettysburg, "The Bivouac of the Dead," and General Forrest's crossing of the Sipsey River, March 29, 1865.
Dates:
1949-1956
Collective Protection documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0344
Abstract
Documents on Collective Protection probably produced by authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, and Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after the United States entered World War II. They cover all areas of collective protection such as home protection, lighting restrictions, espionage and sabotage, war gases and shelters.
Dates:
1941-1945
Confederate States Army, Ninth Georgia Cavalry Regiment (Cobb's Legion) vouchers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0565
Overview
Vouchers issued to soldiers of the Ninth Georgia Cavalry Regiment by the Confederate States Army for pay, etc.
Dates:
1862
Confederate States Army, Third Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company C (Swanson's Company) muster roll
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0351
Overview
The muster roll of Captain William G. Swanson's Company, Company D, of the Third Alabama Infantry Regiment, 4 May 1861.
Dates:
1861 May 4
Confederate States Army, Thirty-Eighth Virginia Infantry Regiment records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0349
Overview
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.
Dates:
1862-1864
Union Bark Conrad proof of ownership and registration
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3725
Overview
Photocopies of the 1861 Proof of Ownership and Registration forms for the Bark Conrad which was later captured by the C.S.S. Alabama and recommissioned as the Tuscaloosa
Dates:
1861
W.H.H. Cooper furlough
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0222
Overview
A furlough dated 13 December 1861, issued to W. H. H. Cooper, a private in Captain D. L. Patterson's Company, 20th Mississippi Volunteers for the period 13 December 1861 to 12 January 1862.
Dates:
1861 December 13
Roy C. Corbell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0358
Overview
Miscellaneous financial documents and copy of General Order No. 38-A, American Expeditionary Forces, February 28, 1919 (letter from General John J. Pershing to soldiers at the end of World War I).
Dates:
1919-1952
Cowin family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0364
Overview
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
J.M. Craft Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2539
Overview
J.M. Craft, a veteran living in a U.S. Soldier's Home in Kansas City, Missouri, writes about his daily life.
Dates:
1940 January 9
Edward Calvin Crow correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0378
Overview
Correspondence between E. C. Crow and Dr. John M. Gallalee of the University of Alabama regarding a newspaper article on Gen. Josiah Gorgas, as well as a newspaper article on the oldest judge in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dates:
1952
Cruikshank family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0379
Overview
Correspondence of an Alabama family, centered in Talladega and Birmingham
Dates:
1848-1909
CSS Alabama partial muster roll
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3724
Overview
Partial muster roll of the CSS Alabama.
Dates:
after 1864 June 19
C.S.S. Tuscaloosa Logs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0251
Overview
Portions of the logs for the C.S.S. Alabama and the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa. The logs document the daily weather, longitude and latitude as well as information about engagements with enemy ships. There is also a list of ships captured by the Alabama from 5 September 1862 to 20 June 1863 and copies of the correspondence between Lieutenant John Low as captain of the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa and various authorities of the British colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
Dates:
1862–1864
John E. Curry collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0386
Overview
Photocopies of letters from David H. Vinton, Assistant Quartermaster in New York, to Lieutenant Josiah Gorgas at Watervliet Arsenal, refusing to grant Gorgas’s request for supplies to be sent to Pensacola, and from University of Alabama cadet John H. Marshall in Tuscaloosa, discussing the possible role of the cadets in the defense of the state, the fainting of several cadets during a dress parade, and inquires about his family.
Dates:
1846-1864
Luther Fairfax Dashiell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0396
Overview
Correspondence, speeches, and writings, relating to his work as a surgeon with the 1st Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers, stationed in Tampico, Mexico, during the Mexican War.
Dates:
1844-1887; Majority of material found within 1844 - 1848
William Davidson paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0401
Abstract
A paper titled "Brigadier General James Holt Clanton, Alabama's Rash Gallant" and delivered to the Alabama Historical Association, April 17, 1959.
Dates:
1959 April 17
Alex Van Hoose Davies family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0402
Overview
Photocopies of the family history of an early northwest Alabama family, one of whom became mayor of Birmingham in the 1890s. There are also some personal recollections of the Union Army raid on Tuscaloosa led by John T. Croxton in April 1865, augmented with notes by grandson Alexander Van Hoose Davies, as well as copies of memorials of various Van Hoose men, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1925-1980
Jefferson Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0404
Abstract
This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.
Dates:
1823-1917