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

 Subject
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Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

Goddard family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 133
Scope and content

Mortgages, leases, deeds, wills, bills, cancelled checks, papers concerning volunteers in the Civil War, printed material about Women's suffrage, and miscellaneous James and Solomon Goddard papers, of Onondaga and Cortland counties, New York State.

Dates: 1842-1918.

Gross and Snow family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 882
Abstract

Papers of the Snow family (1782-1865) of Truro, Massachusetts, include letters, land contracts, and a poem. Papers of the Gross family (1861-1884) include letters pertaining to the Civil War, a water cure, and life in Washington and Oregon.

Dates: 1782-1885.

H. Emmons Ogden family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3837
Abstract

Includes diaries, account books, and correspondence of the collector's relatives.

Dates: 1830-1917.

Harry Earle Campbell family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2371
Abstract Discharge and other papers of James Hann Campbell of the 50th Pennsylvania Volunteers; deeds for land in Fox Township, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania, 1866-1912; historical data on Shunk and Clairton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, by H. E. Campbell; family letters, 1904-09; photographs of Campbell, Ferguson, Hoagland, and Wilcox families in Allegheny, Bradford, and Sullivan Counties in Pennsylvania, and Delaware and Yates Counties in New York; copies of surrogate's records and documents, 1790,...
Dates: 1790-1964,-1849-1964 (bulk)

Harvey A. Dowe papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064942943]
Identifier: 3194
Scope and content Correspondence, rosters, certificates, and notes relating to military organization in Ithaca, New York during the Civil War. Primarily addressed to Harvey Dowe, the letters pertain to the following matters: enrollment of volunteers in the 50th Regiment, court martials, Special Orders from the Office of the Adjutant General (in Albany, New York), uniforms, and arms. Other papers include lists of elected officials, a muster roll, Certificates of Appointments of Enrolling Officers, election and...
Dates: 1862-1866.

Hatheway family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2281
Abstract

Papers relating to the family, personal affairs, and political career of Samuel Gilbert Hatheway (1780-1867).

Dates: 1788-[ca. 1900]

Henry H. B. Chamberlain papers

 Collection
Identifier: 4274
Abstract

Correspondence with family members with extensive description of Civil War involvement, and other miscellaneous family papers.

Dates: 1863-1898.

Herrington family Civil War diaries

 Collection — Manuscript box 39 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065248654]
Identifier: 1664
Scope and content

Diary of John M. Herrington of West Winfield, New York, concerning local daily routine and weather conditions until August, 1864 when he enlisted in the Union Army and then with military operations near Strasburg and Winchester, Virginia. Diary of Marshall J. Herrington, kept while he was encamped with the Army of the Shenandoah near Stevenson's Station, Virginia.

Dates: 1864-1865.

Hoffmire family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6871
Scope and content Papers comprise a genealogy chart of thirteen generations starting with John Carman and Florence Fordham through children born in the 1960s and significant correspondence from the 1830s to the 1880s, by which time the family was in upstate New York in Mecklenburg, Bridgewater, Buffalo, and Trumansburg. Members of the family were Quakers and the correspondence includes positions on faith and religion, news about the Civil War, views about slavery, hungar, factory work, and the Mexican War,...
Dates: 1743-1968,-1837-1880 (bulk).

Hough family genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: 2023
Abstract

Genealogical charts of the descendants of William Hough, who came to America in 1640, and file cards which contain military service and vital records of Hough men who served in the French and Indian War, American Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, and Spanish American War; and genealogical correspondence among members and various branches of the family.

Dates: 1865-1954.