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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

Bushnell and West families miscellany

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064938982]
Identifier: 3391
Scope and content

Letters, 1842-1845, from Solomon West to his brother, Washington West, of Durhanville, Oneida County, New York, concerning crops, butchering a pig, business affairs, and the family's potential move to Wisconsin. Also, documents, 1863, exempting Frederick N. Bushnell from the draft and receipt for $300.00 attached to the discharge notice; clippings from THE POST STANDARD, Syracuse concerning Stockbridge, Madison County, New York, the birthplace of Philip Armour, and his childhood there.

Dates: 1842-1901.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Bushnell and West families miscellany

Caleb Carr letters

 Collection
Identifier: 2386
Abstract

Letters written to Caleb and Emily Pierce Carr of Hillsboro, Wisconsin, from family members in Genoa, Locke, and Elmira, New York.

Dates: 1856-1867.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Caleb Carr letters

Camp family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 891
Abstract

Includes papers of the related Osborn and Camp families.

Dates: 1817-1953.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Camp family papers

Chaffee family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3889
Abstract

Chaffee family letters; book of remedies; a copy of LOVE LIES BLEEDING by Helen Smith Jordan, a book in which some of the letters are reproduced; a booklet "Civil War Letters Received by the Family of E.F. Chaffee, Attica, N.Y. 1861-1865," also by Helen Smith Jordan; and "Musings and Memories," by Henry Chaffee Abell, 1988.

Dates: 1826-[ca. 1937], 1988.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Chaffee family papers

Charles Ackerman papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3966
Abstract Included are military records pertaining to Company E of the New York Volunteer Infantry 26th Regiment including a transcription of the document authorizing formation of the New York Volunteers, descriptive lists recording soldiers' information, as well as requests for same, proceedings of courts-martial, discharge notices, receipts, and other items; correspondence between Ackerman and his friends and relatives; and records of Ackerman's general store at Higginsville, Oneida County, New...
Dates: 1861-1882.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Charles Ackerman papers

Charles Kipp miscellany

 Collection — Manuscript box 65 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065257911]
Identifier: 4238
Scope and content

Two scrapbook pages with railroad ticket, 1858; jai alai (pelota) ticket from Cuba, 1905; and Civil War items, including draft notice, internal revenue license, and bounty certificate.

Dates: 1858-1905.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Charles Kipp miscellany

Cheever and McIntyre families papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3353
Scope and content Correspondence, bills and receipts, inventories, registers, and legal cases of the Cheever and McIntyre families and business associates. Includes inventory of the estate of Samuel Cheever, 1875; leases, blueprints of roads; deeds; other material relating to Edwin Cheever and and Helen McIntyre; and account book titled "Erie Canal, c.1836-c.1838. The papers of the brothers James and Archibald W. McIntyre consist of personal letters, wills, deeds, and business documents; a series of letters...
Dates: 1797-1939.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cheever and McIntyre families papers

Chester Loomis papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2238
Abstract Papers include correspondence, deeds and agreements, personal and business accounts, petitions, drafts of speeches, and resolutions, mainly concerning local politics and patronage, the Anti-Masonic Party, abolitionist agitation, temperance, the use of convict labor, pensions for veterans of the American Revolution and the War of 1812, opposition to the Bank of the United States, and land speculation in Michigan, Wisconsin, and other parts of the Midwest; also, correspondence and legal and...
Dates: 1813-1865.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Chester Loomis papers

Civil War covers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1289
Scope and content

Printed envelopes from the Civil War period, primarily with slogans concerning politics and secession, and images of American cities, flags, and military leaders.

Dates: [ca.1850-1865]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Civil War covers

Civil War miscellany

 Collection — Manuscript box 18 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924070747070]
Identifier: 6942m
Scope and content

19th century copy of an official order from Robert E. Lee to H. B. McClellan, July 1, 1863; manuscript copy of a telegram from Philip Sheridan to Ulysses S. Grant, March 10, 1865; $2.00 Confederate bill, 1864; and "Inspection Return" form, n.d.

Dates: ca. 1863-1865
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Civil War miscellany

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