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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Henry H. Chaffee Diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 0307-99-115-001]
Identifier: 0307
Scope and Contents

The 120-page diary covers the entire year of 1963 and includes accounts of the Battle of Chancellorsville and the Battle of Gettysburg.

Dates: 1863

Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1262
Dates: 1837-2018; Majority of material found in 1860-1864

Clay Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1068
Scope and Contents

Letters, wills, and other items related to J.M. Clay. Of particular note are several letters written by him and his wife Mary during the Civil War.

Dates: 1853-1889

Jonathan Fuller Coghill Letters

 Collection — Box Short Collection 7
Identifier: 0134
Scope and Contents

Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.

Dates: 1862-1864

William Dean Colman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0458
Scope and Contents

Letters are a result of attempts by Samuel Colman to collect back pay for his son, William Dean Colman, who was killed in battle in October of 1862. Payment was made in May of 1864. Also contains a formal visiting card, genealogical data on the Shattuck family and a photo of William Shattuck.

Dates: 1861-1864; 1879-04-11

George Compton Civil War Manuscript

 Collection — Box Short Collection 20
Identifier: 1330
Scope and Contents

Quarterly report from Huntsville, Alabama, written by Union Chaplain George Compton to Col. J.B. McCown, commander of the 63rd Illinois Infantry.

Dates: 1864

George H. Cooke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1069
Scope and Contents

Includes genealogical information, a medical notebook, logbooks, journals, and newspaper releases related to Navy surgeon George H. Cooke. All materials are photocopies.

Dates: 1862-1922 (photocopied circa 2010)

John Crittenden Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 0765
Scope and Contents Letters (1855-64) from Crittenden to his family, including his parents, his brother, William D. Crittenden, and his wife, Bettie Browning Crittenden; letters (1862-68) of William D. Crittenden, William H. Browning and John K. Browning to family; letters ...
Dates: 1847 - 1909

David E. Curtis Diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 0310-99-121-001]
Identifier: 0310
Scope and Contents

This collection containts a diary which covers February 1-October 12, 1864 and recounts author's experience in camp, battle, and hospital.

Dates: 1864

Thomas Dadswell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0308
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of twenty letters from Dadswell to his family written primarily from various places in Virginia.

Dates: 1862 - 1865