Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James H. Lane Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0501
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, military documents, certificates, financial documents, rosters, and miscellaneous items from Lane's military and civilian activities, memoirs as well as the lives of various family members. The collection also includes drawings from Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama civil engineering students from the 1870s.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1858 - 1951; 1854 - 1983
W.H. Nearpass Letters
Collection
Identifier: 0368
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence from Union soldiers in the 124th New York Infantry during the Civil War to members of the Nearpass family in Port Jarvis, New York. The soldiers' letters describe their experiences during the war as well as their attitudes toward their commanders and their opinions on the New York City Draft Riots in 1863. Soldiers who wrote to the Nearpass family included George Adams, Henry Strader, L.E. Elston and J.B. Thorp. Most of the correspondence was written...
Dates:
1861 - 1865
