United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:
Logan Osborne Family and Business Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2941
Overview
A ledger and financial records of Logan Osborne (1836-39) also containing the will of Balamm Osborne. The ledger contains accounts of an assortment of general store goods from perishables such as food and candles to durable goods such as tools and carriages. There are Osborne family deeds, land contracts and letters about family matters and debt (1808-89). There are early nineteenth century state bank script from Louisiana, Virginia, and North Carolina. There are land indentures and legal...
Dates:
1761-1982
Lorena Brown (1850-1919) Letter, Typed Document [Xerox]
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2588
Overview
Typed transcription of a letter written by Lorena Brown to her aunt, Lucinda Dunham Powell. The letter, dated 28 March 1863, describes the Brown family's journey from the Kanawha Valley to Monroe County.
Dates:
1862-1863
Louis Reed and Mildred Johnston Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2592
Overview
Louis Reed (1899-ca. 1985) served in France and Germany during World War I. Collection contains letters he wrote to his future wife, Mildred Johnston. Reed and Johnston married many years later, after the death of Reed's first wife. Reed's letters, written between 1918 and 1920, discuss army life, the front in France, and the occupation of Germany. Collection also contains a 235-page photocopied typescript that Reed wrote about the history of Burning Springs, Wirt County, and its role in the...
Dates:
1918-1920 and undated
Marcia Louise Sumner Phillips, Journal of an Upshur County Resident Regarding the Civil War
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1846
Overview
Photocopy of typescript transcription of the manuscript journal kept by Marcia Louise Sumner Phillips of French Creek and Buckhannon, Virginia (West Virginia). It contains commentary on local and family affairs, and on Civil War military activities in the western Virginia and Virginia areas. Other subjects include churches, travel, elections, holiday celebrations, and the 1863 statehood convention in Parkersburg. There are descriptions of and quoted conversations with officers of both the...
Dates:
1861-1863
Martha Dent Watson (1837-1905) Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1798
Overview
Diary written in Fairmont by an unmarried daughter of Thomas Watson and Rebecca Haymond Watson, the youngest sister of James Otis Watson. Comments concern the Civil War, the Southern cause, Lincoln and his assassination, and the attitudes of Fairmont residents toward Southern sympathizers and returning Confederate soldiers.
Dates:
1864 December 31 - 1865 December 21
Matheny-Stutler Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2156
Overview
Correspondence between H. E. Matheny and Boyd B. Stutler who were antiquarian collectors of West Virginia and authors on the local history of the state. The correspondence is primarily about West Virginia imprints and historical literature. There is much discussion of the following topics as they pertain to West Virginia: colloquial language, frontier and pioneers, post offices and postal service, crimes and criminals, the Civil War, early oil industry, and printers, printing and newspapers....
Dates:
1945-1969
Matlick Family Papers, Typed Document
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2540
Overview
This collection consists of ARMY AND PRISON REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR, by Jacob G. Matlick, transcribed by R.K. Matlick, Martha J. Aldrich, and R.R. Matlick (1977); THE ORIGIN OF THE CONJUGAL ESTATE, by Jacob G. Matlick (n.d.); HISTORY OF THE MATLICK FAMILY, by Jacob G. Matlick, Edna Matlick Childers, and Essie Matlick McPherson, edited by Loreta D.M. Kreeger.
Dates:
ca. 1903-1977
Maxwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0010
Overview
Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing...
Dates:
ca. 1845-1950, 2017; Majority of material found within ca. 1845-1950
McChesney Brothers, Civil War Letters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2954
Overview
Five letters concerning the death of Lt. Robert McChesney. 1) St. George, VA, July 2, 1861 from Mary Lee; 2) Holly Wood, VA, Jan. 26, 1863 from Bie Hansbrough; 3) Staunton, VA, May 6, 1889 from W.D. Reynolds; 4) King's River, CA, Dec. 28, 1883 from H. Maxwell; 5) St. George, WV, 10 June 1884 from H. Maxwell. There is also a letter authored by Alexander McChesney, Warm Springs, February 22, 1864, addressed to his mother. Finally, there is a letter to Robert McChesney from his commanding...
Dates:
1853-1870
McCoy Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0558
Overview
Business correspondence and papers, including land grants and deeds, 1761-1881, surveys, wills, and account books of William McCoy, Sr. and Jr., of Pendleton County. There are papers on the administration of estates; management of property in Mercer, Pendleton, and Randolph counties, and in Augusta and Highland counties, Virginia, for absentee owners; and on farm operations. There is material on the Central Bank of Virginia at Staunton; the Moorefield and North Branch Turnpike Company; and...
Dates:
1761-1903