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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:

Henshaw Family Correspondence

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0730
Scope and Contents Personal correspondence written to members of the Hiram and Mary Henshaw family of Mill Creek, Berkeley County, West Virginia, from their relatives between 1825 and 1876. Letters from the 1820s to 1840s are chiefly written from Sarah McConnell and William McConnell in Washington County, Virginia, to their sister, Mary Henshaw, and her children, Martha Henshaw Silver and James Henshaw. Topics include news about family activities, health issues, finances, education, gardening, and other...
Dates: 1786, 1825-1876
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hubbard Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0805
Scope and Contents Papers, mainly correspondence, of the Hubbard family of New Haven and Litchfield, Connecticut and Wheeling, West Virginia. There are several hundred letters which document the growth of the family and its business enterprises in Wheeling. Correspondents include Gad Smith, Dana Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, General John Hubbard, Roger Dorman, H Moran, William P. Hubbard, Dana L. Hubbard, Stephen B. Elkins, John W. Mason, and Waitman T. Willey. There are a number of letters written...
Dates: 1810-1914
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ira E. Robinson Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0965
Scope and Contents Additional papers of Ira E. Robinson, including ts. and photostat copies of papers concerning the Revolutionary War service of Col. John Gibson and Col. Archibald Lochry; a tls. From J. Wm. DeGrange with accompanying articles on army activities in the vicinity of Philippi, W. Va. during the Civil War; and a clipping and reprint of articles by I. E. Robinson. There are, also, facsimilies of ms. letters and poems by James Whitcomb Riley; tls written by Edmond Eitel for Mrs. Riley to Mr....
Dates: 1818-1822; 1875-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Isaac M. Clark Letter

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2987
Overview

One leaf with a different message on each side. The first is a letter to Clark from Joel Davidson of Ice's Ferry, West Virginia, promoting a folk-medicine cancer cure. En verso is a letter written by Clark to Lyman Robbins requesting a subscription to a dairy farming newspaper. Clark, a Bridgeport, Ohio, cheesemaker, mentions selling cheese to Union soldiers.

Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Isaac McNeel (b.1830) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1451
Overview Correspondence, legal and business papers, mercantile records and tax receipt books of Isaac McNeel, who operated a store at Edray and Mill Point, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, served as sheriff of the county, operated a gristmill, raised livestock, and was appointed provost marshal of the county in 1862 by the Confederate Army. The collection also includes letters and school reports of McNeel's sons, Winters and Summers, while students at Washington and Lee and the Medical and Law...
Dates: 1850-1908
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Isaac Trout Letter

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0714
Overview

Letter to Isaac Trout, Front Royal, Virginia from his daughter C. Dougherty, a teacher at the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute.

Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

J. Ogden Murray Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 1320
Overview

Scrapbook pertaining to Confederate personalities, battles, reminiscences, and activities of the United Confederate Veterans compiled by J. Ogden Murray, member of the "Immortal Six Hundred" and active participant in Confederate veterans' affairs. This collection also includes a series of newspaper articles by Edward H. Sims, ca.1949, based on Murray's THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED (1905).

Dates: ca. 1901-1906, 1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

J. Robert Rice, Collector, Civil War Diary of Joshua Rice

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Collection Number: A&M 4335
Scope and Contents Civil War diary and other material of Joshua Rice of Greene County, Pennsylvania, documenting his experiences as a member of Company F of the 7th West Virginia Infantry. He joined the unit on 21 September 1861 and was discharged on 8 July 1865.The diary is 6 in. x 8 in. in size. The first 24 pages document a painting business with customer records identified by name with listings of services and costs for period 1857-1858. The next 86 pages (starting with page “1”) document Rice’s...
Dates: 1857-2018; Majority of material found within 1857-1881
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jack R. Patton, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1127
Overview

Papers pertaining to Tyler County and Sistersville include genealogical data on the Wells family; a stock certificate of the Sistersville and Salem Turnpike Company; newspaper clippings on local affairs; and a manuscript list of Civil War volunteers from Tyler County.

Dates: 1852-1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jack Sandy Anderson, Compiler, Historical Records regarding West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 3903
Overview

Historical material compiled by Jack Sandy Anderson. Contains a land grant for land in Monongalia County, Virginia signed by James Monroe (1801; oversize); a typed copy of a Civil War-era letter from a Union soldier (1862); genealogical information; and other material. Also includes notes from the donor, which give context and sometimes genealogy of the items' owners. For contents list, see Scope and Content Note.

Dates: 1801-2013
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center