United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:
Richard H. Ralston, Sr., Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2205
Overview
Correspondence of William A. Harrison, a Clarksburg lawyer, assistant federal district attorney, member of the Virginia Assembly, and judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; most letters are from members of the family to Mrs. Anna Robertson Harrison. Subjects include construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; Civil War loyalty Oaths, Camp Chase land purchases, and road building. There are also grade school attendance certificates and notes concerning the Lunatic Asylum...
Dates:
1825-1934
Richard L. Armstrong, Compiler, Civil War Research Papers Regarding Thomas J. Walker at Williamsville, Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4409
Scope and Contents
A set of photocopied Civil War era papers regarding Thomas J. Walker, born in Morgantown, West Virginia, compiled by researcher Richard L. Armstrong. Walker was a member of the 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The papers document Walker's experiences fighting at Williamsville, VA, Bath County, and also describe his wounds and medical condition after the battle. Papers include pension records of Walker, and typescript research notes and hand-drawn maps by Armstrong. The events at...
Dates:
1862-1921, ca. 1980s; Majority of material found within 1862-1921
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0394
Scope and Contents
Photostats of letters written by Lee:
April 20, 1861 letters to Winfield Scott and Lt. Roger Jones, resigning his commission and explaining that "Save in the defense of my native state, I never desire again to draw my sword;"
January 8, 1863 to Mrs. Sarah A. Lawton;
August 24, 1865 to the Board of Trustees of Washington College concerning his election to the presidency of that school;
January 27 and July 7, 1866 letters to Reverdy Johnson respecting the...
Dates:
1861-1867
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0971
Scope and Contents
Facsimile of a manuscript letter from Richmond, Va., signed R. E. Lee, addressed to Major David Goff of the Virginia Volunteers at Beverly, [W.] Va., concerning the delivery of arms and ammunition to Major Goff, or to Lieutenant Joseph W. Chinnoweth, intended for Col. George A. Porterfield at Grafton.
Dates:
1861
Robert Fonner, Collector, Records regarding Tyler County
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3385
Overview
Records collected by Robert Fonner regarding Tyler County, West Virginia (WV) and also the Civil War. There are clippings (1958-94) regarding the histories of Middlebourne (WV), Marietta (Ohio), and Tyler County High School. Civil War papers include three letters (1862), one short note (1863), short supply list (undated), discharge for John Brady of Ohio (1866), and three pension documents (1875-79). There are also over 60 Tyler County appointments and commissions documents (1815-1860s); and...
Dates:
1862-1994
Robert Young Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3014
Overview
A notebook of genealogical forms compiled by the donor tracing the descent of the Robert Young & Lydia Gould family who settled at French Creek, Upshur County. Some mention is made of military service, occupation, and character of some of the individuals. Especially important is mention of individuals who served in the Civil War and World War I.
Dates:
1796-1927
Robinson Family Manuscripts
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2662
Overview
Most of the letters are to Helen M. Robinson of Fetterman, Taylor County, West Virginia, from relatives and friends. Subjects discussed include housekeeping, fashions, farming, schools, religion, and the Civil War from both the Confederate and Union perspectives. There are frequent, specific references to the political and military state-of-affairs in the upper Ohio Valley region.
Dates:
1847-1883
Robinson Family Manuscripts, Transcriptions
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4460
Scope and Contents
Five bound volumes of transcriptions of the original letters in the Robinson family collection, A&M 2662, dating from ca. 1847-1883. Each transcription is assigned a unique number, and these numbers correspond to the numbers assigned to each letter in A&M 2662. This collection is likely a complete set of transcriptions. The volumes also include some biographical and genealogical information, and an index.Most of the letters are to Helen M. Robinson of Fetterman, Taylor...
Dates:
1847-1883
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1528
Overview
Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook....
Dates:
1774, 1822-1943