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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Brown Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0075
Abstract

The collection contains personal correspondence of members of the Brown family, who lived in Burton, New Brunswick and Linneus, Maine in the last half of the 19th century.

Dates: 1860-1997; Majority of material found within 1860-1874

Henry B. Butler Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0737-sc
Abstract

Photocopies of typescript of the letters of a Civil War soldier.

Dates: 1862-1989; Majority of material found within August 17, 1862-March 13, 1865

Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0810-sc
Abstract

A collection of Civil War letters. The collection includes letters from Henry Stillman McIntire to Lyman Bolster; from R. O. Stockbridge to Albert C. Bolster in West Peru, Maine; from James H. Hammon to Albert C. Bolster; and from Dexter Delano. The letters date from 1861 to 1864. The collection also includes carbon copies of typescripts of the letters and a letter of transmittal from Phillips V. Brooks dated January 5, 1966.

Dates: 1861-1966; Majority of material found within 1861-1864

Descriptive Roll of Army Recruits

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0891-sc
Abstract Handwritten list of army recruits in 1814 and 1815. Includes name of recruit, size, age, town, county, state, eyes, hair, complexion, occupation, by whom enlisted, when, for what time, and remarks. Following the list of recruits is a list of letters written by L. Lombard in 1861 to 1862. Included also is a letter and carbon copy from the Adjutant General of the State of New Hampshire to Ralph E. Chandler in Concord, New Hampshire, dated October 1, 1958 thanking him for the use of the roll of...
Dates: 1814-1958; Majority of material found within ( 1814-1862)

Chas. C. Fuller Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0840-sc
Abstract Letters written by a Civil War soldier to his wife. Most of the letters were written by Charles C. Fuller to his wife Rachel A. Fuller between January 4, 1862 and Sept. 6, 1863. Two letters were written earlier in 1857. Included also are four letters from D.S. Fuller to Rachel written March 18, Aug. 23, Sept. 2, and Nov. 9, 1863; a letter to Aunt Rachel from Nell written Sept. 3, 1863; a letter to Rachel from her father Benjamin written March 3, 1869; and a letter to Rachel from her sister...
Dates: 1857-1873

George H. Nye Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0369
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of correspondence of Nye and his family, including some while he was superintendent of Laurel Mills, Prince Georges Co., Md., military papers relating to his pension, and other papers.

Dates: 1850-1900

Roundy and Smith Families Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0830-sc
Abstract Letters to family members in Beverly, Massachusetts. Included are letters to Martha J. Roundy from her brother H. Roundy from ports in East Asia, to Patty from H. Roundy, to M. Jane Roundy from her brother Augustus, to cousin from George describing life as a soldier in the Civil War, and to Hannah C. Smith from John G. Smith describing his life as a soldier in the Civil War. Also included is an account book (owner unknown), a newspaper clipping of The Nation's orphan by Lucy Larcom, and a...
Dates: 1844-1865

James B. Vickery Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0602
Abstract The Vickery manuscript collection contains a wide range of material related to Maine history, Maine families, Maine towns, and the Civil War, as well as a lot of general Maine material and some general interest material. The most prominent subjects include: Bangor, ME; Joshua L. Chamberlain; Civil War (mostly letters, organized by family name). Types of material include: correspondence; deeds; diaries; Maine families (history, genealogy,and letters); letters; Maine; marriage records;...
Dates: circa 1711-circa 1997; Majority of material found within 1800-1899