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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron Benedict Mead papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4234
Scope and content Letters, three mss. speeches, fragments, and printed material. Includes courtship letters of Polly Clark and Merlin Mead, South Salem, N.Y. and Waterbury, Conn.; Civil War letters of Aaron Benedict Mead; letters about Aaron's marriage to Mary Elizabeth Packard and their life in Chicago, including the Chicago fire (and a lump of sterling silver melted in the fire); other family letters, including one to his great grandson Harold Tanner Gaymon; business and estate papers from Franklinville,...
Dates: 1815-1986.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Aaron Benedict Mead papers

Aaron Johns diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065429767]
Identifier: 4838
Scope and content

Diaries kept by Johns during his soldiering in the Civil War, including accounts of activites, skirmishes, conditions, funerals attended, his letters home, and many other observations. Includes one photograph of Aaron Johns, and an article by Corydon Thayer Johns "Recollections of Our Ancestors."

Dates: 1861-1865.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Aaron Johns diaries

Albert Rogers Crandall papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2628
Scope and content Civil War letters by Crandall of the 23rd New York Volunteers in Virginia to cousins in Alfred, New York, describe the battles of Fredericksburg and Rappahannock Station, hostility of Southern women, black children in camp, a black camp meeting, the Virginia countryside and the laziness of its inhabitants; he also comments on the draft, the performance of McClellan and Burnside, praises Lincoln, and criticizes the abolitionists. Also included is a pamphlet commemorating the 30th reunion of...
Dates: 1861-1912,-1861-1863 (bulk)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Albert Rogers Crandall papers

Benjamin Cornell family letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924088370402]
Identifier: 6598
Scope and content

Letters from Benjamin Cornell to his parents and brother; from his son, Benjamin F. Cornell to various family members; and other family correspondence.



Dates: 1835-1876.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Benjamin Cornell family letters

Boody and Mowers family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065177689]
Identifier: 788
Scope and content

Civil war letters of Hezekiah Mowers, 117th Regiment, New York Volunteers (1863) and letters about farm life and family affairs in upstate New York and Midwestern towns. Also, eight Civil War printed items.

Dates: 1856-1915.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Boody and Mowers family papers

Brockett collection

 Collection
Identifier: 381
Abstract Deeds, bonds, accounts, lists, scrapbooks, and letters pertaining to the Irvine family and Albany, Rensselaer and Washington Counties, New York. Deeds from Alexander and Cadwallader Colden. Also, papers pertaining to the Lourie family, of Washington County, including lists from "The Old Town" book (1773-1816) including slave owners, school districts, fire wardens, and town meetings of Albany County. Scrapbooks of John S. Crocker, Warden of the United States Jail in Washington, D. C.,...
Dates: 1773-1890.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Brockett collection

Charles Chatfield, Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1255
Scope and content

Correspondence between Charles Chatfield, a Union soldier, and his family in Painted Post, New York, discussing the war, his father's interest in the People's College, and family matters, 1861-1863; also, clippings regarding Indian lore and Painted Post history, 1894-1909; and a circular letter to the Post Master of Painted Post, 1842.

Dates: 1842-1909.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Charles Chatfield, Jr. papers

Charles McClenthen Civil War letters

 Collection — Manuscript box 9 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065241071]
Identifier: 1304
Scope and content

Letters and contemporary account relating to a soldier's life during the Civil War, including references to morale, pay, promotions, and living conditions; opinions on strategy and generalship; descriptions of the battles of Bull Run, Cedar Mountain, South Mountain, Thoroughfare Gap, and Antietam; and comments on actions of Generals Ricketts, Tower, Arrowsmith, Pope, Hall, and others.

Dates: 1861-1865.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Charles McClenthen Civil War letters

Civil war letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065228706]
Identifier: 35
Scope and content

Twenty-five miscellaneous Civil War letters.

Dates: 1861-1865.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Civil war letters

Collins family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064918166]
Identifier: 632
Scope and content Mainly letters by George K. Collins of Company I, 149th Regiment of New York State Volunteers, and his family of Syracuse; they describe army life and campaigns of the Civil War and the Battles of Chancellorville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, and others, and comment on tactics, policies, and commanding officers. Also, a blacksmithing account book (1849-1853), account books of Dr. John Collins of Spafford listing calls, medications, and treatments (1844-1846), and accounts of an insurance...
Dates: 1841-1939.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Collins family papers

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