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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

William E. Sykes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-279
Scope and Contents

76 letters (1859-1865) of William E. Sykes to his wife, chiefly from northeast Mississippi Civil War campaign sites; statements, accounts, receipts, and other business papers (1858-1864), chiefly from Aberdeen, Mississippi. Transcriptions available.

Dates: 1856 - 1865

Isham W. Thomas Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-280
Scope and Contents

Nine letters (1862-1864) of Isham Weathersby Thomas of Stanford's Battery, Mississippi Light Artillery, from Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Mary Thornton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-432
Scope and Contents

Letters and military papers of Merry B. Harris, a Confederate officer who headed the Pettus Relief Company of Mississippi Volunteers during the Civil War. Included are the rules and regulations of the Pettus Relief and a letter dated December 22, 1860, which describes conditions in South Carolina following its secession from the U.S. Facsimiles and other copies.

Dates: 1860 - 1864

United Confederate Veterans, Oktibbeha Camp No. 1311, Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-548
Scope and Content

Records of the United Confederate Veterans Oktibbeha Camp No. 1311 include checks, letters, a ledger and miscellaneous items documenting membership and finances, 1909-1919. Also includes a brochure about the Pension Laws of Mississippi in 1926.

Dates: 1909 - 1926

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Putnam Darden Chapter (Starkville, Mississippi) Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-518
Scope and Content

Minutes, membership records, scrapbooks, photographs, programs, correspondence, publications and other materials documenting the activities of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Putnam Darden Chapter and the Regina Harrison Lee Chapter, Children of the Confederacy.

Dates: 1959 - 2011

Bernhardt Wall Correspondence Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: FVW-BW
Scope and Contents Bernhardt Wall was an American artist and noted historian who lived from 1872-1955. Wall was born in New York. Throughout his life, Wall also lived in California and Texas. Wall was a veteran of the Spanish American War. Wall was a student at the Buffalo Art League during the late 1800s. By 1915, Wall set out to become an artist full time. Wall authored The Odysssey of the Etcher of Book in 1945. Wall died in California in 1956.This collection includes works, correspondences and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1929 - 1948

Thomas D. Wallace Civil War Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-142
Scope and Contents

Account written by Wallace, a Winston County, Mississippi, farmer who joined the Winston Guards at age 16 and travelled with the Confederate Army from Mississippi to Virginia. Included is a list of deaths, discharges, and desertions for the Guards. Collection includes two transcripts, one of which is heavily annotated.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

West Point, Mississippi, Miscellaneous Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-296
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous papers about West Point, Mississippi, collected in WPA days by Mrs. Ed Joiner. Contents: An account of Grierson's Raid; also interviews with ex-enslaved persons.

Dates: undated

Thomas J. Wilkins Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-302
Scope and Contents

Diary of Wilkins of the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E (Prairie Guards), who enlisted from Brooksville, Mississippi, and was wounded and in prison at the time of the writing of the diary in 1864.

Dates: 1864

Daniel Williams Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-20
Abstract

The Daniel Williams family papers document the history of the family from 1823 to 1966, most notably Campbell “Cammie” Williams and his brother, Mims Williams. The papers consist of correspondence, Civil War tax documents, bills and account statements, contracts, newspaper clippings, genealogical material, essays, poetry, cards, and miscellany.

Dates: 1823 - 1966