United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
Abijah Beckwith papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064918901]
Identifier: 2513
Scope and content
A combined notebook and scrapbook, kept by Beckwith for his grandson and namesake, contains his handwritten histories of himself and his forefathers, including his account of soldiering at Sackett's Harbor in the War of 1812; political opinions, including a long essay entitled "Our Nation, Slavery: Its Worst Evil," describing slavery in the United States, the public attitude towards the Fugitive Slave Law, and national excitement over the Compromises of 1820 and 1850 and documenting...
Dates:
1847-1977.
Abraham Lincoln note and photograph
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070775667]
Identifier: 8406
Scope and content
Note on Executive Mansion stationary: "Gov. Buckingham of Conn. is very anxious fro Col. Birge's promotion. I present the matter to the Secretary of War and General in Chief. Signed A. Lincoln. Includes a calling card from Governor Buckinghamwith note in pencil "Gov. Buckingham Col. Henry W. Birge 13th Regt. Conn. V. for Brig. General. Also carte-de-visite photograph by Mathew Brady of Lincoln bearded and seated.
Dates:
1863 August 20
Amos B. Stanton papers
Collection
Identifier: 4265
Abstract
Primarily Civil War letters from Stanton to his wife. Also, family letters, certificates, pension files, clippings, publications, and diaries of John Crosby and Amos B. Stanton.
Dates:
1843-1930.
Amzi Wood papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064716313]
Identifier: 3460
Scope and content
Papers consist mainly of letters, some written over a period of time in diary form, from Wood to his wife, Phebe, son Oliver, and daughter Sarah in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York. Letters concern his journey (January-February 1865) by steamer from New York City to Mexico via Havana, his consular duties, his unofficial business drawing up affidavits and other legal documents for private individuals, his living arrangements, the manners and customs of the people of Matamoros, the social...
Dates:
1864-1865.
Asa Fitch papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064938180]
Identifier: 755
Scope and content
Miscellaneous papers of Asa Fitch of Washington County include notes on ornithology, 1837; undated notes on medicine, chemistry, astronomy, and entomology; drafts of Stillwater Lyceum lectures on temperance and other subjects, 1830s; address before the Executive Committee of the New York State Agricultural Society, 1843; and other notes on his agricultural interests. There is also a diary, 1863-65, of Fitch's daughter, Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. Lemuel) Poates of Bolton, Mississippi, describing...
Dates:
[ca. 1831-1957]; -1831-1865 (bulk)
Belden family papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064698651]
Identifier: 1251
Scope and content
Letters and a journal written by Eugene C. Belden (1844-1864), including accounts of his Civil War service with the 137th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Other items pertain to militia service of other family members in New York and Massachusetts; William Franklin Belden's work as Justice of the Peace in Richford, New York (1866-1885); miscellaneous genealogical material; and papers of or about Ira and William Belden. Also, auction catalog of early American furnishings at Belden Estate,...
Dates:
1816-1891.
Bramble family papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065173860]
Identifier: 69
Scope and content
Family letters, principally to Charles Bramble; letters to Charles A., John, and Charles Bramble; letters from Parker Bramble to his father Charles, while serving in the Civil War and Civil War pension records; genealogical record of Charles Bramble; David E. Nye papers relating to land, lumber, stock, school teaching, canals, and family; and miscellaneous accounts and financial papers.
Dates:
1811-1913.
Bristow Adams papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3205
Abstract
Consists of papers of Bristow Adams, journalist, professor, forester, and illustrator. Various materials document his journalistic career, including early work with a paper in D.C.; his editorial responsibilities on Stanford University publications; and his work as publications program director for the College of Agriculture at Cornell. From his student years are sketches of fur seals; college memorabilia; and many letters to his mother. Also, photographs from work for the US Forest Service;...
Dates:
1853 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1957
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.
Burt Green Wilder papers
Collection
Identifier: 14-26-95
Abstract
Diaries; notes and charts pertaining to family genealogy; clippings concerning vivisection; correspondence, photographs, and printed material pertaining to spiders, phrenology, hygiene and education, writing music, Nantucket Island, the Field family, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., temperance, natural history, Wilder's career as a medical cadet and military surgeon during the Civil War; activities of members of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry both...
Dates:
1841-1925.