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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

James D. Lynch Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-8
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, poetry, newspaper clippings and other material documenting the life and work of James D. Lynch. Also includes correspondence and other materials documenting the life and activities of Pauline Lynch Evans Creighton, daughter of James D. Lynch and Hettie M. Cochran, a suffragist and public health advocate and activist in Austin, TX in the early 20th century, and an manuuscript copy of the memoir of Lightning Ellsworth.

Dates: 1862 - 1903

John H. Marshall Civil War letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-406
Scope and Contents

Twenty-three letters of John H. Marshall, 1862-1865, of the 41st Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company L (Okolona Guards) to his wife, Ellen Jane Sanders Marshall, living near Nettleton (Monroe County), Mississippi describing campaigns in Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama. Photoprints and transcriptions available.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

J. M. Martin Letter

 Collection — Box Miscellaneous Manuscripts Box 3
Identifier: MSS-265
Scope and Contents

Letter of J. M. Martin (June 1863), from Rome, Georgia. Typed copy of original.

Dates: 1863

Arthur McKinstry Civil War Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: USGPL-AMc
Scope and Content The Arthur McKinstry Civil War correspondence collection consists of 50 total pieces of correspondence. 37 of these pieces were written by Athur McKinstry, a private in the New York State Volunteers 72nd Regiment Co. D during the American Civil War, to various family members. The other 13 pieces consist of correspondence surrounding the death and burial of Arthur McKinstry. The bulk of the material spans 1861-1862, with additional correspondence from 1900 and 1988, respectively, concerning...
Dates: 1861 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1862

Nannie Herndon Rice Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-24
Dates: 1824 - 1963

E. D. Osband Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-236
Scope and Contents

Copy of December 14, 1863, letter of Colonel Embury D. Osband, 1st Mississippi Cavalry (Black Soldiers Regiment), to General James B. McPherson.

Dates: 1863

Parker family Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-238
Scope and Contents

Letters of W.O. McCall of the 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment; Edward Jones from Lowry Station, Georgia; Philip G. Hilderbrand of the 46th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E., and others.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Patterson Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-239
Scope and Contents

Letter from Martha Gamewell of Jackson, Tennessee, informing Lt. Patterson of the death and burial of his brother, 1863; letter describing farming and everyday life.

Dates: 1855 - 1892

Robert D. Pittman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-246
Scope and Contents

Collection includes Lee B. Hazlewood account and daybooks (1898-1907); Mary Person's autograph album (1851-1852 and undated); undated carte de visite of two girls taken in Memphis; three letters and a writing (undated) from W.S. Blount to his sister Betty Hazelwood concerning the Civil War service of their brother G.G. (George G. Blount) in the 15th Mississippi Infantry, Company B (Winona Stars); sheet music (placed with Music Collection).

Dates: 1851-1907 and undated

Pridmore family Civil War letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-253
Scope and Contents

Letters of Sgt. F. Pridmore, 41st Regiment, Alabama Volunteers, Co. K., Buckner's Division, describe troop movements, army conditions, etc., in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Virginia. Transcriptions available.

Dates: 1862 - 1865