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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 204 Collections and/or Records:

Civil War in West Virginia, Historical Narratives in "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine" (1885, 1887)

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Collection Number: A&M 0276
Overview

Three Century Illustrated magazines for June and August 1885 and November 1887, containing articles on the Civil War in Virginia. Includes "John Brown at Harper's Ferry", by John E. P. Daingerfield; "Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah", by John D. Imboden; and 'The Battle of Gaine's Mill", by D. H. Hill. The latter reproduces an etching of Stonewall Jackson by A. J. Volck, a copy of which is in West Virginia University Library.

Dates: 1885-1887

Civil War Letter Regarding Shenandoah Valley Diversionary Campaign

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Collection Number: A&M 1567
Overview An ALS from a Union officer "George" to his wife "Fannie" describing, in the form of a diary, a diversionary campaign into the Shenandoah Valley, 10, December - 25, December 1863. The purpose of their maneuver, which he calls "the Valley Expedition," was "to divert attention from Gen. Averill while he was making a raid up through Staunton, Virginia." The expeditionary force of about 1,600 was large enough not to fall prey to guerrillas but too small to actively engage the regular Confederate...
Dates: 1863

Civil War Military Commission Proceedings

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Collection Number: A&M 2757
Overview Proceedings of a trial by a U. S. Military Commission of Harrison H. Stalnaker, who was accused of the crime of bushwhacking in regard to the deaths of Capt. Michael T. Haller, Sgt. Andrew M. Nester and William S. Martin on 24 April 1865 in Barbour County. The incident began when a small party of Confederates raided the home of a Union sympathizer. Their intent was to entice the Home Guard stationed at Camp Haller (Valley Camp) into an ambush. Stalnaker, whose defense attorney was Spencer...
Dates: 1865

Civil War Newspaper Illustrations

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Collection Number: A&M 0754
Overview

Over sixty illustrations of various subjects of the Civil War from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and Harper's Weekly between 1861 and 1866. Also includes undated illustrations.

Dates: 1861-1866 and undated

Civil War Newspaper of Charleston, Virginia, "The Guerilla," Volume 1, Number 2

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Collection Number: A&M 4032
Overview

Single issue of The Guerilla, published in Charleston, [West] Virginia by the Associate Printers, during Confederate occupation of the city. The four-page issue is volume 1, number 2, dated September 29, 1862. Under the nameplate are the words "Devoted to Southern Rights and Institutions." The contents regard the Civil War and associated political and military news.

Dates: 1862

Civil War Newspaper of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Reprint of "Daily Citizen" on Wallpaper

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Collection Number: A&M 4033
Overview Edited reprint of the July 2, 1863 issue of The Daily Citizen, published in Vicksburg, Mississippi by J.M. Swords during the siege. This single-page reprint is printed on wallpaper. The original newspaper was also printed on wallpaper, due to the shortage of newsprint during the siege. This item is dated "Tuesday" July 2, 1863, and includes a note at the bottom dated July 4, 1863. When Vicksburg was captured on July 4, Union forces found the...
Dates: 1863

Civil War Poll Book for Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 84th Regiment, Company I

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Collection Number: A&M 4163
Overview

Poll book from the October 1864 election used to record the votes of Union soldiers currently in military service. This poll book was used by Company I, 84th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, stationed at Fort Bross near Petersburg, Virginia. The name of a "Captain Ross" belonging to this unit is written on the front cover of the poll book; this is likely John R. Ross.

Dates: 1864

Clement Smith, Civil War Letter to General Scammon

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Collection Number: A&M 3780
Overview Letter by Clement Smith of Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia, a civilian, to Eliakim P. Scammon, Union General, dated 29 October 1863. Smith requests that General Scammon endorse his claim for several boats taken by Union troops in 1862. Smith writes about General William S. Rosecrans and the negative opinions of him held by the public and the press after the Battle of Chickamauga. Smith also observes that Scammon has been accused of secessionist sympathies on account of building plank...
Dates: 1863

Col. Blanton Duncan Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 2611
Overview Colonel Blanton Duncan (b. 1827) served as the colonel of the 1st Kentucky Infantry in the Confederate army and as an engraver and printer of Confederate money during the Civil War. Collection contains photocopies of eight letters written to Duncan between 1862 and 1864, chiefly by Confederate Gen. P. G. T. (Pierre Gustave Toutant) Beauregard and one of his staff officers. Letters from 1862 and 1863 are largely personal in nature and discuss a possible army position for a friend of Duncan's,...
Dates: 1862-1864

Confederate Army of the Northwest, Letter Book

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Collection Number: A&M 2965
Overview An 82 page manuscript order and letter book (29 July 1861-13 February 1862, Virginia) of the Confederate States Army of the Northwest detailing with the operations of the Cheat or Valley Mountain campaign of 10-15 September 1861 and the "Romney Campaign" of 9 January-5 February 1862, both unsuccessful efforts to dislodge Federal forces from the upper Potomac region and the earliest confrontation between Rosecrans, Jackson and Lee. This letter book gives some idea of the indefinite chain of...
Dates: 1861-1862